Asia
Feminist gender issues, women’s movement, Philippines, international development, community planning, social planning, arts
Korean culture, Korean politics, Korean religion
Math in schools, university math courses, symmetries, differential equations, conservation laws, Chiune Sugihara (Japanese rescuer of Jews in WWII)
Chinese history, global history, war crimes
Japanese poetry, women poets, waka, tanka, haiku, renga, anthologies, patronage
Transnational social movements, international and comparative education, Japanese civil society, Islam in multicultural societies
Constitutional law, Chinese law and government, Hong Kong Basic Law, Macau Basic Law, comparative law, comparative constitutional law, Chinese legal system, information law, East Asian legal study
Irrigation and drainage for food and non-food plant production, water management system planning, design, installation and operation, environment, soil-water-plant relationships, soil and water conservation, soil salinity and reclamation, water quality, environmental impact assessment, hydrology, windblown dust mitigation
Chinese history, intellectual history, thought and institutions (traditional and modern), Taiwan
Chinese legal system, Chinese taxation, United States taxation, tax policy, international taxation, tax law, law and development
Economics, macro and monetary economics, economic policy, monetary and fiscal policy, deficits, exchange rates, capital flows, financial crises
Japanese education, cram schools, history education, history textbooks, reconciliation, legal education, Canada-Japan relations, organizational structure, contemporary Mongolia
Twitter/ https://twitter.com/jdierkes
UBC Blog/ http://blogs.ubc.ca/mongolia/
/ http://www.pinterest.com/jdierkes/
Japanese economy, Japan-Canada trade and investment links, Pacific Rim trade and investment patterns, Japanese cities and regions, multiculturalism and local government in Vancouver, Australia
Modern Korean fiction, literary translation
Fine art, transcultural identity and hybridity
Tax incentives for hybrid or electric vehicles, carbon tax, cap and trade, India
Forestry, forest management, forest certification, aboriginal forestry, biodiversity, climate change, communities and livelihoods, conservation, ecosystems, forest management, forest policy, social impact, sustainability, drought, forest fires, wildfires, heat waves, people’s responses to heat waves, impact of heat waves on forests, adaptation of forests to climate change, responses of resorts (such as Whistler) to climate change, biological diversity, sustainable development, global warming, greenhouse effect, greenhouse gases
International relations of Asia Pacific countries, especially political/security matters, Canadian political/security interests and policies vis-a-vis Asia, Asian politics
Language, sociology
Climate change, air pollution, extended producer responsibility, human development, agricultural biotechnology, information technology in developing countries, sustainable development, global warming, greenhouse effect, greenhouse gases