Teaching
Supervision
Postdoctoral Scholars
Tetiana Semeniutina, 2022 - present
Katharina Koch, 2020 - 2023; placement: School of Public Policy, University of Calgary
Gregory Galay, 2021 - 2023; placement: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Evgeniia (Jen) Sidorova, 2021 - 2022; placement: Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada
Brendan Boyd, 2016–2017; placement: MacEwan University
E. Dylan Morgan, 2015; placement: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Master's Students
Lindsay Geier, MPP, Distributional Effects of Changes in BC’s Carbon Tax Revenue-Use, 2021-2022
Julia Jachimowicz, MPP, Reducing Emissions, Not Cows: Regulatory Policies to Mitigate Methane, 2021-2022
Jordan Williams, MSc SEDV, An economic assessment of renewable natural gas (RNG) as a potential low carbon intensity fuel alternative eligible under Canada’s Clean Fuel Regulations, 2021-2022
Kimberly Markvoort, MSc SEDV, Assessment of Indigenous Perspectives embodied in Sustainability Reporting and ESG Disclosure Practices of Canadian Exploration and Production Companies, 2020-2022
Coleman Vollrath, MSc, Methane Emissions from the Global Oil and Gas Industry: A Scoping Review to Characterize the Research Trends, Knowledge Gaps, and Priorities, 2020-2022 (committee member)
Mehdi Salamati, MSc, Optimal Routing of Multi-Modal Wide Energy and Infrastructure Corridors, 2022 (committee member)
Amelia Harman, MPP/JD, Assessing the Performance of Aboriginal Financial Institutions Against Mainstream Banks and Credit Unions, 2020-2021
Keshia Holloman-Dawson, MPP/JD, The Methane Regulation Gap: Regulation of Abandoned Oil and Gas Wells to Assist Methane Emission Reduction Targets in Alberta, 2020-2022
Andreas Murphy, MPP, A Case Study in Government Mismanagement of Delayed Hydroelectric Megaprojects: The Site C Perspective, 2020-2021
Laura Flinkfelt, MPP, Evaluating Toronto’s Waste Diversion and Generation Performance 2006–2019, 2019-2021
Emma Dizon, MPP, The Impact of the Regulatory Environment on the Ease of Doing Business: How Calgary Measures Up, 2019-2020
Marcus Threndyle, MPP/JD, Developing renewable electricity generation with feed-in tariff policy, 2019-2020
Christian Louden, MPP, Measuring and Mitigating CleanBC’s Impact on Energy Affordability, 2018-2020
Alyssa Anderson, MPP, Alberta in the Age of Renewable Power: Policy Lessons from Germany and Sweden, 2018-2019
Mitchell Boyne, MPP, Oil Change: How the Global Oil and Gas Downturn Transformed Canada’s Energy Industry, 2018-2019
Ryan Green, MPP, Bending the Curve: Reducing Alberta’s Oil & Gas Liabilities via Timelines on Well Abandonments, 2018-2019
April Kargard, MPP, Investigation into the Effects of Resource Development Projects on Rural and Indigenous Communities, 2018-2019
M. Shae Doyle, MPP, Microgeneration and Smart Grids: The Alberta Context, 2017-2019
Braeden Edwards, MPP, Pipelines, Public Interest, and Regulatory Change: The Public Interest Implications of Including Indirect Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Federal Environmental Assessments, 2017-2018
Neuczki Mathurin, MPP, Drilling into Policy Effectiveness: An Evaluation of Carbon Pricing Policies in Oil and Gas Jurisdictions, 2017-2018
Jade McLean, MPP, Public Perceptions of Pipeline Development in Canada, 2017-2018
Jessie Arthur, MPP, Carbon Capture in Alberta: Costs, Benefits, and Policy, 2016-2017
Kiran Gurm, MPP, The feasibility of reducing Nunavut’s diesel reliance with a transition to renewable energy technologies, primarily solar and wind energy, 2016-2017
Karen Spencer, MPP, Four Easy Ways to Reduce Canada’s GHG Emissions, 2016-2017
Austin Thompson, MPP, Evaluating For-Profit Ridesharing Regulations in Canada, 2016-2017
Zachary Biggs, MPP, How to Protect Lower-Income Albertans from a Carbon Tax, 2015-2016
Brendan Frank, MPP, Keeping the Lights On: Renewable Power in Alberta's Post-Coal Era, 2015-2016
Beth McDonald, MPP, Examining the Role of Electoral Systems in the Policy Influence of Aboriginal Populations: A Comparative Analysis of the Canadian, Australian, and New Zealand Cases, 2015-2016
Laura Johnson, MPP, Regulation of small modular nuclear reactors in Canada, 2015
Other Supervision
Katharina Koch, Research Associate, 2023 - present
PhD Committee Work
Adegboyega During, PhD – University of Calgary, Essays in Energy and Policy Analysis, 2019 (PhD Defence Internal Examiner)
Zainab Dadashi Forshomi, Evaluating Oil Sands Technologies Using Life Cycle Assessment and Mathematical Optimization, 2017 (PhD Candidacy Committee)
Julie Williams, PhD, Environmental Leadership and Regulation: Policy Implications for Provincial Governments in Canada, 2015 (External Examiner, PhD Defence)
Current Courses
Previous Courses
Foundations I: Introduction to Economics (PPOL 601) - Fall 2020 (online; with Lindsay Tedds)
Responsible Development of Hydrocarbon Resources and Policy (PPOL 611.23/699.02) - Spring 2019, 2020, 2021
Studies in Energy and Environmental Policy (PPOL 611.02) - Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Winter 2015
The Multi-Faces of Israel (PPOL 611.07) - Winter 2018, Winter 2019, 2020 (on-location faculty supervisor for study abroad course)
Decision Analysis (PPOL 609) - Winter 2018, Winter 2017, Winter 2016
Intermediate Macro I (ECON 303) - Spring 2010
Introductory Micro (ECON 201) - Summer 2009
Guest Lectures
The Study of Public Policy (PPOL 600) - Fall 2020, 2021
Dentons' International Energy Law Study Tour (Law 693) - Winter 2017, Winter 2018, Winter 2019, Fall 2019
International Summer School on the Geopolitics of Energy & Natural Resources (PPOL 611.21) - Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2019