Environmental Governance
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The following activities and people highlight efforts at Stanford to understand and strengthen environmental governance and sustainability, foundational to the stability and vibrancy of our democracies.
Upcoming Events
Research
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Existential Risks Initiative
The Stanford Existential Risks Initiative is dedicated to mitigating existential risks, such as extreme climate change, nuclear winter, global pandemics (and other risks from synthetic biology), and risks from advanced artificial intelligence. -
Woods Institute
Woods representation in Washington, D.C., allows our faculty and scholars to play a greater role in providing this vital scientific research to policy- and decision-makers in government, nonprofits, think tanks and other organizations.
Engagement Opportunities
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Environmental Policy Internships in California (EPIC)
EPIC fellowships offer undergraduates a paid, full-time summer experience in environmental policy. Fellows work 10–12 weeks with professional mentors, contributing to real sustainability challenges. Stipends range from $7,500 to $10,500 based on need. -
Woods Institute
Woods representation in Washington, D.C., allows our faculty and scholars to play a greater role in providing this vital scientific research to policy- and decision-makers in government, nonprofits, think tanks and other organizations.
Courses
Meet the Stanford Community Advancing Environmental Governance
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Professor of Environmental Social Sciences and Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, at the Woods Institute for the Environment and at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research -
Program Manager -
Professor of History and, by courtesy, of French and Italian -
Melvin and Joan Lane Professor of Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies, Director, Woods Institute for the Environment & Professor of Earth System Science, of Biology and Senior Fellow at the Woods Institute and at the Precourt Institute -
Shuzo Nishihara Professor of Environmental and Resource Economics, Emeritus -
Casual - Non-Exempt -
Lewis Talbot and Nadine Hearn Shelton Professor of International Legal Studies, Emeritus -
Senior Lecturer of Sociology -
Assistant Professor of Political Science and Center Fellow, by courtesy, at the Woods Institute for the Environment -
David and Susan Heckerman Professor and Professor of Epidemiology & Population Health and of Medicine (Stanford Prevention Research Center) -
Benjamin M. Page Professor, William Wrigley Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute, at the Woods Institute for the Environment and at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research -
Lecturer -
Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Center Fellow, by courtesy, at the Woods Institute for the Environment -
Visiting Professor
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Associate Professor of Bioengineering, Senior Fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment and Associate Professor, by courtesy, of Oceans
