The Anthropocene Lab was formed in 2023. It is an interdisciplinary group of humanists, scientists, social scientists, and artists at UMass Amherst who seek new interdisciplinary narratives about the Anthropocene in an effort to engage the deep past and shared futures, humans and non-human communities. 

In this laboratory of ideas, we ask: "What are, and how are, dominant narratives about the Anthropocene created? Which interdisciplinary practices and research agendas create better narratives?" Through discussions and collaborations across the UMass Amherst system, and through fieldwork in iconic sites in the region and beyond, we seek to provide narrative and pedagogical pathways towards sustainable futures.