Decisions to reorient, reform, or fundamentally change socio ecological systems are urgent, yet deeply political.

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Power asymmetries between government, corporations, stakeholders, and citizens play a critical role in defining proposed policy solutions, their extent and magnitude, and who benefits or is burdened.

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The Environmental Justice & Policy Research lab (ejpr) is dedicated to understanding how inequality and power asymmetries shape (and are shaped by) institutional change, public policy processes, and justice in the context of environmental governance and natural resource conflicts.