Funded Research at The New School
Google LLC has awarded The New School a one-time $5 million grant to support the creation of an open-access dashboard tool for visualizing climate risks and vulnerability. Known as ClimateIQ, the AI-powered modeling tool will help cities prepare effective emergency response and adaptation measures in the face of extreme weather. Google.org’s Impact Challenge on Climate Innovation, a commitment to accelerate technological advances in climate information and action, is exploring additional avenues of support for this project that could include technical assistance from a team of Google researchers, designers, product managers, and software engineers to develop ClimateIQ with the City of New York for the benefit of other cities. The development of ClimateIQ is being led by Timon McPhearson at The New School’s Urban Systems Lab in partnership with a team of scientists and designers. ClimateIQ’s team also brings together a diverse group of partners from the public and private sectors, including ClimaSens, an innovative climate tech start-up based in Melbourne; the Beijer Institute of Ecological Economics at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences; the Stockholm Resilience Centre at Stockholm University; the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies; and the Virginia Climate Center at George Mason University. The team will also work closely with city partners in Phoenix, Berlin, Barcelona, Melbourne, and other cities to ensure that the AI engine learns from and works for cities and towns with diverse climate conditions, geographies, and urban development contexts. We are proud that The New School is playing a pivotal role in a project with so much potential for far-reaching impact and influence, thanks to the generosity of funders like Google LLC.
Google’s support of this project is just one example of the way The New School’s faculty attract recognition from funders for their groundbreaking scholarship. This year, faculty received support from the Carnegie Corporation, Ford Foundation, Henry Luce Foundation, Kresge Foundation, Mellon Foundation, Open Society Foundation, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and Rockefeller Brothers Fund. Wondering how your organization can partner with The New School to fund research that can change the world? Contact us today!