Research
Addressing social, economic and environmental sustainability challenges, both locally and globally.
Driving sustainable development through discovery, creativity and innovation
As a global intellectual hub in Canada's most enterprising city, the University of Calgary fosters a rich environment for sustainability research. These diverse bodies of work are contributing to enhancing the health and wellbeing of humans and animals, creating more resilient food systems, tackling climate change and creating more accessible, safe and inclusive communities.
Leveraging strengths and opportunities from curiosity-driven research groups, a refreshed institutional focus and applied sustainability research, UCalgary is striving to empower faculty and students to tackle society's big problems.
Research Groups
UCalgary hosts various institutes, labs and research groups in order to target wicked problems at different scales, responding to critical community needs.
Institutional Focus
UCalgary's framework for growth identifies four areas of focus - life sciences, energy transformations, city building and exploring digital worlds. These research themes align closely with sustainability while supporting the academic and research plans.
Campus as a Learning Lab
UCalgary using its campus as a lab to test and model innovative sustainability practices, leveraging its research, academic and operational functions.
Focus on research and scholarship
Our nationally and internationally recognized scholars are tackling sustainability research through priorities outlined in our strategic research themes.
2024 Institutional Sustainability Report
Our annual Institutional Sustainability Report highlights examples of research excellence in UCalgary's efforts to progress all 17 of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.