Social Sciences in Air Quality, Climate, and Health Research

Funding Year: 2015-2016

This research team studied linkages between pollution and other aspects of air quality, climate change, and public health, with engagement from the social sciences to better understand human choices and behavior, improve communication of risks associated with poor air quality, and devise solutions to improve human health.

Principal Investigators:

  • Marilee Long, Department of Journalism and Technical Communication and Department of Community and Behavioral Health
  • Sonia Kreidenweis, Department of Atmospheric Science and Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere
  • John Volckens, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Center for Energy Development and Health
  • A.R. Ravishankara, Department of Chemistry
  • Jennifer Peel, Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences