Learn about the latest news and featured announcements from the Energy Institute.
Financial Times Selects Energy Institute Research for Responsible Business Education Award
January 20, 2024
This month the Financial Times announced its Responsible Business Education Awards and selected “Paying for Electricity in California: How Residential Rate Design Impacts Equity and Electrification” for an Academic Research Award, designating the research “Highly Commended”. The study was co-authored by Severin Borenstein, Meredith Fowlie, and James Sallee at the Energy Institute at Haas and funded by Next 10, a nonpartisan research nonprofit organization. The FT’s awards celebrate academics who are “focusing their research on solutions that address some of the biggest challenges facing our society and planet”.
Faculty Spotlight: Duncan Callaway
December 8, 2023
Our latest spotlight interview is with Duncan Callaway, who shared how energy research became his field of interest and how he joined the Energy Institute. Duncan is an Associate Professor of Energy and Resources with an affiliate appointment in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, and a Faculty Affiliate at the Energy Institute at Haas.
Q: What led you to become an energy researcher? A:
Diversifying the Field of Energy and Environmental Economics Through Undergraduate Mentorships
December 8, 2023
The Energy Institute has a long track record of attracting and nurturing energy and environmental economics (EEE) scholars. With the new EEE Undergraduate Mentoring Program we have expanded these efforts so that underrepresented undergraduates can envision and prepare for a PhD program in economics.
Graduate Student Affiliates on the Job Market
December 8, 2023
Meet our Energy Institute Graduate Student Affiliates, Jesse Buchsbaum and Leila Safavi, and learn about their job market papers.
Faculty Affiliate Spotlight: James Sallee
October 5, 2023
We sat down with James Sallee, Professor in the Agricultural and Resource Economics department at UC Berkeley and Faculty Affiliate at the Energy Institute at Haas, to learn about his path to the Energy Institute.
Q: How did you become interested in energy and environmental economics? A:
Sixty-five Graduate Students Come to Berkeley for 2023 Energy and Environmental Summer Graduate Program
October 5, 2023
For 12 years the Energy Institute has been offering a unique annual training opportunity for doctoral students from around the country who are exploring a research agenda in energy and environmental economics (EEE). The program, better known as “Grad Camp,” seeks to attract a group of young scholars from a variety of backgrounds to the EEE field.
Welcome Graduate Student Affiliates
October 5, 2023
Get to know incoming Graduate Student Affiliates, Thor Larson, Bora Ozaltun, and Karthik Tadepalli who joined the Energy Institute this summer.
Jenya Kahn-Lang Completes PhD and Accepts Stanford Postdoc and RFF Fellowship
June 12, 2023
Energy Institute graduate student Jenya Kahn-Lang completed her PhD in Agricultural and Resource Economics in May, and will be taking a year-long postdoc at the Stanford Environmental and Energy Policy Analysis Center before joining Resources for the Future as a fellow in 2024.
Marshall Blundell Completes PhD and Joins Demand Side Analytics
June 12, 2023
Energy Institute graduate student Marshall Blundell completed his PhD in Agricultural and Resource Economics in May, and will be joining Demand Side Analytics in September as a senior consultant.
Lucas Davis and Jim Sallee Receive 2023 Cheit Award
April 18, 2023
Energy Institute Faculty Affiliates, Lucas Davis and Jim Sallee have been selected as recipients of the 2023 Cheit Award. At Haas, excellence in teaching is recognized through the annual Earl F. Cheit Award where a panel of students nominate and select faculty recipients.