Brandon Marc Finn is an assistant research scientist in the Urban Sustainability Research Group and is a core faculty member of the Center for Sustainable Systems. His interdisciplinary research focuses on urbanization, informality, and mining, and his current work investigates the unintended consequences of decarbonization. In the Democratic Republic of Congo, Brandon is researching the interplays between artisanal and industrial mining practices in the 'first-mile' of the global cobalt and copper supply chain. In Ghana, he is assessing how informality defines the 'last-mile' of global electronic waste supply chains. Brandon’s other work is concerned with urban informality in relation to climate change mitigation and just transitions, where he argues that informality lies at the heart of sustainable development.