Biography

A.R. Siders is a director of the Mangone Climate Change Science and Policy Hub and an associate professor of public policy and geography at the University of Delaware. She is a lead author for the North America chapter of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Working Group II 7th Assessment Report. Her research focuses on climate change adaptation decision-making and evaluation, with a specific focus on relocation and adaptation fairness. Her work has been published in Science and Nature and covered by the New York Times, National Public Radio, and C-SPAN. She holds a JD from Harvard and a PhD from Stanford. She’s originally from Duluth, Minnesota, and misses the cold. 

Degrees

• PhD, Emmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources (E-IPER), Stanford University, (2018) 
• J.D., Harvard Law School, magna cum laude, (2010) License: California State Bar
• A.B., Harvard College, Human Evolutionary Biology, summa cum laude, (2007)

​Research Interests

Climate adaptation, disaster science and emergency management, environmental policy, equity and social justice

Affliations

Joint, Geography and Spatial Sciences; Joint, Geography and Spatial Sciences; Affiliate, School of Marine Science and Policy; Core Faculty, Disaster Research Center; Director, Mangone Climate Change Science & Policy Hub; Core Faculty, Disaster Research Center; Director, Mangone Climate Change Science & Policy Hub

Websites

A.R. Siders Website