
email: buntaine@bren.ucsb.edu
My research addresses how governments and international organizations can be made accountable for delivering environmental and development policy goals. I work with partners around the world to design and evaluate strategies for the effective governance of environmental resources.
Selected Recent Papers
Floods and Fairness: How Politics Drives Unequal Exposure to Climate Change, Working Paper, 2025
Transparency by Chinese Cities Reduces Pollution Violations and Improves Air Quality, PNAS, 2025
Social Competition Drives Collective Action to Reduce Informal Waste Burning in Uganda, PNAS, 2024
Citizen Monitoring of Waterways Decreases Pollution in China by Supporting Government Action and Oversight, PNAS, 2021