Report summary

The 2024-2026 picture for University of California, Berkeley Department of Environmental Science Policy and Management is a 35-PI network with 13 internal PI collaborations. The research center of gravity is Environmental Science as the leading field (41% of slots across 25 PIs; 25 labels), Ecology as the leading subfield (17% of slots across 14 PIs; 14 labels), and Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics as the leading topic (6% of slots across 6 PIs; 6 labels). That is a thin collaboration pattern, useful for spotting individual pairs but less persuasive as a broad departmental network. The top weighted PIs are Rachel Morello‐Frosch (8.6 weighted works; Risk Perception and Management, Environmental Justice and Health Disparities). The strongest pairings are Scott L. Stephens and Brandon M. Collins (11 shared works, weight 4.7). The standout breakdown groups are group 1 with 4 PIs, 3 internal connections, weight 2.8, around Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, Plant Science, led by Dennis Baldocchi, Trevor F. Keenan, Allen H. Goldstein.