David J. Jhirad, Director The Energy Resources and Environment (ERE) Program at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) provides graduate students with the ability to analyze and devise practical solutions to the daunting energy and environmental challenges that face the international community. The ERE program aspires to educate a new generation of “specialized integrators” who will play leadership roles in the diverse array of institutions that will shape the energy and environmental future in the 21st century. The major challenges addressed by the program include: stabilizing climate change through mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions while building resilience to climate impacts; reversing the alarming deterioration of the world’s eco-systems; enhancing energy security through reducing the risk of economic disruption and nuclear weapons proliferation; eliminating energy poverty for over two billion people and achieving water and food security; and mobilizing over $22 trillion in capital investment for energy infrastructure by the year 2030. Students emerge from the ERE program with a multifaceted grasp of complex energy and environmental systems, and the capacity to harness a knowledge base that embraces institutions, governance, policy, technology, markets and finance, and to implement secure and resilient global and national solutions. The ERE program offers a year-long academic course, the International Environmental Policy Practicum, in which students apply theory to real world problems working closely with a client organization. The ERE Global Leaders Forum brings leaders to SAIS from government, finance, industry, research and civil society, to shape solutions to key domestic and international energy and environmental challenges. The ERE academic program and the Global Leaders Forum are buttressed by a policy-relevant international research program that explores solutions to the complex, interconnected problems facing private and public decision makers. Campus Options
Students studying at the Bologna Center may concentrate in Energy, Resources and Environment. Internships Many Energy, Resources and Environment students hold internships while at SAIS, particularly in the summer months. The ERE Program relies on its alumni, faculty and Career Services to share internship opportunities with current students. Click here for more information on internships. Co-curricular Activities
The ERE program offers a series of ongoing opportunities for students to learn from and network with professionals in their field. The program sponsors seminars and lunch talks throughout the year. Ph.D. Program
The ERE program accepts a very limited number of Ph.D. students. Typical Energy, Resources and Environment Courses - Asian Energy Security
- China's Energy Policy
- Cost-Benefit Analysis
- Economics of Natural Resources
- Energy, Environment and Development in Developing Countries
- Energy Policy
- Energy Technology Futures
- Environmental Policy
- Facing the Oil Problem: The United States, Canada, OPEC and the World
- Geopolitics of Energy
- Global Climate Change Policy
- Global Electricity Markets
- International Environmental Law
- International Environmental Policy Practicum
- International Wildlife Conservation
- International Water: Issues and Policies
- Managing Threatened Oceans
- Project Finance
- South Asia: Energy, Environment and Security
MIPPs
The ERE program allows MIPPs to affiliate with their program, upon approval, but does not offer priority in any of its classes. ERE Concentration Designation
Students cannot change their concentration into the Energy, Resources and Environment Program after their first semester in Washington, or second semester in Bologna, where they must have taken the ERE Fundamentals course. Dual Concentrations
The ERE program does not allow students from other concentrations to designate ERE as their secondary concentration. | 
