Learn about how Indigenous observations and knowledge offer lessons for resource management and climate action from three indigenous knowledge-holders.
Learn about how Indigenous observations and knowledge offer lessons for resource management and climate action from three indigenous knowledge-holders.
Learn more about how atmospheric and ocean sciences researcher Darryn Waugh at Johns Hopkins University’s Earth and Planetary Sciences Department in Baltimore, MD works towards making atmospheric data more accessible to underserved communities.
On January 9, 2026, ESAL hosted a panel discussion exploring how programs like Draft One and Truleo work, whether they help police do their jobs or whether they might introduce new challenges into the justice system.
On October 2, 2025, ESAL hosted a virtual panel event titled “Imagining Scientific Futures: Opportunities & Hope in Difficult Times.” ESAL brought together people who think deeply about how science is done and discuss the challenges and opportunities to meet the current moment and renew a relationship between science and society.
Senior researcher Micki Olson at the College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security, and Cybersecurity at the University at Albany helps ensure emergency messages are complete and accessible to all by using social science research, improving messaging tools, and building relationships with government agencies.
Ellen Bruno, a cooperative extension economists, uses applied research and outreach for economic and policy issues that impact California’s agriculture and natural resources.
Professor of environmental studies at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Canada, Robert McLeman researches the impacts of climate and other environmental changes on human migration.
ESAL sits with Adam Seth Levine ,Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) Agora Professor of Health Policy and Management at the Bloomberg School of Public Health and president and co-founder of research4impact, a nonprofit organization that connects researchers, practitioners, and policymakers.
ESAL interviews James Nachbaur, the Director of the Office of Research, Planning, and Performance within California State's Water Resources Control Board about his involvement with environmental policy and clean energy policy and the steps that brought him to this point in his policy career.
