The goal of the SEI is to bring about change for sustainable development by bridging science and policy through the provision of integrated analysis that supports decision makers. SEI is involved in a wide range of innovative research related to environmental change with a focus on analytical methods for multi-stressor assessment of social vulnerability and adaptive management, using a toolkit including the Knowledge Elicitation Tools (Knets), agent based social simulation, vulnerability mapping, decision screening, discrete choice analysis, qualitative comparative assessment, social networking and the development of decision support tools to screen adaptation options using a variety of available methodologies.
SEI inajihusisha na tafiti mbalimbali zinazohusiana na mabadiliko ya mazingira ikilenga namna ya kuleta maendeleo kwa kutumia vifaa kama “Knowledge Elicitation Tools” (Knets), kukagua mitindo ya magonjwa na maamuzi, tathmini za kisiri, tathmini zinazolinganishwa, makundi ya jamii, na vifaa vya kusaidia kutoa uamuzi ili kuchunguza namna ya kuleta urekebishaji kwa kutumia methodolojia tofauti.