Workshops

The Energy Workshop is an interdisciplinary research seminar in which faculty and advanced graduate students from the University of Chicago, as well as outside speakers, present original research on topics related to energy. These Workshops are held periodically and usually meet in Chicago Booth's Charles M. Harper Center.

Upcoming Workshops

NOTE:  NEW DATE AND PLACE

The Effect of Gasoline Price Changes on Consumer Demand for Fuel Economy:  Empirical Estimates and Policy Implications (PDF)
James M. Sallee, Harris School
Wednesday, May 26, at 3:30 p.m.
Charles M. Harper Center, Room 3SW

Previous Workshops

Energy Use and Greenhouse Gas Budgets of Small, Diversified Farms:  Whole-farm Case Studies (PDF)
Pamela Martin, Department of Geophysical Sciences

Development of a Solar Energy Storage System (PDF)
Lauren Mets, Department of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology

CIM-EARTH Project: Rationale, Status, and Plans (PDF)
Ian Foster, Liz Moyer, The University of Chicago, and Ken Judd, Hoover Institute

The Importance and Challenges of Incorporating Investment Uncertainty into Energy Policy Models (PDF)
John Birge, The University of Chicago Booth School of Business

Distributional Effects of Energy Policy in General Equilibrium (PDF)
Don Fullerton, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Energy Demand and the Urban Heat Island (PDF)
 John Frederick, The University of Chicago

The Design of a Carbon Tax (PDF)
David Weisbach, The University of Chicago

Cost, Conflict and Climate: U.S. Challenges in the World Oil Market (PDF)
Severin Borenstein, University of California, Berkeley

Oil Consumption and Major Power Relations
Charlie Glaser, The University of Chicago

Ecological Asset Mapping of Grassland Ecosystems
Justin Borevitz, The University of Chicago