2019 ITIF Energy Innovation “Boot Camp” for Early Career Scholars

Energy innovation is essential for economic prosperity, national security, and environmental protection, including staving off the worst consequences of climate change. It is a complex process involving all sectors of society and multiple levels of governance. Interdisciplinary research should provide insights that accelerate energy innovation. Researchers are best able to do so when they take the needs of practitioners into account and communicate effectively with them.

To bridge the gap between research and practice and catalyze new, relevant research, ITIF hosted its inaugural energy innovation policy and management boot camp in May 2019. With the support of the Sloan Foundation and Spitzer Trust, 18 early career researchers spent a week in intensive discussion with one another and decision-makers from an array of policy-relevant institutions.

Energized by this experience, the inaugural cohort of scholars now comprises a community ready and willing to engage with energy policy-makers and managers. Brief profiles and links to their personal research websites follow.

Energy Innovation Policy and Management Scholars