Research, as well as teaching, in ERS covers the three broad themes noted above. Particular areas currently examined include
- Ecological Restoration/Restoration and Rehabilitation Ecology
- Ecosystem and Environmental Assessment, Conservation, Management, and Monitoring
- Environmental Assessment and Planning/Greening Communities
- Environmental Auditing (energy, water, waste)
- Environmental Education
- Environmental Governance/Policy Analysis (Business, Electricity,Mining,Water Demand Strategies) at subnational, national and international levels
- Environmental Ethics, Philosophy,Activism, and Expression (Art, Myth and Folklore)
- Environmental Health and Toxicology
- Environmental Journalism
- First Nations Environmental Issues
- Gender, Environment and Community-based Development
- Global Climate Change
- Industrial Ecology
- International Sustainable Development
- Local Governance and Public Participation in Sustainable Communities
- Public and Environmental Health, Policy and Administration
- Sustainability Assessment
- Sustainable Livelihoods