Joshua Newell

Joshua Newell is a professor in the School for Environment and Sustainability at the University of Michigan. A human–environment geographer, he leads interdisciplinary research at the nexus of urban sustainability and resilience, environmental justice, corporate supply-chain sustainability and governance, urban–rural resource flows and urban metabolism, and geospatial data science/GeoAI. His work integrates concepts and methods from geography, urban planning, industrial ecology, and spatial analytics, and he frequently collaborates across engineering, environmental science, public policy, business, and the social sciences. He is affiliated with multiple university institutes and centers spanning sustainability, data science, and interdisciplinary environmental research, and regularly convenes large cross-unit teams to address complex socio-environmental challenges. He has also held a range of administrative appointments and service roles focused on academic program building, strategic hiring, and cross-unit collaboration.