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Ramit Debnath

@rd545.bsky.social

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

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New work from LCSSP at @caltech.edu affiliated researchers:

24.07.2025 16:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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...

@gatescambridge.bsky.social

24.07.2025 08:17 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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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...

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

journals.plos.org/climate/arti...

@rd545.bsky.social @paulowennberg.bsky.social @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social

27.06.2025 08:37 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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🧠 Can large language models predict public support for climate policies?

In our new paper, we test whether LLMsβ€”such as DeepSeek and GPT-4o miniβ€”can simulate how different people might respond to #climate policy surveys based on their socio-demographic profiles🧡

osf.io/preprints/os...

20.05.2025 17:56 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

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.

20.05.2025 17:56 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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 ...

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

11.05.2025 20:11 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Honored to share that our replication of the landmark review by @lorenzspreen.bsky.social on digital media and democracy is now out. We verified and extended the findings to 2024 @rd545.bsky.social. Grateful to contribute to this vital conversation!

17.04.2025 15:45 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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.

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.

www.asranetwork.org/insights/aja... #polycrisis

03.04.2025 13:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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

🌍 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...

24.03.2025 22:39 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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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

21.03.2025 14:48 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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

www.collectivedesign.group.cam.ac.uk

@gatescambridge.bsky.social @eng.cam.ac.uk @crasshlive.bsky.social @bennettinstitute.bsky.social @yourscambridge.bsky.social @cambridgec2d3.bsky.social

14.03.2025 13:50 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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 ...

"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.

Read more ⬇️
ai.cam.ac.uk/blog/decisio...

14.03.2025 10:54 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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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 πŸ§΅β€¦1/6
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04.03.2025 12:49 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 3

πŸ™ 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

04.03.2025 12:53 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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

09.03.2025 10:23 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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 ...

You can find our study here (if interested) πŸ™‚πŸ‘‡

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

02.03.2025 11:34 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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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

"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.”
@rd545.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

02.03.2025 13:52 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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...

@ukri.org

25.02.2025 17:55 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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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…

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

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

@eng.cam.ac.uk @gatescambridge.bsky.social @yourscambridge.bsky.social @gatescambridge.bsky.social

25.01.2025 13:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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…

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

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

@eng.cam.ac.uk @gatescambridge.bsky.social @yourscambridge.bsky.social @gatescambridge.bsky.social

25.01.2025 13:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Our global study on the state of trust in scientists is now out in Nature Human Behaviour! πŸ₯³

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

20.01.2025 10:16 β€” πŸ‘ 911    πŸ” 386    πŸ’¬ 25    πŸ“Œ 52
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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...

@gatescambridge.bsky.social @yourscambridge.bsky.social @eng.cam.ac.uk

20.01.2025 22:18 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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...

@gatescambridge.bsky.social @yourscambridge.bsky.social @eng.cam.ac.uk

20.01.2025 22:18 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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

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

20.01.2025 14:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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...

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...
@bennettinstitute.bsky.social

14.11.2024 21:29 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Amazing Sander as always. Just joined bsky πŸ˜ƒ

14.11.2024 21:58 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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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...

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...
@bennettinstitute.bsky.social

14.11.2024 21:29 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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