Lisa Powell
Contact Details Research Interests Bio Lisa J. Powell is a postdoctoral researcher jointly appointed in the Institute for Resources, Environment, and Sustainability at the University of British Columbia and the Department of Geography at the University of the Fraser Valley. She works with the Centre for Sustainable Food Systems at UBC Farm and the Agriburban Research Centre. She completed a Ph.D. and M.A. in American Studies and Sustainability from the University of Texas at Austin, M.S. in mathematics from Vanderbilt University, and B.A. in mathematics from Harvard University. Her work focuses on conflicts and negotiations over agricultural land use; agriburbia; food […]
Christian Beaudrie
Adjunct Professor Contact Details Research Interests Bio Christian Beaudrie is a Decision Analyst with Compass Resource Management in Vancouver, BC. He specializes in risk and decision analysis, Structured Decision Making (SDM), risk governance, and stakeholder engagement, particularly in fields related to emerging technologies, pollution and toxics, climate change, and environmental management. His work focuses on the development of decision support tools and adaptive management programs, analytics and modelling, and the use of expert judgment elicitation techniques to help municipal, provincial, and federal governments make informed decisions towards reducing health and environmental risk. Christian’s research explores life-cycle risks and regulation for emerging […]
Michele Koppes
Associate Professor, Department of Geography
Alexa Tanner
PhD with Stephanie Chang, 2022; Grants and Contracts Manager, University of Waterloo; Team Member, Coastal Risk Consulting
Shashi Enarth
Adjunct Professor Contact Details Research Interests Bio Shashi Enarth is a development activist from India, struggling to strike a balance between academia and praxis. Starting his career as a community organizer, he has worked with low income segments of the population, particularly with farming communities in India, Nigeria and Tanzania. His area of interest is: building community-based self-governing people’s institutions that can safeguard the interests of its members through sustainable and equitable use of all forms of capital, especially natural and human resources. A good part of his 25 year development career saw him struggle with implementation of development policies that […]
Samia Khan
Professor, Faculty of Education; Faculty Associate, Faculty of Applied Science
Selina Agbayani
MSc with Andrew Trites, 2022;
Aquatic Biologist for Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Dana James
PhD w/ Hannah Wittman, 2022; Postdoctoral Researcher, Faculty of Land and Food Systems, UBC
Juan Diego Martinez
PhD with Navin Ramankutty, 2023
Applied Research Coordinator, Climate Action and Food Systems, UBC Campus and Community Planning
Selda Örs
Previous Visiting Professor Contact Details Email: selda.ors@ubc.ca Tel: 604-862-4876 Bio Selda Örs is an Assistant Professor at Ataturk University, Department of Agricultural Structure and Irrigation, Turkey. She has an M.S. degree in Land & Water Resources Management: Irrigated Agriculture, CIHEAM-Bari, and Ph.D. degree from Ataturk University. From 2012 to 2014 she continued her research at University of California Riverside (UCR) as a Visiting Scholar. Her research projects focus on irrigated agriculture, plant physiology under abiotic stress conditions and water quality. IRES Visiting Professor term: May 1, 2016 to August 31, 2017 Email: selda.ors@ubc.ca Tel: 604-862-4876