Professor John Robinson
Director, Sustainable Development Research Initiative
UBC
will be addressing the Vancouver Institute on March 11, 2006 at 8:15 p.m., Lecture Hall No. 2 in the Woodward Instructional Resources Centre, University of British Columbia. m4a_schedule_disclaimer
Dr. Robinson currently directs several research programs in the areas of climate change and policy, analyzing sustainable futures in the Georgia Basin, building computer game-like simulations for public engagement, and proposing new buildings. His personal research interests include sustainability theory and practice, regional-scale integrated assessment, involving the public in the analysis of sustainable futures, business and sustainability, and the relationship between science and decision-making. Dr. Robinson is a member of the Advisory Council of the David Suzuki Foundation, on the Board of Westcoast Environmental Law, and the Sustainable Cities Foundation. He has twice been a Coordinating Lead Author of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
