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Scientists and storytellers discuss the urgent need for technology to deepen understanding, democratize data, and inspire collective action for the ocean.

A new play combines science and art to raise awareness about overlooked climate impacts and spark conversations to identify solutions.

The interdisciplinary PhD program brings together social sciences to focus on the world’s evolving economic, political, and environmental demands. Students will be trained to understand and envision pathways to a more sustainable future.

The World Bank president discussed why he sees efforts to end poverty and spread prosperity as inseparable from issues related to climate change, conflict, pandemics, and food security in a conversation with leaders from the Hoover Institution and the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability.

A new progress report from the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability shares accomplishments from the past year.

The latest installment in the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability’s Dean’s Lecture series welcomed Chief Raoni Metuktire of the Amazon’s Kayapó people to discuss environmental concerns and potential solutions.

When the school was founded in September 2022, it included a commitment to hire as many as 60 new faculty in critical areas of research. This fall, the school welcomed eight new faculty members who research behavioral science, decision-making, oceans, climate science, materials science, and more.

Join us for a livestream of a Big Ideas in Sustainability event featuring Ajay Banga, president of The World Bank Group, beginning at 3:30 p.m. PDT on October 1, 2024.

Join us for a livestream of the Dean's Lecture featuring Chief Raoni Metuktire, in partnership with the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, beginning at 3 p.m. PDT on September 24, 2024. 

The Industrial Affiliates Review Committee established in February 2024 has released its report on all industrial affiliates programs in the school, identifying gaps and possible solutions for aligning with university guidelines.

The Sustainability Accelerator in the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability will support work in new areas including energy, climate adaptation, industry, and more.

The Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability will establish new research initiatives under topics including climate, water, energy, food, nature, and cities.

A message from school leadership announcing solutions-oriented and scale-focused research funding opportunities to address pressing sustainability challenges.

A fixture at Stanford for more than four decades, Nur was pivotal in establishing rock physics as a critical part of modern geophysics, bridged the intersection of earthquakes and archaeology, and mentored dozens of graduate students on approaching science with creativity. 

His research spanned mineralogy, geochemistry, materials science, nuclear materials, physics, and chemistry, leading to the development of techniques to predict the long-term behavior of materials used in radioactive waste disposal.

Seed grants awarded under the Big Ideas for Oceans program will enable work on high-risk, potentially high-reward projects designed to conserve the ocean and address climate change. 

Dean Majumdar’s message to the school community on the report released by the university’s Committee on Funding for Energy Research and Education

A new anthology of environmental justice storytelling from the Environmental Justice Working Group at Stanford addresses topics including childhood lead poisoning, extreme weather events, and connection to nature.

Concrete has an outsized role in climate change. Civil and environmental engineering lecturer Kyle Douglas is inspiring a new generation of engineers and architects how to use it sustainably.

During the school's 2024 commencement ceremony, Dean Arun Majumdar told graduates they “can change the world.”