Thesis Title
'High-Stakes Influencers: How Amicus Briefs Shape Judicial Decision-Making in U.S. Climate Litigation'
Supervisors
Dr Joana Setzer (Grantham Research Institute) and Dr Jan Zglinski (Law)
Research Interests
Climate litigation, amicus briefs, climate justice, lobbying
Kaia Turowski is a PhD student in Law at ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳. She is the first student to undergo a cross-departmental dissertation with the Law School and ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳’s Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment and the Law.
Kaia completed a Bachelor of Arts with a major in Environmental Studies and Political Science at Reed College in the USA before undertaking a Masters in Environmental, Natural Resources and Energy Law at Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon. There, she was a research assistant for Dr. Lisa Benjamin. Kaia has been project managing Brown University’s Climate Social Science Network Working Group on climate-washing and net-zero commitments, which is comprised of scholars from various institutions internationally that are committed to researching climate law and politics. She is also a research assistant for Dr. Noah Walker-Crawford at the Grantham Research Insitute.
Affiliations / Memberships
Climate Social Science Network, Brown University
Grantham Research Institute, London School of Economics
Awards / Scholarships
Brown University Grant for Dissertation Research (2024)
ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Department of Law Studentship (2023-2027)
London Arts & Humanities Research Council Research Grant (2023)
European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) General Conference Grant (2023)
Northwestern School of Law Environmental Leadership Award (2021-2022)
Reed College Commendation for Excellence for Academic Performance (2018-2019)