The determinants of legal and political conflict in global infrastructure projects. Recovery of energy, nutrients and water from household and community-level sanitation systems.
Policy & Economics: Economic Development & Equity
Clean, affordable and secure energy should be available to all human beings, and the costs of energy—especially external ones—should be borne equitably. Stanford researchers study sustainable energy growth in developing countries, and how expanded production of biofuels, especially ethanol, is affecting economic development, food security, commodity markets and farmer incomes in both poor and rich countries. Other research areas include strategy and performance of state-owned oil companies in oil-exporting countries, and resolving conflicts over major infrastructure, like liquefied natural gas facilities and oil pipelines.
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Management Science & Engineering
Analysis of global climate change policy options. Energy efficiency analysis. Energy technology assessment. Integrated assessment. Models for strategic planning. Venture capital formation for energy technologies. GHG emissions and economic implications of new shale gas supplies. Market valuation of renewable power plants' ecological benefits.
Materials Science & Engineering
Managing the global expansion of nuclear power while avoiding the proliferation of nuclear weapons, with special attention to the nuclear aspirations of states such as North Korea and Iran.
Civil & Environmental Engineering
Analysis, design and evaluation of energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies, as keys to slowing global warming, enhancing energy security and improving conditions in underserved, rural communities. Green buildings. Wind and solar electricity. Distributed energy systems.
