Beki is a Ph.D. student in the Department of City and Regional Planning (DCRP). She's a big fan of using spatial data visualization tools to help understand complex sociopolitical problems. Her interests include disaster governance, knowledge politics, and development finance. She has worked for state and local governments as a planner, and in the field of disaster risk reduction in program management and consulting. She is currently in the field in Mexico where she’s studying the ‘muddy politics’ of climate change and state responsibility.