David Manuel-Navarrete, ASU sustainability professor

The School of Sustainability at Arizona State University is an academic unit of the College of Global Futures, which is based in the Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory.
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School of Sustainability students, diverse in their backgrounds and interests, work with faculty and researchers toward a common goal: to foster innovative research, impactful education and engaged communities to achieve environmental integrity, social equity and well-being. Sustainability integrates social, economic and environmental dimensions to develop enduring and equitable solutions to global challenges.
Learning tracks within the school include energy and technology, international development, ecosystems management, urban dynamics, food systems, policy and governance, and sustainability leadership. Our curriculum is grounded in experiential learning and practical faculty-led research, equipping graduates of the School of Sustainability with the skills and tools to make positive impacts in a rapidly changing world
David Manuel-Navarrete
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David Manuel-Navarrete applies an existential perspective to study deliberate transformations in social-ecological and technological systems, such as cities or coastal communities, including the subjective dimension of such transformations. His research aims at enhancing societies’ capacity to purposely deliver structural changes that simultaneously reduce inequality and sustain the planet's web of life. As a sustainability scholar, he focuses on promoting climate change adaptation, and tourism sustainability. His most recent research explores adaptation, resilience and transformation of water infrastructures in Mexico City, and the promotion of indigenous languages to advance sustainability in the Amazon.
Professor Manuel-Navarrete worked as a consultant for the United Nations, and as a researcher at King’s College London and the Free University of Berlin. He has conducted sustainability research and assessments in Argentina, Brazil, Central America, and Mexico. He teaches international development and sustainability and sustainability science.