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James Rising
James Rising is a third-year student in the PhD program in Sustainable Development. His research interests revolve around better ways to understand and model the feedback loops between environmental and human systems. He hopes to use new technologies to help communities act on those insights to mitigate climate change and promote social justice.
James previously taught assorted seminars at MIT's Experimental Study Group and electrical engineering at Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering. Until recently, he worked as a software developer, working with over a dozen companies on signal processing, social networks, and artificial intelligence.
Research Interests:
fisheries management, system modeling, complexity, alternative economics, social change innovation, ecocentric world changing