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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Rosen, David

Science (Vancouver)
Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries
Bioenergetics (energy requirements and expenditures) of marine mammals; root causes of population changes by investigating the interactions between the physiology of individual animals and biotic and abiotic environmental changes; conservation and management of marine resources, particularly those in Arctic region, where environmental change – including climate change and fisheries impacts – is most evident; scientific approach to measuring and ensuring the welfare of these animals.

https://oceans.ubc.ca/david-rosen/

Rowley, Sue

Arts (Vancouver)
Anthropology
Public archaeology, material culture studies, repatriation, intellectual property rights, access to cultural heritage and museums.

https://anth.ubc.ca/faculty/susan-rowley/

Rteil, Ahmad

Engineering (Okanagan)
post-consumer waste products in concrete

https://engineering.ok.ubc.ca/about/contact/ahmad-rteil/

Ruitenberg, Claudia

Education (Vancouver)
Educational Studies
Citizenship and democracy, Gender Studies, Philosophy of education, Queer studies, Social justice, Sustainability

https://edst.educ.ubc.ca/facultystaff/Claudia-Ruitenberg/

Rush, Kathy

FHSD (Okanagan)
Nursing

Russello, Michael

FoS (Okanagan)
Biology
conservation genetics; molecular ecology

https://biology.ok.ubc.ca/about/contact/michael-russello/

Rutkauskas, Andreas

FCCS (Okanagan)
Creative Studies

Rysanek, Adam

Applied Science (Vancouver)
School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
Green building design, construction and operation, including the integrated technical and economic modelling of building- and community-integrated low-carbon energy systems; finding new ways to visualize, analyze and communicate building data and information

https://sala.ubc.ca/people/faculty/adam-rysanek

Saddler, Jack

Forestry (Vancouver)
Wood Science
Microbiology of waste water treatment; Application of fungi to upgrading and modification of forest products, pulp and paper and waste streams

https://forestry.ubc.ca/faculty-profile/jack-john-saddler

Sadiq, Rehan

Engineering (Okanagan)
water supply systems, environmental risk analysis, water-energy nexus of built environment

https://engineering.ok.ubc.ca/about/contact/rehan-sadiq/

Saewyc, Elizabeth

Applied Science (Vancouver)
School of Nursing
Health issues of youth, with a particular emphasis on how stigma, violence and trauma affect adolescent health and risk behaviours, and the environmental assets and protective factors that foster resilience among vulnerable young people in spite of stigma and trauma. These populations include: sexual minority youth (gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender teens), homeless and runaway youth, sexually abused and sexually-exploited teens, pregnant and parenting adolescents, youth in custody, immigrant youth, and indigenous young people in Canada and other countries.

https://nursing.ubc.ca/our-people/elizabeth-saewyc

Saifer, Adam

Management (Okanagan)
sustainable community development

https://management.ok.ubc.ca/about/contact/adam-saifer/

Sandercock, Leonie

Applied Science (Vancouver)
School of Community and Regional Planning
Multiculturalism and cities; urban policy; integration of immigrants; cross-cultural planning; First Nations collaborative community planning

https://scarp.ubc.ca/people/leonie-sandercock

Sarfaty, Galit

Peter A. Allard School of Law (Vancouver)
Peter A. Allard School of Law
Human Rights, Corporate Sustainability

https://allard.ubc.ca/about-us/our-people/galit-sarfaty

Sarra, Janis

Peter A. Allard School of Law (Vancouver)
Peter A. Allard School of Law
Climate-related financial risk and corporate governance; climate governance

https://allard.ubc.ca/about-us/our-people/janis-sarra

Satterfield, Blair

Applied Science (Vancouver)
School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
Use of second stream materials in construction; design and application of energy and material efficient methods for construction; generation of sophisticated but universally accessible tool sets and strategies for efficiently and sustainably building using low-impact materials and techniques

https://sala.ubc.ca/people/faculty/blair-satterfield

Satterfield, Terre

Science (Vancouver)
Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability
Sustainable development, environmental health, First Nations; land management, social and cultural consequences of contamination

http://ires.ubc.ca/person/terre-satterfield/

Sayer, Jeffrey

Forestry (Vancouver)
Forest and Conservation Sciences
Integrated approaches to natural resources management, landscape approaches, integrating science into natural resources decision making; Tropical forest conservation; Reconciling conservation and development in tropical forest landscapes; Forest conservation in Indonesia

https://forestry.ubc.ca/faculty-profile/jeff-sayer

Schafer, Laurel

Science (Vancouver)
Chemistry
Biodegraable polymers, sustainable synthesis, Green Chemistry

https://www.chem.ubc.ca/laurel-schafer

Schluter, Dolph

Science (Vancouver)
Zoology
Ecology of recent adaptive radiations; ecological forces responsible for the origin and persistence of species; evolution of differences between them in resource use, body form, and mating preferences; natural selection in wild populations; threespine sticklebacks

https://www.zoology.ubc.ca/person/dolph-schluter

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