Environment
Our faculty research multiple avenues related to the environment. They study alternative energy and efficiency strategies, demonstrate how to improve climate change communication, develop green ratings systems, and explore possibilities for collaboration across government and industry.
Environment-related Academic Programs and Specializations
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Has climate change contributed to the L.A. fires? Expert: ‘Definitely.’
Featured Faculty: Adam Rose
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City Watch LA
Contreras’s study cited, in a story discussing the challenges facing Los Angeles’s urban forest
Featured Faculty: Santina Contreras
Los Angeles Times
Contreras’ Urban Trees Initiative study covered – addressing the issue requires more than just planting trees
Featured Faculty: Santina Contreras
Good Men Project
Rose quoted in a story about how Hurricane Francine’s impact has led to significant health costs in affected communities
Featured Faculty: Adam Rose
Psychology Today
Bruine de Bruin interviewed about her article on the importance of using accessible language to talk about climate change
Featured Faculty: Wändi Bruine de Bruin
Audacy.com
Rose interviewed about the difficulty in estimating economic losses from hurricanes
Featured Faculty: Adam Rose
Featured Faculty
Environment Faculty
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Environment FacultyFeatured Research Centers & Initiatives
Schwarzenegger Institute for State and Global Policy
Established in 2012, the USC Schwarzenegger Institute for State and Global Policy focuses on the responsibility of leaders to implement policies that most benefit the people they serve.
Schwarzenegger Institute for State and Global Policy Website
Research Centers and Opportunities
USC Center for Sustainability Solutions
The Center for Sustainability Solutions develops policy, technological, and behavioral solutions to the most pressing sustainability problems of the Southern California region and the world. It brings together scholars and stakeholders from sustainability organizations around the world to collaborate on basic and applied research aimed at making a real-world impact.
USC Center for Sustainability Solutions Website
Research Centers and Opportunities
METRANS Transportation Center
METRANS is a U.S. Department of Transportation University Transportation Center. It is a joint partnership of USC and California State University, Long Beach. Its mission is to solve transportation problems in large metropolitan regions through interdisciplinary research, education, and outreach. Its four areas of focus are goods movement and international trade; urban mobility; transportation infrastructure and finance; and safety, security, and vulnerability.
METRANS Transportation Center Website