PLACE(E) Lab 

Advancing climate equity through community-centered insights.

PLACE(E) is a research group rooted in civil and environmental engineering that seeks to expand our discipline's knowledge and capabilities to practice equity in decision making and to engage with our work as it affects all people — especially historically and presently marginalized communities.

Our Work

2025

Living with Water: Adapting to Flooding in the Duwamish Valley

King County’s Environmental Justice Movement: Building Power from the Ground Up

2024

Rethinking Stormwater Systems to Consider Unhoused Communities During Flood Events

2023

Highlighting Racial History Could Boost Support for Climate Solutions in Vulnerable Communities