The George Perkins Marsh Institute
The George Perkins Marsh Institute (GPMI) at Clark University is dedicated to
research on one of the most fundamental questions confronting humankind:
What is and ought to be our relationship with nature?
Named after the noted environmentalist George Perkins Marsh and built on a tradition
of basic and applied research on environmental hazards and international development,
the Institute fosters team-based research that engages graduate students and research
faculty in problem formulation and resolution. It is home to some 63 research faculty,
staff, and graduate students, with appointments ranging from the humanities to the
social and natural sciences.
The Marsh Institute is organized as a consortium of research centers or units
and the Jeanne X. Kasperson
Research Library. Studies focus on human-environment relationships across a
wide array of themes including: risks and hazards; the human dimensions of global
environmental change; resource and environmental policy; industrialization and globalization;
homeland security; and the development and application of geographic information
science across multiple disciplines.
Notable publications include The Earth as Transformed by Human Action
(1990) and Regions at Risk: Comparisons of Threatened Environments (1995).
GPMI played a leading role in developing the Core Project on Global Land-Use/Cover
Change (LUCC) for the International Geosphere-Bioshpere Programme and the International
Human Dimensions Programme, and assists the United Nations Institute for Training
and Research (UNITAR) in developing the analytical capacities to address environmental
changes in general.
The Institute does not grant degrees, but advanced degrees can be sought through
the affiliated programs and departments of Clark University. Support comes from
the University, private donations, grants from foundations, and grants and contracts
from state and federal agencies. The Institute currently holds some $4.5 million
in active grants and contracts.
George Perkins Marsh Institute - Clark University
Visiting address: 16 Claremont Street, Worcester, MA 01610-1477
Mailing address: 950 Main Street, Worcester, MA 01610-1477
Phone: +1.508.751.4622
Fax: +1.508.751.4600
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