Chayasmita Deka
Researcher
Cooperation and Transformative Governance Research Group
Advancing Systems Analysis Program
Biography
Chayasmita Deka is a guest research assistant in the Cooperative and Transformative Governance (CAT) Research Group of the IIASA Advancing Systems Analysis (ASA) Program and a PhD research scholar in Economics at the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IITG), India. She was a participant in the IIASA Young Scientist Summer Program (YSSP) from June to August 2022. Previously, she was also associated with the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB), India, as an academic intern. She is an economist by training with a Master’s in Applied Economics (specialization in development), from Christ University Bangalore, India, and a Bachelor’s in Economics from the University of Delhi, India.Her research interests include mitigating climate change through behavioral adaptation, structural equation modeling, cooperation and negotiation for natural resources management, applications of behavioral and experimental economics, nudging, gamification, and rebound effects in pro-environmental behavior. Currently, she is working on the Transformations within Reach (TwR) initiative in the ASA Program.
Last update: 08 MAY 2023
Publications
Deka, C., Dutta, M.K., Yazdanpanah, M., & Komendantova, N. (2024). When ‘Fear Factors’ Motivate People to Adopt Electric Vehicles in India: An Empirical Investigation of the Protection Motivation Theory. Cleaner and Responsible Consumption e100191. 10.1016/j.clrc.2024.100191. (In Press)
Deka, C., Dutta, M.K., Yazdanpanah, M., & Komendantova, N. (2023). Can Gain Motivation Induce Indians to Adopt Electric Vehicles? Application of an Extended Theory of Planned Behavior to Map EV Adoption Intention. Energy Policy 182 e113724. 10.1016/j.enpol.2023.113724.
Deka, C. (2022). Adoption of Electric Vehicles by the Middle-Income Group in India: A Comparison of Gain, Norm, Fear & Protection Motivators and Other Factors. IIASA YSSP Report. Laxenburg, Austria: IIASA