Research Interests

Kristen Hopewell

Associate Professor, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs

Brittney Wong

MA with Stephanie Chang, 2023; Contract and Special Projects Coordinator, York Region (The Regional Municipality of York)

Previous Visiting Professor Bio Dr. John Reganold has shaped his career by his interest in soil science and agriculture, receiving his Ph.D. in Soil Science from the University of California at Davis. He is currently Regents Professor of Soil Science and Agroecology at Washington State University. He has spent 30-plus years bringing a blend of innovative teaching and research on soil quality and sustainable farming systems into the mainstream of higher education and food production. He has had the privilege of teaching more than 4000 students in the classroom. He has published extensively in scientific journals, magazines, and books, including ScienceNature, and Scientific […]

Jessica Koski

PhD StudentIndigenous Graduate Fellow Contact Details jessica[dot]koski[at]ubc.ca Research Interests Natural resource governance, Indigenous resurgence, Indigenous peoples & sustainability, Global Indigenous rights & politics, Indigenous-State relations, Indigenous methodologies, Indigenous peoples & higher education Bio Jessica L. Koski (Anishinaabe-Ojibwe) is a PhD student at the Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability (UBC) co-supervised by Professors David R. Boyd and Terre Satterfield. She is interested in Indigenous resurgence and the realization of Indigenous rights to land and resources. Her doctoral research will apply Indigenous theory and methodology to examine multi-level governance challenges and possibilities for protecting Indigenous territories in the eastern Amazon region of […]

Shuoqi Ren

PhD Student Research Interests Bio Shuoqi Ren is a Ph.D. student in IRES supervised by Dr. Amanda Giang in the Lab for Environmental Assessment and Policy (LEAP). Her research focused on urban environmental quality and justice assessment using digital tools like GIS techniques. Her broader interests include understanding and characterizing the impacts and outcomes of human-environmental interactions using tools like modelling, and how these tools can contribute to urban environmental planning and policymaking. Shuoqi was at IRES in LEAP as an MSc student prior to her Ph.D. study and decided to pursue a Ph.D. degree here motivated by her interests. She […]

Jessica Mukiri

PhD Student, Four Year Doctoral Fellowship Recipient Contact Details jmukiri@student.ubc.ca Research Interests Bio Jessica is a PhD student in the Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability (IRES) working under the supervision of Dr. Navin Ramankutty. Her research is aimed at understanding the environmental and socio-economic impacts of livestock production and consumption. Jessica has over seven years work experience in agricultural and environmental research in the development sector in sub-Saharan Africa, Asia and South America. Prior to starting her PhD program, she worked with the International Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), a research and development organization part of the CGIAR whose mission is […]

Brian Wang

MSc with Mark Johnson, 2024

Emily Edwards

Co-President

Sarah Hartley

Previous Visiting Professor Bio Sarah Hartley is an Associate Professor in the Department of Science, Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the University of Exeter Business School where she researches science and technology governance. She is a qualitative social scientist studying efforts to open up governance to new actors through case studies involving global health, sustainable agriculture and conservation. Current research explores the governance of gene drive technology and she has several projects funded by the British Academy and Wellcome exploring collaboration in gene drive development and risk governance in Africa, North America, Australia and Europe. She publishes in a wide variety […]