• CERAWeek
  • March 18 - 22, 2024

Valerie Karplus

MIT

Assistant Professor, Global Economics and Management Group, Sloan School of Management

Valerie J. Karplus is Assistant Professor of Global Economics and Management at the MIT Sloan School of Management. Ms. Karplus studies resource and environmental management in firms operating in diverse national and industry contexts, with a focus on the role of institutions and management practices in explaining performance. She is an expert on China’s energy system, including technology and business model innovation, energy system governance, and the management of air pollution and climate change. Ms. Karplus studies the determinants of clean energy transitions in emerging markets, with projects in China, India, and Sub-Saharan Africa. From 2011 to 2015, she directed the MIT-Tsinghua China Energy and Climate Project, a five-year research effort focused on analyzing the design of energy and climate change policy in China, and its domestic and global impacts. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in biochemistry and political science from Yale University and a PhD in engineering systems from MIT.

Sessions With Valerie Karplus

Wednesday, 13 March