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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Stanford researchers are studying how changing weather patterns, rising temperatures, and ecological shifts affect the global food system, while developing ways to improve food security for all.
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A new framework informed by Stanford-led research and stakeholder convenings balances conservation with cultural heritage and sustainable resettlement of communities removed from an island chain decades ago.
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Small-scale fishers harvest 40% of wild-caught fish and support economies worldwide, but are threatened by climate change and overfishing. New research categorizes small-scale fisheries into five types, offering a clearer framework for sustainable seafood policies.
Upcoming Events
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Environmental Behavioral Sciences Seminar with Jeffrey Andrews
Class/Seminar-Mitchell Earth Sciences -
Global Environmental Policy Seminar with Ignacio Banares- Sanchez
Class/Seminar-Mitchell Earth Sciences -
Environmental Behavioral Sciences Seminar with Stefani Crabtree
Class/Seminar-Mitchell Earth Sciences