Center for Global Health research focuses on food insecurity during crisis
Global Futures Scientists and Scholars
Center for Global Health research focuses on food insecurity during crisis
The center identifies a key theme each year, one that they believe can reinvent and reimagine global health. This year's focus is on the human experience of food insecurity, and how it is worsened by illness and other crises.
Antiracist Resources curated by the IHR
A list of antiracist resources is now available on the Institute for Humanities Research website for use in humanities courses and for the community.
Bowman helping Phoenix become a top tech-driven “smart region.”
Although the work is inherently multifaceted and complex, The Connective’s overarching goal is simple: to work together in implementing technology to improve the quality of life for people living and working in the Greater Phoenix region.
Event: The overlooked role of tech in the sustainability movement
Join by Zoom August 11. Engineers today are increasingly asked to produce sustainable designs, products, and infrastructure. But what is meant by sustainability, and what is the role of the engineer in this domain?
Mapping the nexus of economic growth, inequality and environment
There is a clear pattern on the role of reduced inequality in positively affecting environmental and economic trajectories, according to a new paper by sustainability scientists Datu Buyung Agusdinata and Rimjhim Aggarwal.
Hsueh awarded AAUW American Fellowship
The fellowship supports sustainability scientist Lily Hsueh's work on her book-in-progress, which examines the demand for, and supply of, global businesses’ climate action, across levels of governance, sectors, and in developed and developing countries.
Call for projects: Project Cities seeks solutions-focused class projects
Bring project-based learning into your classroom with support from ASU Project Cities. This university-community partnership model offers ample opportunities for meaningful, applied research. This year's city partners are Peoria and Clarkdale.
Klinsky edits special issue integrating climate justice, built environment
Together with a UK architect, sustainability scientist Sonja Klinsky has edited a special issue of Buildings & Cities that explores the concept and relevance of climate justice in relation to the built environment.
Strengthening supply chain in Africa
In many places around the world supply chain gaps prevent goods from reaching their intended market and the people who need and rely on them. Supply chains include the system
July 13-27: African Commons web-conference
School of Sustainability Professor Marco Janssen is one of the co-chairs of the African Commons web-conference that is being held from July 13-27. The conference is freely available online and
New paper: Modest water policy implementation could offset 30 percent of outdoor demand
A new paper in Sustainability Science finds that the use of alternative water supplies, such as rainwater harvesting and greywater use, could offset up to 30 percent of total outdoor water demand for the Phoenix Metropolitan Area under modest implantation of these policies.
Peace Corps, ASU partner to provide digital libraries across the globe
Through this new agreement, Peace Corps Volunteers, including many recalled due to COVID-19, will curate hyper-local library content specific to the locations of their postings, to be disseminated via the SolarSPELL technology.