Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 56.61
Liaison Kelsey Beal
Submission Date Nov. 2, 2015
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.0

Indiana University Bloomington
AC-9: Academic Research

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.70 / 12.00 Andrew Predmore
University Director of Sustainability
Sustain IU
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Number of the institution’s faculty and/or staff engaged in sustainability research:
36

Total number of the institution’s faculty and/or staff engaged in research:
1,110

Number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that include at least one faculty or staff member that conducts sustainability research:
17

The total number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that conduct research:
97

A copy of the sustainability research inventory that includes the names and department affiliations of faculty and staff engaged in sustainability research:
Names and department affiliations of faculty and staff engaged in sustainability research:
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A brief description of the methodology the institution followed to complete the research inventory:

Searched faculty publications within the past year, filtered with keywords, and evaluated results against the provided definition of sustainability research. This is most certainly an under-estimate of sustainability related research that occurs on the Indiana University Bloomington campus. For faculty conducting research in just some sustainability related topic areas, please see the links provided in the next field.


A brief description of notable accomplishments during the previous three years by faculty and/or staff engaged in sustainability research:

See the attached research inventory for specific publications related to sustainability within the past year by IU faculty.

More generally, some sustainability-related research areas include:

Research in Environmental and Energy Policy
https://spea.indiana.edu/faculty-research/research/areas/energy-policy.html

Research in Sustainability and Sustainable Development
https://spea.indiana.edu/faculty-research/research/areas/sustainability.html

Research on Civil Society, Civic Engagement & Volunteering
https://spea.indiana.edu/faculty-research/research/areas/civic-society.html

Research in Social Policy and Health
https://spea.indiana.edu/faculty-research/research/areas/social-health.html

Research in Applied Ecology
https://spea.indiana.edu/faculty-research/research/areas/applied-ecology.html

Research in Hydrology and Water Resources
https://spea.indiana.edu/faculty-research/research/areas/hydrology.html

Research in Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
https://spea.indiana.edu/faculty-research/research/areas/toxicology.html


The website URL where information about sustainability research is available:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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