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Keywords: integrated assessment, water-energy-food nexus, climate change, systems modelling, energy policy, GCAM, Global Change Assessment Model
Dr. Evan Davies is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Alberta, in Edmonton, Canada. His research focuses on water resources planning and management, and in particular on numerical simulation of the impacts of alternative management policies on water resources at scales from local to global. With his students and collaborators, he has published 42 articles in top journals including Nature Energy , Nature Sustainability , Water Resources Research , Environment International , Environmental Science and Technology and Science of the Total Environment , as well 83 conference papers and presentations, and has an h-index of 16, i10 index of 21, and over 1060 citations (Google Scholar). Recent projects have focused on development of a Canadian version of the Global Change Assessment Model (GCAM) for national energy policy assessment, municipal water demand projections for Calgary and Edmonton using system dynamics and machine learning approaches, water resources systems modelling, irrigation reservoir management and streamflow projections for the Bow River Basin, Alberta, and decision support tool development for mitigation of chloramine pollution in urban stormwater. In addition to domestic collaborations, he has also worked with researchers at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory for over ten years, and with researchers in China. Dr. Davies received a PhD from the University of Western Ontario (2007), and Masters in Environmental Studies (MES, 2003) and Bachelors in Systems Design Engineering (BASc, 2001) degrees from the University of Waterloo.
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Economic and environmental impact assessments of Alberta’s oil sands with the Global Change Assessment Model T13-P02 University of Alberta Activity 2018-10-04 T13-P02 Low carbon policy implications for Canada: The development of GCAM-Canada Poster presentation, including authors from collaborating instituteT13-P02 University of Alberta Activity 2018-10-16 Diego Chiappori, Rui Xing, Christopher Roney,
Davies, E. T13-P02 An application of GCAM to assess the mid-century strategy for Canada’s deep decarbonization Poster presentation. Two authors are from partner instituteT13-P02 University of Alberta Activity 2018-11-14 Christopher Roney, Rui Xing, Diego Chiappori, Haewon McJeon,
Davies, E. T13-P02 Modeling endogenous hydropower capacity expansion in GCAM-Canada Oral presentation onlyT13-P02 University of Alberta Activity 2019-11-05 Matthew Binsted, Evan Arbuckle,
Davies, E. , Diego Chiappori, Maria-Candelaria Bergero, Rui Xing, Muhammad-Shahid Siddiqui
T13-P02 GCAM-Canada endogenous hydropower: Resource sensitivity analysis Poster presentation onlyT13-P02 University of Alberta Activity 2019-11-05 Matthew Binsted, Evan Arbuckle,
Davies, E. , Diego Chiappori, Maria-Candelaria Bergero, Rui Xing, Muhammad-Shahid Siddiqui
T13-P02 Modeling oil sands production in an Integrated Assessment Model: Energy consumption and CO2 emission Poster presentationT13-P02 University of Alberta Activity 2019-08-12 Rui Xing, Christopher Roney, Diego Chiappori, Matthew Binsted, Evan Arbuckle,
Davies, E. T13-P02 The development of modeling oil sands production in an integrated assessment model: Energy consumption and CO2 emission Poster presentationT13-P02 University of Alberta Activity 2019-06-03 Rui Xing, Diego Chiappori, Evan Arbuckle,
Davies, E. T13-P02 The development of modeling oil sands production in an integrated assessment model: Energy consumption and CO2 emission Poster presentationT13-P02 University of Alberta Activity 2019-05-07 Rui Xing, Diego Chiappori, Evan Arbuckle,
Davies, E. T13-P02 Canadian Oil Sands Extraction and Upgrading: A Synthesis of the Data on Energy Consumption, CO2 Emissions, and Supply Costs Review paper for energy consumption, CO2 emissions and supply costs of oil sands extraction and upgrading. Also provides an energy system diagram of oil sands production that matches these boundaries, and that can be used by integrated assessment models, oil sands companies, and government ministries to evaluate the present and future energy consumption and emissions pathways of the oil sands industry.T13-P02 University of Alberta Publication 2021-10-05 Rui Xing, Diego Chiappori, Evan Arbuckle, Matthew Binsted,
Davies, E. T13-P02 Insights for Canadian electricity generation planning from an integrated assessment model: Should we be more cautious about hydropower cost overruns? T13-P02 University of Alberta Publication 2021-03-15 Evan Arbuckle, Matthew Binsted,
Davies, E. , Diego Chiappori, Maria-Candelaria Bergero, Muhammad-Shahid Siddiqui, Christopher Roney, Haewon McJeon,
" Yuyu Zhou
" , Nick Macaluso
T13-P02 Integrated hydropower modelling in Canada with subnational detail T13-P02 University of Alberta Activity 2021-06-03 T13-P02 Technology, technology, technology: An integrated assessment of deep decarbonization pathways for the Canadian oil sands In this study, we use an enhanced version of the Global Change Analysis Model (GCAM) with a detailed unconventional oil sector for Canada, including mining and in situ resources. We ask, what is the future of the oil sands sector in deeply decarbonized global and Canadian economies? We address this question under four mitigation scenarios with varying global net-zero GHG emissions constraints, three additional representative lower carbon extraction technologies available for the oil sands sector, as well as global direct air capture (DAC) deploymentT13-P02 University of Alberta Publication 2022-01-05 Maria-Candelaria Bergero, Matthew Binsted, Osama Younis,
Davies, E. , Muhammad-Shahid Siddiqui, Rui Xing, Evan Arbuckle, Diego Chiappori,
" Jay Fuhrman
" , Haewon McJeon, Nick Macaluso
T13-P02 Subnational hydropower modeling with GCAM-Canada Oral conference presentation on recent additions to the GCAM-Canada model that allow it to simulate hydropower production at a subnational, province-river basin scale. This is the premier conference in the field of integrated assessment, and an oral presentation there is an important achievement.T13-P02 University of Alberta Activity 2021-11-29 Evan Arbuckle, Matthew Binsted,
Davies, E. , Diego Chiappori, Maria-Candelaria Bergero, Muhammad-Shahid Siddiqui, Nick Macaluso
T13-P02 Technology, technology, technology: An integrated assessment of deep decarbonization pathways for the Canadian oil sands Virtual poster presentation at IAMC conference. Presented similar results to those in our Energy Strategy Reviews paper published early this year. Presenter was Osama YounisT13-P02 University of Alberta Activity 2021-11-29 Maria-Candelaria Bergero, Matthew Binsted, Osama Younis,
Davies, E. , Muhammad-Shahid Siddiqui, Rui Xing, Evan Arbuckle, Diego Chiappori,
" Jay Fuhrman
" , Haewon McJeon, Nick Macaluso
T13-P02 Development and application of GCAM-Canada model for future energy scenario analysis Virtual poster presentation at IAMC conference on progress in development of GCAM-Canada model. Diego Chiappori presented.T13-P02 University of Alberta Activity 2021-11-29 Diego Chiappori, Matthew Binsted,
Davies, E. , Muhammad-Shahid Siddiqui, Tanner Stelmach, Maria-Candelaria Bergero, Evan Arbuckle, Osama Younis, Nick Macaluso
T13-P02 Technology, Technology, Technology: An Integrated Assessment of Deep Decarbonization Pathways for the Canadian Oil Sands Poster presentation at GCAM Community Modeling MeetingT13-P02 University of Alberta Activity 2022-06-08 Maria-Candelaria Bergero, Matthew Binsted, Osama Younis,
Davies, E. , Muhammad-Shahid Siddiqui, Rui Xing, Evan Arbuckle, Diego Chiappori,
" Jay Fuhrman
" , Haewon McJeon, Nick Macaluso
T13-P02 Development and Application of GCAM-Canada Model for Future Energy Scenario Analysis Oral presentation at Canadian Resource and Environmental Economics Association (CREEA)T13-P02 University of Alberta Activity 2022-10-02 Diego Chiappori,
Davies, E. , Matthew Binsted, Muhammad-Shahid Siddiqui, Nick Macaluso, Maria-Candelaria Bergero, Osama Younis, Evan Arbuckle
T13-P02 The GCAM-Canada Project T13-P02 University of Alberta Activity 2022-11-30 Diego Chiappori,
Davies, E. , Matthew Binsted, Muhammad-Shahid Siddiqui, Nick Macaluso, Maria-Candelaria Bergero, Osama Younis, Evan Arbuckle
T13-P02 Provincial modelling in GCAM-Canada Oral presentationT13-P02 University of Alberta Activity 2022-06-08 Davies, E. , Diego Chiappori, Evan Arbuckle, Osama Younis,
" Edoro Omosun
" , Matthew Binsted, Tanner Stelmach, Nick Macaluso, Muhammad-Shahid Siddiqui
T13-P02 Simulating local hydropower development for climate policy alternatives with GCAM-Canada T13-P02 University of Alberta Activity 2022-06-08 Evan Arbuckle,
Davies, E. , Diego Chiappori, Matthew Binsted
T13-P02 Examining Canadian climate change policies: Implications for provincial carbon emissions reduction and the energy mix from GCAM-Canada T13-P02 University of Alberta Activity 2023-11-16 Diego Chiappori, Matthew Binsted,
Davies, E. , Muhammad-Shahid Siddiqui, Osama Younis, Nick Macaluso
T13-P02 Exploring future pathways of sectoral water use in Canada at a subnational scale T13-P02 University of Alberta Activity 2023-06-21 Osama Younis,
Davies, E. , Matthew Binsted, Diego Chiappori, Muhammad-Shahid Siddiqui, Nick Macaluso
T13-P02 Addressing the gap in sub-national sectoral water use data in Canada Oral presentationT13-P02 University of Alberta Activity 2022-06-06 T13-P02 A quantification and analysis of historical sectoral and regional water withdrawals in Canada T13-P02 University of Alberta Publication 2023-06-30 T13-P02 Research Archive: Speculative Energy Futures Annual Team Meeting T04-P03 University of Alberta Publication 2018-03-08 Wilson, S. , Natalie Loveless, Jessie Beier,
Mookerjea, S. ,
Simpson, M. ,
Davies, E. , MaryElizabeth Luka, Jordan Kinder, Charles Stubblefield, Angele Alook, Ipek Oskay, Eva Bogdan, Ariel Kroon, Danika Jorgensen Skakum
T04-P03 Assessments of technologies developed under future energy systems T13-P04 University of Alberta Activity 2018-10-03 T13-P04 GCAM and system-wide impacts of energy transition Lunch-and-learn presentationT13-P02 University of Alberta Activity 2018-06-12 T13-P02 Speculative Energy Futures: Workshop #3 PI and Co-I led this intensive 4-day research creation workshop for the participants of the Speculative Energy Futures project.T04-P01 University of Alberta Activity 2019-12-12 Wilson, S. , Natalie Loveless,
Mookerjea, S. , Jessie Beier,
" Ruth Beer
" ,
" Sean Caulfield
" ,
Davies, E. ,
" Wallace Edwards
" ,
" Soheila Esfahani
" ,
" Caitlin Fisher
" ,
" Joan Greer
" ,
" Steven Hoffman
" ,
" Tsēmā Igharas
" ,
" Satoshi Ikeda
" ,
" Luke Johnson
" ,
" Patrick Mahon
" ,
" Janice Makokis
" ,
" Lisa Moore
" ,
" Tegan Moore
" ,
Simpson, M. ,
" Scott Smallwood
" ,
" Rachel Snow
" ,
" Diana Steinhauer
" ,
" Clarence Whitestone
" ,
" Kurtis McAdam
" T04-P01 Speculative Energy Futures: Workshop #2 PI and Co-I led this intensive 4-day research creation workshop for the participants of the Speculative Energy Futures project at the Banff Centre for the Arts.T04-P01 University of Alberta Activity 2019-06-03 Wilson, S. , Natalie Loveless,
Mookerjea, S. , Jessie Beier,
" Soheila Esfahani
" ,
Davies, E. ,
" Satoshi Ikeda
" ,
" Tegan Moore
" ,
" Tsēmā Igharas
" ,
" Sean Caulfield
" ,
" Joan Greer
" ,
" Patrick Mahon
" ,
" Steven Hoffman
" ,
" Janice Makokis
" ,
Simpson, M. ,
" Scott Smallwood
" ,
" Rachel Snow
" ,
" Caitlin Fischer
" ,
" Lisa Moore
" ,
" Ruth Beer
" T04-P01 Speculative Energy Futures: Workshop #1 PI and Co-I led this intensive 3-day research creation workshop for the participants of the Speculative Energy Futures project.
T04-P01 University of Alberta Activity 2018-03-09 Wilson, S. , Natalie Loveless,
Mookerjea, S. , Jessie Beier,
Simpson, M. ,
" Ruth Beer
" ,
" Sean Caulfield
" ,
" Salvatore Cucchiara
" ,
Davies, E. ,
" Soheila Esfahani
" ,
" Joan Greer
" ,
" Steven Hoffman
" ,
" Ursula Johnson
" ,
" Satoshi Ikeda
" , MaryElizabeth Luka,
" Patrick Mahon
" ,
" Janice Makokis
" ,
" Tegan Moore
" ,
" Lisa Moore
" ,
" Tsēmā Igharas
" ,
" Scott Smallwood
" T04-P01 « Une exposition pour explorer les futurs énergétiques » Written and radio profile on the SEF exhibition in December 2019, "Prototypes for Possible Worlds."T04-P01 University of Alberta Publication 2019-12-17 Wilson, S. , Natalie Loveless,
" Ruth Beer
" , Jessie Beier,
" Sean Caulfield
" ,
Davies, E. ,
" Wallace Edwards
" ,
" Soheila Esfahani
" ,
" Caitlin Fisher
" ,
" Joan Greer
" ,
" Steven Hoffman
" ,
" Tsēmā Igharas
" ,
" Satoshi Ikeda
" ,
" Luke Johnson
" ,
" Patrick Mahon
" ,
" Janice Makokis
" ,
" Lisa Moore
" ,
" Tegan Moore
" ,
Mookerjea, S. ,
Simpson, M. ,
" Scott Smallwood
" ,
" Rachel Snow
" ,
" Diana Steinhauer
" ,
" Clarence Whitestone
" ,
" Kurtis McAdam
" T04-P01 Art exhibition explores energy futures T04-P01 University of Alberta Publication 2019-12-19 Wilson, S. , Natalie Loveless,
" Ruth Beer
" , Jessie Beier,
" Sean Caulfield
" ,
Davies, E. ,
" Wallace Edwards
" ,
" Soheila Esfahani
" ,
" Caitlin Fisher
" ,
" Joan Greer
" ,
" Steven Hoffman
" ,
" Tsēmā Igharas
" ,
Mookerjea, S. ,
" Satoshi Ikeda
" ,
" Luke Johnson
" ,
" Patrick Mahon
" ,
" Janice Makokis
" ,
" Lisa Moore
" ,
" Tegan Moore
" ,
Simpson, M. ,
" Scott Smallwood
" ,
" Rachel Snow
" ,
" Diana Steinhauer
" ,
" Clarence Whitestone
" ,
" Kurtis McAdam
" T04-P01 Garden of Future Delights: Paintings and Augmentations in Process T04-P01 University of Alberta Activity 2019-12-10 T04-P01 The big picture: Modelling the global energy system and everything else Public talk through FES and the Edmonton Public LibraryT13-P02 University of Alberta Activity 2021-02-24 T13-P02 Assessment of biomass resource in China and Canada and the potential for bilateral biomass trade for co-firing T01-T01 University of Alberta Activity 2018-10-17 Vinoj Kurian,
" Weng Y
" , A O Oyedun, M S Islam,
" Cai W
" ,
" Chang S
" ,
" Linwei M
" ,
Kumar, A. ,
Davies, E. T01-T01 Global systems: Energy and everything else... One of four panelists for public Energy Systems Signature Area Curriculum Committee (ESSACC) seminar on energy systemsT13-P02 University of Alberta Activity 2021-11-16 T13-P02 We Were in It: Stories about Energy Transition Bringing together academics, scientists, creative writers, visual artists, lawyers, and policy makers, We Were In It is a collaborative effort to attack the problem of climate crisis from very different backgrounds and perspectives, through fiction. The fusion of scholarship, literary writing, research, and creativity allows the strengths of many forms of writing to address the unfolding crisis of our modern petrocultures. Relying on the brevity of flash fiction to reflect the ticking clock of the climate crisis, the stories contained in this collection are slick as oil but against oil. They are a speculation about the future, taking notes from the present and the past as a portal to a better world.
T04-P01 University of Alberta, Memorial University Publication 2025-03-31 Wilson, S. ,
Moore, L. ,
Mookerjea, S. ,
" Ruth Beer
" ,
" Caitlin Fisher
" ,
" Satoshi Ikeda
" ,
" Soheila Esfahani
" ,
Davies, E. ,
" Luke Johnson
" , Natalie Loveless,
" Kurtis McAdam
" ,
Lewandowski, K. ,
" Janice Makokis
" ,
" Patrick Mahon
" ,
" Scott Smallwood
" T04-P01