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Putting research and scholarship into action to support a just, prosperous, and sustainable world

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George Mason University researchers lead breakthrough study to find functional cure for HIV

Students learn how to create food security and multistory gardens

Podcast – Ep 58: What will become of the Amazon?

NSF rankings show Mason ahead of research funding goals

Programs

Living Labs

Living Labs Initiative will enlist the enormous talent and expertise on Mason campuses to help achieve Mason’s sustainability goals.

Network Catalyst Grants

An Initiative of the Institute for a Sustainable Earth at George Mason University

2024 Sustainability Summer Fellowships for Graduate Research Partnerships

This fellowship pairs Mason doctoral or masters students with organizations engaged in applied and impactful research on a host of sustainability, resilience, and environmental justice initiatives.

17 Rooms-U Mason

17 Rooms is an event concept developed by The Rockefeller Foundation and the Brookings Institution to help organizations identify partnerships and practical steps to accelerate progress on the 17 United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

NSF Accelerating Research Translation

NSF Accelerating Research Translation

Faculty Initiatives

Amazonia at the Crossroads: Transdisciplinary Research

Mason Researchers Host International Workshop to Imagine the Future of Consequential Research in Amazonia

Human Rights and Global Justice Initiative

This initiative is the result of the hard work of a dedicated group of scholars and practitioners focusing on education and action with the goal of eradicating violations of human rights and securing justice worldwide.

Teaching Resources for Systems Thinking

The webinar particularly focuses on teaching these topics in environmental courses, but should be broadly applicable to other educational areas.

The Indigenous Environmental Mapping & Resilience Planning Project

The project’s goal is to collect and analyze environmental data to serve as a baseline for tribal decision-making about climate resilience, including various data sets reflecting air and water quality, biodiversity, ethnobiology, and the restoration of traditional foodways.

WATER (Watershed and Aquatic Teams for Education and Research) at Mason

The Watershed and Aquatic Teams for Education and Research at Mason (WATER@Mason) seminar series

Research Themes

Human Health, Well-Being, and Capabilities

Good health and well-being are essential to sustainability.

Sustainable and Resilient Communities and Ecosystems

Research in this area assesses urban and peri-urban sustainability and resilience challenges including systemic interactions with terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Harnessing the Digital Revolution for Sustainability and Education for All

Research in this area harnesses the data revolution to advance scientific understanding of social and environmental systems and to address all of the sustainable development goals.

Clean Energy, Decarbonization, and Climate Action

The increasing threats of climate change require urgent and concerted effort to mitigate atmospheric carbon emissions and strengthen adaptive capacities to climate threats.

Enhancing Equality, Equity, and Access to Basic Goods and Services

Cultural and structural inequalities based on income, sex, age, disability, race, ethnicity, religion and opportunity preclude human rights, prevent justice, create vulnerabilities, and undermine sustainability.

Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions to Support Thriving Economies

Research in this area focuses on fostering stable and inclusive societies with thriving economies.

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