Center for Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy

Professor Peter Calow conducted extensive research for the Minnesota Department of Health’s recently released State Drinking Water Action Plan, which details the vulnerabilities in our system and actions for protection.

Research Fellow Matthew Grimley and Associate Professor Gabe Chan co-authored a new paper, “Processes of Power: Transitions and Justice of Energy Infrastructure in Minnesota,” published in Energy Research & Social Science. 

Associate Professor Gabe Chan and postdoctoral researcher Bhavin Pradhan published a paper, "Racial and Economic Disparities in Electric Reliability and Service Quality in Xcel Energy’s Minnesota Service Area," which asks whether disparities exist in access to shared infrastructure systems, focusing on the electric system, an essential service delivered by heavily regulated public utilities.

Daniel Scholten, a visiting assistant professor in the Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy area, and a second-year STEP student, Daniel Zuckerman, have published a new report on the global energy demand shift in developing countries.

Assistant Professor Daniel Scholten is editor of the "Handbook on the Geopolitics of the Energy Transition."

Associate Professor Bonnie Keeler and alumnus Nfamara Dampha (MDP ‘17/PhD NRSM ‘20), a researcher at the Institute on the Environment, have been selected as authors for the first ever National Nature Assessment.

Assistant Professor Fayola Jacobs contributed to the new National Climate Assessment report, released last week, which concludes that the effects of human-caused climate change are far-reaching and worsening across every region of the United States. Jacobs co-authored the chapter on Social Systems and Justice.

Professor Peter Calow co-authored a new report for the Minnesota Department of Health to help the agency develop a 10-year strategy to ensure a safe, equitable, and reliable drinking water supply for state residents.

Humphrey School faculty members Bonnie Keeler and Gabe Chan will co-lead an EPA-funded project to help rural, tribal, and underserved communities in six states access federal funding for energy and environmental improvement efforts.

Researchers from the Humphrey School and the University of Texas at Austin published a paper evaluating the importance of community-based organizations in the transition to renewable energy in the United States.