| Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 68.39 |
| Liaison | Sam Lubow |
| Submission Date | June 29, 2012 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Stanford University
ER-15: Sustainability Research Identification
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
3.00 / 3.00 |
Jiffy
Vermylen Sustainability Coordinator Sustainability & Energy Management / Office of Sustainability |
Has the institution developed a definition of sustainability research?:
A copy of the institution's definition of sustainability research:
Stanford's Initiative on the Environment and Sustainability, a component of the Stanford Challenge, establishes Stanford’s immediate sustainability research priorities. Initiative leaders identified five key environmental research areas to focus efforts, including: (1)freshwater, (2) land use and conservation, (3) climate and energy, (4) oceans and estuaries, and (5) sustainable built environment. The initiative draws on the expertise of each of Stanford's seven schools (business, earth sciences, education, engineering, humanities and sciences, law, and medicine) as well as its research centers and institutes.
http://giving.stanford.edu/get/layout/tsc/Environment
http://giving.stanford.edu/get/layout/tsc/EnvThemes
Has the institution identified its sustainability research activities and initiatives?:
A brief description of the methodology the institution followed to complete the inventory:
The Woods Institute for the Environment (http://woods.stanford.edu/) polled all faculty on campus to identify whether or not research fit into one or more of the five core areas identified in the definition of sustainability research. The Woods Institute then add the faculty members and their research them to the inventory and further classifies the research into one or more of the following sub-categories:
Agriculture and Food, Air Quality, Arts, Atmospheric Sciences, Behavior and Communication, Biogeochemical Systems, Biological Diversity, Biomedicine and Biodiversity, Climate and Energy Systems, Climate and Society, Climate Change and Health, Decision Analysis, Ecology, Environmental Education, Endangered/Threatened Species, Energy, Alternative Energy, Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy, Energy Supply, Engineering, Environmental Policy, Environmental Anthroplogy, Environmental Contaminants, Environmental Engineering, Environmental Entrepreneurship, Environmental Genomics, Environmental History, Environmental Justice, Environmental Law, Epidemiology, Estuaries, Ethics and Religion, Fisheries, Freshwater Resources, Geo/Land Systems, Green Design, Humanities, Hydrologic System, Land Conservation, Land Use, Landscapes, Management and Leadership, Marine Ecosystems, Oceans, Population Studeis, Poverty and the Environment, Public Health, Resource Economics, Risk Analysis, Social Ecology and Environmental Design, Sustainable Business, Sustainable Development, Terrestrial Ecosystems, Urbanization and the Built Environment, and Water Quality
Does the institution make its sustainability research inventory publicly available online?:
The website URL where the sustainability research inventory is posted (required if claiming Part 3 of the credit):
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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