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Climate Systems Engineering initiative (CSEi)

Advancing our understanding of the potential benefits and risks of climate systems engineering.

About the Climate Systems Engineering initiative

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Latest News

News·Oct 23, 2025

CSEi Launches Inaugural Undergraduate Student Essay Contest

The Climate Systems Engineering initiative (CSEi) at the University of Chicago invites all undergraduate students in the college to take part in its inaugural CSEi Student Essay Contest. The contest asks one question: Should humanity deliberately deploy aerosols in the...
News·Sep 29, 2025

CSEi Welcomes its Inaugural Cohort of Research Fellows

The 2025–2027 cohort brings together six leading early-career researchers from diverse fields to explore and evaluate climate interventions aimed at reducing the risks of a warming planet.
News·Sep 8, 2025

The Arthur H. Compton Lecture Series Presents an Intro to Climate Systems Engineering

via The University of Chicago Physical Sciences Division
A series of free public talks will examine the science, technologies, and policy implications behind large-scale interventions such as sunlight reflection methods (SRM), open-systems carbon removal, and glacial preservation.
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