Annual Student Research Symposium

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The AESS Student Research Symposium brings together students from around the globe to share their original research with the environmental community. This multidisciplinary event provides a forum and networking opportunities. Graduate and undergraduate student researchers are welcome to submit an application through our proposal system. The 2025 symposium details will be announced on the symposium webpage December ’24. In the meantime, please feel free to peruse the graduate school seminar recording.

Research Symposium

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Open call for AESS Committee members

Interested in serving on a committee? Want to find out more about specific committees? Complete a form and we’ll connect you with one of the committee chairs.

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Submit to Journal

Learn how to publish in our flagship journal

We invite all members and non-members to submit articles for the Journal. The Journal provides a peer-reviewed, academically rigorous and professionally recognized forum for the publication of explicitly interdisciplinary environmental research, policy analysis and advocacy, educational discourse and other related matters.

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AESS Book Club

stay tuned for future meet-ups

Did you know there’s an AESS Book Club? Participate as your schedule allows. Propose a book to host. We’ll help organize. Best way to get started? Reach out to us via email.

You can also find our events posted on Facebook at the AESS page.

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AESS Annual Conference

2025 Meeting Information

AESS 2025 will be June 23-25, 2025 in St. Paul Minnesota. Visit aessconference.org site for event details.

Call for proposals NOW OPEN.

You can also find info posted on Facebook at the AESS page.

NOTE: To allow for more inclusion and access, AESS 2026 will be virtual with geographic hub hosts.

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