Brian E Robinson

Brian E Robinson

Associate Professor

McGill University

REaL Lab

Robinson Ecosystems & Livelihoods Lab

I am an associate professor in the Department of Geography at McGill University, and a member of the Bieler School on the Environment. My group and I look at how people meet their needs through use of ecosystems and natural resources, the role this plays in developing regions, and the institutions we create to mediate these relationships. Our research methods draw from environmental and development economics, ecology, development geography, and geographic information sciences – collectively taking a land system science approach to answer policy-relevant questions.

For practicing inclusive science in the lab, see here.

For more details on Brian Robinson, see his CV here.

Interests
  • land systems
  • ecosystem services
  • policy evaluation
  • international development
  • spatial analysis
Education
  • PhD in Environment & Resources, 2009

    University of Wisconsin-Madison

  • MEng in Water Resources, 2005

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • MCP in Environmental Policy & Planning, 2005

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • BSc in Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, 1999

    Georgia Tech

Projects

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ResNet: Sustainable & Resilient Ecosystems for Canada
ResNet’s mission is to support Canada’s capacity to monitor, model, and manage its working landscapes for the long-term shared health, prosperity and resilience for all Canadians through community-engaged research. My group is integrating communities into models to better account for how ecosystem service flows are captured by human beneficiaries on the landscape.
ResNet: Sustainable & Resilient Ecosystems for Canada
Sustainable Landscapes (MSSI)
Landscapes connect communities to the natural capital needed for the sustainable provision of ecosystem services like food, energy, clean water, and regulation of key processes like floods and climate. With support from the McGill Sustainability Systems Initiative, we are building a community of researchers from across the social and natural sciences around landscape sustainability, training the next generation of student researchers, and engaging stakeholders locally and nationally through a knowledge-to-action approach linking science, engineering, and decision-making.
Sustainable Landscapes (MSSI)

The team

Graduate students

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Holly Cronin

PhD student

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Luci Lu

PhD student

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Xiang Zhang

PhD student

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Yiyi Zhang

PhD student

Post doctoral fellows & staff

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Paola Fajardo

Research Assistant

Alumni

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Jesse Rieb

Data Scientist with NGA (former postdoc)

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Marie C Dade

Lecturer in Urban Greening at U Melbourne (former postdoc)

Recent Publications

Contact

  • brian.e.robinson[AT]mcgill.ca
  • 805 Sherbrooke St West, Montreal, QC H3A 0B9