Marshall Burke

Marshall Burke is a professor of Global Environmental Policy at the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability and a senior fellow at the Center on Food Security and the Environment, the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment, and Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research. He is also a research fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research. His research uses tools from the social and natural sciences to measure environmental change, how society is impacted by this change, and how it can respond.

As a 2024-25 SIL Design Fellow, Burke collaborated with partners to identify and implement what works in climate adaptation. His project addressed a concerning reality: although the world is making progress in reducing emissions, even optimistic projections indicate that global temperatures will rise by at least 2 degrees. Adapting to this warming will require action at every level, from individuals, firms, and local organizations to state and federal governments and international bodies. Burke's design fellowship was sponsored by the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability.