Integrative and Justice-Centered Researc

This discussion and presentation-based course will provide exposure to integrative research design through case studies across a range of key topics, with a focus on questions relating to climate and environment. The course will explore how the combination of traditional approaches and innovations in theory and methods can advance research by generating integrative, cross-cutting questions and creatively leveraging newly available technologies. Research design issues, data limitations, systemic constraints and anticipated future developments will be considered for each subject area. Students will be exposed to the challenges, limitations, and processes of successful studies, as well as less successful programs, to provide a practical awareness and guidance toward the development of their own research projects. All discussions and critical analysis of case studies will be centered in a co-production framework, with the aim of increasing our awareness of how academic research intersects with climate and environmental justice, and, ideally, how researchers can better contribute toward a just and sustainable world.