Institute at Brown for Environment and Society

Institute at Brown for Environment and Society

Empowering people, driving solutions for a sustainable world

Today’s problems are complex and interconnected, and so are the solutions.

Addressing the 21st century’s most pressing climate and sustainability challenges requires new levels of collaboration and action across disciplines, sectors, and scales of impact. 

Through solutions-focused research and education enabled by deep partnerships across Brown and beyond, the Institute at Brown for Environment and Society (IBES) aims to be an engine of real-world impact and a training ground for the next generation of changemakers building a just, sustainable world. Backed by a bold five-year strategic plan and grounded in a culture that promotes interdisciplinary collaboration, nimble innovation, public engagement, and equitable outcomes, we seek to bolster knowledge-to-action pathways in Providence, across the nation, and around the world.

About IBES

The Institute at Brown for Environment and Society (IBES) is accelerating solutions to the most complex climate and sustainability challenges of our time through interdisciplinary research, teaching and impact.

IBES 101

 

In this short video, discover how IBES brings together scholars, students, and communities to tackle the world’s toughest environmental challenges.

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Discover what's happening at IBES, where every story is a step towards a brighter, more sustainable world.

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The Institute at Brown for Environment and Society is pleased to introduce two new faculty members jointly appointed in the School of Public Health: Marianthi-Anna Kioumourtzoglou, Professor of Epidemiology and Environment and Society, and Meredith Niles, Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Environment and Society.
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Brown Alumni Magazine

Sustainability Pioneer

This obituary honors Professor Emeritus Harold Ward, an environmental studies elder beloved by students and colleagues.
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