IRES Newsletter: July 1, 2024

News & Events

 

Announcing a new learning opportunity from IRES, the UBC Sustainability Hub and Campus & Community Planning: the UBC Micro-certificate in Climate Action Planning: Foundations, Finance and Implementation.

This course is for local policy makers, planners, industry players and anyone interested in learning the foundation and practicalities of climate action planning—the goal of the program is to build capacity in different sectors to advance climate action. A background in climate change is not required!

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From June 18th onwards, you are invited to a Mekong community-based art exhibition, which honours the perseverance of life amid ecological destruction and cultural erasure. The exhibit is located at the Beaty Biodiversity Museum.

The exhibit is organized by IRES graduate student Rapichan (Ta) Phurisamban!

 

Join us in celebrating our graduating students:

  • Giulia Belotti (MA) - supervised by Milind Kandlikar
  • Gurneet (Ginni) Braich (PhD) - Navin Ramankutty
  • Stephen Chignell (PhD) - Mark Johnson & Terre Satterfield
  • Vincent Chireh (PhD) - Leila Harris & Jordi Honey-Roses
  • Erika Gavenus (PhD) - Terre Satterfield
  • Jumi Gogoi (PhD) - Navin Ramankutty & Nathaniel Newlands
  • Rona MacNicol (MA) - Leila Harris
  • Trisa Ngo (MSc) - Mark Johnson
  • Sarah-Louise Ruder (PhD) - Terre Satterfield & Hannah Wittman
  • Brian Wang (MSc) - Mark Johnson

Congratulations to all! 

Job Opportunities

 

Visiting assistant professor, Environmental Studies, Wagner College (3-year position)

Open until filled

Two positions as Agrologist and Research Manager with SYLVIS, a local consulting company

Applications reviewed June 17 - Rolling

Postdoctoral Researcher in Quantitative Coupled Human-Ecological Dynamics under Climate Change

August 1

5-year postdoc position on Environmental STS in Munich

Rolling Deadline

 

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Graduate Student Opportunities

Climate Justice Research Assitant with Naomi Klein

Centre for Climate Justice Co-Director Naomi Klein is seeking a current UBC Vancouver graduate student to support with various writing and teaching projects by conducting primary investigative research, fact checking, and news synthesis, as well as producing longer term, in-depth research reports and literature reviews.

Deadline July 2

 

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Grad course still open in SCARP: PLAN 548R

How tech, data, and innovation interact with city plans:

Learn about urban analytics, an umbrella term for using new data forms in combination with computational approaches to study urban processes in new ways.

 

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UBC Library Research Commons Newsletter

Check out the latest UBC Library Research Commons Newsletter for events, workshops, and more! 

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UBC Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies Update Newsletter

Check out the latest "GradUpdate" - a weekly snapshot of workshops and opportunities available to UBC graduate students.

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Recent IRES Publications

Emma J. Gillies, Mi-Ling Li, Villy Christensen, Carie Hoover, Kristen J. Sora, Lisa L. Loseto, William W. L. Cheung, Hélène Angot, and Amanda Giang. Exploring Drivers of Historic Mercury Trends in Beluga Whales Using an Ecosystem Modeling Approach. ACS Environmental Au 0, 0, pp DOI: 10.1021/acsenvironau.3c00072

Claire Ewing, Rei Bertoldi, David R. Boyd, Amanda Giang; Patterns of air pollution enforcement in Canada: Environmental priorities versus enforcement outcomes. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene 12 January 2024; 12 (1): 00062. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/elementa.2023.00062

Lion Hirth, Tarun M. Khanna, Oliver Ruhnau, How aggregate electricity demand responds to hourly wholesale price fluctuations, Energy Economics, 2024, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2024.107652.

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