What energy strategies are most likely to combat climate change? How do agricultural practices affect the global water supply? Can urban growth be good for public health?

As a research center, SAGE's mission is to ask important questions, and to find answers through cutting-edge science and policy analysis. We are advancing knowledge on a range of environmental problems, taking on research challenges that would be almost impossible in a traditional academic environment. The expertise of our principal investigators spans agronomy, atmospheric science, ecology, engineering, forestry, geography, public health and public policy, and all are actively involved as faculty and scientists in the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies. To learn about our activities by topical theme, please see our pages on Agriculture, Air Quality, Climate, Energy, Public Health, Urban Environment, and Water. Each page gives an overview of the research team leaders, post-docs, and students involved, and a summary of ongoing research projects. These pages also link to major collaborators at UW-Madison and around the world, as well as to educational and outreach activities central to our work. Complete studies are reported on our Publications page, often with links to public reporting on results._To learn more about the work of individual researchers or research groups, please see the personal homepages of our principal investigators: Carol Barford, Holly Gibbs, Tracey Holloway, Chris Kucharik, Greg Nemet, Mutlu Ozdogan, Jonathan Patz, and Annemarie Schneider, or those of our accomplished graduate students and post-doctoral researchers, listed on our People page.