About Us

The Institute for Responsible Carbon Removal is an initiative of American University’s School of International Service. It was founded in 2018 in response to growing scientific and political attention to carbon removal technologies and practices.

Northwestern University’s Alice Millar Chapel in Evanston, IL

The Environmental Policy and Culture Program at Northwestern University provides students with an interdisciplinary approach to environmental studies, advancing the role of social sciences and humanities in finding and communicating solutions to global challenges.


Meet the IRCR team

Simon Nicholson

Co-Director

Giulia Belotti

Research Associate

Wil Burns

Associate Director, Environmental Policy and Culture Program, Northwestern

Co-Director, IRCR

Sara Nawaz

Director of Research

Seth Foster

Project Manager