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Ramit Debnath

@rd545.bsky.social

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Assistant Professor at the University of Cambridge. Director: Collective Intelligence & Design Group. Deputy Director: Centre for Human-Inspired AI. I work on computational social science, climate change and AI. www.collectivedesign.group.cam.ac.uk .. more

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Ramit Debnath @rd545.bsky.social · Jul 24

Our new piece in @nature.com discussing the implications of their transformative transparent peer review policy with @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social @caltechlcssp.bsky.social @dannyebanny.bsky.social @harvard.edu.

Read more here: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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PLOS Climate @plosclimate.org · Jun 27

New research by @beamagistro.bsky.social and colleagues suggests that increasing public awareness of solar geoengineering could foster bipartisan engagement with climate policy in the US

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Political ideology and views toward solar geoengineering in the United States

Political polarization remains a significant barrier to effective climate action in the United States. Conservatives often express skepticism toward climate change policies emphasizing government inte...

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Kristian Steensen Nielsen @kristiansn89.bsky.social · May 20

Huge thanks to @ziqianxia.bsky.social, Jinquan Ye, @jianing-ding.bsky.social, @nathanielgeiger.bsky.social, Ulf Hahnel, @rd545.bsky.social, @smconstantino.bsky.social & Chao Zhang.

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Kristian Steensen Nielsen @kristiansn89.bsky.social · May 20

🧠 Can large language models predict public support for climate policies?

In our new paper, we test whether LLMs—such as DeepSeek and GPT-4o mini—can simulate how different people might respond to #climate policy surveys based on their socio-demographic profiles🧵

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Ramit Debnath @rd545.bsky.social · May 11

I am guest editing a special issue @natureportfolio.nature.com journal NPJ climate action www.nature.com/collections/...

Do consider submitting your brilliant work here. Happy to answer any questions! @gatescambridge.bsky.social @eng.cam.ac.uk

AI-Driven Systemic Change for Climate Resilience

This collection bridges cutting-edge technology and systemic climate action by exploring how AI and data transparency can accelerate equitable climate ...

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Philipp Lorenz-Spreen @lorenzspreen.bsky.social · Mar 8

I wanted to highlight key findings from our study and the replication, and how they extend to 2024.

Now it provides a systematic review of more than 600 scientific studies on the relationship between digitalization and democracy.

So what does science have to say? We actually know quite a bit: 1/5

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ASRA @asranetwork.org · Apr 3

New research: Systemic risks, such as political division and #AI, could drive as well as threaten the low-carbon energy transition.

Read the new article in @cambridgeup.bsky.social by Ashwin Seshadri, Ajay Gambhir, and @rd545.bsky.social.

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Journal paper: Navigating systemic risks in low-carbon energy…

Accelerating global systemic risks, such as political division, AI and geopolitical tensions, drive as well as threaten low-carbon energy transitions.

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Beatrice Magistro @beamagistro.bsky.social · Mar 24

🌍 Excited to share our latest paper published in npj Climate Action with @rd545.bsky.social, @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social and Paul Wennberg. Here's the Open Access link: www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Partisanship overcomes framing in shaping solar geoengineering perceptions: Evidence from a conjoint experiment - npj Climate Action

npj Climate Action - Partisanship overcomes framing in shaping solar geoengineering perceptions: Evidence from a conjoint experiment

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Ramit Debnath @rd545.bsky.social · Mar 21

Excited to share our climate and sustainability work with the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Indian Government and @harvard.edu at #india2047 meeting for policy translation @bennettinstitute.bsky.social @yourscambridge.bsky.social @gatescambridge.bsky.social

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Ramit Debnath @rd545.bsky.social · Mar 14

Thanks @ai.cam.ac.uk for the feature blog and for the funding support to do this amazing project.

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ai@cam @ai.cam.ac.uk · Mar 14

"The end goal is how the decision that’s being made by these tools is going to improve the quality of people’s lives.”

In our latest blog, Dr @rd545.bsky.social explores how #AI can empower decision-makers while ensuring public value and trust.

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Decision-making with AI: Keeping humans in the loop

Dr Ramit Debnath is an Assistant Professor at the University of Cambridge. He is a member of the AI-deas group, AI for climate and nature, fellow of Churchill College and Cambridge Zero and leads the ...

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ai@cam @ai.cam.ac.uk · Mar 14

Decision-making with AI: Keeping humans in the loop

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Philipp Lorenz-Spreen @lorenzspreen.bsky.social · Mar 9

Huge thanks to the authors of the replication Ziqian Xia, @rd545.bsky.social and Jinquan Ye for this tremendous and important effort! And my co-authors, first and foremost @lfoswaldo.bsky.social as an equal first author and @lewan.bsky.social and Ralph Hertwig @arc-mpib.bsky.social

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Michelle Amazeen @commscholar.bsky.social · Mar 4

🙏 Many thanks to my fabulous co-authors IGS Director Benjamin Sovacool, @arunimakrishna.bsky.social, @rd545.bsky.social, & @chriswells.bsky.social and to our funders @bu-igs.bsky.social, @comatbu.bsky.social, & the Rafik B. Hariri Institute for Computing and Computational Science. 6/6

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Michelle Amazeen @commscholar.bsky.social · Mar 4

📰 News or Ad? 🌍
Our 🚨new study🚨 in npj Climate Action reveals how native ads from big oil mislead readers on #ClimateChange. We found that disclosures and #inoculation messages can help combat this #disinformation. A 🧵…1/6
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Mobile phone showing native advertisement from ExxonMobil.

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David Storey @davidstoreygeog.bsky.social · Mar 2

"There’s a huge contrast between billionaires travelling by private jet while the rest of us drink with soggy paper straws: one of those activities has a big impact on an individual carbon footprint, and one doesn’t.”
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Never mind the planet’s fate when the jet set feel the urge to seek out some winter sun | Catherine Bennett

Self-denial will save the Earth, we’re told. But big emitters seemingly haven’t had the memo

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Kristian Steensen Nielsen @kristiansn89.bsky.social · Mar 2

You can find our study here (if interested) 🙂👇

@rd545.bsky.social @sakshighai.bsky.social @charlesemogor.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Underestimation of personal carbon footprint inequality in four diverse countries - Nature Climate Change

Existing studies show carbon footprint inequality between and within countries, but awareness of this inequality is unclear. This study finds widespread underestimation of carbon footprint inequality ...

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Bennett Institute for Public Policy @bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk · Feb 25

Today, @rd545.bsky.social discussed his current research on responsible AI as a social design challenge, saying: "...it is now even more important to consider people and society while defining responsible AI."

Read more about the project: www.bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/research/res...

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Ramit Debnath @rd545.bsky.social · Jan 25

Great to see this review paper online, in collaboration with colleagues from Indian Statistical Institute and Lloyds banks on human-centred AI design

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Enabling people-centric climate action using human-in-the-loop artificial intelligence: a review

Climate action includes a variety of efforts to address climate change and its impacts. The achievement of collective agreement by the public to engag…

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Ramit Debnath @rd545.bsky.social · Jan 20

Great to see our massive global survey in Trust in Scientist and why it matters out in @naturehumbehav.bsky.social. read open access here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Gates Cambridge @gatescambridge.bsky.social · Jan 20

Dr Ramit Debnath contributes to new global study which shows that the majority of people trust scientists, but that trust is higher in some countries than in others - www.gatescambridge.org/about/news/s... @rd545.bsky.social @cambridgeuni.bsky.social

Study shows majority trust scientists | Gates Cambridge

Dr Ramit Debnath contributes to new global study which shows that the majority of people trust scientists, but that trust is higher in some countries than in others

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Viktoria Cologna @colognaviktoria.bsky.social · Jan 20

Our global study on the state of trust in scientists is now out in Nature Human Behaviour! 🥳

With a team of 241 researchers, we surveyed 71,922 people in 68 countries, providing the largest dataset on trust in scientists post-pandemic 👇🧵https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-024-02090-5

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Ramit Debnath @rd545.bsky.social · Nov 14

Amazing Sander as always. Just joined bsky 😃

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Ramit Debnath @rd545.bsky.social · Nov 14

In our new paper at the Lancet Planetary Health we reveal the deep gender inequality at #COP using data from 1995 - 2023. This is a concerning trend for climate governance at climate-health-gender nexus. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Bridging the gender, climate, and health gap: the road to COP29

Focusing specifically on the gender–climate–health nexus, this Personal View builds on existing feminist works and analyses to discuss why intersectional approaches to climate policy and inclusive rep...

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