Research

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Overview

The Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies 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

Improving Innovation: Assessing the Environmental Impacts of Emerging Technology

Energy Choices Can Be Contagious – But Why? New Insights Into Peer Influence

Can Wood Construction Transform Cities From Carbon Source to Carbon Vault?

Global Urban Growth Typified By Suburbs, Not Skyscrapers

Yale-Led Study Cited by U.N. Shows Lack of Funding for Climate Change in Disaster Relief

Capital Costs: Yale Research Offers Truer Calculation of ‘Footprint’ of Purchases

Should Scientists Change How They View (and Study) Same Sex Behavior in Animals?

How Much Energy Do We Really Need?

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Publications

Godri Pollitt, K. J., J.-H. Kim, J. Peccia, M. Elimelech, Y. Zhang, G. Charkoftaki, B. Hodges, I. Zucker, H. Huang, N. C. Deizel, K. Murphy, M. Ishii, C. H. Johnson, A. Boissevain, E. O’Keefe, P. Anastas, D. Orlicky, D. C. Thompson, and V. Vasiliou “1,4-Dioxane as an emerging water contaminant: State of the science and evaluation of research needs.” Science of The Total Environment.
Moberg, E. A., M. L. Pinsky, and E. P. Fenichel “Capital Investment for Optimal Exploitation of Renewable Resource Stocks in the Age of Global Change.” Ecological Economics.
Berry, K., E. P. Fenichel, and B. E. Robinson “The ecological insurance trap.” Journal of Environmental Economics and Management.
Jin, L., J. D. Berman, J. L. Warren, J. I. Levy, G. Thurston, Y. Zhang, X. Xu, S. Wang, Y. Zhange, and M. L. Bell “A land use regression model of nitrogen dioxide and fine particulate matter in a complex urban core in Lanzhou, China.” Environmental Research.
Yazdani, M. R., N. Duimovich, A. Tiraferri, P. Laurell, M. Borghei, J. B. Zimmerman, and R. Vahala “Tailored mesoporous biochar sorbents from pinecone biomass for the adsorption of natural organic matter from lake water.” Journal of Molecular Liquids.
Zhu, J. and M. R. Chertow “Authoritarian but responsive: Local regulation of industrial energy efficiency in Jiangsu, China.” Regulation & Governance.
Wuyts, W., A. Miatto, R. Sedlitzky, and H. Tanikawa “Extending or ending the life of residential buildings in Japan: A social circular economy approach to the problem of short-lived constructions.” Journal of Cleaner Production.

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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.