Hi there, I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science and the Global School of Sustainability at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

The IPCC has warned that “there is a rapidly closing window of opportunity to secure a liveable and sustainable future for all.” I aim to contribute to securing such a future through research, teaching, and community building.

My research focuses on understanding how climate action and wider societal transformation can be accelerated. Combining behavioural science, data science, and complex-systems approaches, I study topics including sufficiency and limits, media coverage of climate change, the effects of extreme weather events, the role of scientists on a planet in crisis, and the drivers of climate engagement among elites and the wider public. I am a founding member of the Climate Media Lab and am working to build a behavioural data observatory that integrates large-scale behavioural and psychological data to support evidence-based policymaking.

In my teaching, I aim to give students a rigorous understanding of the behavioural and societal changes needed to address the climate and ecological crisis, and a clearer sense of their own agency in bringing those changes about. I have taught on the Complex Systems and Policy Master's programme at the University of Amsterdam and delivered guest lectures on climate action across a range of courses. At LSE, I am developing a new course on climate and societal change, planned for Autumn 2027.

Societal change requires building communities of action and strengthening connections with practitioners and civil society. I have co-founded the Amsterdam Complexity School on Climate Change and have co-organised it annually since 2024, bringing together researchers and non-academic stakeholders to work on collaborative projects for climate action. I was also involved in Scientist Rebellion, where I helped organise national and international initiatives and build a global network of engaged scholars. I co-founded CorrelAid Netherlands, which connects data scientists with organisations working for social impact, and was a Data Science for Social Good Fellow at Carnegie Mellon University in 2022.

Before joining LSE, I have held research positions at several institutes at the University of Amsterdam, including the interdisciplinary climate institute SEVEN and the Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics. I received my PhD in Psychological Methods from the University of Amsterdam, with research spanning Bayesian hypothesis testing, causal inference from observational data, and early warning signals of tipping points.

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