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Stack / Whitney Entomology, Environment and Technology Col(LAB)oratory
SWEET Co(LAB)orative
The SWEET Col(LAB)orative is an environmental studies research group who often, but not always, use insects as a lens onto broader systems. We use a range of quantitative and qualitative tools to study science and society. Global environmental problems necessitate a diverse group of minds, bodies, and lives coming together to imagine (and then achieve!) conserving and sustaining natural and human communities in ethical ways. This work is interdisciplinary and done in community, with a wide range of collaborators across disciplines and institutions.
We do this while also working to:
- create space to be our full(er) selves,
- address positionality and power in our research and teams,
- do "open" research without extraction.
We are located on unceded Seneca Nations (Onöndowa'ga) lands. Learn more here.
Latest News
- June 3, 2025
new chapter published
Dr. Stack Whitney and former col(LAB)orator Briana Burt Stringer recently published a chapter in the Palgrave Handbook of Environmental Policy and Law. Entitled 'Exploring Evidence-Based Science Policy Frameworks Using US State Pollinator Protection Plans,' it explores if and how state plans designed to protect bees and other insect pollinators are following best practices for effective policymaking. Read it here.
- May 23, 2025
new essay published
Aberg fellow Abigail Block published a co-authored essay, based on her ongoing research about climate-related natural disasters and emergency preparedness for people with disabilities, in an essay for the Network in Canadian History and Environment titled 'Cuts to FEMA and Disaster Preparedness Will Disproportionately Harm Disabled Americans'. Read it here.
- May 23, 2025
congratulations to graduates!
Congratulations to colLAB alumni Anthony and Hannah, who graduated RIT recently with their BS and MS respectively! Can't wait to see what you achieve next!
- April 16, 2025
new chapter published
Dr. Stack Whitney and colleagues, as part of the GLUE (Global Urban Evolution Project) recently published a chapter "GLUEing the World: The GLobal Urban Evolution Project and Its Importance to Urban Biodiversity Conservation" in the edited volume Ecology of Tropical Cities, Volume I. Read it here
Research
Critical examinations of ecosystem services
Environmental science is a human endeavor, shaped by individual and institutional structures, processes, and biases. Part of my research program centers on understanding how these factors shape contemporary ecosystem service sciences.
Ableism and accessibility in biology and society
In fieldwork and informatics based work, SWEET is committed to inclusion, accessibility, and reproducibility. In particular, we focus on disability access and inclusion (or lack thereof) in open science and beyond.
