Sustainability Science Program
The Sustainability Science Program is the hub of Harvard's research, teaching, and interventions on the challenges of sustainable development.
Bill Clark on "Pursuing Sustainability: How Do We Make Progress?"
Bill Clark on his new book Pursuing Sustainability: A Guide to the Science and Practice
Sustainability or Prosperity? Why not both?
Bill Clark describes the rapidly growing field of sustainability science.
Harvard's Sustainability Science Program harnesses the University's strengths to promote the design of institutions, policies, and practices that support sustainable development. The Program addresses the challenge of sustainable development by:
- advancing scientific understanding of human-environment systems;
- improving linkages between research and policy communities; and
- building capacity for linking knowledge with action to promote sustainability.
The Program supports major initiatives in policy-relevant research, faculty research, training of students and fellows, teaching, and outreach.
- Anadon et al. on ‘Making technological innovation work for sustainable development’ in PNAS (8/15)
- Bill Clark gives keynote at National Academy of Sciences’ workshop on “Transitioning toward Sustainability (8/8)
- Bill Clark's talk at Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research on "A framework for Linking Science and Practice" (6/17)
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences special feature on “Knowledge Systems for Sustainable Development” (6/1)
- The Sustainability Science Program at 10 (Harvard Gazette) (5/25)
- The Sustainability Science Program: Celebrating a decade of use-inspired research (HUCE Newsletter) (5/25)
- Pursuing Sustainability: A Q&A with Bill Clark on connecting science and practice, balancing conservation with use (Harvard Gazette) (5/21)
- Bill Clark presented the Keynote and Summary presentations at NAS retrospective on 15 years of sustainability science (1/24)
- Rohini Pande’s teaching case on fighting pollution in India using environmental audits (2/17)
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