In this episode Dr. Catalina Spataru, professor of global energy and resources, and founder and the head of the Islands Laboratory at UCL, discusses her transition from the private sector into academia, the importance but also the weaknesses of algorithms and AI for sustainability, and her work in global climate policymaking. Her illustrious and accomplished career includes lecturing in energy system modeling, lab demonstrations of PV solar and wind turbine technologies, an invited visiting fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and countless interviews with outlets such as the BBC and the Telegraph in the UK. Among other accomplishments, she has also contributed to the World Energy Council Scenarios Composing Energy futures to 2050 and Global Systems Science Orientation.
