I am a sociologist and doctoral researcher working at the intersection of climate adaptation, environmental governance, climate and health, and sustainability transitions. My research examines how climate-related risks and adaptation capacities are unevenly distributed across populations and places, with a particular focus on urban heat, social vulnerability, access to cooling, and energy justice.
My doctoral research combines environmental social science with quantitative and spatial approaches to study the social and health consequences of heat exposure and the implementation of adaptation responses. I am particularly interested in how socio-economic conditions, housing, infrastructures and institutional arrangements shape both exposure to climate risks and people’s capacity to adapt. A related strand of my work examines cooling and other adaptation practices as socio-technical systems, including the inequalities, dependencies and governance challenges associated with their expansion under climate change.
More broadly, my research draws on environmental sociology, Science and Technology Studies (STS), sustainability transitions and environmental governance. I am interested in connecting these perspectives with climate and Earth observation data, public health evidence and policy analysis, particularly where this can improve the design and evaluation of socially just climate adaptation.