Academic Steering Committee

CGEP is supported by an Academic Steering Committee composed of leading faculty in relevant fields at Columbia University. The committee provides intellectual guidance and support for our research and programs around the world. 

Academic Steering Committee Members

Dr. Scott Barrett: Lenfest-Earth Institute Professor of Natural Resource Economics, School of International and Public Affairs

Travis Bradford: Associate Professor of Practice in International and Public Affairs & Director, Energy and Environment Concentration, School of International and Public Affairs

Dr. Thomas Christensen, Professor of Public and International Affairs and Director of the China and the World Program at Columbia University

Steve Cohen: Executive Director of Columbia University’s Earth Institute; Professor in the Practice of Public Affairs, School of International and Public Affairs

Dr. Alex Cooley: Director, Harriman Institute; Claire Tow Professor of Political Science, Barnard 

Dr. Tim Frye: Marshall D. Shulman Professor of Post-Soviet Foreign Policy, Columbia University 

Michael B. Gerrard: Andrew Sabin Professor of Professional Practice & Director, Center for Climate Change Law, Columbia Law School

Dr. Alex Halliday: Director of Columbia’s Earth Institute

Dr. Geoffrey M. Heal: Donald C. Waite III Professor of Social Enterprise, Columbia Business School

Dr. Peter Keleman: Arthur D. Storke Professor & Chair of the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Columbia University

Safwan Masri: Executive Vice President for Global Centers and Global Development; Director, Columbia Global Centers | Amman; Faculty, Columbia Business School

Dr. Vijay Modi: Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science

Dr. Alissa Park: Lenfest Chair in Applied Climate Science & Director, Lenfest Center for Sustinable Energy, Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering

Dr. Ken Prewitt: Carnegie Professor of Public Affairs, School of International and Public Affairs; Special Advisor to the President of Columbia University 

Dr. Wolfram Schlenker: Associate Professor of International and Public Affairs, School of International and Public Affairs

Dr. Steve Sestanovich: Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Professor for the Practice of International Diplomacy, School of International and Public Affairs

Dr. Jan Svejnar: Director, Center on Global Economic Governance, James T. Shotwell Professor of Global Political Economy, School of International and Public Affairs

Columbia University Resources

In addition to CGEP's formal affiliation with Columbia University's Earth Institute, CGEP partners with and supports research across the University network related to energy and environment issues.

columbia University PArtners

ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE

• Earth Institute

  • Center for Climate Systems Research

  • Center for Environmental Sustainability

  • Center for Research on Environmental Decisions

  • Columbia Climate Center

  • International Research Institute for Climate and Society

• Lenfest Center for Sustainable Energy

• Sabine Center for Climate Change Law

• Sustainable Engineering Lab

GEOPOLITICS AND FOREIGN POLICY

• Columbia Global Centers

• Council for European Studies

• European Institute

• Institute of Latin American Studies

• Harriman Institute

• Middle East Institute

• Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies

• Weatherhead East Asian Institute

ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS

• Center for Development Economics and Policy

• Center on Global Economic Governance

• Center on Japanese Economy and Business

• Chazen Institute of International Business

• Institute for Social and Economic Policy Research

• Richman Center for Business, Law and Public Policy

SIPA Partners in Improving Energy Policy

The Center on Global Energy Policy is supported by Columbia University’s School of International & Public Affairs (SIPA) through contributions from different sources including foundations, corporations, and individual donors who share Columbia’s commitment to improving energy policy through rigorous and independent analysis and engaged dialogue on global climate and energy issues. SIPA is deeply appreciative of those who have supported the work of its Center on Global Energy Policy in FY 2019 and year to date FY 2020.

SIPA Partners in Improving Energy Policy

LEADERSHIP ANNUAL CIRCLE

ABN Amro

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Anonymous

Aphorism Foundation

Aramco Services Company

Arnold Ventures’ founders, Laura and John Arnold

The Bernard and Anne Spitzer Charitable Trust

Bloomberg Philanthropies

BP

Centrica

Cheniere Energy, Inc.

ConocoPhillips

Equinor

Mr. Matthew Harris 

The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

Occidental Petroleum Corporation

Royal Dutch Shell plc

Tellurian Inc.

Total S.A.

Wintershall Holding GmbH

SUSTAINING ANNUAL CIRCLE

Anonymous

Mr. Nick Beim

Mr. Jay Bernstein

Mr. John F. Bookout, III

Chevron

Cimarex Energy Co.

Citi Foundation

ClearPath Foundation 

ClimateWorks Foundation

CME Group Inc.

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

ExxonMobil

Mr. Charles Fabrikant

Mr. Matt Fox

Global Infrastructure Partners

Mr. Jonathan Goldberg, BBL Commodities

Ms. Maria Jelescu

Mr. Brooks Klimley

Mr. Jeffrey Kupfer

Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences

Linden Trust for Conservation

Mr. Mark Lundstrom

Mr. John Moon

Dr. Wednesday Martin and Joel Moser

Mr. Brett A. Olsher and Mrs. Christina N. Olsher

Pioneer Natural Resources

Point72 Asset Management LP

Mr. Theodore Roosevelt IV

Kimberley and Scott Sheffield

Schlumberger Limited

Tokyo Gas Company, Ltd.

Mr. Enzo Viscusi

Mr. Bill White

WPX Energy, Inc.

Note: All gifts must be approved via the University processes before being accepted. Unless otherwise noted in relevant research, publications, and conference materials, all contributions are general use gifts that allow SIPA and its Center on Global Energy Policy discretion in how the funds are allocated. Consistent with the University’s robust review and approval of all funding, certain gifts must be reviewed by the relevant University committees, including the Institutional Conflict of Interest Committee and International Gift Review Committee. More information on these policies is available via the University’s Office of Research Compliance and Training and the Office of Alumni and Development.

Note: Leadership Annual Circle members consist of those foundations, corporations, and individual donors that have made: (i) an annual commitment of $200,000 or more; or (ii) a multiyear, aggregate commitment in excess of $500,000. Sustaining Annual Circle members consist of those foundations, corporations, and individual donors that have made an annual commitment of $1,000 or more.