Dr. Axons research focuses on the socio-cultural dimensions of sustainability. Principally, his research investigates the challenges of making everyday life and the communities we live in more sustainable; and the application of interventions and “what works” approaches that facilitate and maintain inclusive, equitable, and participatory sustainable lifestyles.

This research aims to advance both conceptual understanding and practical application of enhancing the efficacy, form, and function, of public engagement and collective action as part of community-based sustainability. He largely teaches courses on conceptual, practical, and applied dimensions of sustainability, e.g. principles of sustainability, public engagement, and applied sustainability science.

Dr. Axon is the Graduate Program Coordinator for the MS Environmental Studies, the Co-Director of the Connecticut State University System Center for Environmental Literacy and Sustainability Education (CELSE), and Editor for The Northeastern Geographer.