Welcome to the SENS Lab

The Socio-Environmental Networks and Sustainability (SENS) Lab is a research group at the School of Environment and Natural Resources at The Ohio State University. We investigate how people interact with one another and with ecosystems, and how those interactions affect social and environmental outcomes.

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Much of our work focuses on coupled human-natural systems, in which collective action among diverse stakeholder groups is often necessary to address environmental risk. Likewise, stakeholders must grapple with social and ecological dynamics that span multiple spatial/administrative scales. Our research is broadly organized around three core themes: 1) how diverse stakeholder groups conceptualize risk, individually and collectively, 2) how policy actors navigate complex risk mitigation governance systems, and 3) how governance systems self-organize to manage environmental risk (see Research).

We are grateful for funding from The Ohio State University, the Sustainability Institute, and the National Science Foundation.