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Research Activities of the Sustainability Science Program

Drawing on the research strengths of Harvard's Faculty of Arts and Sciences and the practice-oriented traditions of Harvard's professional schools the Sustainability Science Program is promoting research on what works, under what conditions, for better linking knowledge with action in support of sustainable development. Over the long run, research in this area will seek to include evaluations of the efficacy of alternative policies and institutions, historical analysis to identify best practices, and systematic learning from comparisons of experience across sectors and places.

Program Initiatives

Biofuels and Globalization
Henry Lee, Robert Lawrence, and Ricardo Hausmann

Water and Development
Michael Kremer, Sendhil Mullainathan, Nava Ashraf, Mathew Jukes

Faculty Grants

2008 Awards

Allocation of Incentive Contracts for Environmental Service Provision in Agricultural Landscapes
Christopher Avery

Climate Change Policy as Sustainable Development
Jeffrey Frankel

Sustainable Growth: Evidence from Two Field Studies in India
Rohini Pande

2007 Awards

Measuring Willingness to Pay for Improved Water Quality at the Source
Michael Kremer

Encouraging Take-Up of Point of Use Water Treatment Products
Sendhil Mullainathan

The Role of Small-scale Energy Use in Local Air Pollution Patterns in Accra, Ghana
Majid Ezzati, John Spengler, Matt Welsh

Distributor Incentives and Private Information: Chlorin® Distribution in Schools
Nava Ashraf

2006 Awards

Evaluating the Impact of Rural Water Interventions
Michael Kremer

Integrating Knowledge and Policy for the Management of Natural Resources
William Clark

Faculty grants applications information: 2008-09 Faculty Grant Applications

Teaching

Book on Sustainability Science
Partha Dasgupta, William Clark, John Bongaarts, Pamela Matson, Elinor Ostrom, Robert Kates, Hans Joachim (John) Schellnhuber, B.L. Turner II

Reader in Sustainability Science
Robert Kates, Pamela Matson, Akin Mabogunje

 

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