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WHO WE ARE
The UC Irvine CLIMATE (Cultural, Learning, and Institutional Model to Accelerate Transformations for Environmental) Justice Initiative (CJI) tackles local climate and environmental issues through collaborative, community-engaged research. We seek to transform the culture of the geosciences by fostering a learning environment that centers the needs of communities that are most impacted by climate change.
applications for the 2025-2026 CJI Fellowships ARE open March 1st, 2025 through April 30th, 2025.
What We Offer
Fellowships
CJI recruits 6 PhD students and 6 postbacs each year for fully-funded one-year fellowships. Fellows participate in coursework, cross-disciplinary community-based research, and hands-on research training with UCI faculty mentors (postbacs only). Fellows become part of a vibrant UCI community that includes students, faculty and staff with a shared commitment to addressing climate and environmental challenges affecting local communities.
Training program
Through collaboration with the UCI Research Justice Shop, fellows enroll in a weekly practicum course in which participants learn about social science and physical science approaches to climate change research and community-based research principles. Fellows also take courses in social science and communication skills. Throughout the year, they receive tailored mentorship and participate in a wide array of professional development and career development workshops.
Community-Based Research
Fellows co-design and conduct team-based research projects with local community-based organizations, with the aim of sharing their technical expertise with the Southern California communities that are most impacted by climate change.
OUR Leadership Team
Meet the interdisciplinary team of UCI faculty behind the CLIMATE Justice Initiative.
The UCI CLIMATE Justice Initiative acknowledges our presence on the ancestral and unceded territory of the Acjachemen and Tongva Peoples, who still hold strong cultural, spiritual, and physical ties to this region.
Contact Us
Department of Earth System Science
Croul Hall
Irvine, CA 92697-3100
garciar1@uci.edu
(949) 824-8794
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