Sustainability research


There are dozens of centers and institutes connected to the UF community that focus all or some research on issues of environmental, social and/or economic sustainability.

highlights

Florida Climate Institute at the University of Florida

The Florida Climate Institute is a multi-disciplinary network of universities in Florida working together and with external partners in the public and private sectors to achieve a better understanding of climate variability and change, impacts, and societal response. At the University of Florida branch, we achieve this through research, extension, and education across all colleges.

UF Water Institute

Florida’s burgeoning human population and vulnerability to both climatological and anthropogenic changes in the water cycle make the State a unique living laboratory to develop new knowledge and test solutions to global water problems. In recognition of the importance of water issues and the need to address them in a new interdisciplinary manner, the University of Florida (UF) established a campus-wide interdisciplinary Water Institute in May 2006. Engineering, policy, and legal solutions developed in Florida provide a model for others, both nationally and internationally. We envision ce, and education for national and global water resource problems.

other research centers & institutes

A review of the current list of centers and programs at the University reveals a large number of centers and institutes that address one or more of the dimensions of sustainability directly, often as the core of their mission. Examples of some of the centers that address issues of environmental, economic and social sustainability include the following: