Engagement
The Department of Geography, Environment, and Spatial Sciences actively pursues cross-campus collaborations and community engagement. Faculty interact with other campus units on cooperative research projects and collaborative teaching efforts. Many professors also conduct research involving local, regional, and statewide community partners.
RS&GIS
Remote Sensing and GIS Research and Outreach Services (RS&GIS) is the point of contact for geospatial technology services at MSU serving the research community, state, federal, municipal, and tribal governments, not-for-profits, and the private sector. Learn More
onGEO
The Online Geography (onGEO) group at Michigan State University offers several 7-week professional-development courses, which can be taken individually or in combination to earn a Professional GIS Certificate. Learn More
Enviroweather
The Enviroweather program is a real-time, statewide weather and climate data collection system, partially funded by MSU Extension and AgBioResearch. Weather information for nearly 80 stations in Michigan is posted online for the benefit of farmers, boaters, natural resource managers, and other interested parties. Learn More
CGCEO
The Center for Global Change and Earth Observations (CGCEO) is a research center focusing on the use of remote sensing applications to study geographic phenomena such as deforestation in the Amazon, resource management in China, disease spread in East Africa, and other global problems. Geography faculty form the core of the research staff and many geography Graduate students are employed on various projects. Learn More
ESPP
A number of Geography faculty are either jointly-appointed or formally affiliated with the Environmental Science and Policy Program (ESPP) in the College of Social Science. The program offers courses in Ph.D. specialization in environmental policy in which a number of Geography students have enrolled. The program also tracks research opportunities in the environmental realm and sponsors visiting campus scholars. Learn More
GUSP
Several Geography faculty members are affiliated with the Global Urban Studies Program (GUSP) as course instructors and research associates. The program promotes comparative urban research in a variety of global settings with a focus on poverty, urban sprawl, and political structure. Learn More