The Environmental Social Sciences department will discover the causes of sustainability challenges, innovate new solutions to these challenges, and educate future scholars and leaders in how the social sciences can be used to understand and solve sustainability challenges. The department includes two areas: Environmental Behavioral Sciences and Global Environmental Policy.
Environmental Behavioral Sciences
Understand how the behaviors and choices made by individuals and organizations affect the world’s ability to achieve sustainability goals.
Global Environmental Policy
Study the economic and political roots of sustainability challenges, and help to design and evaluate policies and practices that address sustainability challenges.
Degree Programs
Undergraduate
The Environmental Social Sciences department does not have an undergraduate degree, however many of its faculty teach in the interdisciplinary Earth Systems Program, which offers a BS and co-terminal MS degree.
News
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The report highlights the need for stronger regulatory enforcement to protect groundwater quality and community health.
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How vulnerable are school meal programs to price volatility and regional shocks tied to climate change? Learn four key facts about school meals and climate, and ideas for making this increasingly important nutritional backstop more resilient.
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Environmental law expert Deborah Sivas discusses what the repeal could mean for the future of federal climate regulation, how it may fare in the courts, and why it could signal a broader unraveling of environmental protections.
