Pradeep Nair

Pradeep Nair is a Future Earth Coasts Fellow (FEC), presently working as Professor of New Media Studies at Central University of Himachal Pradesh, India. He is also the Director Research of the University. He is a Senior Research Fellow in the Earth System Governance Project at the Utrecht University, The Netherlands. ESG is a global, interdisciplinary research network advancing knowledge at the interface between global environmental change and governance. 

His study focuses on Climate and Health Nexus, Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation, Resilience, Governance and Policy. With a background in health promotion, governance and policy studies, his research focus is on policy dynamics of cross-cutting societal issues, particularly the transformation of health systems to be climate-resilient, low carbon, sustainable and equitable. He mainly works in close partnership with indigenous peoples, local communities, healthcare workers and practitioners for improving the ability of health systems to anticipate, and implement adaptation intervention against climate-sensitive disease and health risks, including by bolstering climate-information services, surveillance, early warning and response systems and a climate-ready workforce.  His expertise in this area stems from his ability to work on the ground in meaningful ways with partners in government, industry, local communities and NGOs, and to connect that work to influence global policy, market and finance to advance work at scale. While working with working groups and think-tanks he convenes regularly with diverse line-ministries and stakeholders to foster synergies and strengthen national and multilateral collaboration on climate change and health. 

He is a member of Group on Earth Observations (GEO) Working Group on Climate Change which crafts and implements GEO strategy for climate action as well as promoting earth observations for adaptation and mitigation in line with the Paris Agreement goals. He is an Expert of the United Nations Regular Process for Global Reporting and Assessment of the State of the Marine Environment and is on the Roster of Experts of United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). He is affiliated as a Scholar with Climate Social Science Network at the Institute at Brown for Environment and Society (IBES), Brown University, USA and is a Global Outreach – Contributing Member of the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) for the year 2024-2025. 

He serves as a Reviewer for the Global Environment Outlook (GEO-7) Second Draft main report. He served as a reviewer for the National Sea Grant Office, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), US Department of Commerce for the year 2024 and is an External Reviewer in selecting research proposals for funding for Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research (APN) Capacity Development Committee under the Scientific Capacity Development Programme (CAPaBLE). 

He serves in the Editorial Board of the scientific journals BMC Public Health, European Journal of Clinical and Experimental Medicine (University of Rzeszow), Health Informatics (SAGE), Animal Research and One Health (Wiley), Communication Research and Practice (Taylor & Francis), Humanities and Social Science Communications (Nature), and CABI One Health Resources. He is an Associate Editor with Frontiers for Young Minds (Speciality Section – Human Health) and Frontiers in Digital Health (Speciality Section - Connected Health). He served two consecutive terms on the Editorial Board of the journals - Asia Pacific Media Educator and Pedagogy in Health Promotion (Sage). 

He reviews for British Medical Journal, WHO Health Bulletin, Digital Health, Discover Health Systems, European Policy Review, Health and Technology, Pedagogy in Health Promotion, Journal of Health Management, Journal of Patient Experience, and Minerva Surgery. He has (co)authored over 60 scientific articles in leading journals and won several scientific awards for his work. He has co-edited a research section on Health Technologies and Innovations to effectively respond to the Covid-19 Pandemic and a Research Topic Collection – Highlights in Connected Health 2021/22 for Frontiers in Digital Health.