Seminar Videos

December 1, 2016: IRES Professional Development Seminar
Speakers: Mark Johnson, Navin Ramankutty, and Jiaying Zhao (last seminar for Term 1)


The IRES Seminar Series runs every Thursday during the Winter Session. This is the last seminar for Term 1. The next seminar will be on January 5, 2017. Photo credit: Graham McDowell. Read More

November 17, 2016: IRES Student Seminar
Speakers: Michiko Namazu and Jason Brown


RES PhD Candidates Michiko Namazu and Jason Brown are presenting. Photo credit: Myriam Khalfallah. Read More

November 3, 2016: IRES Professional Development Seminar
Speakers: Kai Chan, Hadi Dowlatabadi & Hannah Wittman


Three IRES faculty are presenting today. Photo credit: Mahbub Islam from flickr/Creative Commons. Read More

October 24, 2016: IRES Special Seminar
Speaker: Alex Davis (Carnegie Mellon University)


Location changed to AERL 107/108. Photo credit: Fe Ilya from flickr/Creative Commons Read More

October 13, 2016: IRES Faculty Seminar
Speaker: Gunilla Öberg


IRES faculty member Gunilla Öberg presenting on October 13. Photo Credit: Gunilla Öberg/Artist Dino Pai Read More

October 6, 2016: IRES Professional Development Seminar
Speakers: Sophia Murphy, Kirsten Dales and Conor Reynolds


This seminar will have 3 panelists. Photo credit: Audrey from flickr/Creative Commons. Read More

September 29, 2016: IRES Faculty Seminar
Speaker: Peter Klein


Peter Klein is an Emmy Award-winning journalist and an Associate Professor in the UBC Graduate School of Journalism. Photo credit: Pete O'Shea from flickr/Creative Commons. Read More

September 22, 2016: IRES Student Seminar
Speakers: Aaron Moguin and Sara Elder


RES MA student Aaron Moguin and RES PhD Candidate Sara Elder will be presenting. Photo credit: ohbernadine from flickr/Creative Commons. Read More

September 15, 2016: IRES Faculty Seminar
Speaker: Daniel Karp (first seminar for Term 1)


Daniel Karp is Killam Postdoctoral Fellow in IRES. Photo credit: Jill Guerra. Read More

April 14, 2016: IRES/RES Student Symposium


IRES/RES Student Symposium Time: 1pm – 4:30pm Location: AERL Theatre (main floor), 2202 Main Mall (BBQ and Cash Bar afterwards from 4:30pm to 8pm) This event showcases the research done by our current RES Master and PhD students. [Photo Credit: Jonathan Taggart] Speakers: Simon Harding, PhD Candidate – no video available Alicia Speratti, PhD Candidate […] Read More

April 7, 2016: Faculty Lecture
Leila Harris


Leila Harris on “Assessing States, Differentiating Citizens: Perspectives on water services and evolving state-society relations in Accra, Ghana and Cape Town, South Africa”. Read More

March 17, 2016: Student Lecture
Maery Kaplan-Hallam & Jill Guerra


[Photo Credit: www.menghongkoh.wordpress.com] Read More

March 10, 2016: Faculty Lecture
Jessica Dempsey


Jessica Dempsey will be a new professor in UBC Geography starting January 2016. Read More

February 25, 2016: Professional Development Seminar
Juanita Sundberg


Juanita Sundberg, UBC Associate Professor from the Department of Geography, will be speaking at the IRES Seminar Series. [Photo Credit: juanitasundberg.wordpress.com] Read More

February 11, 2016: Student Lecture
Ian Theaker


RMES MSc student Ian Theaker will be speaking on 'Apartment Energy Costs and GHG Emissions Data - Do Buyers Care?' [Photo Credit: kanada.ahk.de] Read More

February 4, 2016: Guest Lecture
Julian Yates


Julian Yates on "Between metaphor and practice: environmental governance and the decolonial option in the Peruvian Andes". Read More

January 14, 2016: Student Lecture
Nicole Wilson & Allison Franko


IRES Seminar Series presents to you the research of Nicole Wilson, a PhD Candidate, and Allison Franko, a MSc student. Read More

January 7, 2016: Faculty Lecture
John Beatty (First Seminar for Term 2)


John Beatty on "The Ambiguity of Consensus". Read More

November 24, 2015: Guest Lecture
Hugh Possingham


Dr. Hugh Possingham from The University of Queensland will be receiving an Honorary Doctorate from UBC during the November 2015 graduation convocation. [Photo Credit: www.couriermail.com.au] Read More

November 17, 2015: Guest Lecture
Takayoshi Kusago


Takayoshi Kusago, a Visiting Professor, on "A story of Minamata’s revitalization: a shift from industrial pollution and social divisions to environmental model city". [Photo Credit: www.historico.aen.pr.gov.br] Read More