The Environmental research group  deals with  decision making  related to natural resources and their allocation. The group includes  researchers dealing with issue s of water, energy, urban and environmental planning, transportation and public participation.

The group includes research students involved in a variety of fields such as the political economy of renewable energy, geopolitics and the construction of regional electricity networks, models of public participation, social aspects of desalinization and  food and energy security. The group conducts monthly meetings where students and researchers discuss their work and receive peer-feedback.