Placing people at the center of climate action: Driving collective action
Collaborators: Cambridge Zero, Cambridge Psychology, Harvard University, Caltech and NYU
Ongoing projects: Trust in Science and Science-related Populism (Harvard) and
Climate Advocacy Challenge (NYU)
Funder: Quadrature Climate Foundation (QCF, 2022-23), Keynes Fund (2022-23) and Cambridge Humanities Research Grant (2024-25)
Key publications: Nature,
Nature Human Behaviour,
PLOS Climate,
Global Environmental Change Part A: Human & Policy Dimensions
Desirable and responsible AI for climate action: A scoping project
Collaborators: Cambridge CST, TU Berlin, MCC-Berlin, Bard Berlin, Boston University, ISI Kolkata, Caltech, King's College London and Copenhagen Business School
Funder: Google Cloud (2022), QCF (2022-present) and Cambridge Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences (AHSS) Grant (2024 - 2025)
Key publication: npj Climate Action
Measuring heatwave impacts on Sustainable Development Goals
Collaborators: Cambridge Zero, University of Michigan and Yale School of Environment
Funder: QCF (2022-present)
Key publication: PLOS Climate
Impact: Blanket press coverage in 130+ news agencies, including major Indian and international agencies like Bloomberg,
Associated Press, and Reuters, the BBC,
and influential magazines such as Wired and TIME Magazine. Invited to present at an G20 Summit event in India.
Solar geoengineering public perception, conspiracy spillovers and ethical dimensions
Collaborators: Centre for Climate Repair, Cambridge Zero, Google Jigsaw, Twitter ((2021-22) and Caltech
Funder: Centre for Climate Repair (2021-22), Google Cloud (2022), Keynes Fund (2022-23) and QCF (2022-present)
Key publication: iScience, Cell Press,
Global Environmental Change Part A: Human & Policy Dimensions
Impact: Press coverage in TIME Magazine,
Independent UK,
Cambridge Independent,
Earth.com
Climate accountability and misinformation in the fossil fuel industry
Collaborators: Cambridge Judge Business School, Caltech, and Twitter (2021-22)
Funder: CJBS Small Grants (2021), Keynes Fund (2022-23), and QCF (2022-present)
Key publication: npj Climate Action
Computing for distributive energy justice in slum rehabilitation housing
Collaborators: CJBS, Bennett Institute for Public Policy and Cambridge Architecture
Funder: Keynes Fund (2022-23)
Nuclear energy perception in the UK amidst the war in Ukraine
Collaborators: Energy Policy Research Group, CJBS
Funder: Energy Interdisciplinary Research Centre and Isaac Newton Trust (2022-23)
Perception of carbon emissions inequality in high and lower-middle income countries
Collaborators: Copenhagen Business School
Funder: QCF (2022-present)
