Education

• AB, Occidental College
• MALD, The Fletcher School, Tufts University
• PhD, The Fletcher School, Tufts University

Biography

Kelly Sims Gallagher is Associate Professor of Energy and Environmental Policy at The Fletcher School, Tufts University. She directs the Energy, Climate, and Innovation (ECI) research program in the Center for International Environment and Resource Policy. She is also Senior Associate and a member of the Board of Directors of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University, where she previously directed the Energy Technology Innovation Policy (ETIP) research group. Broadly, she focuses on energy and climate policy in both the United States and China. She is particularly interested in the role of policy in spurring the development and deployment of cleaner and more efficient energy technologies, domestically and internationally. A Truman Scholar, she has a MALD and PhD in international affairs from The Fletcher School, and an AB from Occidental College. She speaks Spanish and basic Mandarin Chinese, and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Gallagher is the author of "China Shifts Gears: Automakers, Oil, Pollution, and Development" (The MIT Press 2006), editor of "Acting in Time on Energy Policy" (Brookings Institution Press 2009), and numerous academic articles and policy reports.

Professional Activities

• Director of Energy, Climate, and Innovation program in Fletcher’s Center for International Environment and Resource Policy (CIERP)
• Lead Author of the Global Energy Assessment
• Senior Associate and Member of the Board, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School
• Consultant to the U.S. Department of Energy, National Commission on Energy Policy, and China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development
• former director of the Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group at the Harvard Kennedy School
• Deputy Director of The Hitachi Center for Technology and International Affairs

Affiliations

• Center for International Environment and Resource Policy
• The Hitachi Center for Technology and International Affairs

Research Interests

• Energy and climate change policy in the United States and China
• Processes of technological innovation (especially the role of public policy) with a particular emphasis on the deployment of advanced energy technologies, including the transfer of technologies from one country to another
• The intersection of science and technology with public policy

ARTICLES
• Gallagher, K.S. and E. Muehlegger 2011, "Giving Green to Get Green? Incentives and Consumer Adoption of Hybrid Vehicle Technology," Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Vol. 61, No. 1, January: 1-15.

BOOK CHAPTERS
• Anadon, Laura Diaz, Kelly Sims Gallagher, Matthew Bunn, and Charles Jones 2009, “Tackling U.S. Energy Challenges and Opportunities: Preliminary Policy Recommendations for Enhancing Energy Innovation in The United States.” Cambridge, Mass.: Report for Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School.