Founded in 2026, the Center for Sustainability in Southeast Asia is Stanford University’s hub for multidisciplinary research, education, capacity building, and collaboration to advance practical solutions for Southeast Asia’s most pressing sustainability challenges.
By leveraging Stanford’s leadership in global sustainability research and innovation and our working relationships with Southeast Asian governments, researchers, businesses, and civil society organizations, we expect to deliver real-world, scalable impact in this pivotal region.
Research
Governance
Sustainable communities
Energy and digital transformation of society
Projects
News
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How can Southeast Asia achieve more economic growth for 700 million residents while balancing energy security and environmental sustainability? A new report offers actionable answers.
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Investing in sustainable economic development is now “just investing,” and that’s good news, participants in Stanford roundtable in Southeast Asia concur.
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In his new book, What It Takes: Southeast Asia, Gita Wirjawan examines how Southeast Asia can unlock its untapped potential by leveraging its massive economic and human scale to claim its place on the global stage.
Contact us
David Cohen
Director
dcohen3@stanford.edu
Natalie Longmire-Kulis
Research Assistant
nlonkul@stanford.edu