Henry Lee

Lecturer in Public Policy
Jassim M. Jaidah Family Director
Environment and Natural Resources Program,
Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Office Address
Belfer-302B
Mailing Address
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Mailbox 84
79 JFK Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Contact
Phone: 617-495-1350
Fax: 617-495-1635
Email: henry_lee@Harvard.Edu
Assistant
Nicole Robichaux (617-496-0509)
Henry Lee

Profile

Henry Lee is Lecturer in Public Policy, the Jassim M. Jaidah Family Director of the Environment and Natural Resources Program within the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, cochair of the Kennedy School's Program on Infrastructure in a Market Economy, and coprincipal investigator of the Energy, Technology, and Policy Project. Before joining the school, Lee spent nine years in Massachusetts state government as Director of the state's Energy Office and Special Assistant to the Governor for Environmental Policy. He has served on numerous state, federal, and private advisory committees and boards focusing on both energy and environmental issues and spent 12 years working with power developers in the United States and East Asia. His recent research interests focus on environmental management, energy policy, global climate change, geopolitics of oil and gas, and public infrastructure projects in developing countries. He has recently written several articles on China's oil strategies.

Courses

Fall

  • IGA-310 Energy Policy: Technologies, Systems, and Markets

Spring

  • BGP-256 Management, Finance, and Regulation of Public Infrastructure

Media Expertise

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Research

For a complete list of faculty citations from 2001 - present, please visit the Harvard Kennedy School Research Report Online.

Selected Publication Citations:

  • Book Chapters
    • Lee, Henry, Dan Shalmon, and Robert I. Rotberg. "Searching for Oil: China's Oil Strategies in Africa." China into Africa: Trade, Aid, and Influence. Ed. Robert I. Rotberg. Brookings Institution Press and World Peace Foundation, 2008, 109-136.
    • Lee, Henry. "Oil Security and the Transportation Sector." Acting in Time on Energy Policy. Ed. Kelly Sims Gallagher. Brookings Institution Press, 2009, 56-88.
  • HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series
    • Lee, Henry, William C. Clark, and Charan Devereaux. "Biofuels and Sustainable Development." Center for International Development and HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series (174 and RWP08-049), July 2008.
  • Magazine and Newspaper Articles
    • Wagoner, G. Richard, Michael Morris, Christina Page, David Crane, Cutler Cleveland, Katie A. Fehrenbacher, Susan M. Cischke, Henry Lee, et al. "Bright Ideas." Forbes. November 24, 2008, 126-130.
  • Research Papers/Reports
    • Lee, Henry and Charan Devereaux. "Biofuels and Certification: A Workshop at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government." Discussion Paper 2009-07, Environment and Natural Resources Program, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs and Sustainability Science Program, Center for International Development, June 2009.