07 — CV of Failures
Everything I applied for and didn’t get
“Keeping a visible record of your rejected applications can help others to deal with setbacks.” — Melanie Stefan, Nature, 2010. Most of what I try fails. This page documents that.
Degree Programmes Not Admitted To
2021
MPhil Environmental Change & Management
University of Oxford — Rejected
2020
MSc Sustainability Science
Lund University — Waitlisted, not offered
2019
MSc Global Health & Development
University College London — Rejected
Funding & Fellowships Not Awarded
2024
ERC Starting Grant — Sustainability Science
European Research Council — Not shortlisted
2023
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship
European Commission — Rejected after review
2022
UKRI PhD Scholarship
UK Research & Innovation — Waitlisted, not funded
2021
Chevening Scholarship
UK Foreign Office — Rejected at final stage
Papers Rejected Before Publication
2024
Modern slavery risk in critical mineral supply chains
Science — Rejected after peer review
2023
Climate migration and forced labour nexus
Nature Climate Change — Desk rejected
2023
SoLCA framework for informal sector labour assessment
Journal of Cleaner Production — Withdrawn after major revisions
2022
Network complexity as proxy for modern slavery obscurity
PNAS — Desk rejected
Awards & Prizes Not Received
2023
ISIE Young Researcher Award
International Society for Industrial Ecology — Shortlisted, not awarded
2022
Sustainability Science Prize
Sustainability Science Forum — Nominated, not awarded
Collaborations That Did Not Work Out
2024
Joint supply chain audit project with major NGO
Funding fell through after 6 months of planning
2023
International consortium on climate-labour modelling
Partnership dissolved due to institutional changes