Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 69.39
Liaison Mary Whitney
Submission Date Sept. 25, 2012
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STARS v1.2

Chatham University
ER-15: Sustainability Research Identification

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 3.00 / 3.00
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Has the institution developed a definition of sustainability research?:
Yes

A copy of the institution's definition of sustainability research:

With Chatham's historic liberal arts focus and the requirements of our mission initiatives of sustainability, women's issues, and global affairs, much of our research is by necessity interdisciplinary in nature. The Academic Affairs Office considers these different disciplines to be applicable to interdisciplinary sustainability research:
• Political ecology, economic geography, critical theory, sustainability, energy, environmental governance, and spatial analysis.
• Sustainability science, global water resources, community ecology, and women’s and children’s environmental health.
• Protected areas, social and economic justice, and the intersection of race and class with conservation and environmentalism
• Sustainability and risk analysis, climate change, energy, toxic chemicals, and public health.


Has the institution identified its sustainability research activities and initiatives?:
Yes

A brief description of the methodology the institution followed to complete the inventory:

Each discipline compiled a list of their sustainability research activities and initiatives and compiled them into one sustainability research activities and initiatives inventory, with input from the Vice President of Academic Affairs.


Does the institution make its sustainability research inventory publicly available online?:
Yes

The website URL where the sustainability research inventory is posted (required if claiming Part 3 of the credit):
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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