Leah Stokes conducts qualitative and quantitative research that examines renewable energy politics across North America, international environmental negotiations dealing with mercury and climate change, and environmental behavior change campaigns.  As part of this research, she wrote and evaluated The Mercury Game, a global environmental negotiation simulation used in more than 100 universities worldwide.

Leah's research has been published in The American Journal of Political Science, Energy Policy, Environmental Science & Technology, and Global Environmental Politics.  She has received funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), the Martin Family Fund, and the MIT Energy Initiative.  Prior to academia, she worked at the Parliament of Canada, Resources for the Future, and the Initiative for Policy Dialogue.  She holds a BSc from the University of Toronto, an MPA from Columbia University, and an MA in Political Science and a PhD in Public Policy from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).