Economics of Energy, Climate Change, and Sustainability Program

There is a growing need to understand the technological transformations and economic challenges that the energy transition and climate change entail.

How can we understand the economic and ecological forces? What can we do to improve outcomes?

In the BSE Master’s program in Economics of Energy, Climate Change, and Sustainability, you will acquire an advanced understanding of the rapidly changing energy sector, learn how economic theory and data tools can be used to understand their functioning and trends, and develop the qualifications that employers are looking for on their teams. 

Program Structure

Students from this Master’s program will be able to choose from different elective courses that are also available in the Competition, Regulation, and Markets Program and the Economics of Public Policy Program. These three programs share the same fundamental basic courses that will provide you with an in-depth knowledge of how economic policy and markets work. At the same time, each program provides its own specialization courses that will make you an expert in one of the specific fields.

How our program works

• In Term 1, the Master’s program will present the foundations of theoretical and quantitative frameworks to understand energy markets and climate policy.
• Then in Term 2, you will apply these concepts to a variety of evolving situations, from the regulation and green transition in energy markets to the accounting of climate risks and costs in the banking sector.
• During Terms 2 and 3, you will have the opportunity to go deeper into advanced topics, such as climate change and migrations, advanced quantitative methods for energy modeling, and advanced Data Science topics.

You will also complete a master project, which will be supervised in regular meetings with an advisor. The project will allow you to put your new knowledge into practice and improve your writing and expository skills.

Is our program right for you?

The Economics of Energy, Climate Change, and Sustainability Program is ideal for students and early professionals in Economics, Business, Data Science, Engineering and other STEM backgrounds who want to focus their careers on energy and climate change policy. At BSE, we can provide the theoretical frameworks and quantitative tools to directly inform the energy transition at government agencies, central banks, think tanks, and companies. A growing number of companies, even if not related to the energy sector, are incorporating technical staff to provide in-house guidance on the uncertainty arising from the energy transition and climate change, and our students will help fill that gap.  

Our program has a quantitative focus that can be particularly exciting to students and professionals who enjoy data analysis and coding. Regardless of your coding background, you will complete the Master’s with a full range of computational tools and resources for in-depth analysis of energy and climate data.