Attari, Shahzeen

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Indiana University

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Shahzeen Attari is currently a postdoctoral fellow at The Earth Institute (EI) and Center for Research on Environmental Decisions (CRED) at Columbia University.

Her research focuses on the interactions between natural and social systems, particularly human behavior and climate change. Her previous work investigated preferences for behavior change and perceptions of energy consumption. Her current work investigates effects of real-time energy feedback, how to use games for research and learning, and factors that motivate action in social dilemmas.

She holds a Ph.D. in civil and environmental engineering and engineering and public policy from Carnegie Mellon University. She holds a bachelor's of science degree in engineering physics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

She will be starting an assistant faculty position in the School of Public and Environmental Affairs (SPEA) at Indiana University-Bloomington this fall.

Research Interests:

interactions between natural and social systems, particularly human behavior and climate change; application areas include energy efficiency and conservation, demand-side management, behavioral economics, social dilemmas, risk communication, and sustainable development.

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National Science Foundation (NSF) - The only federal agency whose mission includes support for all fields of fundamental science and engineering, except for medical sciences. We are tasked with keeping the United States at the leading edge of discovery in areas from astronomy to geology to zoology. So, in addition to funding research in the traditional academic areas, the agency also supports "high-risk, high pay-off" ideas, novel collaborations and numerous projects that may seem like science fiction today, but which the public will take for granted tomorrow.

Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability, Michigan State University - A center of excellence that integrates ecology with socioeconomics, demography, and other disciplines for ecological sustainability from local, national, to global scales.

Global Land Project - A joint research project for land systems in the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme and the International Human Dimensions Programme.

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