Post-Docs & Associates

The Sustainable Urban-Rural Futures (SURF) Lab's research develops novel methods to quantify and map resource use and environmental impacts of cities. We apply multi-scalar thinking to understand the interconnections between cities and the distal farms, fields, fisheries, forests, mines, factories, and peoples on which they rely and to expand beyond a city-centric conceptualization of urban sustainability. Through clarifying these connections, we can work towards sustainable and just cities that respect people and planet. 

• How urban processes and urban form drive the consumption of materials and energy in cities and produce environmental change inside and outside cities
• Life cycle assessment, input-output analysis, and geospatial data
• Combining quantitative methods with theory rooted in social science to explore multiple dimensions of sustainability and address issues of distributive justice
• Urban food systems (esp. urban agriculture), agri-commodities, residual resource engineering, global supply chains, sustainable production and consumption, and energy systems