About Us
From pandas habitat in China, soybean trade between America, Brazil and China, and fisheries all over the globe, CSIS conducts world-changing research on human and natural systems so both people and the environment -- animals, habitat, natural resources -- can survive and thrive.
Addressing complex issues related to sustainability requires innovative integration of multiple disciplines --both social and natural sciences. Achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals demands
Our center joins forces across Michigan State University's campus along with some of the best minds in sustainability sciences across the nation and across the world.
Objectives
- Conduct cutting-edge research on emerging issues related to ecological sustainability.
- Train new generations of leading scholars for interdisciplinary research.
- Disseminate research findings across the globe.
Finding the Center
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Sponsors
The Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability is grateful for funding and support from:
- American Association for the Advancement of Science
- China Bridges International
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
- MSU AgBioResearch
- Michigan Department of Natural Resources
- Michigan State University
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
- National Institutes of Health
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- National Science Foundation
- Smithsonian Institution
- St. Louis Zoo
- The Nature Conservancy
- U.S. Department of Agriculture
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
- U.S. Geological Survey
- Western National Parks Association
