Many of Fuqua’s faculty members are teaching and conducting research on Energy & Environment topics like climate risk, environmental decision-making, ESG financial performance, and sustainable operations.
Manuel Adelino
Finance
EDGE-related research interests: understanding the role of credit and subsidies in the cost of financing green buildings; examining the effects of easier financing access on the energy-intensity of housing; identifying how changes in the firm’s cost of capital affect investments in cleaner assets
David Brown
Decision Sciences
EDGE-related research interests: AI for grid operations, grid-enhancing technologies, design of energy management systems, adoption of carbon abatement technologies
Rick Larrick
Management & Organization
EDGE-related research interests: understanding how consumers make environmental decisions such as assessing decisions to purchase fuel-efficient vehicles or make lower-emission food choices
Kevin Shang
Operations Management
EDGE-related research interests: pricing strategies for electric vehicle (EV) charging; electricity pricing and energy/storage investment; green-aware AI operations
Sim Sitkin
Management & Organization
EDGE-related research interests: trust (e.g., in science and government agencies), leadership, and the pursuit of stretch goals
Peng Sun
Decision Sciences
EDGE-related research interests: designing incentive compatible environmental policies in dynamic settings, energy and sustainability
Robert Swinney
Operations Management
EDGE-related research interests: understanding how to build more resilient, sustainable, and socially responsible supply chains
Dan Vermeer
Operations Management
EDGE-related research interests: energy transition, ocean innovation, and the environmental and social footprint of AI
Kimberly Wade-Benzoni
Management & Organization
EDGE-related research interests: the role of legacy motivation in decisions that affect future generations
Chris Wedding
Executive-in-Residence
EDGE-related research interests: understanding best practices, alternative models, and market gaps in financing and scaling venture capital-backed climate tech startups
Can Zhang
Operations Management
EDGE-related research interests: studying the design of operational policies and interventions to improve social impact and sustainability in supply chains, with an emphasis on medical and agricultural supply chains