EUC research is exploring the thinking, activism and policies that are needed to take action in the climate emergency and to plan sustainable and humane communities. We are working with Indigenous communities to define new approaches to, and knowledge of, climate change. We are also critically examining the policies and behaviours that are needed to address environmental sustainability more broadly. The transition to a sustainable energy future is a particular focus for research and action among EUC scholars.
Representative faculty members: Birch, Brand Correa, Bunch, Etcheverry, Gebresselassie, Korosi, McGregor, Mulvihill, Perkins, Podur, Rotz, Sandberg, Sandilands, Thienpont, Winfield
Researcher Spotlights
Kean Birch
Professor Kean Birch’s research interest focuses on understanding technoscientific capitalism and draws on perspectives from science & technology studies, economic geography and sociology.
Deborah McGregor
Professors Deborah McGregor, Lisa Myers and Alan Corbiere collaborate in a SSHRC-funded project on envisioning an Indigenous-derived climate change futures.
Mark Winfield
Professor Winfield is co-chair of the Sustainable Energy Initiative (SEI) at EUC and conducts research on legal and policy issues relating to climate change and energy transitions.
Katie Kish
Dr. Katie Kish is Senior Development Officer of EUC’s Ecological Footprint Initiative with a background in complex systems thinking and ecological economics.
Ana Maria Martinez
Dr. Ana Martinez is associate director of Las Nubes in Costa Rica where she facilitates community and international research collaborations, including the Grounded project documentary film series.
Calvin Lakhan
Dr. Calvin Lakhan is an EUC research associate and co-investigator of the “Waste Wiki” project devoted to advancing waste management policy and research in Canada.
