A common challenge for university-based sustainability science programs is amply rewarding faculty for their work. The traditional publication-focused tenure structure often does not value working across departments or building partnerships with community organizations or NGOs. This space is dedicated...

Complimenting an earlier thread on what should be taught in a course / program on sustainability science, we'd also like your thoughts on how sustainability science might best be taught. At the 2009 Forum for Sustainability Science Programs in Chicago, participants described courses that included...

At the 2009 Forum for Sustainability Science Programs in Chicago, participants noted the challenges of establishing curriculum for sustainability science without first establishing some commonly agreed upon core competencies for the field. These core competences might be the "oral exam questions"...

At the 2009 Forum for Sustainability Science Programs in Chicago, one of the discussion threads included what differentiates sustainability science from established fields such as, say environmental science or industrial ecology. Comments included: SS is about the methodology of thinking rather than...