Harvard Kennedy School faculty disseminate their research in working publications and papers that contribute to public knowledge and fuel policy innovation. This list features recent faculty publications, including journal articles, books, edited volumes, research papers, and public testimony.
Faculty Publications
Harley, Alicia G., and William C. Clark. "Building Capacity to Measure Sustainability: Lessons from scholarship and practice." Sustainability Science Program Working Paper Series, January 29, 2025.
Narh, Bernice Nuerkey, and Woolcock, Michael. "Publication: Reconciling Multi-Level Rights-Based Commitments in Development: Assessing the Legal and Administrative Imperatives of Responding to Education, Health Care, and Environment Protection Challenges." World Bank Policy Research Working Paper Series, 11/22/2024.
Selin, Noelle E., Amanda Giang, and William C. Clark. "Showcasing advances and building community in modeling for sustainability." PNAS 121.29 (July 16, 2024): e2215689121.
Campanella, Edoardo, and Robert Z. Lawrence. "Populist opposition is threatening progress on climate change." PIIE Working Paper Series, July 2024.
Frankel, Jeffrey. "Tariffs on Chinese Cleantech Jeopardize the Green Transition." Project Syndicate, June 25, 2024.
O'Sullivan, Meghan, and Jason Bordoff. "Green Peace: How the Fight Against Climate Change Can Overcome Geopolitical Discord." Foreign Affairs. July/August 2024.
Frankel, Jeffrey. "Europe’s Carbon Border Tax Advances the Fight Against Climate Change." Project Syndicate, May 24, 2024.
Fransen, Sonja, Neil Adger, Ricardo Safra de Campos, and William C. Clark. "Migrants Can Be a Transformative Force for Sustainable Development." The Conversation. January 18, 2024.
Adger, William Neil, Sonja Fransen, Ricardo Safra de Campos, and William C. Clark. "Migration and Sustainable Development." PNAS 121.3 (January 16, 2024): e2206193121.
Adger, William Neil, Sonja Fransen, Ricardo Safra de Campos, and William C. Clark. "Scientific Frontiers on Migration and Sustainability." PNAS 121.3 (January 16, 2024): e2321325121.
Lawrence, Robert Z. "Climate action: Implications for factor market reallocation." PIIE Working Paper Series, January 2024.
Geels, Frank W., Florian Kern, and William C. Clark. "System transitions research and sustainable development: Challenges, progress, and prospects." PNAS 120.47 (November 21, 2023): e2206230120.
Geels, Frank W., Florian Kern, and William C. Clark. "Sustainability Transitions in Consumption-Production Systems." PNAS 120.47 (November 21, 2023): e2310070120.
Selin, Noelle E., Amanda Giang, and William C. Clark. "Progress in modeling dynamic systems for sustainable development." PNAS 120.40 (October 3, 2023): e2216656120.
Hausmann, Ricardo, and Ketan Ahuja. "A more globally minded European green industrial policy." Sparking Europe’s new industrial revolution: A policy for net zero, growth and resilience. Ed. Simone Tagliapietra and Reinhilde Veugelers. Bruegel, 2023.
Barron, Patrick John, Louise J. Cord, Jose Antonio Cuesta Leiva,Sabina Anne Espinoza, Gregory Michael Larson, and Michael Woolcock. "Social Sustainability and the Development Process: What Is It, Why Does It Matter, and How Can It Be Enhanced?" World Bank Policy Research Working Paper Series, June 15, 2023.
Bordoff, Jason, and Meghan L. O'Sullivan. "The Age of Energy Insecurity: How the Fight for Resources Is Upending Geopolitics Essays." Foreign Affairs 102.3 (May/June 2023): 104-119.
Hausmann, Ricardo, Miguel Ángel Santos, Jorge Tudela Pye, Frank Muci, Yang Li, Fernando Miralles-Wilhelm, Ana Cristina Grisanti, and Jessie Lu. "Policy Recommendations for Sustainable and Inclusive Growth in the Peruvian Amazonia." CID Faculty Working Paper Series, April 2023.
Hanson, Gordon, and Matthew J. Slaughter. "How Commerce Can Save the Climate: The Case for a Green Free Trade Agreement." Foreign Affairs 102.2 (March/April 2023): 119-129.
Cheston, Timothy, Patricio Goldstein, Timothy Freeman, Alejandro Rueda-Sanz, Ricardo Hausmann, Shreyas Gadgin Matha, Sebastián Bustos, Eduardo Lora, Sarah Bui, and Nidhi Rao. "Seeing the Forest for More Than the Trees: A Policy Strategy to Curb Deforestation and Advance Shared Prosperity in the Colombian Amazon." CID Faculty Working Paper Series, February 2023.
Hanson, Gordon H. "Local Labor Market Impacts of the Energy Transition: Prospects and Policies." vlog Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP23-005, January 2023.
Frankel, Jeffrey A. "Let the WTO Referee Carbon Border Taxes." Project Syndicate, November 29, 2022.
Bordoff, Jason, and Meghan L. O'Sullivan. "The New Energy Order: How Governments Will Transform Energy Markets." Foreign Affairs 101.4 (July/August 2022): 131-144.
Sardonis, Amanda, and Henry Lee. "Partnerships under Pressure: Lessons on Adaptation and Overcoming Challenges." Partnerships for Sustainability in Contemporary Global Governance: Pathways to Effectiveness. Ed. Liliana B. Andonova, Moira V. Faul, and Dario Piselli. Routledge, 2022, 189-212.
Frankel, Jeffrey A. "The west can cut its energy dependency on Russia and be greener." The Guardian, May 2, 2022.
Hausmann, Ricardo, Agata Loskot-Strachota, Axel Ockenfels, Ulrich Schetter, Simone Tagliapietra, Guntram Wolff, and Georg Zachmann. "How to weaken Russian oil and gas strength." Science 376.6592 (April 2022): 469.
Hausmann, Ricardo, Agata Loskot-Strachota, Axel Ockenfels, Ulrich Schetter, Simone Tagliapietra, Guntram Wolff, and Georg Zachmann. "Cutting Putin’s Energy Rent: ‘Smart Sanctioning’ Russian Oil and Gas." CID Faculty Working Papers Series, April 2022.
Hausmann, Ricardo. "The Case for a Punitive Tax on Russian Oil." Project Syndicate. February 26, 2022.
Lee, Henry, Daniel P. Schrag, Matthew Bunn, Michael Davidson, Wei Peng, Wang Pu, and Mao Zhimin. Foundations for a Low-Carbon Energy System in China. Cambridge University Press, 2021.
Frankel, Jeffrey A. "How to set greenhouse gas emission targets for all countries." Combating Climate Change: A CEPR Collection. Ed. Beatrice Weder di Mauro. CEPR Press, October 2021, 43-48.
De Blasio, Nicola, Fridolin Pflugmann, Henry Lee, Charles Hua, Alejandro Nunez-Jimenez, and Phoebe Fallon. "Mission Hydrogen: Accelerating the Transition to a Low Carbon Economy." Environment and Natural Resources Program Reports, October 2021.
Hanna, Rema, Bridget Hoffmann, Paulina Oliva, and Jake Schneider. "The Power of Perception: Limitations of Information in Reducing Air Pollution Exposure." IDB Working Paper Series, July 2021.
Strapasson, Alexandre, Henry Lee, and Jack Schnettler. "Biofuels and the Energy-Water Nexus: Perspectives for the United States." Bioenergy Studies Symposium, May 20-21, 2021.
Bai, Jie, Shanjun Li, Danxia Xie, and Hui Zhou. “Environmental Protection or Environmental Protectionism? Evidence from Tail Pipe Emission Standards in China.” AEA Papers and Proceedings 111 (May 2021): 381–85. https://doi.org/10.1257/pandp.20211033.
O'Sullivan, Meghan. "What Does Success Look Like for a Climate Czar?" Bloomberg Opinion, 12/2/2020.
Lee, Henry, and Abigail Mayer. "The Future of Carbon Offset Markets." Environment and Natural Resources Program, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, October 22, 2020.
Clark, William C., and Alicia G. Harley. "Sustainability Science: Toward a Synthesis." Annual Review of Environment and Resources 45.1 (October 2020): 331-386.
Frankel, Jeffrey A. "Covid-19 and the Climate Crisis are Part of the Same Battle." The Guardian, October 2020.
O'Sullivan, Meghan. "After Oil: Throwing Money at Green Energy Isn’t Enough." Bloomberg Opinion, 9/17/2020.
O'Sullivan, Meghan. "Pandemic Is Hurting, Not Helping, Green Energy." Bloomberg Opinion, 9/16/2020.
O'Sullivan, Meghan. "After Oil: U.S.-China Split Will Hurt Clean Energy." Bloomberg Opinion, 9/14/2020.
O'Sullivan, Meghan. "Oil’s Collapse Is a Geopolitical Reset in Disguise." Bloomberg Opinion, 4/29/2020.
Chen, Cuicui, and Henry Lee. "The Value of Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Sequestration." Environment and Natural Resources Program, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, March 4, 2020.
Rajan, Thillai, and Akash Deep. "A cost-effective way to power generation." The Hindu. October 16, 2019.
De Blasio, Nicola, and Henry Lee. "Saudi Arabia’s Energy Infrastructure Under Attack. What’s Next?" National Interest, October 6, 2019.
O'Sullivan, Meghan. "Iran Oil Sanctions: A Rare Case Where Transactional Diplomacy Should Work." Bloomberg Opinion, April 22, 2019.
Qiao, Qinyu, and Henry Lee. "The Role of Electric Vehicles in Decarbonizing China’s Transportation Sector." Environment and Natural Resources Program, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, April 2019.
Lee, Henry. "Saving Natural Gas through Regulation." National Interest, March 31, 2019.
O'Sullivan, Meghan. "If All Vehicles Go Electric, That’s Just Step One." Bloomberg Opinion, January 14, 2019.
O'Sullivan, Meghan. "Trump’s Iraq Visit Alone Won’t Undo Damage He Did Last Week." Bloomberg Opinion, December 26, 2018.