Neha Rai

Senior researcher, Climate Change (maternity leave)

Neha Rai specialises in public policy analysis, urban and regional planning, climate finance and governance, and socioeconomic and environmental impact assessments. She studies the political economy of climate adaptation interventions, and is currently working on developing a framework for tracking adaptation and measuring development (TAMD).

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Expertise

Public policy analysis
Urban and regional planning
Socio-technical transitions in water and energy: multi-regime dynamics
Impact assessments: socioeconomic and environmental
Quantitative survey design & analysis
Participatory methodologies
Climate finance and governance
Measuring and evaluation (M&E)

Before IIED

Research fellow at Sussex Energy Group, SPRU, University of Sussex (2010-2012)
Researcher at UNU-Merit, The Netherlands (2008)
Manager (Urban Planning Projects) IL&FS Ecosmart, New Delhi, India (2007)
Sociologist and urban planner at SENES (Specialists in Energy Nuclear and Environmental sciences), India (2005-2007)