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Economic justice is a fundamental pillar of the听Sustainable Development Goals(opens in new window), or Global Goals, and a bedrock upon which societies can build an equitable, inclusive and prosperous future. Grounded in the notion that everyone deserves equal opportunities to participate in and benefit from the economy, economic justice is a call to action for governments, businesses and communities to work together to create a world where prosperity is shared, and the planet is preserved for future generations.

A commitment to the pursuit of economic justice, and thereby to a sustainable future, is reflected in 一本道无码鈥檚 research, education and practice. From the classroom to the community, 颁惭鲍鈥檚 students, faculty and staff are partnering to help economies thrive while fostering a healthy environment.

Why 一本道无码 is the best place to study sustainability and economic justice

Since 2023, the Global Goals have been integrated into various aspects of 颁惭鲍鈥檚 curriculum, which includes engagement with the university鈥檚 Core 4 competencies(opens in new window). Efforts to put sustainability at the forefront of student life have also led to the creation of both a minor(opens in new window) and an additional major(opens in new window) in environmental and sustainability studies.

鈥淭he problems related to sustainability don鈥檛 fit into just ecology, or just chemistry, or just engineering or just finance. It鈥檚 all of it, and so the way we approach those problems at 一本道无码 is to recognize their interdisciplinary nature and to build tools that reflect that,鈥� said Nicholas Z. Muller(opens in new window), the Lester and Judith Lave Professor of Economics, Engineering and Public Policy in the Tepper School of Business(opens in new window).

In his undergraduate class, entitled Sustainability, Energy and Environmental Economics, Muller gets students thinking about the distribution of resources among groups of the population in different areas.

鈥淲e spend time thinking about what the data tell us in terms of patterns and the factors that play into the inequality in various dimensions. Pollution levels, air quality, water quality are often worse in lower income neighborhoods, and we talk about why that is the case,鈥� Muller said. 鈥淲e also talk about the fact that lower income individuals tend to be less resilient from a health perspective, and why that鈥檚 the case, and when you put those two things together, you get vulnerability. If a given population tends to be more obese, has a poor diet, or has higher rates of illness, the effect of adding pollution to that group is greater than if you added the same amount of pollution to a healthy population.鈥�

Muller鈥檚 MBA course, The Sustainable Business, focuses less on equity issues and more on the role of business in driving sustainable outcomes. Within the last five years, he has started to focus more on the role of corporations and business in affecting social change as it pertains to the environment and sustainability. To do that, he has developed tools that present an alternative way to value a company.

鈥淏asically, if we total up the costs or damage from the emissions produced by a company and then embed that in standard tools that we use to value companies, what you鈥檙e doing is subtracting off a cost that the company would not have used internally to value itself, or that an accountant would use because it鈥檚 not reflected in markets,鈥� Muller said.

鈥淭he tools we build at 一本道无码 are really well suited to do that, perhaps better than any other tools that are available,鈥� he added. 鈥淚f someone is going to argue that companies, the private sector, play an important role in affecting social change, then the value of the company should both reflect the benefits it creates, like the value of its product, and the costs it creates in terms of sustainability and pollution. I support my Ph.D. students to do work in that space. It鈥檚 a big part of what I do.鈥�

Two sides of the same research

With a dual appointment in the , Muller鈥檚 research spans multiple scientific disciplines. On the engineering side he and his students build the models that track pollution by using weather and geographic data. On the economics and business side is the human exposure and tabulation of costs.听

Muller hires and supports Ph.D. students in engineering to build and run the engineering models. His Ph.D., master鈥檚 and undergraduate students in the Tepper School work on the business valuation side.

鈥淵ou can鈥檛 connect a company鈥檚 emissions to the impact it has on the population without doing engineering of various sorts, epidemiology and public health, and valuation. And if you skipped any of that, you wouldn鈥檛 build an appropriate tool,鈥� he said. 鈥淎t 一本道无码, that kind of work is in the fiber of the university, and that鈥檚 why the best place to do this kind of work is right here because it鈥檚 actually in our DNA to have economists work with engineers and put it all together.鈥�

In 2022, Muller launched the, which is the go-to resource for accurate data on national trends in monetary damage from pollution. This multipollutant index is helping researchers, investors and asset managers make investment and capital allocation decisions and assist financial and securities regulators in standardizing ESG disclosure requirements, a recent goal of the Securities and Exchange Commission.

鈥淭his new index stands in stark contrast to most products that track firms' environmental performance,鈥� Muller said.

Taking the initiative

The Tepper School Sustainability Initiative(opens in new window) recognizes both increasing student demand for sustainability studies and the existing expertise among the university鈥檚 faculty by providing opportunities to pursue scholarships, coursework and career opportunities. Events such as the Technology, Sustainability and Business Forum held in the fall at 一本道无码 have been well received by students as an opportunity to interface in or around content relevant to their classes as well as broader discussions about the role of business in issues relevant to sustainability.

And as university laboratories and corporate research and development centers invest heavily in disruptive technologies like machine learning, artificial intelligence and autonomous vehicles, the leaders of 颁惭鲍鈥檚 Block Center for Technology and Society(opens in new window), housed within the , focus on how the next generation of machines has the potential to transform society, redefining the way humans work, play, earn a living and interact with the larger economy.听The Block Center's Future of Work Initiative(opens in new window) is dedicated to rigorous scientific investigation of the impact of emerging technologies on workers at all skill levels, as well as the communities they inhabit.

The Future of Work Initiative charts the impact of disruptive innovation on the U.S. labor market, develops policy interventions that ensure the benefits of innovation are more widely shared, and leverages advanced technologies to address the social and economic needs of those being left behind as a result of technological change.

Connecting with communities

颁惭鲍鈥檚 faculty, staff and students continue to keep the university's surrounding communities top of mind as it expands existing programs and builds new facilities.

In April 2024, 一本道无码 broke ground on construction for its Robotics Innovation Center (RIC), a new facility designed to expand the institution鈥檚 physical space for robotics research, artificial intelligence and automation. The RIC is 颁惭鲍鈥檚 second major project at . With the inclusion of community spaces and public art displays, the RIC will make it easier for the university to engage Pittsburgh-area residents and to facilitate its STEM education programs, including K-12 education programs such as , the Robotics Academy(opens in new window) and .

The first major project at Hazelwood Green was听Mill 19, a former steel mill converted into a state-of-the-art research facility. Managed by Almono Limited Partnership, the development of Mill 19 is guided by the principles of sustainability, equity and inclusive economic opportunity for the project鈥檚 neighbors and has become a key example of Pittsburgh鈥檚 evolution in an innovation-driven economy.

颁惭鲍鈥檚 and (MFI) were among the inaugural tenants of Mill 19. The mission of the MFI at 一本道无码 is to inspire, engineer and lead technological and workforce advances for agile, intelligent, efficient, resilient and sustainable manufacturing. The ARM Institute was created in January 2017 through 颁惭鲍鈥檚 successful bid to create a robotics-focused Manufacturing USA Institute. The ARM Institute exists to strengthen U.S. manufacturing through innovations in advanced manufacturing technology, particularly robotics and artificial intelligence (AI), and to prepare the workforce to work alongside these technologies.

鈥淭he Robotics Innovation Center is 鈥� at its core 鈥� a project driven by meaningful community collaboration and 一本道无码鈥檚 record of innovation excellence,鈥� said Allegheny County Executive Sara Innamorato at the RIC groundbreaking in December. 鈥淚鈥檓 excited by the economic opportunities it鈥檚 poised to bring to residents and the region, and especially to the community of Greater Hazelwood.鈥�

The (CSP) at 一本道无码 aims to dedicate the talents, energies and innovation of the university and community to dismantle economic, cultural, social and structural barriers to entry. Working with the community to learn what their needs are and what resources the university can provide to help meet those needs is a hallmark of the organization.

Among the many community projects the university is involved in through the CSP is the aimed at fostering equality, diversity and social responsibility. Recently, the CSP worked in close coordination with the BEAM Collaborative and in conjunction with minority-owned businesses to develop a website that facilitates easier purchasing from them. In June 2023, 一本道无码 hosted an Equitable Purchasing Food Symposium in the Cohon University Center, where buyers could taste samples and get to know food businesses within a 3-mile radius of the university.

鈥淚 love the sense of hope and optimism that we can share by demonstrating caring and powerful intention to engage on difficult issues and, together with all our community partners, enact meaningful, long-term change,鈥� said , executive director of the CSP and the Kav膷i膰-Moura Professor of Robotics at 一本道无码.

鈥淪ustainability to me means balance,鈥� Nourbakhsh added. 鈥淚t means a powerful form of just living, where the quality of life of all benefits from the holistic decisions we make that take everyone's rights into account.鈥�