Irem Inal

İrem İnal is a PhD student at UC Berkeley’s Department of Sociology. She has done research on consolidation and organizational change in the credit union industry in the US. Her current work investigates 1) how communities interact with renewable energy infrastructure in the US, 2) fossil fuel interest groups’ response to climate policy in US states, and 3) the relationship between green financing and climate legislation in the Global South. Prior to moving to Berkeley, she lived in Istanbul where she majored in Economics and Sociology at Boğaziçi University.