The Nelson Institute advances environmental education, research, decision-making and public engagement, fostering the next generation of leaders in sustainability and engaging in world-changing environmental scholarship.
We are a community of scholars, students, and specialists from across all communities of knowledge and practice: artists and engineers, historians and chemists, sociologists and climatologists.
Our institute is a catalyst of imaginative interdisciplinary research that combines skills and knowledge from the humanities, engineering, business and law, to the biological, physical, health and social sciences. We lead the UW–Madison campus community in solving complex environmental problems by championing interdisciplinarity and upholding commitments to positive change.
We invite you to explore opportunities to join our community and grow your career.
Looking for openings outside of our campus? Check out our environmental jobs board