Natural resources and biodiversity research

Natural resources

Julie Bernard 

Studies sustainable finance, natural capital, and nature-based solutions, including how investors respond to biodiversity-related risks. 

Neil Craik 

Researches law and governance for global commons and resource development, including deep seabed mining and environmental impact assessment. 

Goretty Dias 

Uses life cycle assessment and related tools to assess agricultural and bio-based systems, including implications for land use, food systems, and biodiversity. 

Bruce Frayne 

Examines how urbanization, migration, and food security reshape resource demand and human-environment relationships, especially in the Global South. 

Komal Habib 

Investigates critical materials, waste systems, and circularity, including resource dependency in clean energy technologies and WEEE processing efficiencies. 

Heather M. Hall 

Studies innovation and economic development in rural and northern regions, including the effects of mobile work and large industrial projects. 

Jessie Ma 

Researches sustainable energy systems, including energy storage and distributed energy resources, with relevance for cleaner and more resource-efficient infrastructure. 

Steven B. Young 

Researches impacts of metals and mineral production including industrial metals, cement, conflict minerals and critical raw materials like lithium, copper and nickel.