Current Lab Members
Masters Student
My interests lie in mapping relationships between energy, environment, and society to understand how the renewable energy transition is impacting ecosystems and communities.
Masters Student
The goal of my research is to understand based on the given the range of communities that the projects might be embedded into, what are the range of models that communities could be engaged with?
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Masters Student
My interests lie in the energy transition and its impact on different communities and individuals.
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Postdoctoral Researcher
Currently, my research focuses on studying the socioecological and economic implications of, and proposing policy recommendations to, scaling-up a technology to produce hydrogen from biowastes as a renewable energy option.
Past Lab Members
MES 2020 | York University
Jessica Conroy
How transitioning to low-carbon and renewable energy systems will impact the landscape.
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MES 2020 | York University
Yuxu Zhao
Identify the relationship between pro-environmental behaviors and system innovations in energy transitions.
MES 2020 | York University
Maria-Louise McMaster
Research area of concentration is in low-carbon energy systems.
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JD/MES 2019 | York University
Alicia Campney
I am pursuing a career practicing Environmental Law and am interested in its intersection with Indigenous Law, especially in the context of Environmental Justice.
JD/MES Candidate 2018 | York University
Julianna Felendzer
My research focuses on energy transitions, innovation, energy poverty, participation, and policy.
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MES 2018 | York University
Susan Morrissey Wyse
My research explores how communities participate in and benefit from local low-carbon energy initiatives, and questions whether local initiatives are living up to their claims of “community”-focused approaches.
MES 2016 | York University
Brandon Slopack
Identifying Barriers and Methods to Enabling a Transition to Electric Vehicle Infrastructure in Ontario.
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MES 2015 | York University
Maral Jamali
My area of concentration was sustainability and energy efficiency.
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MES 2020 | York University
Natalia Bekirsky
Decentralization of energy systems, renewable energy, and energy justice and community involvement.
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MES 2020 | York University
Katarina Savic
Governance structures of Indigenous-owned clean energy projects in Canada.
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MES 2019 | York University
John Lau
Effectiveness of the energy efficiency policies that targeted buildings in the cities of Toronto and Calgary.
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MES 2018 | York University
Sohrab Pathan
My area of concentration is community energy planning, renewable energy and sustainability.
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MES 2017 | York University
Cristina Guido
My research applies a social-psychology perspective to residential energy consumption, which explores factors that drive energy choices and the behavioural programs that can influence conservation practices.
MES 2016 | York University
Devon Calder
I conducted research, analysis, and synthesized findings relating to sustainable energy technologies, policies, and projects.
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