kpol01 | SCARP | UBC School of Community and Regional Planning

Karolina

Pol

Email: karolinapol01@gmail.com

Bio and CV

Biography

Karolina is currently a Masters of Arts (Planning) Candidate in the School of Community and Regional Planning (SCARP) at UBC. Her research focuses on the potential of renewable energy projects to foster resilience in communities within the context of climate change.

Her research interests include:
• Energy and emissions planning
• Political economy of energy
• Energy democratization
• Community engagement → Community empowerment
• Cooperative business models
• Open data

She holds a Bachelor of Arts with Honours from the School of Communication at Simon Fraser University, with a concentration in Political Communication.

For more information on Karolina's current research projects or to inquire about a potential partnership, please email her at karolinapol01@gmail.com.

Publications

The Interaction Order of the United Nations High Level Political Forum for Sustainable Development: Using Symbolic Interactionism to Evaluate the Potential for Multinational Cooperation (Undergraduate honours thesis, Simon Fraser University, 2014).

Scholarships and Awards

Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Master's Scholarship, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) (April 2015).

Personal Website https://www.linkedin.com/in/karolinapol