Box 90312
Durham, NC 27708-0312
124 Rubenstein Hall, Box 90312
Durham, NC 27708-0312
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Subhrendu K. Pattanayak
Oak Foundation Environmental and Energy Policy Professor
Oak Foundation Distinguished Professor of Environmental and Energy Policy
Professor of Environmental Sciences andPolicy
Professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy
Director of Graduate Studies for the Sanford School of Public Policy
Director of Graduate Studies for the University Program in Environmental Policy
Research Professor of Global Health
Professor in the Department of Economics
Professor of Environmental Science and Policy
Professor of Environmental Science and Policy
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Subhrendu K. Pattanayak is the Oak Professor of Environmental and Energy Policy at Duke University. He studies the causes and consequences of human behaviors related to the natural environment to help design and evaluate policy interventions in low-income tropical countries. His research is in three domains at the intersection of environment, development, health and energy: forest ecosystem services, environmental health (diarrhea, malaria, respiratory infections) and household energy transitions. He has focused on design of institutions and policies that are motivated by enormous inequities and a range of efficiency concerns (externalities, public goods and imperfect information and competition).
Dr. Pattanayak approaches these problems through systematic reviews of the literature (meta-analyses) and statistical modeling with high-resolution objective data collected in the field. He then uses those data to test hypotheses salient to policy manipulation, developed both from economic frameworks, stakeholder discussions and direct observations in the field. He employs empirical methods that exploit quasi-experimental variation (or experiments where feasible and appropriate), captured through household, community and institutional surveys. He typically matches these survey data with meso-scale secondary statistics and estimates econometric models to generate policy parameters. Dr. Pattanayak has collaborated closely with multi-lateral agencies, NGOs, governments, and local academics in Brazil, Costa Rica, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Nepal, Sri Lanka and the U.S.
Dr. Pattanayak approaches these problems through systematic reviews of the literature (meta-analyses) and statistical modeling with high-resolution objective data collected in the field. He then uses those data to test hypotheses salient to policy manipulation, developed both from economic frameworks, stakeholder discussions and direct observations in the field. He employs empirical methods that exploit quasi-experimental variation (or experiments where feasible and appropriate), captured through household, community and institutional surveys. He typically matches these survey data with meso-scale secondary statistics and estimates econometric models to generate policy parameters. Dr. Pattanayak has collaborated closely with multi-lateral agencies, NGOs, governments, and local academics in Brazil, Costa Rica, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Nepal, Sri Lanka and the U.S.
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Education
- Ph.D., Duke University (1997)
- M.S., Purdue University (1992)
- B.A., St. Stephen's College, Delhi (India) (1990)
Publications
Introduction to the SETI special issue (04/2023)
Frameworks, methods and evidence connecting modern domestic energy services and gender empowerment (01/2023)
Effect of electricity price reform on households’ electricity consumption in urban Ethiopia (12/2022)
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Nicholas Institute for Energy, Environment & Sustainability
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