With over 400 faculty investigating sustainability-related topics at UBC, it can be hard to know where to start. We’ve curated a list of researchers with expertise across a wide range of disciplines.

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Ritland, Kermit

Forestry (Vancouver)
Forest and Conservation Sciences
Beaty Biodiversity Research Centre; cofounder of Treenomix (a foundation of genomics knowledge; promotes forest health and sustainable forest stewardship for future generations)
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Mawani, Renisa

Arts (Vancouver)
Sociology
Colonial Legal History; Critical Theory; Race and Racism; Oceans and Maritime Worlds; Focused on global food production, climate change, and forms of war, this project draws from anticolonial...

Sheppard, Stephen

Forestry (Vancouver)
Forest Resources Management
Climate change planning, outreach, and community engagement; visioning methods and visualization of climate change causes, impacts, and mitigation/adaptation; low-carbon future scenarios visualized...

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Arneil, Barbara

Arts (Vancouver)
Political Science
Social trust and diversity, global citizenship and cosmopolitanism, the role of disability in political theory and domestic colonies

https://politics.ubc.ca/persons/barbara-arneil/

Asiyanbi, Adeniyi

FASS (Okanagan)

Asselin, Edouard

Applied Science (Vancouver)
Materials Engineering
Hydromet Group: It is becoming significantly more important to be able to extract resources from lower grade ores in an economically viable and environmentally sustainable manner.; corrosion

http://mtrl.ubc.ca/faculty/edouard-asselin/

Atabaki, Nima

Applied Science (Vancouver)
Mechanical Engineering
Ventilation

https://mech.ubc.ca/nima-atabaki/

Auger-Méthé, Marie

Science (Vancouver)
Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries
Statistical ecologist; polar and marine ecosystems; challenging ecological questions; movement strategies used by animals to find resources and cope with the dynamics of their habitat; statistical methods to help identify important habitats for marine animals.

https://oceans.ubc.ca/marie-auger-methe/

Austin, Philip

Science (Vancouver)
Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences
"Cloud physics"; Cloud Aerosol Feedbacks and Climate; the ways in which stratus and cirrus clouds form, persist, and dissipate; these clouds exert a controlling influence on the global climate

https://www.eoas.ubc.ca/people/philaustin

Avgar, Tal

FoS (Okanagan)
Biology
wildlife population ecology, consumer-resource interactions

https://biology.ok.ubc.ca/about/contact/tal-avgar/

Baines, Erin

Arts (Vancouver)
School of Public Policy and Global Affairs
Transitional justice; the politics of humanitarianism and forced displacement; and, the study of gender and armed conflict, with a regional focus on northern Uganda

https://sppga.ubc.ca/profile/erin-baines/

Bakan, Joel

Peter A. Allard School of Law (Vancouver)
Peter A. Allard School of Law
Constitutional Law, Legal Theory, Socio-Legal Studies

https://allard.ubc.ca/about-us/our-people/joel-bakan

Bakker, Karen

Arts (Vancouver)
Geography
Political economy, political ecology, environmental studies, development studies, and resource and environmental management

https://www.geog.ubc.ca/persons/karen-jessica-bakker/

Baldwin, Susan

Applied Science (Vancouver)
Chemical and Biological Engineering
Bioprocess engineering, bioremediation, biomedical reaction modelling

https://www.chbe.ubc.ca/profile/susan-baldwin/

Balfour, Christine

FHSD (Okanagan)
Nursing
community health

https://nursing.ok.ubc.ca/about/contact/christine-balfour/

Bam, Wouter

Engineering (Okanagan)
Regional sustainability development; circular supply chains

https://engineering.ok.ubc.ca/about/contact/wouter-bam/

Banack, Hartley

Education (Vancouver)
Curriculum and Pedagogy
Outdoor environmental education

http://pdce.educ.ubc.ca/hartley-banack-bio/

Banthia, Nemy

Applied Science (Vancouver)
Civil Engineering
Materials engineering; concrete; advanced composite materials; shotcrete, fibre reinforcement, supplementary cementing materials in concrete.; SIERA (Sustainable InfrastructurE ReseArch) - working on the improvement of sustainability, repair and condition assessment of construction material

https://www.civil.ubc.ca/faculty/nemkumar-banthia

Barichello, Rick

Land and Food Systems (Vancouver)
Land and Food Systems
Food markets; Analysis of quota systems and quota markets; Analyzing the effects of selected agricultural policy instruments; Economics of raw material export bans; Regulated agricultural markets and farm quotas, world food markets, trade policy, poverty alleviation, food security, rural-urban linkages

https://www.landfood.ubc.ca/richard-barichello/

Baron, Andrew

Arts (Vancouver)
Psychology
Cognitive development, infancy, childhood, adolescence, racism, race, stereotypes, cooperation, bias, innateness, science education, multiculturalism, gender, ethnicity, neuromarketing, attitudes, preferences, psychology

https://psych.ubc.ca/profile/andrew-baron/

Bartlett, Karen

Medicine (Vancouver)
School of Population and Public Health
Indoor air quality, bioaerosol exposures in work and community environments, particularly in rural or agricultural settings

https://www.spph.ubc.ca/person/karen-bartlett/

Bass, John

Applied Science (Vancouver)
School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
Globalization and Contested Territory; Social Equity; Visualization and Community Engagement

https://sala.ubc.ca/people/faculty/john-bass

Bauer, Bernard

FoS (Okanagan)
EEGS
environmental science, geomorphology

https://eegs.ok.ubc.ca/about/contact/bernard-bauer/

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