Narasimha Rao
Senior Research Scholar
Transformative Institutional and Social Solutions Research Group
Energy, Climate, and Environment Program
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Biography
Narasimha Rao is a senior research scholar in the IIASA Transformative Institutional and Social Solutions Research Group of the Energy, Climate, and Environment Program and an Associate Professor of Energy Systems at the Yale School of the Environment, in the US. His research examines the relationship between energy systems, human development, and climate change. He is a contributing author of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)'s Sixth Assessment Report.He is the recipient of the European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant (2015-2018) for a project entitled Decent Living Energy, which explores energy and emissions thresholds for providing decent living standards for all. His research interests also include income inequality, infrastructure, and climate policy. For his current research, Rao was awarded the 2011 Amulya K. Reddy Prize for the Best Paper in the journal Energy for Sustainable Development for his paper entitled 'Kerosene Subsidies in India: When Energy Policy Fails as Social Policy'.
Rao obtained his PhD in Environment and Resources from Stanford University, California, and two Master's degrees in Electrical Engineering and Technology Policy from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Last update: 16 JUN 2021
Publications
Bhar, S., Lele, S., Min, J. , & Rao, N. (2024). Water, air pollution and carbon footprints of conspicuous/luxury consumption in India. Ecological Economics 218 e108104. 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108104.
Ummel, K., Poblete Cazenave, M., Akkiraju, K., Graetz, N., Ashman, H., Kingdon, C., Herrera Tenorio, S., Singhal, A.S., Cohen, D.A., & Rao, N. (2024). Multidimensional well-being of US households at a fine spatial scale using fused household surveys. Scientific Data 11 (1) 10.1038/s41597-023-02788-7.
Yao, Y., Lan, K., Graedel, T.E., & Rao, N. (2024). Models for Decarbonization in the Chemical Industry. Annual Review of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering 15 (1) 10.1146/annurev-chembioeng-100522-114115. (In Press)
Min, J. & Rao, N. (2023). Growth and inequality trade-offs to eradicate absolute poverty. Heliyon 9 (11) e21441. 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e21441.
Poblete Cazenave, M. & Rao, N. (2023). Social and contextual determinants of heat pump adoption in the US: Implications for subsidy policy design. Energy Research & Social Science 104 e103255. 10.1016/j.erss.2023.103255.