University of Toronto Scarborough
The Institute for Environment, Conservation and Sustainability brings together researchers to understand the environmental challenges of our time and imagine new ways of living in a changing world.
Institute for Environment, Conservation and Sustainability
Climate change is a human problem.
Research
Understanding environmental change means understanding society.
We investigate the social, cultural, political, and historical dimensions of environmental change. Through interdisciplinary research, we examine how societies shape the environment and how environmental change reshapes society.
Cultures of Land, Resources, and Extraction
Examining energy, extraction, land, and the stories, institutions, and communities that shape them.
Climate Communication
Understanding how environmental knowledge is created, communicated, contested, and acted upon.
Histories of Environment and Climate Change
Exploring how the past shapes today's environmental challenges and the futures we imagine.
Programs
Research in Action
Research projects, fellowships, public initiatives, and collaborations that advance environmental inquiry.
From major research collaborations to graduate fellowships and public engagement, our initiatives support new ways of studying and responding to environmental change.
Events
Events
Ideas matter when they circulate. IECS events bring researchers, students, artists, policymakers, and the public together to debate environmental questions, share new research, and imagine different futures.
People
Meet the IECS Team
IECS brings together faculty, postdoctoral fellows, graduate students, staff, artists, and visiting scholars whose work explores the social, cultural, political, and historical dimensions of environmental change.
About IECS
An institute for a changing world.
IECS brings together researchers in the arts, humanities, and social sciences to investigate the histories, cultures, politics, and ideas that shape environmental change. Through research, collaboration, and public engagement, we work to deepen understanding of the challenges and possibilities of a changing world.
About IECS
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