Bob Gaglardi School of Business and Economics
Dr. Meng Sun
Assistant Professor
Email: msun@tru.ca
Phone: (250) 828-5422
Research Interests
- Environmental Economics
- Labour Economics
Education
- PhD University of Calgary
- MA University College Dublin
- BA Shenzhen University
Publications
Articles:
"Assessing Recreational Use Value in British Columbia's Largest Urban Park." with Arwinddeep Kaur and Panagiotis Tsigaris, PARKS: The International Journal of Protected Areas and Conservation, 2025
"The Devil in the Air: Air Pollution and Dementia." with Naibao Zhao and Emily Yiying Zheng, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2024
"Effects of Minimum Wage on Workers' On-the-Job Effort and Labor Market Outcomes." with Naibao Zhao, Economic Modelling, 2021
Book Chapter:
"Labor Markets", Ibrahim, M. (ed.) Macroeconomics, IntechOpen, London, UK, 2021
Employment History
- Assistant Professor, Thompson Rivers University (2026-present)
- Associate Teaching Professor, Thompson Rivers University (2023-2026)
- Assistant Teaching Professor, Thompson Rivers University (2020-2023)
- Lecturer, Thompson Rivers University (2018-2020)
- Teaching Assistant, University of Calgary (2012-2018)
Courses Taught
- Econ 6080: Policy and Regulation for Sustainable Management
- Econ 6060: Applications of Environmental Economics and Natural Resource Economics
- Busn 5040: Economics for Managers
- Econ 3900: Intermediate Microeconomics
- Econ 3840: Economic Analysis of Health
- Econ 3710: Environmental Economics
- Econ 3600: Labour Economics
- Econ 3040: Managerial Economics
- Econ 2320: Economic and Business Statistics 1
- Econ 1950: Principles of Macroeconomics
Professional Affiliations
Canadian Economic Association
