UMass Boston

The School for the Environment (SFE) at UMass Boston explores complex challenges across natural, built, and social environments.

Through collaboration, we work to solve pressing problems in our society locally and globally. Our faculty and student researchers conduct impactful, interdisciplinary research on topics such as coastal resilience, paleoceanography, sustainable development, ecosystem service valuation, large scale ocean circulation, impacts of environmental toxins on wildlife, microplastics, environmental law, environmental geochemistry, environmental justice, social determinants of health inequities, marine seafood sustainability, climate change adaptation planning, transportation and economic justice, and affordable housing development. We expand social and environmental to create cutting-edge solutions using transdisciplinary and equity-informed approaches to research, teaching, and action.