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Christina Bremer

BSc (Edinburgh), MSSc (Uppsala), PhD (Lancaster)

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Postdoctoral Affiliate

University roles

Research Associate in the Department of Public Health and Primary Care

Biography

Dr Christina Bremer is a Research Associate in the Department of Public Health and Primary Care and a member of the Lannelongue group. She is currently working on the Green Algorithms Initiative, a project that focuses on quantifying and reducing the environmental impacts of computational science. Before moving to Cambridge, she completed her PhD and first postdoc in the Socio-Digital Sustainability group at Lancaster University. Reflecting her background in human-computer interaction, her PhD research explored the energy-saving potential of digital behaviour change and efficiency interventions, taking into account technical factors, user behaviour, and rebound effects. After her PhD, she stayed in Lancaster to work on Net0Insights, a multidisciplinary project to design and develop data science tools that reduce commercial energy demand. Initially, she received a BSc (Hons) Cognitive Science from the University of Edinburgh and an MSSc Human-Computer Interaction from Uppsala University.

Research Interests

Dr Christina Bremer’s research is situated at the intersection of society, digital technologies, and environmental sustainability, spanning the fields of sustainable computing and sustainable human-computer interaction. In her current role, a key interest is to better understand the effectiveness of carbon reporting tools, such as carbon calculators, in incentivising green computing practices. More generally, her research aims to limit the environmental impacts of computing technology and use computing to facilitate pro-environmental behaviours.

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