Research Themes

Our research is inherently interdisciplinary and we seek to integrate the natural sciences, the humanities, and the social sciences. The interdisciplinary research themes listed below are key areas of expertise where numerous faculty members and research groups in our Department work on a specific topic or environment. For a more traditional classification of research by discipline, please refer to our list of research disciplines.

• Climate and Global Change
• Cities
• Forests and People
• Geographical Analysis
• Geopolitics, Biopolitics and Security
• Globalization and Development
• Nature, Society, and Sustainability
• Social Theory
• Water, Snow, and Ice