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October 9, 2025 • 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm edt

Exploring Energy Careers: Insights and Connections

*Registration is closed for this event. The Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University SIPA's Women in Energy initiative, in collaboration with the Columbia Policy Institute, invites...

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Columbia SIPA
Exploring Energy Careers: Insights and Connections

Qëndresa Krasniqi

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Qëndresa Krasniqi is a Research Associate at Columbia University’s Center on Global Energy Policy. Her work focuses on climate-induced energy insecurity, utility affordability, and regulatory reform. Her research examines how extreme weather, power outages, and high energy burdens affect historically marginalized communities. She conducts research and coordinates cross-sector convenings to develop policy recommendations that inform grid modernization, emergency response, and utility rate-setting with equity and affordability at the center. Qëndresa also holds a concurrent role at Columbia Climate School’s National Center for Disaster Preparedness (NCDP), where she works on vulnerability metrics, hazard projections, rural disaster risk, and equity-informed emergency planning.

Qëndresa holds a Master of Public Administration in Development Practice from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs, and a Bachelor of Arts in Financial Economics from Methodist University. Previously, she has taught economics and worked on policy analysis and mixed-methods research with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the World Food Programme (WFP), and the European Stability Initiative (ESI).

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