Matt Barlow is a Postdoctoral Researcher in Sustainable Urban Environments, Technical University of Munich (TUM), School of Social Sciences and Technology, Department of Science, Technology and Society (STS) and was a CASI Postdoctoral Research Fellow (2024-25). He is a cultural anthropologist interested in how situated socio-ecological imaginaries influence responses to planetary crises. His doctoral research project demonstrated how different understandings of monsoonal wetness influenced approaches to waste infrastructure in Kochi, India. This research contributes to several debates within cultural anthropology, critical geography, postcolonial studies, and the environmental humanities. As Climate Postdoctoral Research Fellow at CASI, Matt worked on his first book titled Weathering Waste, while also contributing to Nikhil Anand's project "Stories of Climate Action: Negotiating Planning in Mumbai's Wetscapes."