Center for Behavior, Institutions and the Environment

What a nice lunch with visitor Towa Tachibana.

The coupled infrastructure system of delivering affordable food to an increasing population is not only bad for planetary health, also for public health. Read more in the blog post.

Industrially Processed Edible Stuff - Coupled Infrastructure Systems Initiative Ultra-Processed People by Chris van Tulleken is a fascinating book discussing how the food industry creates edible stuff we get addicted to, leading to various implications for human and planetary health. If we had the choice, we would likely prefer to eat food that is produced with minimally proces...

The Drylab 30-day challenge is in the news today. Check it out and join the challenge

A 30-day challenge to become more water wise Inspired by an experiment where eight ASU students lived in the Mojave Desert for a month on four gallons of water a day, an ASU initiative is challenging Arizonans to learn about their relationship with water and see where they can make changes throughout the month of October.

The School of Sustainability at Arizona State University has an opening for an Assistant Professor in Sustainability and Behavior Change. Apply before November 1. Find more information at

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You can now find our new textbook Infrastructure for Sustainability here: https://cisi.info/ . It is a follow-up on Sustaining the Commons, focusing on the coupled infrastructure systems framework.

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The groundwater game is also applied in Ethiopia

Games to stimulate groundwater governance--An introduction and example from Ethiopia This is "Games to stimulate groundwater governance--An introduction and example from Ethiopia" by IFPRI on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and…

Raksha and Marco demonstrate the groundwater game during ASU's Open Door.

Job opportunity in study of complex systems and governance of social-ecological systems. Check out the postdoc position at

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Join us!! We are looking for a postdoc for the computational analysis and modeling of social-ecological systems. For more info see

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We will host a Winter School on Agent-Based Modeling of Social-Ecological Systems again in January 2022. Apply by October 1. More info at https://complexity.asu.edu/cbie/winterschool