Dr Rihab Khalid is currently working as an Isaac Newton Trust Research Fellow at Lucy Cavendish College, and the Director of Studies in Architecture at Clare College, University of Cambridge. Rihab is an interdisciplinary researcher in sustainable energy consumption and equitable development, focusing on socio-technical approaches to societal transitions. In particular, she is interested in the nexus of gender, energy infrastructure and space use in the Global South, working at the intersection of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 5 (gender equity), SDG7 (access to modern energy) and SDG11 (Sustainable growth in cities).
Rihab has been the recipient of several research grants and awards and has worked on numerous collaborative research projects with international organisations including LUMS, HRC-UMT Lahore, UET Peshawar, Women in Energy Pakistan, GSI-ARU, Aalborg University, the British Council, UKERC and BEIS UK. She is committed to problem-driven research to tackle societal challenges, and to improve energy efficiency and sufficiency to meet climate change targets.