Think Tank
The Bailey College of the Environment gathers annually a group of three Wesleyan faculty members, a scholar of prominence from outside Wesleyan, and undergraduate students into a year-long academic think tank on a critical environmental issue. The aim of the think tank is not only to generate a deeper understanding of the thematic issue, but also to produce scholarly works that will influence national/international thinking and action on the issue. The think tank should serve as a focal point for the global intellectual community concerned with the environment. Scholars and students in the think tank are expected to produce scholarly works by the end of the academic year.
- Learn more about our 2023-24 Think Tank: Reimagining Civilization in the Anthropocene
- Learn more about our 2022-23 Think Tank: Radical Environments
- Learn more about Think Tank fellowship opportunities for faculty and students.
- Discover popular Think Tank articles, performances, and reports and scholarly works
Past Think Tank Themes & Works
- 2021-22 Think Tank: Visualizing Environmental Change
- 2020-21 - Habitability: Cosmological, Planetary & Ethical Perspectives
- 2019-20 - Meaningful Words: Listening and Learning Beyond the Human
- 2018-19 - How Humans Relate to and Value the Non-Human Part of the World
- 2017-18 - From Disruptions to Disasters: A Lens on the Human-Environment Relationship
- 2016-17 - Shifting Landscapes
- 2015-16 - Urban Engagement and the Urban Environment
- 2014-15 - Struggling through the Anthropocene: Science, History, Art & Politics
- 2013-14 - Re-envisioning the Commons
- 2012-13 - Environmental Justice and Global Health
- 2011-12 - Water
- 2010-11 - Vulnerability and Stress