Siva Mathiyazhagan

Siva Mathiyazhagan is a Research Assistant Professor at the University of Pennsylvania's School of Social Policy and Practice. He serves as the Associate Director of Strategies and Impact at the SAFELab at Penn and is an RSM Assembly Fellow at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University.

• Focuses on youth-led, community-centered transdisciplinary approaches to prevent caste and racial bias
• Examines misinterpretation of social media posts by BIPOC youth to promote safe, inclusive communities
• Engaged in projects addressing urban resilience and climate inequality

His work includes collaborations with local-global partners to scale SAFELab innovations and research projects. He contributed to initiatives like "Heat Stress and Urban Resilience: How Should We Plan for the Increasing Cooling Needs of Vulnerable Communities," supported by grants to combat climate inequality.