Institute for Global Sustainability

Major Research Projects

At IGS, we're focused on equity and justice — from protecting the health of people and the planet to building sustainable energy systems. Explore our ever-evolving portfolio of major sponsored projects and collaborations with BU faculty and partners.

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Spotlight on Faculty Research

The latest journal articles authored by IGS faculty leadership and core faculty.

4/22/2025

A Narrative Review of Spatial–Temporal Data Sources for Estimating Population-Level Exposures to Oil and Gas Development in the United States

Current Environmental Health Reports

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4/22/2025

A Systematic Implementation of the Solid Electrolyte Interphase Layer and Study of its Impact on Lithium Plating Morphology in Lithium Metal Batteries

Journal of Energy Storage

4/16/2025

Short-Term Ambient PM2.5 Exposure and Cause-Specific Mortality in Massachusetts: Effect Modification by Structural Air Exchange Rates

Environmental Epidemiology

A worms-eye view looking up at a circle of trees

4/15/2025

The Response of a Northeastern Temperate Forest to Future Scenarios of Climate Change and Energy Policies Through the 21st Century

Environmental Modelling & Software

4/8/2025

A Method to Estimate the Economy-Wide Consequences of Widespread, Long Duration Electric Power Interruptions

Nature Communications

Woman in a hazy heat wave in an urban area

3/21/2025

A US Heat Disaster? Intersection of Social Vulnerability and Temperature Extremes Exacerbated by Mid-Century Climate Change and Population Shifts

Environmental Research: Health

3/15/2025

A High Resolution Multipollutant Assessment of Health Damages due to the Onroad Sector in Boston, Massachusetts

Science of the Total Environment

3/11/2025

Mining as Environmentalism: Green/Grey Extractivism and the Production of Extractive Subjectivities Around the Rio Tinto Kennecott Mine in the United States

Globalizations

Worms-eye view of trees and skyscrapers.

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