Research at the School for the Environment
To address the pressing challenges facing our planet and society, it is crucial to develop an understanding of the natural and built environment.
The School for the Environment at UMass Boston examines the natural world and explores diverse challenges in natural, built, and social environments, as well as the intersections among them. Using transdisciplinary and equity-informed approaches to research, teaching, and action, we expand environmental knowledge and understanding and create cutting-edge solutions to environmental and social problems in Boston and beyond.
The faculty are experts in subjects ranging from coastal resilience to paleoceanography to sustainable development, to ecosystem service valuation, to large scale ocean circulation, to studying the impacts of environmental toxins on wildlife, microplastics, environmental law, environmental geochemistry, environmental justice, social determinants of health inequities, Marine Seafood sustainability, Climate change adaptation planning and affordable housing development. These experts work together to solve pressing problems in our society locally and globally. Students are trained to solve problems from a transdisciplinary approach.
Centers & Institutes
In addition to our faculty, students engage with School for the Environment's centers and institute working with Urban Harbors Institute, MassBays, the Nantucket Field Station, and Living on Earth, and the Stone Living Lab. Graduate and Undergraduate students have had opportunities for research assistantships and internships to participate in research, podcasts, community engagement, and neighborhood activities.
Contact Us
School for the Environment
McCormack Hall
2nd Floor, Room 615
Phone: 617.287.7440
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