Research Pillars

Cutting-edge research in areas where the University of Chicago is uniquely positioned to lead.

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Global Approach

Driving impact in the countries most central to the global climate and growth challenge.

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Projects

Cultivating an ecosystem of collaboration to foster research that delivers real-world results.

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Research Pillars

The Incentives Problem: Energy, Markets, and Policy

Through EPIC, we're building on the University’s renowned history of economics to measure the costs of climate change and design the policies and market structures needed to balance the goals of decarbonization and economic growth.

The Inherited Problem: Climate Systems Engineering

Through CSEi, we're developing the new field of Climate Systems Engineering to study the approaches and technologies that may be needed to manage the greenhouse gases already in the atmosphere.

The Innovation Problem: Technology and Innovation

Through ETI, a partnership between the Institute and the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, we're developing new energy technologies that can replace fossil fuels and mitigate greenhouse gas emissions at scale.

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Featured Publications

Working Paper·Nov 5, 2026

The Economics of Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels

A Contribution to the COP30 Presidency Roadmap
EPIC Research Highlights·Oct 19, 2026

Evaluating the Spatial Consequences of a Climate Tipping Point

via Becker Friedman Institute for Economics
Collapse of a major system of ocean currents would reverse who bears the burden of climate change while leaving the world worse off overall.

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