# Land System Sustainability Lab | Tohoku University

> Estoque Lab — Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Tohoku University

- [Land System Sustainability Lab](https://lss-lab.kankyo.tohoku.ac.jp/en/index.md): Estoque Lab — Department of Frontier Sciences for Advanced Environment, Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Tohoku University
- [Our approach](https://lss-lab.kankyo.tohoku.ac.jp/en/about/approach.md): How we frame land-system research: social–ecological systems, geospatial evidence, and multiple scales.
- [News](https://lss-lab.kankyo.tohoku.ac.jp/en/news.md): Updates from the Land System Sustainability Lab.
- [Current members](https://lss-lab.kankyo.tohoku.ac.jp/en/people/current.md): Faculty, researchers, and administrative staff of the Land System Sustainability Lab.
- [Ronald C. Estoque](https://lss-lab.kankyo.tohoku.ac.jp/en/people/ronald-estoque.md): Profile, research interests, affiliations, and publication-record links for Ronald C. Estoque.
- [Ahmed Derdouri](https://lss-lab.kankyo.tohoku.ac.jp/en/people/ahmed-derdouri.md): Profile, research interests, affiliations, and publication-record links for Ahmed Derdouri.
- [Alumni](https://lss-lab.kankyo.tohoku.ac.jp/en/people/alumni.md): Former members of the Land System Sustainability Lab.
- [Contact](https://lss-lab.kankyo.tohoku.ac.jp/en/contact.md): How to reach the Land System Sustainability Lab at Tohoku University.
- [Access](https://lss-lab.kankyo.tohoku.ac.jp/en/access.md): Where to find the Land System Sustainability Lab: address, campus, and directions to the Aobayama campus in Sendai.
- [Research](https://lss-lab.kankyo.tohoku.ac.jp/en/research/index.md): Our research agenda and three core themes: land system dynamics and telecoupled interactions; social–ecological interactions and sustainability; environmental change and human well-being.
- [Theme 1 · Advance theory and methods](https://lss-lab.kankyo.tohoku.ac.jp/en/research/land-system-dynamics.md): Advancing theory and methods to better understand land system dynamics and telecoupled interactions.
- [Theme 2 · Understand social–ecological systems](https://lss-lab.kankyo.tohoku.ac.jp/en/research/social-ecological-systems.md): Understanding interactions between social and ecological processes and their implications for sustainability.
- [Theme 3 · Assess human well-being](https://lss-lab.kankyo.tohoku.ac.jp/en/research/human-wellbeing.md): Assessing how environmental change and social–ecological dynamics shape human well-being across spatiotemporal scales.
- [Data & methods](https://lss-lab.kankyo.tohoku.ac.jp/en/research/methods.md): The Earth-observation data, geospatial tools, statistical methods, and models used in the lab.
- [Publications](https://lss-lab.kankyo.tohoku.ac.jp/en/publications/index.md): Peer-reviewed publications produced since the Land System Sustainability Lab was established.
- [Datasets](https://lss-lab.kankyo.tohoku.ac.jp/en/resources/datasets.md): Derived datasets released by the Land System Sustainability Lab.
- [Software & tools](https://lss-lab.kankyo.tohoku.ac.jp/en/resources/software.md): Code, models, and tools developed in the Land System Sustainability Lab.
- [Join us](https://lss-lab.kankyo.tohoku.ac.jp/en/join/index.md): Opportunities for prospective graduate students, postdocs, and visiting researchers.
- [Open positions](https://lss-lab.kankyo.tohoku.ac.jp/en/join/positions.md): Currently advertised positions in the Land System Sustainability Lab.
- [FAQ for applicants](https://lss-lab.kankyo.tohoku.ac.jp/en/join/faq.md): Common questions from prospective students and researchers.