Jennie C. Stephens
Affiliated Faculty, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Dean’s Professor of Sustainability Science and Policy and Director, School for Public Policy and Urban Affairs
Contact
- j.stephens@northeastern.edu
- 360C RP
360 Huntington Avenue
Boston, Massachusetts 02115
Office
- 617.373.8341
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Research Focus
Renewable energy transformation, reducing fossil fuel reliance, energy resilience, energy democracy, climate engineering, gender & energy, integrating social justice with climate and energy innovations
Research Overview
Renewable energy transformation, reducing fossil fuel reliance, energy resilience, energy democracy, climate engineering, gender & energy, integrating social justice with climate and energy innovations
Selected Research Projects
- Power in Puerto Rico: Sociotechnical Imaginaries, Infrastructure Publics, and Electricity
- – Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation
Department Research Areas
Selected Publications
- Diversifying Power: Why We Need Antiracist, Feminist Leadership on Climate and Energy (Island Press, 2020)
- J.C. Stephens, Diversifying Power: Why We Need Anti-Racist, Feminist Leadership on Climate & Energy, Island Press. Washington, DC, 2020
- J.C. Stephens, K. Surprise, The Hidden Injustices of Advancing Solar Geoengineering Research, Global Sustainability, 3, 2020, 1-6
- K.E.J. Jenkins, J.C. Stephens, T.G. Reames, D. Hernandez Towards Impactful Energy Justice Research: Transforming the Power of Academic Engagement, Energy Research and Social Science, 67, 2020
- J.C. Stephens, Energy Democracy: Redistributing Power to the People Through Renewable Transformation, Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development, 61(2), 2019, 4-13
- E. Allen, H. Lyons, J.C. Stephens, Women’s Leadership in Renewable Energy Transitions, Energy Justice and Energy Democracy: Redistributing Power, Energy Research and Social Science, 2019
- M. Burke, J.C. Stephens, Political Power and Renewable Energy Futures: A Critical Review, Energy Research & Social Science, 35, 2018, 78-93
Nov 02, 2022
2022 Stanford University Annual Assessment of Author Citations
The following COE professors are among the top scientists worldwide selected by Stanford University representing the top 2 percent of the most-cited scientists with single-year impact in various disciplines. The selection is based on the top 100,000 by c-score (with and without self-citations) or a percentile rank of 2% or above. The list below includes […]
Feb 07, 2022
Chemical Engineering Student Nominated for Truman Scholarship
Northeastern University has nominated Rachel Joseph, E’23, chemical engineering, as one out of four outstanding students for the Truman Scholarship.
Apr 20, 2021
FY22 TIER 1 Award Recipients
Congratulations to the 17 COE faculty and affiliates who were recipients of FY22 TIER 1 Interdisciplinary Research Seed Grants for 11 different projects.
Mar 21, 2019
The Potential to Power the Nation
CEE Chair Jerome Hajjar, Associate Professors Andrew Myers, Luca Caracoglia, and CCSH Professor Jennie Stephens are researching ways to build safe and effective offshore wind farms that have the capacity to power the entire country.
Sep 06, 2018
Creating an Optimal Sharing Economy
Professors Ozlem Ergun (MIE), Haris Koutsopoulos (CEE), and Jennie Stephens (CSSH/Affiliated CEE) were awarded a $99K NSF grant for a “Planning Grant: Engineering Research Center for Sharing economy – Humans, Automation, Resilience and Engineering: SHARE”.