Annual Student Research Symposium

Now collecting proposals

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.

SUBMISSIONS DUE March 21 <– click to learn more and submit

REGISTRATION open <– click to register

Please feel free to peruse the graduate school seminar recording from 2024.

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

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Did you know there’s an AESS Book Club? Participate as your schedule allows. Propose a book to host. We’ll help organize. Learn more by visiting our landing 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 open ONLY FOR POSTERS through May 16. SUBMIT

Individual presentations and panels are being reviewed and decisions will go out mid-March.

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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AESS Leadership Elections

nominations now closed. voting will open in April.

The Board of Directors of the Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences (AESS) invites you to participate in shaping the future of our organization by nominating yourself or a colleague for a position on the Board.

Whether you are a long-time or new AESS member, we welcome and encourage nominations from members of all career stages. Diverse perspectives are essential to guiding AESS into the future.

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AESS Award Nominations

nomination period closed

The 2025 AESS awards season is upon us. 

Please consider nominating your colleagues (and yourselves!) for one of our annual AESS awards, including the Freudenburg Lifetime Achievement Award, the NEW Mid-career Award, and the Early Career Award. 

Submission criteria, past winners, and forms can be found at: https://aessonline.org/about-aess/awards/

Awardees will be notified and announced publicly in April then recognized at the June 2025 conference in St Paul, Minnesota. 

Please encourage your networks to nominate and to self-nominate.

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