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A diversity of people contribute to POLIS as researchers, support staff, students, and advisors. POLIS Principal and Founder 
POLIS Researchers in Discussionis Michael M'Gonigle, who holds the Eco-Research Chair of Environmental Law and Policy. Ongoing organizational development is headed by our Co-Directors, Kelly Bannister and Oliver Brandes. Our key support staff are Office manager, Ann Zurbrigg and Communications Officer, Laura Brandes.
Ann Zurbrigg, BA, MA, Office Manager Ann Zurbrigg joined the POLIS Project in March 2006 and provides the general administrative and bookkeeping support on ...
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Kelly Bannister, BSc, MSc, PhD, Co-Director and Senior Research Associate
Dr Kelly Bannister is Co-Director (with Oliver Brandes) of the POLIS Project on Ecological Governance and a Research Associate ...
BA Hon (British Columbia) 1969; MSc (Econ) (London School of Economics) 1970; LLB (Toronto) 1976; LLM (Yale) 1979; ...
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Dr Kelly Bannister is Co-Director of the POLIS Project on Ecological Governance and a Research Associate since 2000. She applies her background in Ethnobiology to policy-relevant research and...
Ann Zurbrigg joined the POLIS Project in March 2006 and provides the general administrative and bookkeeping support on a part time basis. She works with the research associates and staff to ensure...
Dr Kelly Bannister is Co-Director of the POLIS Project on Ecological Governance and a Research Associate since 2000. She applies her background in Ethnobiology to policy-relevant research and...
Oliver M Brandes joined the POLIS Project in 2003 to lead the Water Sustainability Project. He is a political ecologist with a Master of Economics degree from Queens University and a Law Degree...
David R Boyd is an environmental lawyer, author, and Trudeau Scholar at the University of British Columbia, where his research focuses on the right to a healthy environment. He recently spent a...
Dr Bradley Bryan is a SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Political Science and Faculty of Law at the University of Victoria. He works on a variety of questions of political and legal...
Dr Rod Dobell has been involved with POLIS since its beginnings in 2000 and previously with the Eco-Research Chair. He completed his PhD in economics at MIT and taught economic theory at Harvard...
Dr. Stephen Tyler first joined POLIS as member of the Board of the POLIS Foundation and joined POLIS as a Research Associate in 2007. He contributes support and advice to POLIS in the area of...
Dr Andrew Wender is a former research associate at POLIS, working with Michael M’Gonigle on a book project involving Green Legal Theory. In February 2006, Andrew defended his...
Jamie Biggar was a Research Associate from 2007-2010 after working at POLIS while completing his MA in Environmental Studies on network governance. He originally joined POLIS in 2005 to research...
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