The Kennedy School’s research agenda addresses many of the world's most important environmental policy questions—global climate change, sustainability, the use of economic incentives, energy technology innovation, electric industry restructuring, the economic effects of environmental policies, biological diversity, and urban development.
The Kennedy School provides a locus for faculty, fellows, and students to engage in a wide variety of domestic and international environmental activities, including research, workshops, conferences, seminars, and internships. Faculty involved with the programs and projects listed here also regularly communicate results of their research to policy makers, to broaden the range of options available for addressing environmental and natural resource problems.
The Harvard University Center for the Environment (HUCE) is a University-wide initiative that engages students, faculty, and visiting scholars throughout Harvard in education and research. While not based at the Kennedy School, most of the programs and projects listed here interact closely with HUCE.
Research and outreach efforts are carried out under the auspices of several programs at the Kennedy School:
ProgramsConsortium for Energy Policy Research at Harvard
William Hogan, Faculty Director
Environment and Natural Resources Program
Henry Lee, Director
Harvard Environmental Economics Program
Robert Stavins, Director
Regulatory Policy Program
Joseph Aldy, Faculty Chair
Science, Technology and Public Policy Program
Venkatesh “Venky”Narayanamurti, Program Director and Faculty Chair
Sustainability Science Program
William Clark and Nancy Dickson, Co-Directors
Harvard Electricity Policy Group
William Hogan, Research Director
Harvard Project on International Climate Agreements
Robert Stavins, Director
Micro-Development Initiative
Rohini Pande and Asim Khwaja, Co-Directors
Science, Technology, and Globalization Project
Calestous Juma, Director
