Gabrielle Wong-Parodi

As a faculty fellow in 2024-25, Gabrielle Wong-Parodi will co-lead the Transformation Science Initiative (TSI) with Sarah Soule, Jim Leape, and Nicole Ardoin. TSI aims to advance theory on “transformation science” and to create the evidence-base to achieve lasting, deep transformation across sectors and regions globally.

Wong-Parodi’s research focuses on applying behavioral decision research methods to address challenges associated with global environmental change. She seeks to understand the psychosocial and contextual factors that influence people’s responses to environmental change – especially extremes – over time, with a particular focus on those communities that have been historically marginalized or disproportionately impacted by climate change. She also uses behavioral decision science approaches to create and evaluate evidence-based strategies for informed decision making, with a particular focus on building resilience and promoting sustainability in the face of a changing climate.

Wong-Parodi is an assistant professor of Earth System Science and Environmental Social Sciences, as well as a center fellow at the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment. She currently serves as an advisory board member at the National Academies for the US Global Change Research Program. She also serves as a committee member for the American Psychological Association’s Climate Change Psychology Community initiative.