We are among the few institutes in North America comprised of a dedicated core faculty whose mandate in research and teaching is sustainability and whose foundation is the inter-disciplinarity that necessarily and fundamentally guides that project.
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Amanda Giang
Associate Professor, IRES; Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering; Canada Research Chair (T2, Environmental Modelling for Policy)
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Claire Kremen
Professor, IRES; Professor, Zoology; President’s Excellence Chair in Biodiversity
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David R. Boyd
Professor, IRES; 2018-24 UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment; Associate Professor, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs
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Gunilla Öberg
Professor, IRES; Professor, Center for the Study of the Sciences and the Humanities, University of Bergen
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Hannah Wittman
Professor, IRES; Professor, Land and Food Systems
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Jiaying Zhao
SHE/HER/HERS; Professor, IRES; Professor, Psychology; Canada Research Chair (T2, Behavioral Sustainability); UBC Sauder Distinguished Scholar
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Joséphine Gantois
Assistant Professor, IRES; Assistant Professor, Land and Food Systems
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Kai Chan
Professor, IRES; Professor, Institute for Oceans and Fisheries; Canada Research Chair (T1, Re-Wilding and Social-Ecological Transformation)
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Leila M. Harris
Professor, IRES; Professor, Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice
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Mark Johnson
Professor, IRES; Professor, Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences; Canada Research Chair (T2, Ecohydrology)
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Milind Kandlikar
Professor, IRES; Professor, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs
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Navin Ramankutty
Director, IRES; Professor, IRES; Professor, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs; Canada Research Chair (T1, Sustainable Global Food Systems)
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Simon Donner
Professor, IRES; Professor, Department of Geography; Director, UBC Climate Solutions Research Collective; Graduate Advisor, IRES
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Stephanie Chang
Professor, IRES; Professor, School of Community and Regional Planning
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Terre Satterfield
Professor of Culture, Risk and the Environment, IRES