Max Cawley

Max Cawley is the director of the Museum of Life and Science’s broad portfolio of climate projects, which are focused on building local coalitions, dialogue, and knowledge about climate change, health, and equity across the United States. Cawley is the center director and lead principal investigator for the Center for Collaborative Heat Monitoring, a national cooperative agreement with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Integrated Heat Health Information System. He is the Principal Investigator for the Museum’s Engaging Hispanic Communities initiative, a National American Space Association-funded nationwide project focused on co-creating culturally-relevant Earth and Space content. He’s a former American Geophysical Union Thriving Earth Exchange Fellow and an inaugural member of the National Academies of Medicine’s Climate Communities Initiative. His interests include participatory methods and modalities for environmental monitoring and storytelling—generating data and knowledge in locally-responsive and responsible ways. He believes that broader and more just climate engagement is crucial for maintaining democracy in a warming world.