Environmental & Social Justice

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Camila Bustos: after Colombia’s presidential election, what next on climate and human rights?

Camila Bustos published a letter to the editor in Just Security reflecting on the impact of Colombia's recent presidential election on climate change and human rights. The following are excerpts from the piece; see the full story here....
September 3, 2026
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Trowbridge argues social conditions must be part of environmental health risk

When we talk about the health risks of toxic chemical exposure, we tend to focus on the chemicals themselves — how much, how long, how often. But the research Jessica Trowbridge and colleagues published recently in Journal Of Exposure...
September 3, 2026
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Lupe Franco: how are municipalities in California tackling climate change and homelessness?

Lupe Franco recently published her first solo-authored paper, Wicked Problems: How Are Municipalities in California Tackling Climate Change and Homelessness? , in the International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development. “This work is the...
July 15, 2026
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Grant Gutierrez authors report on community opposition to AI data centers

This report asks: “What community concerns surround AI data center projects that have been canceled, stalled, or withdrawn?” and “What do the demographic and environmental profiles of those communities tell us about the broader conditions under which AI data center development is meeting resistance?”
July 15, 2026
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Sanjana Paul: why tech billionaire hype is an environmental justice issue

“I spend a lot of time thinking about data centers: the actual, physical buildings consuming water and electricity across the planet. But I also keep thinking about something that seems trivial by comparison: why are the CEOs of all-powerful tech companies so cringe?”
July 15, 2026
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UC Berkeley appoints Morello-Frosch as inaugural associate provost for energy, climate, and environment

“The public health expert and Berkeley professor will unite scholars across campus to address crucial environmental challenges.”
June 25, 2026
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Paul publishes data center negotiation simulation

Sanjana Paul has released a new simulation that allows participants to engage in multi-party negotiations around a proposed data-center. Using eight different roles, participants explore the implications of energy, water, community benefits...
June 25, 2026
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Zavaleta receives inaugural ESA award recognizing mentorship towards diversity, inclusion, and belonging

The Ecological Society of America’s newly established Bazzaz-Pickett Award for Excellence in Mentoring the Next Generation of Ecologists honors ecologists whose mentoring has fostered diversity, inclusion and belonging while inspiring new...
June 25, 2026
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Fire Sale: Kirk op-ed on housing disaster capitalism following Eaton Fires

“In the aftermath of the Eaton and Palisades fires, housing could have been stabilized and tenants could have been protected. But the private market won.”
June 25, 2026
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Jadda Miller

2025 Fellow
Jadda is a Bellwether Postdoctoral Scholar at UC Berkeley’s School of Information, where she partners with Ohlone youth and cultural leaders to co-design mixed-reality exhibits. Alongside this work, she continues the community-based research she co-developed in Maui, Hawaiʻi, exploring how students engage with Kānaka ʻŌiwi (Native Hawaiian) biocultural knowledge alongside Western science in environmental and wildfire mitigation education. Broadly, her work centers Indigenous epistemologies, place-based education, and epistemic justice in environmental and science education.