Yutong Si (she/her) is an Associate Research Scientist at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health. She received her PhD in Public Policy from Northeastern University in 2024. With a primary focus on energy and environmental policy, she applies computational social science methods to large-scale text and network data (e.g., social media posts). Specifically, she studies narratives (broadly defined) and networks to examine how policy actors frame problems, advocate for solutions, shift strategies over time, and shape policy outcomes, with the goal of generating data-driven insights for more inclusive and equitable policymaking. Her authored and coauthored publications appear in the Policy Studies Journal, Energy Research & Social Science, Energy Strategy Reviews, Sustainable Development, Climatic Change, and PLOS Climate, among others.
As an ABF/JPB Access to Justice Early-Career Scholar, Si is examining electricity rate case dockets to assess how institutional design shapes procedural justice. This work generates comparative, evidence-based insights that inform more inclusive and equitable ratemaking.