Joyashree Roy

Joyashree Roy (born 1 October 1957)^[1] is an Indian economist, energy and climate scientist.^[2] She is the inaugural Professor at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) and was appointed to the Bangabandhu Chair on Sustainable Energy in 2018.^[3] She also lectures at the Institute's Department of Energy, Environment, and Climate.

Early life and education[]

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 on 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]

Career[]

Roy takes a holistic approach to sustainable energy research, linking it to policy making as she stresses 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).^[6]

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.