DESIGN THINKING
| Research Focus | Research Group/Researcher |
| Lifespan Cognition, social cognition across the lifespan | Daniel Bernstein http://lifespancognition.org/ https://kpu.ca/arts/psychology |
| Cognitive Science / Human Factors: The causal determinants of motorcycle/car right-of-way violation collisions, Evolutionary Psychology: The role of anxiety on real and illusory pattern perception, Animal Cognition: The role of stress on Bumble bee preferences for visually ordered environments, Open Education: The impact of textbook openness and format (print vs. digital) on educational outcomes | Farhad Dastur https://kpu.ca/arts/psychology |
| Alternative Personal Urban Mobility, Visualization Tools for Early Stages of New Product Development and Design, Systems Thinking for the Circular Economy | Victor Martinez http://www.vgmtheory.com http://www.trophec.com http://www.digitalphysicalities.com https://kpu.ca/product-design |
| Sustainable Community Design, Urban Agriculture, Food Security, Restorative Landscaping, Sculpture, Pottery and Stained Glass | Stephanie St. Loe https://kpu.ca/interiordesign |
| Urban development, ‘green’ urban design processes processes, plans, codes, standards, guidelines and prototypes | Stephanie St. Loe https://kpu.ca/interiordesign |
| Urban development, ‘green’ urban design processes processes, plans, codes, standards, guidelines and prototypes | Erick Villagomez http://evillago.tumblr.com/ https://kpu.ca/interiordesign |
| Design Theories, Design History | Lucie Gagne https://kpu.ca/interiordesign |
| Designing functional clothing for feeding tubes, tracheotomy tubes, wheelchair dependency, and sensory processing disorders. | Taylor Byrom http://taylorhartdesigns.com/ https://kpu.ca/fashion |
SUSTAINABILITY THINKING
| Research Focus | Research Group/Researcher |
| Institute for Sustainable Horticulture, Microbial Biocontrols, Biopesticides, Biological and Non-Chemical Management Strategies | Deborah Henderson https://kpu.ca/ish https://kpu.ca/ish/bio-controls-research |
| Institute for Sustainable Food Systems, Human Intensive Horticulture Food Crop Production Methods, Development of Bio-regional Agri-food Systems (including urban and peri-urban agriculture), Family-based Agriculture Revitalization | Kent M. Mullinix Rebecca Harbut https://kpu.ca/agriculture https://kpu.ca/rfs |
| Urban Ecosystems, Urban Restoration, Wetlands, Urban Agriculture, Urban Forest, Natural Areas, Climate Change | Levente Orban https://kpu.ca/arts/psychology |
| Environmental Conservation, Fisheries Archaeology, Isotope Geochemistry, First Nations History | Paul Ewonus https://kpu.ca/arts/anthropology |
| Sustainability, Green Initiatives, Composting, Food Security, Energy Conservation, Habitat Protection | Farhad Dastur https://kpu.ca/arts/psychology |
| Sustainable Urban Systems, Agricultural Lands, Food Production, Climate-Smart Urban & Peri-urban Agriculture/td> | Arthur Fallick https://kpu.ca/research |
CLEAN TECHNOLOGY
| Research Focus | Research Group/Researcher |
| Greenhouse Canopy Providing Thermal & Illumination Self-sufficiency in Cold, Sunny Climates | Deborah Henderson https://kpu.ca/ish |
| Climate Change, Sea-Level Rise and Livelihood Adaptation Strategies: A Preliminary Investigation of Communities along the East Coast of India | Dolagobinda Pradhan https://kpu.ca/arts/geography |
| Environmental Protection Technology | Paul Richard https://kpu.ca/science/environment |
| Physics for Modern Technology | Fergal Callaghan https://kpu.ca/physics |
| GIS Socioeconomics Issues, Emergency Planning, Urban Agriculture, Domestic Violence | Parthiphan Krishnan https://www.kpu.ca/arts/geography |
| Climate Change, Urban Ecosystems, Urban Restoration, Wetlands, Urban Agriculture, Urban Forest, Natural Areas | Kathy Dunster https://kpu.ca/hort |
HEALTHY COMMUNITIES
| Research Focus | Research Group/Researcher |
| Dementia, Alzheimer, Dementia awareness, Dementia Friendly community, Public Health issue, Social issue, Human Rights, Advocacy | Judith DeGroot Carol Hansen Sharon Leitch http://www.alzheimer.ca/bc/ https://kpu.ca/health https://kpu.ca/arts |
| Designing functional clothing for feeding tubes, tracheotomy tubes, wheelchair dependency, and sensory processing disorders. | Taylor Byrom http://taylorhartdesigns.com/ https://kpu.ca/fashion |
| High fidelity patient simulation, Deliberate Practice Model | Arleigh Bell https://kpu.ca/health |
| Nutrigenomics, Nutrition Education, Dietetics, Ethics | Karen Davison https://kpu.ca/science/biology |
| Neuroscience | Paul Adams https://kpu.ca/science/biology |
| Digital Storytelling, Multimedia, Journalism , Youth at Risk, Acting Together, Gangs, Resilience | Aaron Goodman http://www.actingtogether.ca/ https://kpu.ca/arts/journalism |
| Thermoregulation in athletes with tetraplegia, Product/Fashion Design | Stephanie Phillips Laura Hutchison Jaymes Williams< https://kpu.ca/product-design https://kpu.ca/fashion |
| The Positive Psyc Lab, Positive Psychology, Violence Reduction | Roger Tweed https://kpu.ca/arts/psychology/faculty/roger-tweed https://kpu.ca/arts/psychology |
| Smoking Cessation | Deborah Dunn https://kpu.ca/health |
| Application of Technology in Health | June Kaminski Laurel Tien https://kpu.ca/health |
| Expert Nurse Educators | Jean Nicolson-Church https://kpu.ca/health |
| Social Justice, Ethno-racial Politics, Community Activism, and Immigrant Resettlement | Michael Ma https://kpu.ca/arts/criminology |
| Gender Studies, Racialization and Ethnicity, First Peoples Studies, Post-colonial, Subaltern & Critical Race Theory, Health and Illness. | Seema Ahluwalia https://kpu.ca/arts/sociology |
| Assessing and managing violence risk especially as it relates to stalking. Homelessness, Housing, Vulnerability, Surrey | Dave Lyon https://kpu.ca/arts/criminology |
| Crime Desistance, Offender Housing Issues, Rehabilitating & Reintegrating Offenders, Correctional Treatment & Programs | Karen Parhar https://kpu.ca/arts/psychology |
| The Body, Beauty, Gender, Health, Disability, Culture, Film, Inequality, Marxist theory, Feminist Theory & Methodology, Community-Academic Research Partnerships | Fiona Whittington-Walsh https://kpu.ca/arts/sociology |
| Mindfulness School-Based Intervention Programs, Developmental Psychology, At-Risk Children | Kyle Matsuba https://kpu.ca/arts/psychology |
| Debating Health Care Ethics | Doran Smolkin Patrick Findler https://kpu.ca/arts/philosophy |
| Observations and Research in Gender and Sexuality Matters (O.R.G.A.S.M.) | Cory Pedersen http://orgasmresearchlab.com/ https://kpu.ca/arts/psychology |
| IMAGe Lab, explores the psychology of gender-related issues in mainstream media and advertising | Arleigh Reichl http://www.reichllab.com/ https://kpu.ca/arts/psychology |
| The Kwantlen Traffic Safety Lab, cognitive attentional, & perceptual factors that influence motorcycle/car accidents at intersections | Farhad Dastur Daniel Bernstein David Froc https://kpu.ca/arts/psychology |