Welcome to the Transdisciplinary Environmental Researchers Alliance

About TERA

Of all the various issues that face us, environmental issues are the very crux of complex, adaptive issues that demand transdisciplinary and multi-level responses. The Transdisciplinary Envrionmental Researchers Alliance intends to create a workspace for all those who wish to collaborate to expand their research, network, and understanding of environmental issues with the ultimate intent of facilitating action.

Our Motivating Principles

Connect

A key goal is to foster a workspace where researchers with similar interests can find each other and build community. To that end, we will create both formal and informal opportunities for students and faculty at the Claremont Colleges and beyond to network.

Collaborate

At TERA we believe that solutions to complex problems come from collaboration between researchers from different disciplines and community partners. Research conducted with and by those actively working to improve their communities and with frontline experiences will help us produce more effective policies and initiatives. We aim to create a generation of participatory action researchers

Contribute

We aim to contribute to both the academic and activist spaces through the production of high-quality original research using a variety of mixed-methods and participatory approaches that supports collective action. To achieve this goal, our programming will include panels, convenings, and workshops on new research methods and topics. Additionally, our projects provide students hands-on opportunities to develop skills in survey and interviews design and implementation, field work, data analysis, and writing publicly available memos, resources, and presentations.