Research

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Overview

The Yale School of the Environment conducts world-leading research that advances understanding in the many dimensions of sustainability, crossing multiple disciplines and scales from local to global, from urban to rural and from managed to wild.

Faculty Expertise

The School’s faculty conducts original, path-breaking research across a range of topics and disciplines, creating new knowledge and innovative analyses in the areas of biodiversity, forestry, global climate, industry, law and economics, urban systems, water, and social ecology.

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Recent Milestones

Research News

Compound Hazards Pose Increased Risk to Highly Populated Regions in the Himalaya

The Social Cost of Carbon is Still the Best Way to Evaluate Climate Policy

Efficient Buildings Could Save Thousands of Lives in U.S. Every Year

Rivers Are Largest Global Source of Mercury in Coastal Oceans

Addicott Awarded Marine Economics Fellowship to Study Coastal Erosion

Study Finds Poor Households in India Bear Brunt of Pollution Effects

Cutting-Edge Wildlife Ecologist Nyeema Harris to Join YSE Faculty

Swag: Done the Sustainable Way

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Publications

Rao, N.D., Kiesewetter, G., Min, J., Pachauri, S., Wagner, F. “Household contributions to and impacts from air pollution in India.” Nature Sustainability.
Gibran Vita*, Narasimha D. Rao, Arkaitz Usubiaga-Liaño, Jihoon Min, and Richard Wood “Durable Goods Drive Two-Thirds of Global Households’ Final Energy Footprints.” Environmental Science & Technology.
Matthew F. Gibson, Narasimha D. Rao, Raphael B.Slade, Joana Portugal Pereira, Joeri Rogelj “The role of energy in mitigating grain storage losses in India and the impact for nutrition.” Resources, Conservation and Recycling.
Joel Millward-Hopkins, Julia K.Steinberger, Narasimha D.Rao, Yannick Oswald “Providing decent living with minimum energy: A global scenario.” Global Environmental Change.
Shonali Pachauri and Narasimha D Rao “Advancing energy poverty measurement for SDG7.” Progress in Energy.
Bollinger, Bryan, Gillilngham, Kenneth T., and Ovaere, Marten “Field experimental evidence shows that self-interest attracts more sunlight.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Bollinger, Bryan, Burkhardt, Jesse, and Gillingham, Kenneth T. “Peer Effects in Residential Water Conservation: Evidence from Migration.” American Economic Journal: Economic Policy.

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Ph.D. Program

Across the world, across landscapes and across disciplines, our more than 75 doctoral students are working collaboratively with the School’s world-renowned faculty to design cutting-edge research projects that aim to understand and solve complex environmental challenges.

M.E.Sc. Program

The Master of Environmental Science (M.E.Sc.) program provides a deep disciplinary focus on environmental issues, combining training in the philosophy and practice of science with extensive research that contributes toward basic and applied knowledge.

M.F.S. Program

Our storied history began more than 100 years ago, as a forestry school. Master of Forestry Science (M.F.S.) students continue to build upon that legacy, conducting innovative research on the management and policy of forest resources across a wide array of ecosystems.