Henry Lee

Lecturer in Public Policy
Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Jassim M. Jaidah Family Director,
Environment and Natural Resources Program
Office Address
Belfer-302B
Mailing Address
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Mailbox 84
79 JFK Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Contact
Phone: 617-495-1350
Fax: 617-495-1635
Email: henry_lee@Harvard.Edu
Assistant
Amanda Swanson (617-495-1351)
Henry Lee

Profile

Henry Lee is Lecturer in Public Policy, the Jassim M. Jaidah Family Director of the Environment and Natural Resources Program within the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, cochair of the Kennedy School's Program on Infrastructure in a Market Economy, and coprincipal investigator of the Energy, Technology, and Policy Project. Before joining the school, Lee spent nine years in Massachusetts state government as Director of the state's Energy Office and Special Assistant to the Governor for Environmental Policy. He has served on numerous state, federal, and private advisory committees and boards focusing on both energy and environmental issues and spent 12 years working with power developers in the United States and East Asia. His recent research interests focus on environmental management, energy policy, global climate change, geopolitics of oil and gas, and public infrastructure projects in developing countries. He has recently written several articles on China's oil strategies.

Courses

Spring

  • IGA-310 Energy Policy: Technologies, Systems, and Markets

Fall

  • BGP-256 Management, Finance, and Regulation of Public Infrastructure

Media Expertise

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Research

Research for a complete list of faculty citations from 2001 - present, please visit the Harvard Kennedy School Research Report Online.

Selected Publication Citations:

  • Academic Journals
    • Lee, Henry, and Dan A. Shalmon. "Searching for Oil: China's Initiatives in the Middle East." Environment 49.5 (June 2007): 8-21.
  • Op-Eds
    • Lee, Henry. "Running on Empty and Spreading the Blame." Boston Globe, July 16, 2008.
  • Research Papers/Reports
    • Gallagher, Kelly Sims, Gustavo Collantes, John P. Holdren, Henry Lee, and Robert Frosch. "Policy Options for Reducing Oil Consumption and Greenhouse-Gas Emissions from the U.S. Transportation Sector." ETIP Discussion Paper (BCSIA), Summer 2007.