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  1. Experts Guide
  2. Social and Cultural Perspectives
  3. Environmental Institutions and Movements

Experts Guide

If you are looking for an expert in environmental science or practice, you have come to right place! Yale School of the Environment faculty, research scientists, and practitioners regularly provide insight, commentary, and expert opinion on a wide array of topics. The experts guide can help you learn more about their work and connect with them. 

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  • Business and the Environment [23] Expand Secondary Navigation Menu
    • Circular Economy [6]
    • Corporate Sustainability [5]
    • Environment and Trade [1]
    • Environmental Economics [10]
    • Environmental Markets and Finance [8]
    • Entrepreneurship and Innovation [10]
    • International Negotiations [5]
    • Sustainable Finance and ESG [1]
  • Climate Science and Policy [41] Expand Secondary Navigation Menu
    • Climate Change Adaption and Mitigation [15]
    • Climate Change Communication [5]
    • Climate/Environmental Policy [18]
    • Deforestation [4]
    • Environmental Politics [12]
    • Extreme Weather and Climate Change [9]
    • International Agreements and Organizations [1]
    • Land Cover and Land Use Change [8]
  • Ecosystem Dynamics and Biodiversity [25] Expand Secondary Navigation Menu
    • Biodiversity Loss [7]
    • Biogeochemistry [5]
    • Carbon Sequestration [15]
    • Ecosystem Conservation and Resilience [12]
    • Ecosystem Restoration [6]
    • Habitat Conservation [8]
    • Human-Wildlife Interaction [2]
    • Terrestrial Ecosystems [10]
    • Tropical Ecosystems [7]
    • Wildlife Ecology [5]
  • Energy [27] Expand Secondary Navigation Menu
    • Clean Energy [14]
    • Energy Policy [13]
    • Energy Poverty [2]
    • Energy Systems [8]
    • Transportation Policy and Systems [5]
  • Environmental Analysis [16] Expand Secondary Navigation Menu
    • Carbon Footprint [6]
    • Ecosystem Modeling [3]
    • Environmental Contamination Data [3]
    • Exposure Assessment Models [3]
    • Human Health Data [4]
    • Life Cycle Assessment [5]
    • Material Flow Analysis [6]
  • Environmental Justice [15] Expand Secondary Navigation Menu
    • Climate Migration [3]
    • Environmental Ethics [8]
    • Environmental Governance and Leadership [7]
    • Food Systems and Food Insecurity [4]
    • Human Health and Well-Being [7]
    • Tribal Co-Management [3]
  • Environmental Resources and Systems [30] Expand Secondary Navigation Menu
    • Air Pollution [5]
    • Biomass Resources [2]
    • Chemicals [6]
    • Ecosystem Stability [6]
    • Freshwater Ecosystems [6]
    • Natural Capital [7]
    • Pollution Control [4]
    • Soil Science [3]
    • Waste Management and Recycling [6]
    • Water Supply, Quality, and Scarcity [8]
    • Water Resource Management and Policy [6]
    • Watershed Management and Coastal Systems [6]
  • Forestry [31] Expand Secondary Navigation Menu
    • Ecosystem Services [10]
    • Forest Dynamics [8]
    • Forest Ecology and Silviculture [6]
    • Forest Fires [5]
    • Forest Resource Management [5]
    • Land Conservation [15]
    • Parks and Protected Areas [9]
    • Tropical Forest Ecosystems [9]
    • Urban Forestry [4]
  • Social and Cultural Perspectives [15] Expand Secondary Navigation Menu
    • Agriculture, Agroecosystems, and Agrarian History [8]
    • Cultural and Political Aspects of Natural Hazards, Disasters, and Resource Degradation [4]
    • Environmental Anthropology and Sociology [5]
    • Environmental Institutions and Movements [6]
    • History and Anthropology of the Environment-Related Sciences [4]
    • Indigenous Environmental Knowledge and Practice [5]
    • Native Uses of Forests and Grasslands [4]
    • Participatory Science [1]
    • Religion and the Environment [4]
    • Rurality [4]
  • Sustainability [22] Expand Secondary Navigation Menu
    • Circular Economy/Industrial Ecology [7]
    • ESG [1]
    • Green Chemistry [5]
    • Green Engineering [4]
    • Recycling [4]
    • Sustainable Design [8]
    • Sustainable Development [12]
    • Sustainable Products and Technology [10]
  • Urban [18] Expand Secondary Navigation Menu
    • Sustainable and Green Design [4]
    • Urban Ecology [7]
    • Urban Parks and Green Spaces [9]
    • Urban Heat [9]
    • Urban Land Use [7]
    • Urbanization [7]
  1. Experts Guide
  2. Social and Cultural Perspectives
  3. Environmental Institutions and Movements
  • Expert
    Marian Chertow

    Marian Chertow

    Manufacturer’s Association Professor of Industrial Ecology; Director of the Center for Industrial Ecology
    • Business and the Environment
    • Climate Science and Policy
    • Energy
    • Environmental Analysis
    • Environmental Resources and Systems
    • Social and Cultural Perspectives
    • Sustainability
    More topics
    • Circular Economy
    • Circular Economy/Industrial Ecology
    • Clean Energy
    • Corporate Sustainability
    • Energy Systems
    • Entrepreneurship and Innovation
    • Environmental Institutions and Movements
    • Environmental Politics
    • Life Cycle Assessment
    • Material Flow Analysis
    • Recycling
    • Religion and the Environment
    • Sustainable Products and Technology
    • Waste Management and Recycling
  • Expert
    A. Doolittle

    Amity Doolittle

    Senior Lecturer II
    • Environmental Justice
    • Forestry
    • Social and Cultural Perspectives
    • Urban
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    • Agriculture, Agroecosystems, and Agrarian History
    • Environmental Anthropology and Sociology
    • Environmental Ethics
    • Environmental Governance and Leadership
    • Environmental Institutions and Movements
    • History and Anthropology of the Environment-Related Sciences
    • Indigenous Environmental Knowledge and Practice
    • Land Conservation
    • Parks and Protected Areas
    • Tropical Forest Ecosystems
    • Urban Parks and Green Spaces
  • Expert
    Michael Dove

    Michael R. Dove

    Margaret K. Musser Professor of Social Ecology; Co-director of the Combined Doctoral Program in Anthropology; Curator of Anthropology, Peabody Museum of Natural History; Professor of Anthropology; Affiliate Faculty: Jackson School of Global Affairs; Affiliate Faculty: Refugee Program in the MacMillan Center
    • Climate Science and Policy
    • Ecosystem Dynamics and Biodiversity
    • Environmental Justice
    • Forestry
    • Social and Cultural Perspectives
    • Sustainability
    More topics
    • Agriculture, Agroecosystems, and Agrarian History
    • Climate Change Adaption and Mitigation
    • Climate/Environmental Policy
    • Cultural and Political Aspects of Natural Hazards, Disasters, and Resource Degradation
    • Deforestation
    • Ecosystem Conservation and Resilience
    • Environmental Anthropology and Sociology
    • Environmental Ethics
    • Environmental Governance and Leadership
    • Environmental Institutions and Movements
    • Environmental Politics
    • Extreme Weather and Climate Change
    • History and Anthropology of the Environment-Related Sciences
    • Indigenous Environmental Knowledge and Practice
    • Land Conservation
    • Land Cover and Land Use Change
    • Native Uses of Forests and Grasslands
    • Parks and Protected Areas
    • Religion and the Environment
    • Rurality
    • Sustainable Development
    • Tribal Co-Management
    • Tropical Forest Ecosystems
  • Expert
    farrell

    Justin Farrell

    Professor of Sociology
    • Climate Science and Policy
    • Environmental Justice
    • Forestry
    • Social and Cultural Perspectives
    More topics
    • Cultural and Political Aspects of Natural Hazards, Disasters, and Resource Degradation
    • Environmental Anthropology and Sociology
    • Environmental Ethics
    • Environmental Institutions and Movements
    • Environmental Politics
    • History and Anthropology of the Environment-Related Sciences
    • Indigenous Environmental Knowledge and Practice
    • Land Conservation
    • Native Uses of Forests and Grasslands
    • Parks and Protected Areas
    • Religion and the Environment
    • Rurality
    • Tribal Co-Management
  • Expert
    Dorceta Taylor

    Dorceta Taylor

    Wangari Maathai Professor of Environmental Sociology
    • Energy
    • Environmental Analysis
    • Environmental Justice
    • Environmental Resources and Systems
    • Social and Cultural Perspectives
    • Sustainability
    • Urban
    More topics
    • Agriculture, Agroecosystems, and Agrarian History
    • Cultural and Political Aspects of Natural Hazards, Disasters, and Resource Degradation
    • Energy Poverty
    • Environmental Anthropology and Sociology
    • Environmental Contamination Data
    • Environmental Governance and Leadership
    • Environmental Institutions and Movements
    • Food Systems and Food Insecurity
    • History and Anthropology of the Environment-Related Sciences
    • Human Health Data
    • Human Health and Well-Being
    • Rurality
    • Sustainable Development
    • Urban Ecology
    • Urban Heat
    • Urban Land Use
    • Urban Parks and Green Spaces
    • Urbanization
    • Waste Management and Recycling
  • Expert
    G Torres

    Gerald Torres

    Dolores Huerta and Wilma Mankiller Professor of Environmental Justice
    • Energy
    • Environmental Analysis
    • Environmental Justice
    • Environmental Resources and Systems
    • Forestry
    • Social and Cultural Perspectives
    • Sustainability
    • Urban
    More topics
    • Agriculture, Agroecosystems, and Agrarian History
    • Air Pollution
    • Circular Economy/Industrial Ecology
    • Clean Energy
    • Climate Migration
    • Ecosystem Services
    • Environmental Contamination Data
    • Environmental Ethics
    • Environmental Governance and Leadership
    • Environmental Institutions and Movements
    • Exposure Assessment Models
    • Food Systems and Food Insecurity
    • Freshwater Ecosystems
    • Green Chemistry
    • Indigenous Environmental Knowledge and Practice
    • Land Conservation
    • Natural Capital
    • Pollution Control
    • Sustainable Design
    • Tribal Co-Management
    • Urban Heat
    • Urban Land Use
    • Water Resource Management and Policy
    • Water Supply, Quality, and Scarcity
    • Watershed Management and Coastal Systems

Media Contact

Members of the media: The YSE editorial team can help you find and schedule an interview with a faculty expert. Please send your query to: media.yse@yale.edu. (Be sure to include your deadline.)

Paige Stein

Chief Communications and Marketing Officer

Fran Silverman

Associate Director of Communications

Bree Shirvell

Assistant Editor

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