What is societal collapse? Lessons from the past can help us understand our future, but only to a point
IRES’s Dr. Amanda Giang and Charly Phillip are featured in The Conversation with Dr. Daniel Steel (School of Population and Public Health) for their article about how lessons from historical societal collapse is helpful for thinking about the future.
Graduate Academic Assistant for the Pathways to Zero Impacts project | Deadline September 13
Dr. Amanda Giang’s LEAP lab is looking to hire a Graduate Academic Assistant for the Pathways to Zero Impacts project. This is a part-time temporary role for a graduate student. Details from the posting are below and you can learn more about the project here. We are seeking a highly motivated graduate academic assistant (GAA) […]
PARKS+ Collective Project Coordinators: 4 part-time positions | Deadline: August 23, 2024
The PARKS+ Collective Project is looking for up to four UBC undergraduate or graduate Project Coordinators.
Wanting to do actionable research brought alum Claire Ewing to IRES
Interview from 2024
At IRES, alum Alejandra Echeverri Ochoa combined social and ecological sciences
Interview from 2024
Toolkit launch: Ethical data governance for agriculture | Thursday, March 28, 2024
How do we benefit from the power of big data in agriculture while protecting data ownership and farmer privacy?
On March 28th at 9am, join a Zoom session to learn about a new toolkit that answers this question!
Project research group: Dr. Sarah-Louise Ruder, Dr. Hannah Wittman, Shauna MacKinnon, Dr. Kelly Bronson, Dr. Dana James, Dr. John Janmaat, Zoé Mangin, Jonathon McIntyre, Dr. Isabelle Piot-Lepetit, Gregory Rekken, and Dr. Sean Smukler Project assistant: Catalina Garcia
Dr. David Boyd & UBC Scholars Talk about the Wrongfully Convicted and Imprisoned Niloufar Bayani
Please attend a talk by Dr. David Boyd & UBC Scholars at Risk students to learn about Niloufar Bayani, an Iranian wildlife conservationist who was wrongfully convicted and is currently imprisoned.
Dr. Amanda Giang is the newly appointed CRC in environmental modelling for policy
March 13, 2024 | IRES’s Dr. Amanda Giang is one of five new Canada Research Chairs (CRC) joining UBC Science – we are honoured to work with Giang, and wish her a warm Congratulations.
Labour organizing and climate justice: intersections, challenges, and political opportunities panel | IRES co-sponsored event | March 12, 5-6:30 PM | CIRS, BC Hydro Theatre (1st floor)
This panel will address two entwined questions: What can the climate movement learn from contemporary and historic labour strategy for building durable power? And, how can the climate and labour movements mutually strengthen one another?
Interdisciplinary biannual North American conference (NACCB) | Society for Conservation Biology | UBC | June 24-28, 2024 (Early bird rates until April 12)
The Society for Conservation Biology is holding their interdisciplinary biannual North American conference (NACCB) at UBC June 24-28, 2024. It will be a dynamic program with science, art, and nature-based activities.