Urpelainen

Johannes Urpelainen

Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz Professor of Energy, Resources, and Environment, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University
Chapter Member: Maryland-Washington, D.C. SSN
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About Johannes

Urpelainen’s research focuses on environmental and energy issues. He is interested in identifying feasible political strategies and policy instruments that contribute to a more sustainable society. Current research priorities include strategies to ensure the sustainable growth of renewable energy in industrialized and emerging economies, policies and business models for providing energy access to the poor in developing countries, solutions to partisan conflicts over the environment in American politics, and strategies to dismantle fossil fuel subsidies.

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Contributions

Winning Public Arguments about Renewable Energy

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In the News

Quoted by in "COVID-19 and World Order: The Future of Conflict, Competition, and Cooperation," Business Insider, September 10, 2020.
Research discussed by Megan Geuss, in "India Eyeing a New Monster 100GW Solar-Capacity Goal," Ars Technica, June 24, 2018.
Opinion: "The Paris Agreement’s Emissions Goals May Be in Trouble, With or Without U.S. Participation," Johannes Urpelainen, The Washington Post, June 1, 2018.
Quoted by in "Electrified All Villages, Claims Modi; Rahul Says yet another Lie," Business Standard, April 30, 2018.
Quoted by in "Kudos Narendra Modi! India Set to Meet Village Electrification Target, but the Job Has Just Begun," Financial Express, April 27, 2018.
Quoted by Rahul Tongia and Puneet Kamboj in "Is Future Planning of Electricity Grid Keeping India’s Pace of Development in Mind?," Brookings, March 1, 2018.
Opinion: "Trump’s Withdrawal from the Paris Agreement Means Other Countries Will Spend Less to Fight Climate Change," Johannes Urpelainen, The Washington Post, November 21, 2017.
Regular contributions by Johannes Urpelainen to Ideas for India.
Regular contributions by Johannes Urpelainen to Climate Politics Blog.
Regular contributions by Johannes Urpelainen to The Energy Collective.
Interviewed in "The Climate Group," The Climate Group, January 24, 2015.
Opinion: "How Not to Talk about Climate Change," Johannes Urpelainen (with Michaël Aklin), The Washington Post, May 22, 2014.
Interviewed in "Living on Earth," Living on Earth, December 16, 2011.

Publications

"Renewables: The Political History of a Global Energy Transition" (with Michaël Aklin) (Cambridge University Press, forthcoming).

Discusses the political history and future of renewable energy.

"Instruments of Political Control National Oil Companies, Oil Prices, and Petroleum Subsidies" (with Andrew Cheon and Maureen Lackner). Comparative Political Studies 48, no. 3 (2015): 370-402.

Offers theory and evidence on the detrimental role of national oil companies in perpetuating fossil fuel subsidies.

"Political Competition, Path Dependence, and the Strategy of Sustainable Energy Transitions" (with Michaël Aklin). American Journal of Political Science 57, no. 3 (2013): 643-658.

Analyzes when and how governments invest into the development of sustainable energy sources and manage their growth over time.

"The International Renewable Energy Agency: A Success Story in Institutional Innovation?" (with Thijs Van de Graaf). International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics 15, no. 2 (2013): 159-177.

Examines the role of International Renewable Energy Agency in the promotion of renewable energy.

"Interests, Institutions, and Climate Policy: Explaining the Choice of Policy Instruments for the Energy Sector" (with Llewelyn Hughes). Environmental Science & Policy 54 (2015): 52-63.

Discusses general political economy theory of climate policy in the energy sector.