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