Robert Balis

Assistant Professor

School of Forestry and Environmental Studies

Phone:203-432-5412 Office location:Rm. 123 Kroon Hall
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Dr. Bailis' research is focused on resource access, poverty, and links between public health, social welfare, and environmental change. These issues are studied in the context of the social and technical dimensions of energy and climate change, primarily in the developing world.

His work includes grassroots efforts in Africa, India, and Latin America to design and disseminate household stoves with the aim of reducing both fuelwood consumption and human exposure to combustion emissions, develop methodologies to evaluate the performance of stoves in the field, and explores models of stove dissemination to better understand how and why new household energy technologies are (or are not) adopted.

In the field of climate change, he analyzes the impact of energy options on climate change in developing countries where access to energy is limited and near-term development needs can outweigh the need to mitigate climate change. Recent work assesses climate change adaptation and environmental risk in forest communities.

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