Abrar Chaudhury

Abrar Chaudhury is a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Oxford’s Saïd Business School and Green Templeton College. His work focuses on developing systemic approaches to address complex environmental and sustainability challenges, with expertise in climate resilience, climate finance, business sustainability, and strategy implementation. He co-leads the Sustainability and Systems Transformation Learning Lab at Oxford’s Skoll Centre and supports the United Nations Development Programme on blended finance for scaling climate resilience in emerging countries. He also co-leads the Oxford Climate-Tech Initiative and teaches in the MBA, EMBA, MSc, and Executive Education programmes at Oxford.

Abrar Chaudhury is a researcher focusing on Climate Change Adaptation, Organisational Theory, Finance, Accounting, and Innovation. Their work explores the role of local networks, communities, and intermediaries in shaping climate finance and adaptation strategies in developing countries. Chaudhury investigates multi-level stakeholder influence mapping, participatory adaptation planning, and the design of integrated frameworks for community-based adaptation costing. They also examine power dynamics and policy regimes in agricultural adaptation, emphasizing stakeholder-focused cost-benefit analysis and the importance of local participation in climate governance. Their research contributes to understanding how organisational structures and financial mechanisms can support effective climate adaptation strategies.