Hixon Fellows
The Hixon Center for Urban Sustainability engages and supports Yale students who are interested in conducting urban sustainability research that bridges science to practice. Every year, Hixon Fellows are chosen from a pool of competitive applicants based on the relevance of the research proposal to the Center's mission.
Land Use Planning and Management
Exploring the impacts of Microstegium vimineum invasion on forest soil carbon stocs across an urbanization gradient
Study of urban reforestation strategy - bare root plantings
Industrial Environmental Management
How environmental policy can encourage sustainable industry behaviors
The Political Economy of Recycling in BrasÃlia
Water Quality and Hydrology
Perception versus Reality in Urban Water Quality
Modeling the Hydraulic Effects of Instream Habitat Restoration
Socio-cultural and Ecological Interactions
Motivations for Urban Ecological Stewardship at the Neighborhood Scale, A Baltimore Case Study
East Rock Park: Inside and Out—Translating Paper into Product
Effects of Urbanization on Wildlife
Urbanization of New England Wetlands: Evaluating the Effects on Pond Breeding Amphibians
The relationship between an emerging infectious disease and final host distribution across an urbanization gradient
Urbanization and Land Use Change
The Invisible Periphery: Legalization of Peri-Urban Zones in Xalapa, Veracruz
Environment and Public Health
Urban Habitat and Health: Understanding Children's Exposure to their Outdoor Physical Environment in Urban Areas