ESGO, Department of Environmental Science, Aarhus University

In the Environmental Social Science Section of the Department of Environmental Science at Aarhus University, we conduct research and provide advisory services and education within the fields of environmental sociology, environmental economics, political science and geography. We integrate different professional disciplines and collaborate with natural scientists in order to describe and devise solutions to environmental problems and challenges related to the aquatic environment and water resources, air pollution, climate, soil, land and nature management, and urban environments. We analyze the environmental consequences of the development of society, and investigate how environmental regulation and management affect society at different levels ranging from everyday life to the national welfare economic level. An important research area is also the optimal implementation of environmental regulation. We continually develop and improve the theoretical and methodological foundation for our empirical analyses.