MIT Sloan Sustainability Initiative

Our Faculty + Researchers

The Sustainability Initiative builds on world-class teaching, research, and engagement by faculty across MIT. These scholars propel innovation in products and services, management practices, business models, market infrastructure and institutions, and public policy. The faculty and researchers on this page showcases the powerful ecosystem we have fostered of sustainability leaders fueling action nationally and globally.

Meet our affiliated faculty & researchers:

MIT faculty members that teach Sustainability Certificate required and elective courses, and collaborators affiliated with our research projects:

John A. Davis

John A. Davis

Senior Lecturer, Global Economics and Management

John A. Davis is a Senior Lecturer in Family Enterprise at the MIT Sloan School of Management. He is a globally recognized pioneer and authority on issues related to the family enterprise, family wealth, and the family office. Since the 1970s, he…

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Jason Jay

Jason Jay

Senior Lecturer, Director, Sustainability Initiative, PhD '05

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Christopher Knittel

Christopher Knittel

Associate Dean for Climate and Sustainability

Christopher Knittel is the Associate Dean for Climate and Sustainability, the George P. Shultz Professor and a Professor of Applied Economics at the MIT Sloan School of Management. Prior to MIT Sloan, Knittel taught at the University of California,…

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Harvey Michaels

Harvey Michaels

Senior Lecturer, System Dynamics and Information Technology

Harvey Michaels is an MIT Sloan Lecturer who teaches Energy Management Innovation, and is Principal Investigator for the MIT ESI Cities and Climate Change Program. At MIT he leads the Clean Heat Systems Dynamics Project, and participated in several…

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Bethany Patten

Bethany Patten

Senior Lecturer, Sustainability; Executive Director, MIT Climate Policy Center

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Gita R. Rao

Gita R. Rao

Senior Lecturer, Finance

Gita Rao is a Senior Lecturer in Finance, and Associate Faculty Director of the Master of Finance program at the MIT Sloan School of Management. She joined the MIT Sloan finance faculty with over two decades of experience in global investing, asset…

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Aggregate Confusion Project Leadership Team

Florian Berg

Florian Berg

Co-Founder, Principal Research Scientist

Principal Research Scientist, MIT Sloan School of Management

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Jason Jay

Jason Jay

Co-Founder

Senior Lecturer, Director, MIT Sloan Sustainability Initiative, PhD '05

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Julian Kolbel

Julian Kölbel

Co-Founder, Research Affiliate

Assistant Professor for Sustainable Finance, University of St. Gallen

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Roberto Rigobon

Roberto Rigobon

Society of Sloan Fellows Professor of Management

Roberto Rigobon is the Society of Sloan Fellows Professor of Management and a Professor of Applied Economics at the MIT Sloan School of Management. He is also a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research, a member of the Census…

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Researchers

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Florian Heeb

Postdoctoral Associate

Postdoctoral Researcher, MIT Sloan School of Management

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Aneil Tripathy

MCSC Impact Fellow

Impact Fellow at MIT Climate & Sustainability Consortium (MCSC)

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Esther Kohler

Postdoctoral Associate

Postdoctoral Researcher, MIT Sloan School of Management

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Lajos Kossuth

Postdoctoral Associate

Postdoctoral Researcher, MIT Sloan School of Management

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Isabella Loaiza

Postdoctoral Associate

Postdoctoral Researcher, MIT Sloan School of Management

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Giulia Crippa

Researcher

Visiting PhD Student from Princeton University

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MIT Climate Pathways Project Leadership

John D. Sterman

John D. Sterman

Jay W. Forrester Professor of Management

Bethany Patten

Bethany Patten

Senior Lecturer, Sustainability; Executive Director, MIT Climate Policy Center

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Krystal

Krystal Noiseux

Senior Associate Director, MIT Climate Pathways Project

Drew Jones

Andrew Jones

Executive Director, Climate Interactive; MIT Sloan Research Affiliate; MS '97

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Michael Sonnenfeldt

Michael Sonnenfeldt

Founder, Chairman, MUUS & Company, Tiger21, SB ’77, SM ’78

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Ben Wolkon

Benjamin Wolkon

Founding Partner, MUUS Climate Partners

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Researchers and Affiliates

Jason Jay

Senior Lecturer, Work and Organization Studies

Florian Kapmeier

Florian Kapmeier

Professor of Strategy at ESB Business School; MIT Sloan Research Affiliate

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Curt Newton

Director, MIT OpenCourseWare

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Sophia Lee

Data and Communications Co-op, MIT Climate Policy Center

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Shannon Abrams

Data and Communications Co-op, MIT Climate Policy Center

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Hadley Timmermann

Summer Intern, MIT Climate Pathways Project

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Owning Impact Project Team

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Kirsten Andersen

Research Affiliate, Director of Applied Research, CSP North America

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Sam Bonsey

Sam Bonsey

Chair, Supervisory Board, TransCap Initiative

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Courtney Collette

Courtney Collette

Partner, Cambridge Family Enterprise Group

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Jess Daggers

Research Affiliate, Head of Research, TransCap Initiative

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John A. Davis

John A. Davis

Senior Lecturer, Global Economics and Management

John A. Davis is a Senior Lecturer in Family Enterprise at the MIT Sloan School of Management. He is a globally recognized pioneer and authority on issues related to the family enterprise, family wealth, and the family office. Since the 1970s, he…

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Temple Fennell

Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Clean Energy Ventures

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Alessandro Fumi

Research Assistant, MBA '25

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Jonathan Harris

Research Affiliate, Director, Total Portfolio Project, University of Zurich CSP

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Dominic Hofstetter

Executive Director, TransCap Initiative

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Jason Jay

Senior Lecturer, Work and Organization Studies

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Hibah Khan

Research Assistant, MBA '25

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Falko

Falko Paetzold

Research Affiliate, Managing Director, University of Zurich CSP

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Idongesit Sampson

Research Scientist

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Alban Yau

Alban Yau

Research Affiliate, MIT SDM '23

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