Global Futures Scientists and Scholars

New paper on resilience of urban economic structures

A resilience researcher and blogger compares sustainability scientist Shade Shutters to a wise forester, looking not at what makes trees fall, but what makes them stand. It's an interesting take on a new piece out in the journal Sustainability.

Please complete this survey on forthcoming IPCC report

On Aug. 9, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change will release its report on the physical science basis of climate change. Please tell us how your work ties to this topic. Take our four-question survey.

Heat and humidity will be a major factor for Olympic athletes

The Tokyo Olympics, starting July 23, will be remembered for three things: a complete lack of spectators, being postponed a year because of a pandemic and searing heat. Sustainability scientist

University Sustainability Practices offers new newsletter

If you’re interested in receiving tips, events, stories and other updates regarding campus sustainability at ASU, sign up using this form. The USP team plans to offer one newsletter per

Please complete this survey on forthcoming IPCC Report

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change will release its report from Working Group I on August 9. The topic is the physical science basis of climate change, and the approved

ASU’s Sustainable Purchasing Research Initiative partners with United Nations Environment Programme on 2022 Global Report of Sustainable Public Procurement

In this third edition of the UN report, ASU's SPRI will introduce a new section featuring sustainable public procurement within local governments, building on the initiative's surveys of more than 2,500 local governments within the United States, Mexico, Italy, Australia, and Japan.

July 15 Info Session: Global Futures Research Accelerator

Learn more about the Fall 2021- 2022 Research Accelerator hybrid classes, meet the instructors and hear from a few of your peers from the first cohort. July 15 at 2pm Arizona time, via Zoom.

New Book: Fat in Four Cultures

The book looks at how people across four different cultures — Japan, the United States, Paraguay and Samoa — experience being fat. Sustainability scientists Alexandra Brewis and Amber Wutich are co-authors.

Connecting the dots: Redlining and heat resilience in Phoenix

ASU's Knowledge Exchange for Resilience examines how the historical legacy of redlining — a practice that denied home loans to people of color — affects a community's vulnerability to extreme temperatures today.

Nationwide survey reveals changes to habits and travel in the US

ASU researchers recently released their findings from a nationwide survey asking Americans what habits they picked up during the pandemic that they were most likely to continue.

ASU supports training sail in advance of Pacific circumnavigation

ASU will work with the Polynesian Voyaging Society to create a 'Third Canoe,' a virtual platform that will allow educators and students across the globe to virtually participate and learn.

Sustainability scientists among NSF CAREER award recipients

Four sustainability scientists are among ASU’s most recent 16 CAREER award recipients. Margaret Garcia, Giulia Pedrielli, Jorge Sefair and Jennifer Vanos are featured in a recent article in ASU News.