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Prerna Gupta

PhD Candidate, UBC Public Scholar,Institute for Asian Research Fellow, Nehru Humanitarian Award Recipient, UBC Global Reporting Programme Fellow, James and Setsuko Thurlow Scholarship in Peace and Disarmament Studies Recipient, Simons Graduate Award in Disarmament, Global and Human Security Recipient  Contact Details prerna01@mail.ubc.ca Google ScholarLinkedIn Research Interests Energy transitions, Energy policy,  Nuclear energy, Nuclear weapons and disarmament, Risk perception, […]

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Mina Phaisaltantiwongs

IRES Special Projects Coordinator Contact Details Research Interests Bio Projects Courses    Featured Publications

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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 […]

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Daniel Steel

Associate Professor, School of Population and Public Health; Associate Member, Department of Philosophy

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Kelsey Robertson

Graduate Program Manager

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Kieran Findlater

Adjunct Professor Contact Details kieran.findlater@ubc.ca www.kieranfindlater.com Research Interests Bio I lead interdisciplinary research projects evaluating individual, institutional and societal responses to complex sustainability problems, like climate change, using integrated quantitative and qualitative methods, and continuous stakeholder and policy engagement. I currently work as a Senior Policy Advisor in the Impact and Innovation Unit of the […]

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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 […]

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Kyoko Adachi

MA Student Contact Details Research Interests Bio I was born and raised in Tokyo, Japan, and came to Canada for my undergraduate studies at the University of Toronto. I majored in Environmental Ethics and double minored in History and Anthropology there. Currently at IRES, I am working with Dr. Hadi Dowlatabadi and Dr. Jiaying Zhao […]

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Sarah-Louise Ruder

PhD with Terre Satterfield & Hannah Wittman, 2024; SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Ottawa; Researcher, Food and Agricultural Institute, University of the Fraser Valley

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Kushank Bajaj

PhD 2024 with Navin Ramankutty