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James Rising
Assistant Professorial Research Fellow
James is an interdisciplinary modeler, studying the feedback between environmental and human systems, and focusing on the impacts of climate change and the water-energy-food nexus. He draws upon analytical and empirical approaches from multiple fields and develops computational and statistical models to understand integrated global challenges.
Background
Prior to joining the Grantham Research Institute, James held postdoctoral positions at the Energy & Resources Group at UC Berkeley and the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago. He received his Ph.D. from Columbia University’s program in Sustainable Development. He previously taught within MIT’s Experimental Study Group and at Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering. He has also had a career as a software developer, working with over a dozen companies on audio and video processing, social networks, and artificial intelligence.
Research Interests
- Social-Environmental Modeling
- Environmental and Resource Economics
- Water-Energy-Food Nexus
Assessing future climate change impacts in the EU and the USA: insights and lessons from two continental-scale projects
The small world of global marine fisheries: The cross-boundary consequences of larval dispersal
The USA water data gap - A survey of state-level water data platforms to inform the development of a national water portal
2018
Accessibility across transport modes and residential developments in Nairobi
Mimi-PAGE, an open-source implementation of the PAGE09 integrated assessment model
