CESS Expert List

CESS aims to connect both China experts and those with expertise in environmental sciences and sustainabiltiy research.  Please advise us for any changes or additions: tomaw@interchange.ubc.ca

University of British Columbia:

Faculty

BAKKER, Karen (bakker@geog.ubc.ca)
Associate Professor, Geography
Water resources.

DAUVERGNE, Peter (peter.dauvergne@ubc.ca)
Professor, Political Science
Environmental theory and international relations.

CHEEK, Timothy (tcheek@ubc.ca)
Louis Cha Chair in Chinese Research, Institute of Asian Research.
Intellectual history, governance

FOSTER, Kenneth (kfoster@interchange.ubc.ca)
Assistant Professor, Political Science

JOHNSON, Graham
Professor, Sociology
Food security in China; Pearl River Delta research

GLASSMAN, Jim (glassman@geog.ubc.ca)
Assistant Professor, Geography
SEA, Pacific Rim (GMS and Thailand)

LEAF, Michael
Professor, Centre for Southeast Asian Research, SCARP.
Shanghai urban development; 3X3 Partnership Initiative: Sustainable Water Resources Management in the Beijing-Tianjin Region http://www.chs.ubc.ca/china/
Community-based Urban Environmental Management in Quanzhou, Fujian, China

POTTER, Pittman
Professor of Law
Selective adaptation

SLAYMAKER, Olav (geography
olav@geog.ubc.ca)
Professor
Geomorphology, Sedimentary research in Hainan; sustainability of mountain environments.

TIBERGHIEN, Yves (yvestibe@politics.ubc.ca)
Assistant Professor, Political Science.
China, GMO politics, East Asia
http://faculty.arts.ubc.ca/tiberg
http://www.gmopolitics.com/

WILSON, Ward (wilson@mining.ubc.ca)
Professor, Mining
Mining and the environment

YIN, Yongyuan (yongyuan.yin@sdri.ubc.ca)
Adjunct Professor, AIRG
Carbon sequestration; pesticide exposure risk assessment in Taihu area; Pearl River Delta Sustainability Project

Post-doctorate/ Graduate Students:

CHEN, Yaming
PhD Candidate, Earth & Ocean Science
Groundwater contamination and re-mediation strategies

CONSTANTIN, Christian (cconstan@interchange.ubc.ca)
PhD student, Political Science
China & energy geopolitics.

HAYES, Jack (jackhayes11@msn.com)
PhD candidate, History
Modern Chinese / Environmental History (Southwest China)

LI Guo (liwestern@hotmail.com)
PhD student, Political Science
Energy security in China, EIA processes, public consultation.

McCORRY, Denise (d.mccorry@fisheries.ubc.ca)
Post-doc Scientist, Fisheries
Marine protected area management experience in Hong Kong, China.

Other Schools:

SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

ANDERSON, Robert (randerso@sfu.ca)
Professor, Communication
Handling ecological crisis’, Yunnan.

JACCARD, Mark (jaccard@sfu.ca)
Professor, Resource & Environmental Management, Fellow CD Howe Institute.
Energy & Environmental Economics; part of foreign expert team advising Chinese government.

DRAKE, Earl (drake@sfu.ca)
Adjunct Professor, David Lam Centre for International Communication.
Director, Canadian Secretariat for the China Council for International Cooperation on Environment & Development. Ex-Canadian Ambassador to PRC.

STURGEON, Janet (sturgeon@sfu.ca)
Professor, Department of Geography
Land use /land cover change in SW China border regions, property rights and natural resources; teaches Geog 468: Society & Environment in China.

UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY

JIANG, Wenran
Director of the China Institute, Professor, Political Science
Chinese energy security.

UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON

HARRELL, Stephen
Professor, Anthropology.
Mountain environments, minority relations.

MAGEE, Darrin
PhD., Geography
Yunnan large-scale hydro-development.