The Nicholas Institute for Energy, Environment & Sustainability at Duke University accelerates solutions to critical energy and environmental challenges, advancing a more just, resilient, and sustainable world.
The Nicholas Institute conducts and supports actionable research and undertakes sustained engagement with policymakers, businesses, and communities—in addition to delivering transformative educational experiences to empower future leaders. The Nicholas Institute’s work is aligned with the Duke Climate Commitment, which unites the university’s education, research, operations, and external engagement missions to address climate challenges.
Kyle Bradbury, assistant research professor with the Pratt School of Engineering and Nicholas School of the Environment and director of the Energy Data Analytics Lab at the Nicholas Institute, leads research developing and applying machine learning techniques to better understand, plan, and manage energy systems and climate impacts. He and his team specialize in developing scalable computer vision techniques for global infrastructure assessment through remote sensing data.
Daniel Kahneman’s Thinking, Fast and Slow is the best book to understand the nuances of our cognitive glitches and to help us make better choices professionally and personally.
Hans Rosling, Ola Rosling, and Anna Rosling Rönnlund’s Factfulness—Ten Reasons We’re Wrong About the World—and Why Things Are Better Than You Think offers a data-supported, genuinely hopeful view of the world, how it’s better than it was not so long ago, and the potential for human progress.
