Research Interests

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Rustam Sengupta

Adjunct Professor Contact Details Research Interests Bio Rustam Sengupta is a renewable energy entrepreneur, impact investor and subject matter expert with extensive research experience of over a decade in sustainable social enterprise design, rooftop solar and renewable energy access. He has an expertise in identifying, designing and analysing strategies that affect energy systems and policies […]

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Madison Stevens

PhD with Dr. Terre Satterfield, 2023; Postdoctoral Research Scholar, Indigenous-Led Ecological Restoration, Boise State University

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Robin Harder

Contact Details Research Interests Bio Robin is an environmental systems scientist with a background in urban water management and a keen interest in farming and soil regeneration. He earned his BSc from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (Civil Engineering), MSc from Delft University of Technology (Sanitary Engineering), and PhD from Chalmers University of […]

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Nadja Kunz

Assistant Professor, Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering; Assistant Professor, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs

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Paige Olmsted

Adjunct Professor Contact Details Research Interests Bio Paige is an environmental scientist whose research focuses on how we account for, make decisions about, and value nature – from a personal as well as economic standpoint. She is currently based at the Smart Prosperity Institute, a policy think tank based in Ottawa. There she leads their […]

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Stephen Chignell

PhD with Mark Johnson & Terre Satterfield, 2024

Erika Gavenus

Erika Gavenus

PhD with Terre Satterfield, 2024

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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 […]

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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+ […]

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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 […]