Center for Governance and Sustainability

at the University of Massachusetts Boston

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To ensure the health and safety of our faculty, students, staff, and surrounding community, UMass Boston will continue to operate in a hybrid fashion, with some courses lodged on campus and others—the majority—continuing in remote modality during the fall 2020 semester. Many answers about the campus's response to the coronavirus can be found in our special section.

In addition, please check Healey Library’s Support for Teaching, Learning, and Research Continuity for continued updates on library resources and services. 

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The Center for Governance and Sustainability represents a group of global scholars working in solidarity to produce and circulate research at the science-policy interface to inform environmental governance at the local, regional, domestic, and international levels. Learn more about our mission and vision here.

Rugezi Wetland, Rwanda

Take a look at the work of the Center:

• Projects

• Publications

• Leadership Dialogues

• Issue Briefs

• Reports

• Blog/ News

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Our Newest Report:

International Environmental Governance Workshop: Stockholm+50 and UNEP Governance

• Read an interview with Professor Ivanova about the threats to humanity. 

• Professor Ivanova served as part of the Scientific Advisory Committee for the Future Earth Risks Perceptions Report 2020. 

• With UMass Boston's School for the Environment, the Center for Governance and Sustainability was a major driver behind the $3.1M IGERT grant (Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship) from the National Science Foundation for its transdisciplinary, transnational program, "Coasts and Communities." The program provided fellowships to students from the Global Governance and Human Security, Environmental Science, Environmental Biology, and Environmental Business departments to cross-train them in the other disciplines. Funding for the IGERT Fellowship has since concluded, but the work continues. Learn more.

• Center Director Maria Ivanova was appointed to the United Nations Scientific Advisory Board. She is one of 26 global experts who will advise Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on science, technology, and innovation for sustainable development. Read the U.N. press release.  

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