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Johannes Urpelainen is affiliated with Johns Hopkins University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with a significant number of publications exploring various interdisciplinary topics related to energy, environment, and policy.

The main fields of study for Johannes Urpelainen include:

  • Environmental Science

Their work further branches into several subfields, including:

  • Pollution
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
  • Sociology and Political Science

Key topics addressed in their research encompass:

  • Energy and Environment Impacts
  • Smart Grid Energy Management
  • Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies
  • Climate Change Policy and Economics
  • Energy, Environment, Economic Growth
  • Electric Vehicles and Infrastructure
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts

They have contributed to a range of publications in both journal articles and book formats. Their recent papers include:

  • "The future of coal in a carbon-constrained climate" (2020) published in Nature Climate Change
  • "Environmental Justice in India: Incidence of Air Pollution from Coal-Fired Power Plants" (2020) published in Ecological Economics
  • "Identifying coal-fired power plants for early retirement" (2020) published in Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
  • "Transboundary air pollution from coal-fired power generation" (2020) published in Journal of Environmental Management
  • "Adoption of community monitoring improves common pool resource management across contexts" (2021) published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Ryan Kennedy
  • Brian Blankenship
  • Aseem Mahajan
  • Michaël Aklin
  • Setu Pelz

Johannes Urpelainen regularly publishes in the following venues:

  • Harvard Dataverse
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Energy Sustainable Development/Energy for sustainable development
  • Energy Policy
  • Energy Research & Social Science

They have also authored books with Columbia University Press, including:

  • "Global Environmental Politics" (2022)
  • "Energy and Environment in India" (2023)

Best Publications

  • Political Competition, Path Dependence, and the Strategy of Sustainable Energy Transitions

    Michaël Aklin;Johannes Urpelainen

  • LPG as a Clean Cooking Fuel: Adoption, Use, and Impact in Rural India.

    Carlos F. Gould;Johannes Urpelainen

  • Does basic energy access generate socioeconomic benefits? A field experiment with off-grid solar power in India

    Michaël Aklin;Patrick Bayer;S. P. Harish;S. P. Harish;Johannes Urpelainen

  • The future of coal in a carbon-constrained climate

    Michael Jakob;Jan Christoph Steckel;Frank Jotzo;Benjamin K. Sovacool

  • A Strategic Theory of Regime Integration and Separation

    Tana Johnson;Johannes Urpelainen

  • Factors affecting household satisfaction with electricity supply in rural India

    Michaël Aklin;Chao-yo Cheng;Johannes Urpelainen;Karthik Ganesan

  • United States non-cooperation and the Paris agreement

    Johannes Urpelainen;Thijs Van de Graaf

  • International Bureaucrats and the Formation of Intergovernmental Organizations: Institutional Design Discretion Sweetens the Pot

    Tana Johnson;Johannes Urpelainen

  • Perceptions of scientific dissent undermine public support for environmental policy

    Michaël Aklin;Johannes Urpelainen

  • Fuel stacking in India: Changes in the cooking and lighting mix, 1987–2010☆

    Chao-yo Cheng;Johannes Urpelainen

  • Interests, institutions, and climate policy: Explaining the choice of policy instruments for the energy sector

    Llewelyn Hughes;Johannes Urpelainen

  • Your Place or Mine? Institutional Capture and the Creation of Overlapping International Institutions

    Johannes Urpelainen;Thijs Van de Graaf

  • International institutions and domestic politics: can preferential trading agreements help leaders promote economic reform?

    Leonardo Baccini;Johannes Urpelainen

  • How do Competing Interest Groups Influence Environmental Policy? The Case of Renewable Electricity in Industrialized Democracies, 1989–2007:

    Andrew Cheon;Johannes Urpelainen

  • Debating clean energy: Frames, counter frames, and audiences

    Michaël Aklin;Johannes Urpelainen

  • Solar home systems for rural India: Survey evidence on awareness and willingness to pay from Uttar Pradesh ☆

    Johannes Urpelainen;Semee Yoon

  • Grid and off-grid electrification: An integrated model with applications to India

    Johannes Urpelainen

  • Oil prices and energy technology innovation: An empirical analysis

    Andrew Cheon;Johannes Urpelainen

  • Actors, objectives, context: A framework of the political economy of energy and climate policy applied to India, Indonesia, and Vietnam

    Michael Jakob;Christian Flachsland;Jan Christoph Steckel;Johannes Urpelainen

  • Why do governments subsidize gasoline consumption? An empirical analysis of global gasoline prices, 2002–2009

    Andrew Cheon;Johannes Urpelainen;Maureen Lackner

  • Renewables: The Politics of a Global Energy Transition

    Michaël Aklin;Johannes Urpelainen

  • Energy poverty and perceptions of solar power in marginalized communities: Survey evidence from Uttar Pradesh, India

    Johannes Urpelainen

Frequent Co-Authors

Hongliang Zhang
Hongliang Zhang Fudan University
Peter Lund
Peter Lund Aalto University
Ruth S. DeFries
Ruth S. DeFries Columbia University
Jan Christoph Steckel
Jan Christoph Steckel Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Pallav Purohit
Pallav Purohit International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Hancheng Dai
Hancheng Dai Peking University
Fabian Wagner
Fabian Wagner International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Ottmar Edenhofer
Ottmar Edenhofer Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Haikun Wang
Haikun Wang Nanjing University
Benjamin K. Sovacool
Benjamin K. Sovacool University of Sussex

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