Kyle Loewen
Student
Doctor of Philosophy in Geography (PhD)
Department of Geography
The Department of Geography at UBC is widely acknowledged as one of the leading departments in the world in terms of its research accomplishments. The scholarly interests of faculty members and graduate students encompass a wide range of subject areas, philosophical approaches, methods of analysis, and geographical locations.
Graduate Degree Programs
Research Supervisors
| Name | Research Interests |
|---|---|
| Arefin, Mohammed | urban geography; discard studies; urban political ecology; Environmental justice; waste; sanitation; geographical political economy; urban geography, discard studies, urban political ecology, environmental justice, waste, sanitation, geographical political economy |
| Baada, Jemima | intersections of gender, climate change, migration, health and development equity; intersections of gender, climate change, migration, health and development equity |
| Barnes, Trevor | Vancouver |
| Bergmann, Luke | Geomatics; Globalization; Geomatics, Globalization |
| Dempsey, Jessica | wrestle with the theoretical and historical-geographical complexities of environmental politics as it shapes and is shaped by the entanglement of state, economy, science, and culture |
| Dolpopa, Phurwa Dondrub | Indigenous political ecology; Visual geography; Indigenous environmental governance; Indigenous political ecology, Visual geography, Indigenous environmental governance |
| Donner, Simon | Climate Science; climate change impacts; Climate policy; Coastal Ecosystems; Marine Environment; Climate modelling and prediction; Science communication; Net-zero emissions; Coral reefs; Climate science, Climate change impacts, Climate policy, Coastal ecosystems, Marine environment, Climate modelling and prediction, Science communication, Net-zero emissions , Coral reefs |
| Evenden, Matthew | Environmental History; Historical geography; Rivers; Water; Hydro-electricity; Environmental history, Historical geography, Rivers, Water, Hydro-electricity |
| Everhart, Avery | Geographic Information Science; Medical Geography; Demography & Population Studies; Critical Data Studies, Critical GIS & Digital Geographies; Transgender Studies; Intersectionality in Empirical Social Science; Health Services Research & Access to Healthcare; Community-Based Participatory Research; Feminist & Queer Theories; Measuring & Combatting STructural Racism; Geographic Information Science, Medical Geography, Demography & Population Studies, Critical Data Studies, Critical GIS & Digital Geographies, Transgender Studies, Intersectionality in Empirical Social Science, Health Services Research & Access to Healthcare, Community-Based Participatory Research, Feminist & Queer Theories, Measuring & Combatting Structural Racism |
| Fabris, Michael | Gender, Race, Class, Power, Colonialism, Justice, Indigenous jurisdiction within Canadian cities, Piikani Nation’s attempts to challenge the construction of the Oldman River Dam |
| Glassman, James Francis | Development Geography, Third World Urbanization, Economic Geography, Political Economy, Political Geography, Southeast Asia, Pacific Rim |
| Hale, Kate | characterizing snowpack, climate, and ecohydrologic variability; identify drivers of water availability in alpine and Arctic watersheds; Snowpack water storage heterogeneity and related hydrologic partitioning impacts; Historical and future variability in spatial and temporal hydrologic sensitivity; characterizing snowpack, climate, and ecohydrologic variability, identify drivers of water availability in alpine and Arctic watersheds, Snowpack water storage heterogeneity and related hydrologic partitioning impacts, Historical and future variability in spatial and temporal hydrologic sensitivity |
| Hassan, Marwan | Geological and Geomorphological Processes; Channel Stability,; Fluvial geomorphology; Landscape evolution; Sediment transport; Surface hydrology; Geological and Geomorphological Processes, Channel Stability, , Fluvial Geomorphology, Landscape evolution, Sediment transport, Surface hydrology |
| Hudson, Peter | Pan-Africanism and the Black radicalism; Political Economy, capitalism, imperialism; Historical Studies; Social and Economic Geography; Pan-Africanism and the Black radicalism, Political Economy, capitalism, imperialism, Historical Studies, Social and Economic Geography |
| Klein, Naomi | crisis and political transformation, large-scale shocks as catalysts and accelerators for broad-based social change |
| Koppes, Michele | climate change, glaciers, natural hazards, landscape change, polar regions, ice-ocean interactions |
| Kuhn, McKenzie | response of boreal-Arctic ecosystems to climate; exchange of carbon and greenhouse gases between freshwaters, plants, soils, and the atmosphere; influence of disturbances and management on freshwater carbon and nutrient cycling; interactions of between northern freshwater and terrestrial ecosystems and global change; response of boreal-Arctic ecosystems to climate, exchange of carbon and greenhouse gases between freshwaters, plants, soils, and the atmosphere, influence of disturbances and management on freshwater carbon and nutrient cycling, interactions of between northern freshwater and terrestrial ecosystems and global change |
| Kuus, Merje | transnational regulatory practices in contemporary Europe, but the empirical focus undergirds a broader interest in knowledge and power, structure and agency, in bureaucratic and policy-making settings; political identity, subject-formation, and center-periphery relations, especially in contemporary Europe |
| Lague, Marysa | Climate Modelling; Land-atmosphere interactions; Climate Dynamics; Climate; Planetary Science; Atmospheric dynamics; Water, Ice, Landscapes; Climate: Science, Change, Action; Earth System Modelling; Climate Modelling, Land-atmosphere interactions, Climate Dynamics, Climate, Planetary Science, Atmospheric Dynamics, Water, Ice, Landscapes, Climate: Science, Change, Action, Earth System Modelling |
| le Billon, Philippe | Geography, politics, africa, environmental, human geography, development, security |
| Liu, Tina | modern human-fire relationships; role of fire in the Earth system; impacts of extreme events on planetary health; air quality and public health; satellite remote sensing and big geospatial data; modern human-fire relationships, role of fire in the Earth system, impacts of extreme events on planetary health, air quality and public health, satellite remote sensing and big geospatial data |
| Narayan, Priti | urban development; South Asia; state-society relations; urban development, South Asia, state-society relations |
| Peck, Jamie | Socio-Economic Conditions; Economic geography; Socio-Economic Conditions, Economic geography |
| Pratt, Geraldine | Feminist Geographies |
| Schwartz, Naomi | community ecology; Ecosystem Services and Conservation Policy; Environmental Change; GIS; remote sensing; Tropical forest landscapes; Community Ecology, Ecosystem Services and Conservation Policy, Environmental Change, GIS, Remote sensing, Tropical forest landscapes |