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Brian Robinson

Title: 
Associate Professor
Brian Robinson
Contact Information
Address: 

Burnside Hall Room 432

Phone: 
514-398-3453
Email address: 
brian.e.robinson [at] mcgill.ca
Research areas: 
Institutions
Ecosystem services
International development
Livelihoods & environment
Quantitative methods
Current research: 

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.

Current projects:

  • : Sustainable & Resilient Ecosystems for Canada
  • Co-benefits of Natural Climate Solutions
  • Pathways to Equitable Healthy Cities
Degree(s): 
  • PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison (2011)
  • MEng, MIT (2005)
  • MCP, MIT (2005)
  • BSc, Georgia Tech (1999)
Selected publications: 
  • Updated publication list [
  • Peng WJ, Robinson BE, Hua Z, Li C, Wang FC, Li RN. 2022. “” Environmental Development. 43: 100736. doi: 10.1016/j.envdev.2022.100736
  • del Giorgio O, le Polain de Waroux Y, Robinson BE. 2022. “I” Journal of Rural Studies. 93: 67-80. doi: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2022.05.014
  • Li XY, … Robinson BE, … Carter E. 2022. “” Environmental Science & Technology. 56(12): 8308–8318. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.1c07402 
  • Garcia CA,… Robinson BE, … Waeber PO. 2022. “” Nature Sustainability. 5: 464–471. doi: 10.1038/s41893-022-00881-0. 
  • Dade M, Bennett E, Robinson BE. 2022. “” Ecosystems and People. 18(1): 131-145. doi: 10.1080/26395916.2022.2037715.
  • Baumgartner JC, … Robinson BE. 2022. “” Wellcome Open Research. 7(18): 1-18. doi: ​​10.12688/wellcomeopenres.17244.1
  • Tseng TW, Robinson BE, … Masuda YJ. 2021. “” Nature Sustainability. 4: 242-251. doi: 10.1038/s41893-020-00648-5 
  • Li RN,  … Robinson BE, … Daily GC. “” Science Advances. 7(14):eabf8650. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abf8650.
  • Mandle L, … Robinson BE, … Ricketts TH. 2021. “” Nature Sustainability. 4:161–169. doi: 10.1038/s41893-020-00625-y.
Group: 
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