The bioeconomy aims to replace fossil-based, non-renewable products with those derived from biological resources and processes. The bioeconomy intersects with carbon dioxide removal (CDR) through nature-based and engineered pathways such as afforestation/reforestation, biochar, and bioenergy with carbon capture and storage…
Predictive models are increasingly used in decision-making pipelines, and the statistical information derived from their outputs is often treated as if it preserves classical coverage guarantees. This talk examines how such guarantees can fail when estimates are constructed from synthetic or inferred data rather than directly…
Democratic responses to climate change will be determined by how institutions such as deliberative bodies make sense of decarbonization. In a novel ethnography of the deliberations to achieve New York’s climate target, one of the world’s most ambitious, I show how norms of talk shape how people temporally coordinate action to…
The United Nations remains one of the world’s most influential multilateral institutions, operating across a wide range of thematic areas peace and security, development, human rights, climate change, education, health and humanitarian assistance. For many students and young graduates, building a career at the United Nations or…
Amidst a sea of hype and despair surrounding the use of computational artificial intelligence in mental healthcare treatment, comparatively less has been said about the implementation of AI into psychiatric triaging, evaluation, and monitoring. These under-regulated and bureaucratically oriented practices involve making…
The need to pivot away from fossil-fuel use rapidly is a common concern. But every technological transition is enabled and inhibited by its social and physical environments. I’m interested in small changes that add up, especially the choices that power homes and rely on the behavior of millions of people. How quickly can those…
