Erb Postdoc Panikos Georgallis' work on social movements and corporate social responsibility was recently featured in Ideas for Leaders. Read his idea summary on How Social Movements Spark Corporate Social Responsibility Initiatives (pdf)
Results for research on: In the Media
Erb Faculty Director, Joe Arvai, “What it takes to get people to care about Climate Change” (Michigan Radio)
As a follow-up to Erb Faculty Director, Joe Arvai's publication in Nature Climate Change, Michigan Radio talks with Joe about his recent research which attempts to understand exactly what it takes to get people to care about climate change. This study was co-authored...
Society’s Biggest Problems need more than a Nudge
So-called “nudge units” are popping up in governments all around the world. The best-known examples include the U.K.’s Behavioural Insights Team, created in 2010, and the White House-based Social and Behavioral Sciences Team, introduced by the Obama administration in...
Erb Faculty Member, Tom Lyon featured in The Guardian
Erb Faculty Member, Tom Lyon opines that although Warren Buffet and Berkshire Hathaway's record of astute financial moves is hard to argue with, he may be missing the mark in terms of under-estimating the pace and acceleration of climate change and what that...
Erb Faculty Member Quoted in Sustainability Education Program Annual Report
Erb Faculty Member, Andy Hoffman was quoted and featured for his work on "The Fourth Wave" in the Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation's 2015 Annual Report. Read more “Today, with little sustained attention to critical sustainability issues like poverty, climate...
MBA’s with Sustainable Impact
The Erb Institute was featured in September's issue of Delta Sky Magazine for the dual degree MBA/MS program and it's work to create a sustainable world through the power of business. Erb Managing Director, Terry Nelidov and Erb Student, Marianna Kerppola share...
A Thoughtful Conversation about the Pope’s Encyclical – Terry Yosie (WEC)
Terry F. Yosie, President & CEO of the World Environment Center shares his thoughts on Pope Francis' recent climate change Encyclical letter accompanied with responses from sustainability leaders including Erb Faculty Director, Andy Hoffman. Read the GreenBiz...
The Climate Change Debate and Pope Francis’ Encyclical – (The Conversation)
Erb Faculty Director Andy Hoffman says the Encyclical on climate change could be a 'game changer'. Read more about this topic in recent The Conversation article by Andy Hoffman and Erb student Jenna White titled "The pope as a messenger: making climate change a moral...
fulFill Wins 2nd Place at Startup Weekend Detroit
Erb students, Kristin Steiner and Mike Barg, and SNRE student Brittany Szczepanik are working as business partners to reduce product packaging from food and personal care products. Startup idea, fulFill, is working to reduce or even eliminate packaging waste from...
Erb Student Featured as Top Innovative Female U-M Student to Watch in 2015
Erb student, Marianna Kerppola was featured as a top innovative female student for her enterprise, BetterHope which curates products that create safe and sustainable jobs. Read the featured blog "15 Innovative Female Students to Watch in 2015 Read more about Marianna...