Kai to serve as a Coordinating Lead Author for IPBES’ Global Assessment
Along with John Agard and Jianguo (Jack) Liu, Kai will be serving as a Coordinating Lead Author for chapter 5 of the IPBES (Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services) Global Assessment. The first authors meeting is in Bonn, Aug 15-19 2016.
Sustainability: Steeped in Values, Animated by Process, and Structured (but Not Dictated) by Experts
Marc Tadaki and Kai Chan’s BioScience review of Bryan Norton’s book, “Sustainable Values, Sustainable Change: A Guide to Environmental Decision Making”. Better than any other, the book integrates environmental values with adaptive management, pointing towards engagement processes for sustainability.
John Driscoll awarded a Killam Doctoral Scholarship
Congratulations to John Driscoll for winning a UBC Killam Doctoral Scholarship!
Kai is co-organizing a UNESCO workshop on Relational Values
Kai is co-organizing (with Unai Pascual) a UNESCO workshop in beautiful San Sebastian, Spain on Relational Values and Nature.
Jordan Tam passed his PhD Defense!
Congratulations to Jordan Tam for an exceptional defense of his PhD on Thu May 19!
Kai’s 2012 paper most cited at Ecological Economics since 2011
The journal Ecological Economics reports that Kai’s article with Terre Satterfield and Josh Goldstein (Rethinking ecosystem services to better address and navigate cultural values) is most cited since 2011.
Alejandra Echeverri wins Freda Pagani Outstanding Master’s Thesis Award
Congratulations to Ale for winning this best-thesis award at RMES (now RES, for Resources, Environment & Sustainability)!
Paige Olmsted awarded the Les Lavkulich Outstanding Leadership and Service Award
Great recognition of Paige Olmsted’s superb leadership and service to IRES and much broader communities (including global processes like Rio+20)!
Liz Williams awarded a SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship
Congratulations to MA student Liz Williams for her success winning a SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship–even before starting!
Kai to be promoted to full professor
Kai will be promoted to full professor at UBC as of July 1 2016. Apparently the requests ramp up even more then….