Nathan Collett is a graduate research assistant supporting the policy and resilient cities missions of the Climate Project at MIT. He is currently pursuing an S.M. in the MIT Technology and Policy Program as a Fulbright Scholar, with thesis research focused on the political economy of sustainable building design.
Nathan previously worked in a specialized social and behavioural science research unit of the Privy Council Office of Canada, where he provided evidence-based policy advice to the Prime Minister and Cabinet on climate change and threats to democratic stability. Previously, he earned a B.A. & Sc. from McGill University, where he was a student fellow at the Research Group on Constitutional Studies and the founding director of the McGill Journal of Human Behaviour. Nathan grew up in Vancouver, British Columbia, immersed in nature, good books, and social democratic politics.