Economics

The PhD Program in Business Administration welcomes applications from individuals planning research-oriented academic careers. As well as gaining access to a world of knowledge and opportunity, Sauder PhD students benefit from the individual attention they receive from faculty members - right from...

Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration in Strategy and Business Economics (PhD)

This PhD specialization covers applications of the disciplines of economics and statistics to topics of relevance for business or business related government policy. Applications include business strategy and international business drawing on insights from industrial organization and international...

Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration in Transportation and Logistics (PhD)

The doctoral program in transportation and logistics (TLOG) focuses on transportation economics and policy analysis. The program is designed to meet the needs of individual students, and there is considerable flexibility in choosing courses.

Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration in Urban Land Economics (PhD)

Doctor of Philosophy in Economics (PhD)

The Ph.D. program in economics at �� owes its strength to the quality of its research faculty, extensive opportunity for student-faculty interaction, and a diverse offering of specializations for thesis work. Our faculty members specialize in a wide range of topics, including development economics...

Doctor of Philosophy in Integrated Studies in Land and Food Systems (PhD)

The doctoral (PhD) program in Integrated Studies in Land and Food Systems creates opportunities for students to develop and strengthen research capabilities and advanced knowledge. Students must plan and complete a doctoral thesis resulting in an original scholarly contribution to knowledge in...

Doctor of Philosophy in Resources, Environment and Sustainability (PhD)

The Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability (IRES) at the University of British Columbia (��) is a problem-focused and curiosity-driven interdisciplinary research institute and graduate program, with interest and expertise in a wide range of topics under the realm of environment...

Master of Arts in Economics (MA)

The M.A. program in Economics at �� owes its strength to the quality of its research faculty, opportunities for intensive training in theoretical and applied work, and a diverse offering of specializations. Our faculty members specialize in a wide range of topics, including development economics,...

Master of Arts in Resources, Environment and Sustainability (MA)

Master of Business Analytics (MBAN)

In just twelve months, the �� MBAN gives candidates with quantitative backgrounds sought-after analytical skills within a broader business context. Our graduates will be able to apply advanced analytical tools and methods to address management challenges in today’s business world. Candidates will...

Master of Food and Resource Economics (MFRE)

The Master of Food and Resource Economics (MFRE) program is a unique, one-year, course-based masters degree which integrates Economics, Policy, and Business concepts to provide data-driven solutions that meet the challenges and opportunities in the food, agriculture, and environmental sector. This...

Master of Land and Water Systems (MLWS)

Land and water are essential resources required to sustain human needs, including food security, maintenance of environmental goods and services, and all forms of useable energy. Managing land and water as an integrated system provides a framework to aid society to achieve the goals of an improved...

Master of Science in Business Administration in Finance (MSCB)

Aimed at students interested in research, the �� MSc in Business Administration is a challenging and rigorous program designed to prepare students for a PhD program and a subsequent career in academia. As an MSc student, you will not only become part of a rich and stimulating academic community...

Master of Science in Business Administration in Transportation and Logistics (MSCB)

Master of Science in Integrated Studies in Land and Food Systems (MSc)

The MSc program in Integrated Studies in Land and Food Systems provides opportunities for students to broaden their knowledge base and gain research experiences.�� ILSFS students work on diverse and often interdisciplinary research topics that address priority food systems questions and challenges...

Master of Science in Resources, Environment and Sustainability (MSc)

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�� Researchers conducting research in Economics

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Antweiler, Werner

Division of Strategy and Business Economics, Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Environment and natural resources economics; International economics and international finance; environmental economics; energy economics; electricity markets; climate change; natural resource economics; international trade policy; urban transportation

Atleo, Tara

Department of Forest Resources Management, Faculty of Forestry

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Indigenous economics; Indigenous peoples environmental knowledge; Sustainability management; Sustainable development and policy; Sustainability Management; Communities and Indigenous Knowledge; Stewardship Economics

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Barichello, Richard

Food and Resource Economics, Faculty of Land and Food Systems

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Agricultural economics

Baylis, Patrick

Vancouver School of Economics, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Economics; Climate Changes and Impacts; Economic Planning of Energy; climate change economics; energy economics; environmental economics

Bena, Jan

Division of Finance, Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Financial economics; Finance, n.e.c.; Stock markets; International economics and international finance; Economics of innovation and technical change; Industry economics and industrial organization; Innovation; Corporate innovation; Asset pricing of technological progress; Private equity; Corporate ownership structure; Frictions in raising external finance; Entrepreneurship; Ownership of startup companies; Finance and industrial organization; Product market interactions

Bostanci, Gorkem

Vancouver School of Economics, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Macroeconomics (including monetary and fiscal theory); Industry economics and industrial organization; Firm Dynamics; Input Allocation and Productivity; Labor Demand; intellectual property

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Gallipoli, Giovanni

Vancouver School of Economics, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Macroeconomics (including monetary and fiscal theory); Economic Policies; Economic Phenomena on a National or International Level; Economic Phenomena on an Individual or Organizational Level; applied microeconomics; computational economics; Labor markets; macroeconomics; Consumption theory and measurement; Trade; Insurance

Gantois, Joséphine

Institute for Resources, Environment & Sustainability, Faculty of Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Environment and natural resources economics; Ecological applications; Sociology; Human Dimensions of Biodiversity Conservation; environmental economics; Applied Ecology; Rural Sociology; Causal inference; Applied Deep Learning

Gulati, Sumeet

Food and Resource Economics, Faculty of Land and Food Systems

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Agricultural economics; Wildlife and habitat management; Ecological policy; Economics of Human Wildlife Conflict; Economics of Urban Transportation; Effectiveness of Carbon Taxes; Effectiveness of Environmental Policy; International Trade and its Effect on the Environment; Political Economy of Environmental and Trade Policy

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Jaccard, Torsten

Vancouver School of Economics, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Economics; international trade

Juhasz, Reka

Vancouver School of Economics, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Economics; international trade; Economic History; Development and Growth; industrial policy and industrialization

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Khanna, Tarun

School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Economics; Renewable energy systems (except smart systems engineering); Environmental policy; energy economics; Evidence synthesis; policy evaluation; electricity markets; energy in development; decarbonization of the energy sector

Kikkawa, Ayumu

Division of Strategy and Business Economics, Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

International economics and international finance; Industry economics and industrial organization; international trade; Industrial Organization

Kumar, Gaurav

Faculty of Forestry

Postdoctoral Fellow

Programming in operational research (including linear and nonlinear programming); Transport economics; Operations and supply chain management; Inventory and distribution logistics; Natural resource management; Operations Research; Decision Analytics; Logistics & Supply chain management; Freight Transportation

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Malhotra, Nisha

Faculty of Arts

Faculty (non-G+PS member)

Sex and gender-based analysis; Economics of international development; Health care access, privilege or marginalization; Health and gender based violence; Women health; Global Health; Health Care Access; Maternity Care Evaluation; Gender based studies; Global trade and trade remedy measures

Milligan, Kevin

Vancouver School of Economics, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Labour and demographic economics; Public economics; Economic Policies; Children; Inequality; Pensions; Public Finance; Taxation

Morgan, Steven

School of Population and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Health policy; Economics of health care; Health services and systems; Access to medicines; Health care policy; Pharmacare; Pharmaceutical pricing; Prescribing appropriateness; Comparative policy analysis; Health care financing

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Noack, Frederik

Food and Resource Economics, Faculty of Land and Food Systems

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Environment and natural resources economics; Economics of Biodiversity; Economics of Conservation; Fisheries Economics; economic development; Forests

Nunn, Nathan

Vancouver School of Economics, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Economics; Political economy; Economic History; economic development; cultural economics; international trade

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Pratap-Singh, Anubhav

Food, Nutrition & Health, Faculty of Land and Food Systems

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Environment and natural resources economics; Food sciences (including food engineering); Natural resource management; Agri-food Transformation Products; cold plasma; food engineering; food processing; Functional Foods; heat transfer; high pressure; mass transfer; novel non-thermal processing; Nutriceuticals and Functional Foods; pasteurization; pulsed light; sterilization

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Rehavi, M.

Vancouver School of Economics, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Economics; Law; Health Care Organization; Public Finances and Taxation; Algorithms; applied econometrics; criminal law; decision support (algorithms); discrimination; maternal health

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Sarsons, Heather

Vancouver School of Economics, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Economics; labour, personnel, and behavioural economics

Solimine, Philip

Faculty of Arts

Faculty (non-G+PS member)

Industry economics and industrial organization; Econometrics; Data-driven estimation, optimization, and control; Collaborative and social computing; Experimental economics

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Wagner, Katherine

Vancouver School of Economics, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Economics; Environmental and Energy Economics; Public Finance

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Yan, Han

Division of Accounting and Information Systems, Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Accounting; Financial economics; Banking; Climate Finance; Voluntary Disclosure; Earnings Quality; Reduced Form and Structural Estimation

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Zerriffi, Hisham

Department of Forest Resources Management, Faculty of Forestry

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Environmental geography; Forestry biomass and bioproducts; Modelling and applications of systems; Environment and natural resources economics; Environmental policy; Biomass (Energy); Energy Transformation and Energy Using; International development; Environment and Society; Ideological, Political, Economical and Social Environments of Social Transformations; Social and Cultural Factors of Environmental Protection; energy poverty

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