Subhrendu K. Pattanayak

About

Subhrendu K. Pattanayak is the Oak Foundation Distinguished Professor of Environmental and Energy Policy at the Sanford School of Public Policy. He also holds faculty positions in the Department of Economics and the Division of Environmental Social Systems at Duke University. Additionally, he is an affiliate of the Duke Center for International Development and a Faculty Research Scholar of DuPRI's Population Research Center. His work involves exploring innovative solutions to environmental and energy challenges, with a focus on improving lives in developing regions. For example, he has contributed to discussions on how upgrading stoves in rural Kenya can simultaneously enhance living conditions and combat climate change, demonstrating his commitment to research that addresses global environmental issues and sustainable development.

Research topics

• Economics
• Engineering
• Economic growth
• Mechanical engineering
• Agricultural economics
• Econometrics
• Natural resource economics
• Business
• Environmental economics

Selected publications

• Is energy the golden thread? A systematic review of the impacts of modern and traditional energy use in low- and middle-income countries

  Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews · 2020 · 135 citations

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• Do improved cookstoves save time and improve gender outcomes? Evidence from six developing countries

  Energy Economics · 2021 · 88 citations

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• Critical mineral mining in the energy transition: A systematic review of environmental, social, and governance risks and opportunities

  Energy Research & Social Science · 2024-07-21 · 74 citations

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• Frameworks, methods and evidence connecting modern domestic energy services and gender empowerment

  Nature Energy · 2023-04-06 · 45 citations

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• Gender empowerment and energy access: evidence from seven countries

  Environmental Research Letters · 2023-03-09 · 34 citations

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  Abstract Gender equity is connected to modern energy services in many ways, but quantitative empirical work on these connections is limited. We examine the relationship between a multi-dimensional measure of women’s empowerment and access to improved cookstoves, clean fuels, and electricity. We use the World Bank Multi-Tier Framework survey datasets from seven countries that include almost 25 000 households in Africa and Asia. First, we apply principal component analysis to construct a household…

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Frequent coauthors

• Marc Jeuland

  Duke University

  88 shared

• Erin O. Sills

  72 shared

• Jui‐Chen Yang

  Clinical Research Institute

  44 shared

• Christine Poulos

  RTI Health Solutions

  25 shared

• Paul J. Ferraro

  Johns Hopkins University

  21 shared

• Sumeet Patil

  20 shared

• Ralf Seppelt

  Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg

  20 shared

• Aletta Bonn

  Friedrich Schiller University Jena

  20 shared

Education

• Ph.D., Public Policy and Management

  Carnegie Mellon University

  1999

• M.S., Public Policy and Management

  Carnegie Mellon University

  1995

• B.A., Political Science

  University of Calcutta

  1991

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