Emma Somos is a DPhil candidate in Sociology at the University of Oxford. While pursuing her PhD, she has contributed to climate policy work as a COP29 delegate with the UK Youth Climate Coalition and worked in policy evaluation with the United Nations Development Programme’s Independent Evaluation Office. Emma holds an MSc in Sociology from the University of Oxford, and a BSc in Sociology from the London School of Economics. She is a Junior Dean and Graduate Scholar at St Catherine’s College, University of Oxford and teaches Political Sociology and Demography tutorials at various Oxford colleges.