Nic Choquette-Levy

About

Nic Choquette-Levy is a Postdoctoral Associate in the Department of Global Development, working with Professor Andrew Reid Bell on participatory modelling projects to explore rural development trajectories in a changing climate. Methodologically, Nic’s work integrates on-the-ground surveys, agent-based modelling, and participatory processes to understand how climate risks and potential policy interventions shape farmer livelihoods and decision-making, and the societal-level implications of these responses for rural-urban migration and land use patterns. Nic has conducted field work in Nepal’s Chitwan Valley and is working on participatory modelling projects in Senegal and Brazil’s Rondônia State.

Nic obtained his PhD from Princeton’s School of Public and International Affairs in 2022 and worked as a postdoctoral associate at Boston University’s Earth and Environment Department. Prior to obtaining his PhD, Nic worked as a sustainability professional in Canada’s energy industry for five years, coordinating sustainability reporting and quantifying environmental and social risks. He holds a Master’s in Chemical and Petroleum Engineering from the University of Calgary (Canada), and undergraduate degrees in Biomedical Engineering and International Relations from the University of Southern California. 

Publications

• Choquette-Levy, N.; Wildemeersch, M.; Santos, F.; Levin, S.; Oppenheimer, M.; and E. Weber (2024). Pro-Social Preferences Improve Climate Risk Management in Subsistence Farming Communities, Nature Sustainability, 1-12. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-024-01272-3 
• Thalheimer, L.; Choquette-Levy, N.; and F. Garip (2022). Compound impacts from drought and structural vulnerability on human mobility, iScience, 25(12): 105491. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2022.105491
• Choquette-Levy, N.; Wildemeersch, M.; Oppenheimer, M.; and S. A. Levin (2021). Risk transfer policies and climate-induced immobility among smallholder farmers, Nature Climate Change, 11(12): 1046-1054. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-021-01205-4
• Choquette-Levy, N.; Zhong, M.; MacLean, H.L.; and J. Bergerson (2018). COPTEM: A model to investigate the factors driving crude oil pipleine transportation emissions, Environmental Science and Technology, 52(1): 337-345. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.7b03398
• Choquette-Levy, N.; MacLean, H.L.; and J.A. Bergerson (2013). Should Alberta upgrade oil sands bitumen? An integrated life cycle framework to evaluate energy systems investment tradeoffs, Energy Policy, 61: 78-87. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2013.04.051