Stephen Chignell
PhD with Mark Johnson & Terre Satterfield, 2024
Erika Gavenus
PhD with Terre Satterfield, 2024
Victor Lam
MA Student Contact Details victorwaiyinlam@gmail.com Research Interests Bio Victor is broadly interested in cultural and social-behavioural dimensions of climate change. Specifically, he has been focusing on the interaction between climate change communication, climate movements, and religious environmentalism. His current thesis focuses on how religious publics articulate and disseminate messages on climate change, by examining how religious environmental organizations frame climate change in their participation of the resistance movements on the Trans-Mountain Pipeline Expansion and Dakota Access Pipeline projects. Particular vernaculars and modes of communication, such as the use of religious language and metaphors, as well as the emerging use of social […]
Luis Felipe Melgarejo
M.A. Student at IRES Contact Details melgfelip@gmail.com Research Interests Bio M.A. student at the Institute for Resources Environment and Sustainability IRES UBC (2018-2020) interested in Biodiversity and Ecosystem-based Entrepreneurships and value chains aimed at conserving and sustainably managing tropical forests with rural communities. Former Amazon Regional Coordinator in the Forest and Climate Protection Program /REDD+ GIZ and Climate Policy Advisor to the FCO British Embassy in Colombia (2014-2018). Humboldt Climate Protection Fellow and Alumni at the Geomatics Lab Universitaet Humboldt zu Berlin and VRA at the Environmental Change Institute – Oxford University (2011-2013). Regional development planning researcher (M.Sc. UP Diliman Philippines […]
Cameron Bullen
MSc Student, Ocean Leader Fellow Contact Details Research Interests Bio Cameron joined IRES in 2018 as a MSc student supervised by Dr. Kai Chan. Cameron is broadly interested in marine conservation, marine ecology, and changing ecosystem dynamics in the context of ecosystem function and contribution to people. Before beginning at IRES, Cameron worked on Marine Protected Areas in Canada with CPAWS-BC, conducted research on plankton adaptation to changing environments with Dr. Michelle Tseng, and worked as an environmental biologist with Azimuth Consulting Group. Cameron grew up in Vancouver and enjoys spending as much time outside as possible: running, climbing, and paddling. Projects […]
Prerna Gupta
PhD with M.V. Ramana, 2025
Mina Phaisaltantiwongs
IRES Special Projects Coordinator Contact Details Research Interests Bio Projects Courses Featured Publications
Andrea Byfuglien
MA Student Contact Details andreabyfuglien@gmail.com Research Interests Bio Andrea joined IRES in 2018 as an MA student under the supervision of Dr. Jiaying Zhao. She grew up on the Norwegian countryside and has been in close contact with nature from a young age. This undoubtedly contributed to her keen interest in people’s perceptions of the natural environment and motivations to care for the planet. She went on to study these relations in Australia, and holds a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and Geography from The University of Melbourne. Her research at IRES is in collaboration with the UBC Botanical Garden, focusing on behavioral […]
Joanne Fitzgibbons
PhD Student Contact Details https://jofitzgibbons.wordpress.com/ Research Interests Bio Jo Fitzgibbons is a PhD student in CHANS Lab at the Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability (IRES) at the University of British Columbia (UBC). With a background in urban planning, geography and international development, her work focuses on issues of inclusion and participation in co-creative processes surrounding sustainability and community resilience. During her undergraduate studies, Jo gained experience facilitating community-based research both locally and abroad, on topics ranging from water quality to local economic development. These experiences sparked an interest in issues of representative politics and justice in participatory processes, which she […]
Kelsey Robertson
Graduate Program Manager