Research

2024

Mapping Just Transition in NDCs: An Overview

A. Touré; M. Aklin 

2024

The spatial and economic footprint of the coal industry on rural livelihoods in Jharkhand, India

S. Pelz; A. Krumm; M. Aklin; V. Nandan; J. Urpelainen 

Energy Policy. 2024. Vol. 186, p. 113973. DOI : 10.1016/j.enpol.2023.113973.

2023

The Politics of Sustainability: Energy Efficiency, Carbon Pricing, and the Circular Economy

M. Aklin; P. Bayer 

Handbook on the Geopolitics of the Energy Transition; Cheltenham Glos, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2023.

Location is a major barrier for transferring US fossil fuel employment to green jobs

J. Lim; M. Aklin; M. R. Frank 

Nature Communications. 2023. Vol. 14, num. 1. DOI : 10.1038/s41467-023-41133-9.

Twisting in the Wind: The Politics of Tepid Transitions to Renewable Energy

M. Aklin 

Perspective on Politics. 2023. 

2022

Enable a just transition for American fossil fuel workers through federal action

M. Aklin; J. Urpelainen 

2022.

Targeting Agricultural Electricity Subsidies in Haryana

A. Viswamohanan; S. Shruti; M. Aklin; T. Moerenhout 

2022

Jobs for a just transition: Evidence on coal job preferences from India

B. Blankenship; M. Aklin; J. Urpelainen; V. Nandan 

Energy Policy. 2022. Vol. 165, p. 112910. DOI : 10.1016/j.enpol.2022.112910.

Political Economies of Energy Transition: Wind and Solar Power in Brazil and South Africa

M. Aklin 

Political Science Quarterly. 2022. Vol. 137, num. 2, p. 424 – 426. DOI : 10.1002/polq.13323.

Jharkhand Rural Energy Access: Enduring Challenges in Quality, Affordability, and Billing

B. Diksha; M. Aklin; B. Blankenship; V. Nanda; J. Urpelainen 

2022

Power Shifts, Emigration, and Population Sorting

M. Aklin; V. Eichenauer 

2022

Inflation concerns and mass preferences over exchange‐rate policy

M. Aklin; E. Arias; J. Gray 

Economics & Politics. 2022. Vol. 34, num. 1, p. 5 – 40. DOI : 10.1111/ecpo.12176.

Supply preferences and productive electricity use constraints among micro and small enterprises in Bihar, India

S. Pelz; M. Aklin; J. Urpelainen 

Energy for Sustainable Development. 2022. Vol. 67, p. 151 – 162. DOI : 10.1016/j.esd.2022.01.004.

Renewable Energy, Energy Poverty, and Climate Change

M. Aklin 

The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Environmental Politics; New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2022. p. 658 – 678.

2021

How to Target LPG Subsidies in India: Step 2. Evaluating policy options in Jharkhand

S. Sharma; T. Moerenhout; M. Aklin; K. Bajaj 

2021

Does Central Bank Independence Increase Inequality?

M. Aklin; A. Kern; M. Negre 

2021

The hedonic treadmill: Electricity access in India has increased, but so have expectations

M. Aklin; N. Chindarkar; J. Urpelainen; A. Jain; K. Ganesan 

Energy Policy. 2021. Vol. 156, p. 112391. DOI : 10.1016/j.enpol.2021.112391.

The great equalizer: Inequality in tribal energy access and policies to address it

M. Aklin; B. Blankenship; V. Nandan; J. Urpelainen 

Energy Research & Social Science. 2021. Vol. 79, p. 102132. DOI : 10.1016/j.erss.2021.102132.

Do high electricity bills undermine public support for renewables? Evidence from the European Union

M. Aklin 

Energy Policy. 2021. Vol. 156, p. 112400. DOI : 10.1016/j.enpol.2021.112400.

Inequality in policy implementation: caste and electrification in rural India

M. Aklin; C-Y. Cheng; J. Urpelainen 

Journal of Public Policy. 2021. Vol. 41, num. 2, p. 331 – 359. DOI : 10.1017/S0143814X20000045.

The off-grid catch-22: Effective institutions as a prerequisite for the global deployment of distributed renewable power

M. Aklin 

Energy Research & Social Science. 2021. Vol. 72, p. 101830. DOI : 10.1016/j.erss.2020.101830.

The evolving role of solar-based lighting solutions in rural India: Global lessons for distributed renewables

M. Aklin; J. Urpelainen 

Energy for Sustainable Development. 2021. Vol. 63, p. 113 – 118. DOI : 10.1016/j.esd.2021.05.009.

Electrification and productive use among micro- and small-enterprises in rural North India

S. Pelz; M. Aklin; J. Urpelainen 

Energy Policy. 2021. Vol. 156, p. 112401. DOI : 10.1016/j.enpol.2021.112401.

The Side Effects of Central Bank Independence

M. Aklin; A. Kern 

American Journal of Political Science. 2021. Vol. 65, num. 4, p. 971 – 987. DOI : 10.1111/ajps.12580.

2020

Le mieux est l’ennemi du bien: les bienfaits de la loi sur le CO2 compensent ses carences

M. Aklin 

2020.

How to Target Residential Electricity Subsidies in India: Step 2. Evaluating policy options in the State of Jharkhand

S. Sharma; T. Moerenhout; M. Aklin 

2020

The European Union Emissions Trading System reduced CO 2 emissions despite low prices

P. Bayer; M. Aklin 

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2020. Vol. 117, num. 16, p. 8804 – 8812. DOI : 10.1073/pnas.1918128117.

Trials and tribulations: Lost energy access gains in rural India

M. Aklin; J. Urpelainen 

Energy for Sustainable Development. 2020. Vol. 55, p. 190 – 200. DOI : 10.1016/j.esd.2020.01.002.

Prisoners of the Wrong Dilemma: Why Distributive Conflict, Not Collective Action, Characterizes the Politics of Climate Change

M. Aklin; M. Mildenberger 

Global Environmental Politics. 2020. Vol. 20, num. 4, p. 4 – 27. DOI : 10.1162/glep_a_00578.

2019

Global Progress in Electrification

M. Aklin 

2019

Evidence of gender inequality in energy use from a mixed-methods study in India

M. Rosenberg; D. E. Armanios; M. Aklin; P. Jaramillo 

Nature Sustainability. 2019. Vol. 3, num. 2, p. 110 – 118. DOI : 10.1038/s41893-019-0447-3.

Moral Hazard and Financial Crises: Evidence from American Troop Deployments

M. Aklin; A. Kern 

International Studies Quarterly. 2019. Vol. 63, num. 1, p. 15 – 29. DOI : 10.1093/isq/sqy047.

2018

Middle-Income Countries Big Winner from Off-Grid Energy. Who’s Next?

M. Aklin 

2018.

Six Nuclear Reactors Worth of Off-Grid Renewable Energy Deployed in Last 10 Years – But Sub-Saharan Africa Lagging

M. Aklin 

2018.

How India’s impressive electrification compares with South Asian nations

M. Aklin 

2018.

Social acceptance of new energy technology in developing countries: A framing experiment in rural India

M. Aklin; C-Y. Cheng; J. Urpelainen 

Energy Policy. 2018. Vol. 113, p. 466 – 477. DOI : 10.1016/j.enpol.2017.10.059.

International Relations Theories and Climate Change Politics

M. Aklin 

Global climate policy : actors, concepts, and enduring challenges; Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 2018.

How robust is the renewable energy industry to political shocks? Evidence from the 2016 U.S. elections

M. Aklin 

Business and Politics. 2018. Vol. 20, num. 4, p. 523 – 552. DOI : 10.1017/bap.2018.15.

A global analysis of progress in household electrification

M. Aklin; S. Harish; J. Urpelainen 

Energy Policy. 2018. Vol. 122, p. 421 – 428. DOI : 10.1016/j.enpol.2018.07.018.

Renewables: the politics of a global energy transition

M. Aklin; J. Urpelainen 

Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press, 2018.

Escaping the energy poverty trap: when and how governments power the lives of the poor

 

Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2018.

Economics of household technology adoption in developing countries: Evidence from solar technology adoption in rural India

M. Aklin; P. Bayer; S. Harish; J. Urpelainen 

Energy Economics. 2018. Vol. 72, p. 35 – 46. DOI : 10.1016/j.eneco.2018.02.011.

Geography, community, household: Adoption of distributed solar power across India

M. Aklin; C-y. Cheng; J. Urpelainen 

Energy for Sustainable Development. 2018. Vol. 42, p. 54 – 63. DOI : 10.1016/j.esd.2017.09.010.

2017

Off-grid power not a silver bullet for rural India

M. Aklin 

2017.

Off-grid solar power and the future of rural electrification in India

M. Aklin; P. Bayer; S. Harish; J. Urpelainen 

2017.

Does basic energy access generate socioeconomic benefits? A field experiment with off-grid solar power in India

M. Aklin; P. Bayer; S. P. Harish; J. Urpelainen 

Science Advances. 2017. Vol. 3, num. 5. DOI : 10.1126/sciadv.1602153.

Small off-Grid solar systems displace kerosene, but evidence for social and economic impact remain weak

M. Aklin; P. Bayer; S. Harish; J. Urpelainen 

2017

2016

Factors affecting household satisfaction with electricity supply in rural India

M. Aklin; C-y. Cheng; J. Urpelainen; K. Ganesan; A. Jain 

Nature Energy. 2016. Vol. 1, num. 11. DOI : 10.1038/nenergy.2016.170.

Re-exploring the Trade and Environment Nexus Through the Diffusion of Pollution

M. Aklin 

Environmental and Resource Economics. 2016. Vol. 64, num. 4, p. 663 – 682. DOI : 10.1007/s10640-015-9893-1.

2015

Can solar micro-grids deliver basic electricity access in Indian villages?

M. Aklin; P. Bayer; S. Harish; J. Urpelainen 

2015.

Domestic Politics of Trade Policy

M. Aklin; E. Arias; E. Deniz; B. Peter Rosendorff 

Emerging Trends in the Social and Behavioral Sciences; Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, 2015.

Quantifying slum electrification in India and explaining local variation

M. Aklin; P. Bayer; S. Harish; J. Urpelainen 

Energy. 2015. Vol. 80, p. 203 – 212. DOI : 10.1016/j.energy.2014.11.063.

Access to Clean Cooking Energy and Electricity : Survey of States

A. Jain; S. Ray; K. Ganesan; M. Aklin; C-Y. Cheng et al. 

2015

The political economy of energy access: Survey evidence from India on state intervention and public opinion

M. Aklin; P. Bayer; S. Harish; J. Urpelainen 

Energy Research & Social Science. 2015. Vol. 10, p. 250 – 258. DOI : 10.1016/j.erss.2015.07.006.

2014

La Suisse doit reprendre l’initiative en Europe avec une politique énergétique proactive

M. Aklin 

2014.

How (not) to talk about climate change

M. Aklin; J. Urpelainen 

2014.

Who blames corruption for the poor enforcement of environmental laws? Survey evidence from Brazil

M. Aklin; P. Bayer; S. P. Harish; J. Urpelainen 

Environmental Economics and Policy Studies. 2014. Vol. 16, num. 3, p. 241 – 262. DOI : 10.1007/s10018-014-0076-z.

The Global Spread of Environmental Ministries: Domestic-International Interactions

M. Aklin; J. Urpelainen 

International Studies Quarterly. 2014. Vol. 58, num. 4, p. 764 – 780. DOI : 10.1111/isqu.12119.

Perceptions of scientific dissent undermine public support for environmental policy

M. Aklin; J. Urpelainen 

Environmental Science & Policy. 2014. Vol. 38, p. 173 – 177. DOI : 10.1016/j.envsci.2013.10.006.

Information and energy policy preferences: a survey experiment on public opinion about electricity pricing reform in rural India

M. Aklin; P. Bayer; S. P. Harish; J. Urpelainen 

Economics of Governance. 2014. Vol. 15, num. 4, p. 305 – 327. DOI : 10.1007/s10101-014-0146-5.

2013

Debating clean energy: Frames, counter frames, and audiences

M. Aklin; J. Urpelainen 

Global Environmental Change. 2013. Vol. 23, num. 5, p. 1225 – 1232. DOI : 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2013.03.007.

Political Competition, Path Dependence, and the Strategy of Sustainable Energy Transitions

M. Aklin; J. Urpelainen 

American Journal of Political Science. 2013. Vol. 57, num. 3, p. 643 – 658. DOI : 10.1111/ajps.12002.

Understanding environmental policy preferences: New evidence from Brazil

M. Aklin; P. Bayer; S. Harish; J. Urpelainen 

Ecological Economics. 2013. Vol. 94, p. 28 – 36. DOI : 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2013.05.012.