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Welcome to IGS! Alexa Kwon, Communications Specialist. Supporting IGS communications internally and externally Background in environmental and life science communication
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Can We Ever Have Enough AI? As the data center sector grows in the U.S. and globally, there is a lot to learn from Norway. This talk will focus on governance issues and challenges around data centers in the Nordic region, the history of data center policy support in Norway, and the evolution of the data center sector over the past two decades. Mads Dahl Gjefsen Visiting Researcher, IGS; Senior Researcher, Studio Apertura and NTNU Social Research
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Event graphic for Exploring Community Impacts, Energy Transitions, and Conceptual Frontiers for Industrial Decarbonization and Net-Zero Societies
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Seminar on Media and Public Trust Flier.
Pamela Templer Elected President of the Ecological Society of America ESA is the world's largest community of professional ecologists. Templer is an ecosystem ecologist studying plant-microbial interactions. She previously served as ESA’s vice president for education. Templer is a distinguished professor and chair of biology in the College of Arts & Sciences and IGS core faculty.
We're hiring! Communications Specialist
APPLY by Feb. 26: IGS GRADUATE STUDENT SUMMER FELLOWS Not only was I able to dive into my own research, but I was also exposed to the different topics and expertise of my colleagues and the affiliated faculty, which has spurred even more ideas on how to expand the breadth and scope of my work. Breanna van Loenen (cas) 2025 IGS Graduate student summer fellow
Convergent Conversations: Join us for a new event series to build interdisciplinary research connections across BU that address real-world challenges.
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Publication in Building and Environment The barriers and drivers to decarbonization of the building sector in the United States: Qualitative insights from Boston and Phoenix Erin Heinz, Benjamin K. Sovacool, Thomas Kwan et al.
Welcome to IGS! Kathryn Atherton Policy Associate Supporting both the Clean Energy and Environment Legacy Transition (CELT) Initiative and IGS broadly. Passionate about science policy as a way to bridge science and communities.
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Apply by Feb. 26 IGS Graduate Student Summer Fellows Program BU’s Institute for Global Sustainability (IGS) seeks proposals from graduate students pursuing independent research projects focused on planetary health and human well-being, the governance and politics of sustainability transitions, and energy systems of the future.
Welcome to IGS! Mads Dahl Gjefsen Visiting Researcher at IGS Senior Researcher at Studio Apertura, NTNU Social Research (Norway) Collaborates with IGS on the Limits to Digitalization (L2D) project on data center sustainability
We're Hiring! Postdoctoral Associate IGS, with Schneider Electric's Sustainability Research Institute, invites applications for a two-year postdoctoral research fellowship. The focus is on understanding the socio-technical barriers, risks, and drivers necessary to accelerate the electrification of the economy.
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WELCOME TO IGS! MELISSA LAVINSON Advisory Board, IGS Executive Director, Massachusetts Office of Energy Transformation
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New Study: Nearly 47 Million Americans Live Within a Mile of Fossil Fuel Infrastructure This is the first study to examine populations living near fossil fuel infrastructure across all stages of the supply chain.
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Now Hiring MA Students! Advance an equitable energy transition in Massachusetts with the CELT Initiative as a Municipal Fellow or Office of Energy Transformation (OET) Fellow. OET Fellow Part of the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs. 12-month placement. Work directly with OET’s working groups and projects. Municipal Fellow Work with local governments across Massachusetts on sustainability projects. 6-month placement.
Welcome to IGS Talia Feldscher, Research Fellow, Supporting the Clean Energy and Environment Legacy Transition Initiative, Background in geospatial analysis
Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability Annual Report 2025, Advancing a Resilient Future.