Sumina Suwal

Sumina Suwal is a Master’s candidate in Sustainable International Development at Brandeis University’s Heller School. Her undergraduate thesis offered a comparative policy analysis of U.S. and Chinese renewable energy frameworks, examining how subsidies, carbon pricing, and trade protections shape global supply chains, industrial competitiveness, and geopolitical leverage in the energy transition. She has worked with government bodies, think tanks, and academic institutions across South Asia, Europe, and the United States on climate adaptation, foreign investment policy, and technology infrastructure. At HHI, she contributes to research on conflict prevention through geospatial analysis and early warning systems.

Rooted in her interdisciplinary work in geospatial analysis, energy policy, and macroeconomic governance, she investigates how different political and economic systems harness data and statecraft to shape the trajectories of development and human security.