Nathanael Lauster, University of British Columbia

Research

Read how they describe their research on their University of British Columbia profile.

Housing Policy Demography Urban Immigration Family Environment Health Methods

Latest papers

How can cities tackle hoarding? Examining an intervention program bringing together fire and health authorities in Vancouver.
Health & social care in the community · 2020
How well do hoarding research samples represent cases that rise to community attention?
Behaviour research and therapy · 2020
Exploring the distribution of food stores in British Columbia: associations with neighbourhood socio-demographic factors and urban form.
Health & place · 2011 · senior author

All 4 publications

Latest funding

Harm reduction for hoarding: Targets and strategies for community-based intervention
SSHRC · 2020 · Co-investigator
$51,648
Green gentrification and equitable urban forest governance in Metro Vancouver
SSHRC · 2020 · Co-investigator
$73,460
Harm reduction for hoarding: Targets and strategies for community-based intervention
SSHRC · 2020 · Co-investigator
$115,860

All 12 grants and awards

4 publications.

01

How can cities tackle hoarding? Examining an intervention program bringing together fire and health authorities in Vancouver.

Kysow K, Bratiotis C, Lauster N, Woody SR

Health & social care in the community2020

DOI: 10.1111/hsc.12948 PMID: 31984612

02

How well do hoarding research samples represent cases that rise to community attention?

Woody SR, Lenkic P, Bratiotis C, Kysow K, Luu M, Edsell-Vetter J, Frost RO, Lauster N, Steketee G, Tolin DF

Behaviour research and therapy2020

DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2020.103555 PMID: 32044474

03

Exploring the distribution of food stores in British Columbia: associations with neighbourhood socio-demographic factors and urban form.

Black JL, Carpiano RM, Fleming S, Lauster N

Health & place2011Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2011.04.002 PMID: 21565544

04

Culture as a problem in linking material inequality to health: on residential crowding in the Arctic.

Lauster N, Tester F

Health & place2010First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2009.12.010 PMID: 20096621

Harm reduction for hoarding: Targets and strategies for community-based intervention

Co-investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Bratiotis, Christiana

Keywords: hoarding; multi-disciplinary; community interventions; partnerships; harm reduction

$51,648

Green gentrification and equitable urban forest governance in Metro Vancouver

Co-investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Nesbitt, Lorien

Keywords: Green gentrification; Urban forestry; Environmental justice; Urban planning; Equity; Governance

$73,460

Harm reduction for hoarding: Targets and strategies for community-based intervention

Co-investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Bratiotis, Christiana

Keywords: hoarding; multi-disciplinary; community interventions; partnerships; harm reduction

$115,860

Assessment as a roadmap: Community responses to hoarding

Co-investigatorSSHRC2019Partnership Development Grants

Principal investigators: Woody, Sheila R.

Keywords: hoarding; multidisciplinary; community; assessment

$199,979

When cleaning up is hard to do: community responses and outcomes for hoarding cases

Co-investigatorSSHRC2015Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Woody, Sheila R.

Keywords: housing; hoarding; eviction; displacement

$227,152

Evaluating the Impact of the Greater Vancouver Food Bank Society's Food Hubs Programs on Dietary Intake and Food Security

Co-investigatorCIHR2014Operating Grant: Population Health Intervention Research

Principal investigators: Black, Jennifer L; Lear, Scott A

Keywords: Chronic Disease Risk; Dietary Intake; Focus Groups; Food Banks; Food Literacy; Food Security; Natural Experiment; Surveys

$200,000

The future of public housing

Co-investigatorSSHRC2014

Principal investigators: Gurstein, Penelope C.

Keywords: public housing; international comparison; housing policy and practice

$49,934

Settling the indigenous: a comparative study of northern indigenous settlement/resettlement

Co-investigatorSSHRC2013Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Tester, Frank J.

Keywords: history of settlement/resettlement; technological change; missionary activity; money (a new economy); health/disease; choice; compulsion; Inuit youth; social history; Inuit-centred learning

$493,543

Stabilizing everyday routines: linking home and housing in Vancouver and Kinngait, Nunavut

Principal investigatorSSHRC2013Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Lauster, Nathanael T.

Keywords: housing; home; routine; habit; multi-method; mapping; photo elicitation

$223,124

The sanctity of home clutter, clean-outs, evictions, and outcomes

Co-investigatorSSHRC2012

Principal investigators: Woody, Sheila R.

Keywords: housing; hoarding; eviction; displacement

$74,292

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Frequent collaborators

Christiana Bratiotis

School of Social Work

2 shared papers, latest 2020

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Housing Dear Professor Lauster, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "How can cities tackle hoarding? Examining an intervention program bringing together fire and health authorities in Vancouver." (2020), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]