Projects and Initiatives

As an academic and professor at a research university, the research and initiatives more broadly that I’m involved with cut across many different disciplines and areas of expertise, and blend scholarship with teaching, mentorship, communication and engagement. There really are very few bright lines separating different areas of my work! However, there is a common theme, and that’s better-understanding how we can develop a more just, equitable, vibrant and promise-filled future within an increasingly complex world.

This is work that draws on my roots as a physicist and lab scientist, but that is heavily influenced by the social sciences, arts, humanities, and areas of knowledge and understanding that don’t easily fit into convenient silos. It’s hard to over-emphasize how important this transdisciplinary approach is to what I do — disciplines are a useful, but ultimately they are an artificial way to develop and use new knowledge and insights, and the more complex our world becomes, the more important it is that we break free of the constraints of conventional thinking, while retaining the rigor that comes with any form of grounded scholarship.

The links below touch on just a small handful of initiatives I am working on (or have worked on). For more information on my more formal publications, please check out my Academic Publications page and Preprints and Works in Progress.

You can also find more on my Google Scholar profile.