Simron Singh

Professor & University Research Chair
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simron.singh@uwaterloo.ca
EV3 4227

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Simron J. Singh is a Professor and University Research Chair (URC) in the Faculty of Environment. Using the analogy that islands function like living organisms, he conducts socio-metabolic research to evaluate how small island economies utilize (or metabolize) materials, energy, water, and infrastructure. He investigates why and how these consumption patterns (or island metabolism) may accumulate 鈥渟ocio-metabolic risk鈥 over time that increase their susceptibility to the challenges of climate change. He further analyzes how island economies can transition to a more sustainable, circular resource-use model, thereby bolstering their overall resilience to the impact of climate change. His research partnerships span island nations in the Caribbean, Mediterranean, and Asia-Pacific regions. He is the founder and lead of the research program 鈥溾, the Executive Secretary of the聽(ISIE), chairs the inaugural board of聽Island Industrial Ecology聽within ISIE, and co-chairs , a global research and action network of Future Earth, Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (IRDR), the World Weather Research Program (WWRP), and the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP). For a full list of publications, please visit Prof. Singhs page.

Courses Taught

  • INDEV 607
  • INDEV 609

Selected Publications

  • Martin del Campo, F., Singh, S. J., Fishman, T., Thomas, A., Noll, D., & Drescher, M. (2023). Can a small island nation build resilience? The significance of resource-use patterns and socio-metabolic risks in The Bahamas. Journal of Industrial Ecology.
  • Singh, S. J., Huang, T., Nagabhatla, N., Schweizer, P.-J., Eckelman, M., Verschuur, J., & Soman, R. (2022). Socio-metabolic risk and tipping points on islands. Environmental Research Letters, 17(6), 065009.
  • Rahman, S., Singh, S.J., & McCordic, C. (2022). Can the Caribbean localize its food system? Evidence from biomass flow accounting.聽Journal of Industrial Ecology, pg. 1鈥15.聽
  • Bahers, J.-B., Singh, S.J, & Durand, M. (2022). Analyzing Socio-Metabolic Vulnerability: Evidence from the Comoros Archipelago. Anthropocene Science.
  • Mohammadi, E., Singh, S. J., McCordic, C., & Pittman, J. (2022). Food Security Challenges and Options in the Caribbean: Insights from a Scoping Review. Anthropocene Science.
  • Singh, S.J., Talwar, S., Shenoy, M. (2021). Why socio-metabolic studies are central to ecological economics? Ecology, Economy, and Society 鈥 the INSEE Journal
  • Noll, D., Lauk, C., Haas, W., Singh, S. J., Petridis, P., & Wiedenhofer, D. (2021). The sociometabolic transition of a small Greek island: Assessing stock dynamics, resource flows, and material circularity from 1929 to 2019. Journal of Industrial Ecology.
  • Mohammadi, E., Singh, S. J., & Habib, K. (2021). How big is circular economy potential on Caribbean islands considering e-waste? Journal of Cleaner Production, 317, 128457.
  • Mohammadi, E., Singh, S.J., Habib, K. (2021). Electronic waste in the Caribbean: An impending environmental disaster or an opportunity for a circular economy? Resources, Conservation and Recycling 164. 105106.Elsevier.
  • Elgie, A., Singh S.J., Telesford, J. (2021). You can't manage what you can't measure: The potential for circularity in Grenada's waste management system. Resources, Conversation and Recycling, 164. 105170. Elsevier.

Degrees

  • Ph.D - Human Ecology, Lund University, Sweden
  • M.A. - Ecology & Environment, Indian Institute of Ecology and Environment, India
  • B.A. - English, University of Delhi, India