Dr. Jeff Birchall

Jeff Birchall runs the Climate Adaptation and Resilience Lab in the School of Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Alberta, where he also leads the UArctic thematic network on Local-scale Planning, Climate Change, and Resilience. He has taught courses on community planning and development at the University of Alberta, Ryerson University, and the University of Canterbury. His research focuses on localized climate change impacts, particularly how these affect critical infrastructure and the built environment, as well as their implications for planning decisions.