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The following activities and people highlight efforts at Stanford to understand, reimagine and strengthen democracy at the intersection of environmental governance, climate change and climate justice and issues related to sustainability that affect the stability and vibrancy of our democracies.

Research

  • 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.
  • 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.

Engagement Opportunities

People in the Stanford Community

  • Marshall Burke
    Associate Professor of Environmental Social Sciences, Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute, at the Woods Institute for the Environment, at SIEPR and Associate Professor, by courtesy of Earth System Science
  • J. P. Daughton
    Professor of History and, by courtesy, of French and Italian
  • Paul N. Edwards
    Senior Lecturer in the Program in Science, Technology and Society
  • Chris Field
    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
  • Lawrence Goulder
    Shuzo Nishihara Professor of Environmental and Resource Economics, Emeritus
  • Thomas Heller
    Lewis Talbot and Nadine Hearn Shelton Professor of International Legal Studies, Emeritus
  • Amanda Helen Kennard
    Assistant Professor of Political Science, by courtesy, of Environmental Social Sciences and Center Fellow, by courtesy, at the Woods Institute for the Environment
  • Abby C. King
    David and Susan Heckerman Professor and Professor of Epidemiology & Population Health and of Medicine (Stanford Prevention Research Center)
  • David Lobell
    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
  • Khalid Osman
    Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Center Fellow, by courtesy, at the Woods Institute for the Environment
  • Manu Prakash
    Associate Professor of Bioengineering, Senior Fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment and Associate Professor, by courtesy, of Oceans and of Biology
  • Deborah Sivas
    Luke W. Cole Professor of Environmental Law, Director of the Stanford Environmental Law Clinic, Professor (Teaching) of Environmental Social Sciences and Senior Fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment
  • James Sweeney
    Professor of Management Science & Engineering, Emeritus
  • Barton Thompson
    Robert E. Paradise Professor of Natural Resources Law, Professor of Environmental Social Sciences and Senior Fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment
  • Leif Wenar
    Olive H. Palmer Professor of the Humanities, Professor of Philosophy, Senior Fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment and Professor, by courtesy, of Political Science

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