Research at CGCEO

Teams of interdisciplinary researchers from across the globe connect at CGCEO to study solutions to our world's greatest problems. We host faculty members and visiting scholars interested in collaborative research linking the social and biophysical sciences, including the following list of current projects spanning the Center's eight research foci.

Agricultural and Range Land Use Challenges

2019-2020 Livestock Value Chain Assessment - Assessment of the Resource Base for the Development of the Meat Production Value Chain / Asian Development Bank; PI:Qi
2019-2020 Systems research to identify legume options for sustainable intensification: Pigeonpea as a test case for scaling in West Africa / United States Agency for International Development (USAID) - Legume System Research Innovation Lab; PI: Snapp
2018-2020 Towards large scale decision support for farmers: site and season specific advice in Malawi / International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CGIAR/CIAT); PI’s: Snapp, Messina
2018-2021 Assessing the impacts of dams on the dynamic interactions among distant wetlands, land use, and rural communities in the Lower Mekong River Basin / National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA/LCLUC); PI: Qi
2017-2020 Quantifying human and climate impacts on wetland ecosystems in the Lower Mekong River Basin / National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA-IDS); PI: Qi

Biodiversity in Managed Ecosystems

2018-2023 Testing the potential of unmanned aerial systems to deter pest birds / Michigan State Horticultural Society; PI: Lindell

Climate Change Science

2015-2020 Great Lakes Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessments Center (GLISA) / The Regents of the University of Michigan & Department of Commerce; PI’s: Andresen, Dietz

Coupled Natural and Human Systems

2017-2020 Socioecological Carbon Production in Managed Agricultural-Forest Landscapes / National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA); PI: Chen

Geospatial and Modeling Tools and Applications

2019-2020 How Environmental Change in Central Asian Highlands Impacts High Elevation Communities / South Dakota State University; PI: Henebry

Human Dimensions of Global Change

2017-2020 InFEWS/T3: Rethinking Dams: Innovative hydropower solutions to achieve sustainable food and energy production, and sustainable communities / National Science Foundation (NSF); PI: Moran
2015-2020 Food Security and Land Use: The Telecoupling Challenge (PSC) / National Science Foundation (NSF); PI: Moran
2015-2020 Belmont Forum Collaborative Research: Food Security and Land Use: The Telecoupling Challenge / National Science Foundation (NSF); PI: Moran

Innovative Methods and Techniques in Global Data Visualization and Analysis

Urban Systems Dynamics