For Immediate Release:
September 9, 2011
Contact: Jennifer Nash
617-495-9379
Joseph Aldy to Chair Regulatory Policy Program
at Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government
CAMBRIDGE, MA—Joseph Aldy, Assistant Professor of Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy
School, Nonresident Fellow at Resources for the Future, and a Faculty Research Fellow at the
National Bureau of Economic Research, has been named Faculty Chair of the Regulatory Policy
Program at the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government (M-RCBG).
“Joe’s talents as a scholar, and his experience advising the White House about energy and
environmental policy, make him the ideal person for this job,” said Lawrence Summers, the
center’s Director and Charles W. Eliot University Professor of Harvard University. “Regulation
is a core area of research and engagement for M-RCBG and Harvard Kennedy School overall,”
explained John Haigh, the center’s Co-Director and Executive Dean of Harvard Kennedy School.
“We are absolutely delighted that Joe has agreed to lead this important program.”
Prof. Aldy’s research focuses on climate change policy, energy policy, and mortality risk
valuation. In 2009-2010, he served as the Special Assistant to the President for Energy and
Environment, reporting through both the National Economic Council and the Office of Energy
and Climate Change at the White House.
“The Regulatory Policy Program will serve as the hub of regulation-related research activities at
the Harvard Kennedy School and will engage scholars across the University to identify the most
effective ways to design, implement, and evaluate regulatory policy,” explained Aldy.
Aldy was a Fellow at Resources for the Future from 2005 to 2008 and served on the staff of the
President’s Council of Economic Advisers from 1997 to 2000. He also served as the Co-Director
of the Harvard Project on International Climate Agreements, Co-Director of the International
Energy Workshop, and Treasurer for the Association of Environmental and Resource
Economists before joining the Obama Administration. He holds a PhD in economics from
Harvard University, a Master of Environmental Management degree from the Nicholas School of
the Environment, and a BA from Duke University.