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Samuel Stolper

Sam Stolper
Assistant Professor
Environmental Policy and Planning
Climate + Energy
Water
Cities + Mobility + Built Environment
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Sam Stolper is an environmental and energy economist. His research, teaching, and writing are aimed at the design of equitable and efficient environmental, energy, and climate policy. He teaches courses on this subject to graduate students at SEAS as well as undergraduates in the Program in the Environment (PitE). He also serves as a member of the Governor of Michigan's Council on Climate Solutions. Prior to joining SEAS, Sam was a postdoctoral associate at MIT; he received a Ph.D. in public policy in 2016 from Harvard University and a B.S. in biomedical engineering in 2006 from Brown University.

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Research

"Using Machine Learning to Target Treatment: The Case of Household Energy Use", with Christopher Knittel. Conditionally accepted, Economic Journal.

Stolper, Samuel, Michael Moore, and Timothy Arvan (2024). "The Promise and Peril of Carbon Neutrality Goals." Review of Environmental Economics and Policy 18(1): 88-95.

Jacobson, Sarah, Amy Ando, Titus Awokuse, Nathan Chan, Jimena González-Ramírez, Sumeet Gulati, Matthew Interis, Dale Manning, and Samuel Stolper (2024). “Addressing systemic racism in environmental and resource economics.” Review of Environmental Economics and Policy 18(1): 143-164.

Hausman, Catherine and Samuel Stolper (2021). "Inequality, Information Failures, and Air Pollution." Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 110: 102552.

Education

PhD, Harvard University (public policy)

BS, Brown University (biomedical engineering)

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Faculty Affiliate, UM SEAS Center for Sustainable Systems
External Faculty Affiliate, MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research

In the News
Wheelock
April 21, 2022

Meet the Future of Environmental Policy and Planning: Amanda Wheelock (MS ’22)

After graduating in 2013 with a degree in human geography from Dartmouth, Amanda Wheelock (MS ’22) started working as an outdoor educator. It was during this time that...

Children skateboarding near factory
January 19, 2022

Lack of information related to pollution exposure key issue for low-income households

ANN ARBOR—A lack of information is an often overlooked but important cause of pollution exposure among low-income households or communities of color, according to...

Council on Climate Solutions
February 3, 2021

Gov. Whitmer Appoints SEAS Faculty and Alumni to Council on Climate Solutions

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has announced appointments to the new Council on Climate Solutions, which include SEAS faculty members and alumni: Dean Jonathan Overpeck, Professor...

In the Media
05/22/2024
Samuel Stolper
Parth Vaishnav
Northern Michiganders are getting off propane — and on to natural gas (Grist)
07/05/2022
Samuel Stolper
Why a gas tax holiday might not be something to celebrate (NPR)
02/26/2022
Samuel Stolper
Lack of info about pollution harms low-income, communities of color more, study says (MLive.com)
05/03/2021
Samuel Stolper
Student government announces winners of 2021 Superior Teaching and Outstanding GSI awards!
04/01/2019
Samuel Stolper
Self-driving cars may need more fuel than previously thought." E&E News.
12/01/2018
Samuel Stolper
Justice, Economics, and the Environment Walk into a Bar… A Conversation with Dr. Sam Stolper
03/01/2017
Samuel Stolper
“More states considering renewable fuel mandates.” Climate Wire
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