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Sanya Carley

Assistant Professor


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scarley@indiana.edu
(812) 856-0920
SPEA Room 353


Education
Ph.D. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2010
M.S., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2006
B.A., Swarthmore College, 2003

Professional Experience

  • Assistant Professor, Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs, 2010 — present
  • Fellow, E3 Foundation, University of Cambridge, 2010 — present
  • Graduate Fellow, The Center for Sustainable Energy, Environment, and Economic Development, Chapel Hill, NC., 2006 — 2010
  • Energy Program Specialist, The Wisconsin Public Utility Institute, Madison, WI., 2005 — 2006
Consulting Experience
  • Environmental Protection Agency, Conflict Prevention and Resolution Center, Washington D.C., 2010
  • Research Triangle Institute International, The Center for Technology Applications, Research Triangle Park, NC., 2009 — 2010
  • ARCeconomics, South Carolina, 2007 — 2010
  • The Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, Durham, NC., 2008
  • The World Bank Group, Development Economic Research of the Public Sector, Washington D.C., 2003 — 2006

Awards, Honors & Certifications

  • Trustees Teaching Award, Indiana University, 2012
  • Progress Energy Fellow, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, 2006-2009
  • Future Faculty Fellowship, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, 2008
  • American Planning Association Best Student Presentation Winner, Upper Midwest American Planning Association Conference, 2004
  • Morris Udall Scholar, Swarthmore College, 2002

Professional Interests

Energy Policy, Electricity Technology Innovation Policy, Applied Econometrics, and Policy Instruments

Current Projects
Professor Carley's scholarly papers can be found by going to the SSRN website Social Science Research Network (SSRN).

Selected Grants

  • Mitsui Environment Fund, Mitsui & Co., Ltd. “NGO Involvement in Sustainable Energy Programs for International Development,” 2011
  • Sustainability Research Development Grant, Indiana University Office of Sustainability. “Collaborative Provision of Low-Carbon Distributed Energy in Developing Countries,” 2011
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Selected Publications
Full Vita (pdf)

  • Carley, S., Andrews, R. L. 2012. Creating a sustainable U.S. electricity sector: The question of scale. Policy Sciences (Forthcoming).
  • Carley, S., Miller, C. 2012. Regulatory stringency and policy adoption: Reassessment of renewable portfolio standards. Policy Studies Journal (Forthcoming).
  • Carley, S., 2012. Energy demand-side management: New perspectives for a new era. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 31.
  • Carley, S., Brown, A., Lawrence, S. 2012. Economic development and energy: From fad to a sustainable discipline? Economic Development Quarterly.
  • Carley, S., Messer, N. Graham, J., 2012. Innovation in the Auto Industry: The Role of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Duke Environmental Law and Policy Forum, Special edition on “The EPA at 40”.
  • Carley, S., 2012. National clean energy standards: Experience from the states. Review of Policy Research. Originally printed in SPEA Insights, July 2011.
  • Carley, S., 2011. Decarbonization of the U.S. electricity sector: Are state energy policy portfolios the solution? Energy Economics 33(5).
  • Carley, S., 2011. Normative dimensions of sustainable energy policy. Ethics, Policy & Environment 14(2): 211-229.
  • Graham, J., Carley, S., Messer, N., Hartman, D., February, 2011. Plug-in Electric Vehicles: A Practical Plan for Progress. SPEA Insights.
  • Carley, S., 2011. The era of state energy policy innovation: A review of policy instruments. Review of Policy Research 28(3).
  • Carley, S., Lawrence, S., Brown, A., Nourafshan, A., Benami, E., 2011. Energy-Based Economic Development. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 15(1): 282-295.
  • Carley, S., 2010. Historical analysis of U.S. electricity markets: Reassessing carbon lock-in. Energy Policy 39(2): 720-732.
  • Carley, S., 2009. Distributed generation: An empirical analysis of primary motivators. Energy Policy 37(5): 1648-1659.
  • Carley, S., 2009. State renewable energy electricity policies: An empirical evaluation of effectiveness. Energy Policy 37(8): 3071-3081.
  • Carleyolsen, S., 2006. Tangled in the Wires: An Assessment of the Existing U.S. Renewable Energy Legal Framework. Natural Resources Journal 46(3).