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Joyashree Roy (born 1 October 1957)[1] is an Indian[2] economist, energy, and climate scientist. She appointed to the newly established Bangabandhu Chair at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) in 2018.[3]

Life

Roy earned a doctorate degree from Jadavpur University.[3] She was an Indian Council of Social Sciences Research fellow and a Ford Foundation postdoctoral fellow at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.[3] At Jadavpur University, she worked in the department of economics.[3]

The Bangabandhu Chair in Sustainable Energy was officially inaugurated on March 15, 2018 following the signing of a letter of intent between the Asian Institute of Technology and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of Bangladesh.[4]

Work

Roy's takes a holistic approach to sustainable energy research, as she links is to policy making, and has stressed the global and multi-sector nature of the climate crisis.

Roy is one of the authors of the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report (2007),[5] a panel which won the Nobel Peace Prize.[4] She is also one of the authors of the IPCC Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5 °C (2018).[2]

Selected publications

  • J. Roy: The rebound effect: some empirical evidence from India. In: Energy Policy. Band 28, Nr. 6–7, 2000, S. 433–438.
  • E. Worrell, L. Bernstein, J. Roy, L. Price und J. Harnisch: Industrial energy efficiency and climate change mitigation. In: Energy Efficiency. Band 2, Nr. 2, 2009, S. 109.
  • S. Dasgupta und J. Roy: Understanding technological progress and input price as drivers of energy demand in manufacturing industries in India. In: Energy Policy. Band 83, 2015, S. 1–13.

References

  1. Curriculum Vita, Joyashree, Roy.
  2. 2.0 2.1 IPCC Authors (beta). archive.ipcc.ch. Retrieved 2021-04-05.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Prof Joyashree Roy joins AIT as Bangabandhu Chair Professor. Asian Institute of Technology(2018-08-20). Retrieved 2021-04-05.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Bangabandhu Chair inaugurated at AIT. Asian Institute of Technology(2018-03-17). Retrieved 2021-04-05.
  5. Bangabandhu Chair Professor, Prof. Joyashree Roy Joined the EECC Department. Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Change. Retrieved 2021-04-05.

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