About ICARUS

The Initiative on Climate Adaptation Research and Understanding through the Social Sciences is an effort to bring together scholars, researchers, students, decision makers, and activists interested in working on adaptation to climate variability and change. Members of the initiative are particularly interested in social-scientific and humanistic approaches to understanding climate-related vulnerabilities, risks, and human and ecosystem responses to vulnerability and risks over time and across scales.

The research and practical interests of ICARUS members are wide and broad ranging, and the Initiative aims to serve as a forum for discussion, exchanges, and interactions among members and others interested in climate variability and change.

The first meeting of ICARUS was held at the School of Natural Resources and Environment in April 2009.