Akshaya Jha

Associate Professor of Economics and Public Policy

Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy Dean's Office

  • Associate Professor of Economics and Public Policy
    Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy Dean's Office

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

  • EVENT PARTICIPATION
    Seminars
    22 Mar 2026
    University of Colorado Boulder, Colorado State University, Resources for the Future, World Bank, Columbia University, Toronto Meeting on the Economics of Climate Change, Future of electrification in the United States (Dallas Fed)
  • CONSULTING / ADVISORY
    Energy Insights and Innovation Lab, Tata Power and the International Growth Centre (IGC) at the London School of Economics (LSE)
    1 Mar 2026
    Research Advisory Board Member, Energy Insights and Innovation Lab (EIIL)
  • NON-RESEARCH / INVITED PRESENTATION
    Presented on behalf of Heinz to PA's Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
    27 Feb 2026
  • OFFICE HELD
    President-Elect, Transportation and Public Utilities Group (TPUG)
    3 Jan 2026
  • CMU COMMITTEE SERVICE
    University reappointment, promotion, and tenure (RPT) non-tenure committee
    4 Dec 2025
  • CMU COMMITTEE SERVICE
    Recorder for a case to untenured associate
    25 Sep 2025
  • EVENT PARTICIPATION
    Seminars
    21 Mar 2025
    Cornell University, APPAM Annual Meeting, Inequalities and Climate Change workshop (University of Montreal), 2025 ASSA Annual Meeting, Empirical Methods in Energy Economics 2025 (World Bank), University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, UT Austin, Columbia University, University of Colorado Boulder
  • CMU COMMITTEE SERVICE
    University reappointment, promotion, and tenure (RPT) non-tenure committee
    12 Nov 2024
  • CMU COMMITTEE SERVICE
    Recorder for a case to untenured associate
    3 Oct 2024 - 3 Oct 2024
  • CONFERENCE REVIEWING / REFEREEING
    Transportation and Public Utilities Group
    1 Sep 2024
  • AWARDS / RECOGNITION
    2024 Hicks Tinbergen Award
    8 Apr 2024
  • OFFICE HELD
    Program Manager, Transportation and Public Utilities Group (TPUG)
    1 Mar 2024
  • EVENT PARTICIPATION
    Seminars
    31 Dec 2023
    University of Florida, University of Connecticut, Queen’s University, Michigan State University, NSF Workshop on Sustainable Computing for Sustainability
  • EVENT ADMINISTRATION
    Applied MicroEconomics Seminar (AMES)
    1 Sep 2023
  • AWARDS / RECOGNITION
    Martcia Wade Teaching Award
    1 May 2023
  • EVENT PARTICIPATION
    Seminars
    31 Dec 2022
    PRI Academic Network, Carnegie Mellon, Oxford, London School of Economics, Paris School of Economics, UPES, Arizona State University, Hoover Institution at Stanford University, Pennsylvania State University, University of Delaware, AERE Annual Summer Conference
  • EVENT PARTICIPATION
    Seminars
    31 Dec 2021
    TREE Seminar, Energy Camp at UC Berkeley, University of Nevada at Las Vegas, Mindshare Sessions at CMU, 2022 ASSA Annual Meeting, United States Environmental Protection Agency, POWER conference at UC Berkeley, The Economics of Energy Markets and Energy Access Conference at University of Chicago, University of Tennessee at Knoxville, Resources for the Future, Climate Economics Chair’s Seminar (Laboratoire ART-Dev, Université de Montpellier), AERE Annual Summer Conference, Energy Camp at UC Berkeley
  • AWARDS / RECOGNITION
    2021 Young Professional Best Paper Award Competition
    13 Oct 2021
  • EVENT PARTICIPATION
    Seminars
    31 Dec 2020
    2021 ASSA Annual Meeting, Online Agricultural and Resource Economics Seminar, AERE Annual Summer Conference, CEPR–EBRD–EoT–LSE Symposium on Environmental Economics and the Green Transition, Western Economic Association International Annual Meeting
  • EVENT PARTICIPATION
    Seminars
    31 Dec 2019
    Urban Economics Annual Conference, Carnegie Mellon Electricity Industry Center, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Georgetown University, SEA Annual Conference, 2020 ASSA Annual Meeting, Midwest Energy Fest, AERE Annual Summer Conference
  • EVENT PARTICIPATION
    Seminars
    31 Dec 2018
    94th Annual WEAI Conference, CEPR–EBRD–EoT–LSE Symposium on Environmental Economics and the Green Transition, AERE Annual Summer Conference, Midwest Energy Fest, NBER EEE Spring Meetings, Oberlin College, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Maryland AREC, Vanderbilt University, 2018-19 Fall APPAM Annual Meeting, 2019 ASSA Annual Meeting
  • EVENT PARTICIPATION
    Seminars
    31 Dec 2017
    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Northwestern University, The Occasional Workshop (hosted by UC Santa Barbara), 2018 ASSA Annual Meeting, Energy Economics and Finance Seminar at University of Pennsylvania, Energy Camp at UC Berkeley, Stanford Institute for Theoretical Economics (SITE) Summer Workshop
  • EVENT PARTICIPATION
    Seminars
    31 Dec 2016
    NBER Economics of Commodity Markets (Discussion), UC Berkeley, Ostrom Workshop at Indiana University, Searle Energy Workshop at Northwestern University, UC Davis, Heartland Workshop, 2017 ASSA Annual Meeting, UC San Diego, Workshop on Environmental and Energy Policy (at Utah State University), NBER Hydrocarbons Meeting, UC Irvine, UC Santa Barbara, AERE Summer Conference, 21st Annual SIOE Conference, Energy Camp at UC Berkeley