Katie's research is broadly focused on the social consequences of climate change and global-to-local linkages in international climate policy.aKatherine's dissertation research investigates the implementation of globally-financed adaptation projects in two highly vulnerable countries in the Western Indian Ocean: Madagascar and Mauritius. She uses a multi-scale comparative approach that focuses on the role of formal and informal institutions in shaping the equity of these projects. In both countries, she conducted interviews with government officials and civil society representatives to examine governance and decision-making around climate change. She also carried out 600 household surveys in project sites in Madagascar. She is applying multi-level statistical models to this data to measure how project participation correlates to household vulnerability and access to political power.