Climate Solutions Research Talk: Catherine Wolfram (MIT)
Climate Solutions Research Talk l A Joint Seminar presented by UBC Sauder School of Business' Strategy & Business Economics Division and the Centre for Climate and Business Solutions (CCBS)
About the speaker: Catherine Wolfram is the William Barton Rogers Professor of Energy Economics at the MIT Sloan School of Management.
She previously served as the Cora Jane Flood Professor of Business Administration at the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley.
From March 2021 to October 2022, she served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Climate and Energy Economics at the U.S. Treasury, while on leave from UC Berkeley. Since March 2025, Wolfram has served on the COP30 Ad Hoc Council of Economists and chaired a working group on climate coalitions.
Before leaving for government service, she was the Program Director of the National Bureau of Economic Research's Environment and Energy Economics Program and a Research Affiliate at the Energy Institute at Haas. Before joining the faculty at UC Berkeley, she was an Assistant Professor of Economics at Harvard.
Wolfram has published extensively on the economics of energy markets. Her work has analyzed rural electrification programs in the developing world, energy efficiency programs in the US, the effects of environmental regulation on energy markets and the impact of privatization and market restructuring in the US and UK. She is currently working on projects at the intersection of climate, energy, and trade, including work on carbon border adjustment mechanisms and oil market sanctions.
She received a PhD in economics from MIT in 1996 and an AB from Harvard in 1989.
This session is part of the Climate Solutions Research Talk series hosted by the UBC Sauder Centre for Climate and Business Solutions, highlighting researchers who are shaping new models for business and sustainability.
In-Person Option Available (Limited Seating)
A small number of in-person spots are available at UBC Sauder School of Business (Vancouver campus). Priority will be given to researchers. Please email [email protected] if you’re interested in attending in person.