Research
The Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability draws on a deep understanding of Earth, climate, and society to create knowledge and scalable solutions for our world’s most significant and complex problems.
Discovery
Our faculty and scholars are working to drive a deeper understanding of the most important questions related to Earth, climate, and society.
Solution Areas
The Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability selected eight interconnected areas to focus our solutions-based research efforts over the next decade.
Explore more
Learn about some of our latest research and discoveries.
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Two Stanford assistant professors will lead interdisciplinary projects on environment and health with seed funding from the Center for Human and Planetary Health’s Early-Career Research Awards.
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A new water market model for the Colorado River basin could improve water security and restore ecosystems amid intensifying shortages.
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A sweeping new analysis finds that rising global temperatures will dampen the world’s capacity to produce food from most staple crops, even after accounting for economic development and adaptation by farmers.
