The Energy, Resources and Environment (ERE) Program prepares the next generation of global leaders to address urgent energy and environmental concerns and threats. Under the guidance of SAIS' expert faculty, ERE students gain the intellectual framework and analytic skills required to address important issues such as, climate change, international agriculture, forestry, wildlife conservation, and international water issues.
The ERE curriculum requires students to take both energy and environment courses to ensure that all graduates understand the deep links between these two subject areas. Students gain an understanding of the threats posed by climate change, the functioning of energy markets, the "iron triangle" of energy, water and food security, as well as, begin to formulate possible solutions to these daunting challenges.
As one of the largest programs at Johns Hopkins SAIS, students in the ERE program are afforded several opportunities to participate in experiential learning opportunities such as the International Energy and Environment practicum, Frontiers in Energy, Science and Technology (FEST) study trips, the Global Leaders Forum (GLF), alumni discussions, and more. For a more complete overview of ERE please check out our Prospectus.
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The Practicum is an innovative program that allows students to combine a for-credit course with extensive, in-depth, real world experience consulting for client organizations on projects aimed at addressing international environmental and energy policy challenges. The Practicum is designed to provide quality research and analysis on intractable challenges to clients, while providing students with the opportunity to apply concepts learned in the classroom to critical problems. Where possible, the work is integrated into the on-going research of an ERE faculty member.
The Global Leaders Forum is a speaker series that brings together leaders from the public sector, research, finance and industry throughout the academic year to explore solutions to key domestic and international energy and environmental challenges. The GLF serves as a platform for policymakers and executives to share their expertise and insight with faculty and students and the broader academic, business and media communities. Our invitations are sent to professionals from the energy and environment sectors in the Washington DC area as well as the Johns Hopkins SAIS' student and faculty body and alumni. Typically a diverse audience of approximately 100-150 - including students, professionals and faculty - attend Global Leaders Forum events.
To supplement its rigorous academic curriculum, the Energy, Resources and Environment Program also developed the Frontiers in Energy, Science and Technology (FEST) Field Visits initiative to provide its students with first-hand experience visiting utility, nuclear power and LNG plants, hydraulic fracturing and off-shore oil facilities, sewage treatment plants, and solar panel manufacturing facilities, among others. FEST offers student enrichment activities designed to provide first-hand exposure to innovations in the energy and environment sectors.
The Global Issues in Agriculture Seminar Series brings professionals working in the fields of Food Security, Agricultural Economics and Resource Management to the Johns Hopkins School for Advanced International Studies in Washington, DC. The speaker series was founded by Dr. Robert L. Thompson, who recently retired from his position as a visiting professor here at Johns Hopkins SAIS in the Energy, Resources and Environment and International Development Programs.
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