Student Information
Graduate StudentSustainability
Rob Walton Col Global Futures
Susila Bhagavathula is a Ph.D. candidate in sustainability at Arizona State University’s School of Sustainability.
Susila’s research interests revolve around the intersection of sustainability, emergency management, resilience, capacity building, and governance. Specifically, she is focusing on governance related to extreme heat.
Prior to joining ASU, Susila worked on sustainable mobility solutions and increasing the resilience of the transportation sector, as well as policy work. She was trained in Geoecology and Environmental Sciences, focusing on environmental policy.
- MSc. in Environmental Sciences (Major: Environmental Policy and Systems) at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich)
- BSc. in Geoecology from the University of Tübingen, Germany
Preparing a globally aware sustainability and environmental workforce: Aligning higher education curricula with employer needs
The Journal of Environmental Education, 2026-03
DOI: 10.1080/00958964.2026.2631977
Contributors: Susila Bhagavathula, Riley R. Barlett, Rob Melnick, Alex Ramey, Christopher G. Boone, Nevaeh Cazares, Timara Crichlow
Fostering collaboration in city governments’ sustainability, emergency management, and resilience work through competency-based capacity building
International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 2021-09
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2021.102408
Contributors: Susila Bhagavathula, Katja Brundiers, Michael Stauffacher, Braden Kay
Reviews and syntheses: Composition and characteristics of burrowing animals along a climate and ecological gradient, Chile
Biogeosciences, 2021-10
Contributors: Kirstin Übernickel, Jaime Pizarro-Araya, Susila Bhagavathula, Leandro Paulino, Todd A. Ehlers
Supplementary material to: Reviews and Syntheses: Composition and Characteristics of Burrowing Animals along a Climate and Ecological Gradient, Chile
Biogeosciences, 2021-05
DOI: 10.5194/bg-2021-75-supplement
Contributors: Kirstin Übernickel, Jaime Pizarro-Araya, Susila Bhagavathula, Leandro Paulino, Todd A. Ehlers