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 systems integration (i.e., integration of multiple disciplines including both social and natural sciences). 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.

"Every path to sustainability is paved with systems" - Blog

Our faculty:

Jianguo "Jack" Liu - Director and scholar of systems integration, telecoupling, global sustainability and pandas.

Thomas Dietz - Social scientist exploring relationships between science and democracy and environmental policy.

Finding the Center

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Sponsors

The Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability is grateful for funding and support from our sponsors:

• 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