Collaborating for Climate Equity (PDF)

Vivek Shandas is a professor of climate transformation and founding director of the Sustaining Urban Places Research (SUPR) Lab at Portland State University. Professor Shandas studies the effects of urban development patterns and processes on ecosystems and social justice. He has published over 100 articles and three books, and his research has been featured in the New York Times, National Geographic, Scientific American, and dozens of other international and local media. During his spare time he revels in the mountains and waters of the Pacific Northwest with his family.

Dana Hellman is an environmental social scientist and holds a PhD degree in Earth, Environment & Society. Her work addresses topics spanning climate change risk and adaptation, environmental health, resource management, and nature conservation, as well as intersections among them. She delights in making unexpected connections and synthesizing information across fields and takes an interdisciplinary approach to research and analysis, drawing upon complementary theories and practices from social and environmental sciences. Her work emphasizes themes including resilience, power/ knowledge dynamics, collaborative approaches, and (sense of) place. Dana is passionate about translating theory into practice, applying research to real-world problems, and pursuing social justice through environmental action.