Tarun M. Khanna is an Assistant Professor with the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs (SPPGA) and a visiting researcher at the Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change in Berlin. His research interests focus on energy and climate policy.

Dr. Khanna studied economics at the University of Delhi and specialized in energy economics during his PhD. He is interested in the economics of the decarbonization of the energy sector and the policies that are needed to get there. His wider research interests include evidence synthesis, policy evaluation, electricity markets and energy in development.

Before turning to academia, Dr. Khanna was a policy practitioner. He worked with regulators, governments, and utilities in the design and implementation of electricity policy in South Asia. Some of this work was done with the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and more recently the International Energy Agency (IEA). Over the last year, he contributed to the policy debate in Germany in face of the energy crisis in 2022 through reports for the German government on demand side-measures.

Peer-reviewed

Khanna, T. M. (2022). Using agricultural demand response for reducing costs of renewable energy integration in India. Pre-print |  Published | Report | Blog

Khanna, T. M. et. al (2021). A multi-country meta-analysis on the role of behavioral change in reducing energy consumption and CO2 emissions in residential buildings. Nature Energy, 6, 925–932. Pre-print | Published | Data & replication | Op-ed

Eicke, A., Khanna, T., & Hirth, L. (2020). Locational Investment Signals: How to Steer the Siting of New Generation Capacity in Power Systems? The Energy Journal, 41(6). Working paper | Published

Minx, J. C., Lamb, W. F., Callaghan, M. W., Fuss, S., Creutzig, F., Khanna, T. & others (2018). Negative emissions—Part 1: Research landscape and synthesis. Environmental Research Letters, 13(6), 063001. Published

Fuss, S., Lamb, W. F., Callaghan, M. W., Creutzig, F., Minx, J. C., Khanna, T. & others (2018). Negative emissions—Part 2: Costs, potentials, and side effects. Environmental Research Letters, 13(6), 063002. Published

Working papers

Khanna T.M. et. al (2023). Effects of electricity pricing schemes on household energy consumption. A meta-analysis of academic and non-academic literature. Working Paper

Döbbeling-Hildebrandt, N., Miersch, K., Khanna T.M., et al (2023). Effectiveness of carbon pricing – A systematic review and meta-analysis of the ex-post literature”. Under Review.

Hirth, L., Khanna, T.M. & Ruhnau, O. (2022). The (very) short-term price elasticity of German electricity demand. Working Paper

Javaid, A., Khanna, T.M., Franza, M, Creutzig, F. (2022) Behavioural interventions change transport behaviour but have a limited impact on mode split: Evidence from a systematic review with meta-analysis. Under Review

Select sector-specific reports

Kopernikus-Projekt Ariadne (2022). Maßnahmen für energiesparendes Verhalten im Wohnsektor. PDF. Presse.

IEA (2021). Renewables Integration in India 2021. International Energy Agency, Paris. PDF | Blog.

IEA (2021). India Energy Outlook 2021. International Energy Agency, Paris. PDF

Edited and co-authored the Open Electricity Economics Handbook. This open access, online resource is meant for use by students of electricity economics and public policy, as well as policy-makers, regulators and their advisers. It provides a comprehensive introduction to the field of electricity economics for self-study and can be used as an encyclopedia by more experienced experts.  OEE Website

Affiliations

Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC)