Learning & Discovery

Sustainability Research

Researchers at SFU are engaged in many different areas of sustainability-related research, from climate change to low carbon energy solutions, from sustainable communities to social equity and environmental justice, and from corporate social/environmental responsibility to early childhood education, among others.

Over 70 percent of the departments at SFU have faculty members whose work contributes toward the understanding of environmental, economic, or social sustainability issues. A large number of sustainability researchers work in science, applied science, health sciences, environment, economics, education, business and public policy. Further, research on sustainability, climate change and energy solutions are fundamental components of the SFU Strategic Research Plan.