Urban & Environmental Studies (UES) focuses on the cultural issues of sustainability and climate change in institutional settings including universities and the impact of the built and natural environments on quality of life. In collaboration with U-M’s Graham Sustainability Institute, UES initiated the Sustainability Cultural Indicators Program in 2012. This is a comprehensive study designed to assess sustainability knowledge, behaviors, and attitudes across U-M students, faculty, and staff over time.

Social Environment & Health (SEH), founded in 1962, is a leader in the development of theory and research on the role of psychosocial factors in the etiology and course of both mental and physical health and illness. SEH specializes in integrating knowledge from across multiple disciplines and using cutting-edge methods to characterize the social and environmental contexts in which people live their lives.