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Kelly Sims Gallagher

Associate Professor of Energy and Environmental Policy

Education

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

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.

Biography

Kelly Sims Gallagher is Associate Professor of Energy and Environmental Policy at The Fletcher School. She is a faculty associate of the Center for International Environment and Resource Policy’s (CIERP), and its Energy, Climate, and Innovation (ECI) research program. She is also Senior Research Associate and a member of the Board of Directors of 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 at Tufts University, and an AB from Occidental College. She speaks Spanish and basic Mandarin Chinese. She 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.

Programs & Centers

• Center for Environmental and Resource Policy

Courses

Fall 2009

• DHP P254 - Climate Change Policy

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.

Selected Publications

Books

• Gallagher, Kelly Sims (ed.) 2009, Acting in Time on Energy Policy, Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, May.
• Gallagher, Kelly Sims 2006, China Shifts Gears: Automakers, Oil, Pollution, and Development, Cambridge: The MIT Press, July.
• Gallagher, Kelly Sims 2007, China Shifts Gears: Automakers, Oil, Pollution, and Development, Beijing: Tsinghua University Press, May (Chinese edition).

Journal articles and book chapters

• Gallagher, Kelly Sims 2009, “Global Giant: Is China Changing the Rules of the Game?” in Paus, Eva, Prime, Penelope, and Jon Western, The Rise of China: Global Implications, Palgrave MacMillan, New York.
• Pan, Jiahua and Kelly Sims Gallagher 2009, “Global Warming: The Road to Restraint,” in Gu Guoliang and Richard Rosecrance, Power and Restraint: A Shared Visions of the U.S. China Relationship, Public Affairs, New York: 119-136.
• Collantes, Gustavo and Kelly Sims Gallagher 2009, “Transportation-Specific Challenges for Climate Policy,” in Sperling, Daniel and James S. Cannon (eds), Reducing Climate Impacts in the Transportation Sector, Springer Press: 159-172.
• Gallagher, Kelly Sims 2009, “Oil and Natural Gas” in Pong, David, Encyclopedia of Modern China, Charles Scribner’s Sons and Thompson and Gale: Detroit.
• Gallagher, Kelly Sims 2009, “Electricity Generation” in Pong, David, Encyclopedia of Modern China, Charles Scribner’s Sons and Thompson and Gale: Detroit.
• Gallagher, Kelly Sims 2008, “Foreign Direct Investment and Clean Technology Leapfrogging in China,” in Gallagher, Kevin P. (ed) Handbook on Trade and Environment, Edward Elgar: Cheltenham, 147-155.
• Zhao, Lifeng, Xiao, Yunhan, Gallagher, Kelly Sims, Wang, Bo and Xu Xiang 2008, “Economic Assessment of Deploying Advanced Coal Power Technologies in the Chinese Context,” Energy Policy, Vol. 36, No. 7: 2709-2718.
• Gallagher, Kelly Sims 2007, “China’s Place in the Sun,” Current History, November/December.
• Zhao, Lifeng and Kelly Sims Gallagher 2007, “Research, Development, Demonstration, and Early Deployment Policies for Advanced Coal Technologies in China,” Energy Policy, Vol. 35, 6467-6477.
• Gallagher, Kelly Sims, Holdren, John P., and Ambuj D. Sagar 2006, “Energy-Technology Innovation,” Annual Review of Environment and Resources, Vol. 31.
• Gallagher, Kelly Sims 2006, “Limits to Leapfrogging in Energy Technologies: Evidence from the Chinese Automobile Industry,” Energy Policy, Vol. 34, No. 4, pp. 383-394.

Research Papers and Reports

• Anadon, Laura Diaz, Kelly Sims Gallagher, and Matthew Bunn. DOE FY 2010 Budget Request and Recovery Act Funding for Energy Research, Development, Demonstration, and Deployment: Analysis and Recommendations. Cambridge, Mass.: Report for Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School, June 25.
• Oliver, Hongyan H., Kelly Sims Gallagher, Donglian Tian, and Jinhua Zhang 2009, “China’s Fuel Economy Standards for Passenger Vehicles: Rationale, Policy Process, and Impacts." Discussion Paper, Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School, March.
• 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.