Denise Fernandes

  • Ph.D. Student
  • ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

About

Denise was a Research Assistant at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay from 2013-2016 where she researched on solar energy dissemination in rural areas and climate change policy in India. She was an American India Foundation Clinton Fellow 2016-2017 and worked with a small development organisation in Rajasthan, India. 

Research Interests

Global energy and climate governance; multilateral agencies; Development, inequality and environmental justice; Climate change mitigation and adaptation in India and the Global South; Green imperialism; Solar, petrochemicals, and coal; energy landscapes and spaces. 

Major Field/Concentration

Energy transitions post the Paris Agreement on Climate Change and the impacts these transitions have on marginalized and vulnerable communities globally.  

Faculty Advisor

Joe Bryan (Geography)

Education

M.A., Sustainable Development Practice, TERI University, New Delhi
B.A.,Political Science,  St. Xavier's College, Mumbai University