2019年12月20日，由应用经济学院能源经济系主办的第119期能源经济研讨会（Energy Economics Seminar）在明德主楼623会议室举行。来自约翰·霍普金斯大学的Urpelainen教授进行了题为“Environmental Justice in India: Incidence of Air Pollution from Coal-Fired Power Plants”的学术报告。

　　在本研究中，Urpelainen教授使用了煤电电厂位置、大气状况和人口统计数据，运用预测颗粒物输送的模型估计了煤电电厂排放的污染物的排放和扩散。他发现，少数族裔和贫困人口更容易暴露在煤电电厂污染中，但随着贫困程度加深，人口更可能居住于远离城市的地区，因此受到污染影响的程度有下降的趋势。

　　研讨会由应用经济学院张晓兵副教授主持，应用经济学院院长郑新业教授、宋枫副教授，上海交通大学安泰经管学院王春华助理教授等多位老师及同学参加了此次研讨会，并针对报告内容进行了深入的交流。

主讲人简介：

　　Johannes Urpelainen is the Director and Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz Professor of Energy, Resources and Environment at Johns Hopkins SAIS and the Founding Director of the Initiative for Sustainable Energy Policy (ISEP). He received his PhD in Political Science from the University of Michigan in 2009 and spent the next eight years at Columbia University.

　　Johannes is the award-winning author of four books and over a hundred refereed articles on environmental politics, energy policy, and global governance. He teaches action-oriented classes on energy and environmental policy to equip the next generation of global leaders with deep knowledge, advanced analytical skills — and a passion for transformational social change. As one of the world’s top energy policy experts, Johannes frequently advises governments, international organizations, and the private sector on energy and environment.

As the Founding Director of ISEP, Johannes is responsible for the vision, strategy, and general management of the initiative. His work under ISEP offers pragmatic but effective approaches to providing the world’s population with affordable and abundant energy at minimal environmental impact. In his spare time, Johannes reads biographies and tries to improve his Hindi.

　　能源经济研讨会由中国人民大学应用经济学院能源经济系定期推出，旨在为研究能源经济问题的学者提供一个交流的平台，以促进我国能源经济教学研究水平的提高。