top of page
WEI PENG 彭暐

 

Assistant Professor

School of Public and International Affairs &

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment

Princeton University 

Email: weipeng@princeton.edu

Office: Robertston 305, Princeton University       

Profile Links: Google Scholar; ResearchGate; Twitter

We are recruiting multiple postdocs and students! Click "Opportunities" for more!

Wei_Peng_CMYK.jpg

Recent Project Websites

PE-IAM Screenshot_edited.jpg

Political Economy in Integrated Assessment Modeling (PE-IAM)

Recent Publications


Simulating Institutional Heterogeneity in Sustainability Science

M.R. Davidson, T Filatova, W Peng, L Verbeek & F Kucuksayacigil. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 121(8), e2215674121. 2024

News

February 15, 2024

Dr. Peng and colleagues recently published a paper on representing the role of institutions in our sustainability models.

Click here to read more!

October 5, 2023

Dr. Peng appeared on an episode of PBS' Energy Switch to discuss China's key climate and energy policies.

Click here to watch the full video!

December 6, 2023

Dr. Peng is featured in a press release from Princeton University regarding her role as lead author of the recent America is All In Report. 

Click here to read the report!

Sept 29, 2023

Dr. Peng is featured in this article that discusses her recent appointment as assistant professor of public and international affairs and the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University. 

Click here to read more!

December 3, 2023

Congrats to Dr. Peng and Xinyuan Huang for their involvement in the most recent America is All In Report on how coordinated efforts on the local, state, and national scale can help the US meet their climate targets. 

Click here to read the report!

July 26, 2023

Dr. Peng and colleagues recently published a paper in Applied Energy that provides a feasible pathway to achieve China’s decarbonization goals by 2060 through incorporating important insights from China’s transportation, power, and hydrogen sectors.

Click here to read more!

November 14, 2023

Congrats to Dr. Peng and Huilin Luo, whose contributions have been included in the mitigation chapter of the Fifth National Climate Assessment!

Click here to read more!

June 16, 2023

Dr. Peng and colleagues recently published a paper in iScience that studies the impact factors like air pollution exposure and economic costs have on coal retirement pathways.

Click here to read more!

November 7, 2023

Dr. Peng is featured in a recent interview with the Health Effects Institute, in which she discusses the impacts the energy transition will have on our climate, air quality, and health. 

Click here to watch the full interview!

May 18, 2023

Dr. Peng and doctoral student Xinyuan Huang are mentioned in this Penn State news article about their recent Nature Sustainability paper.

Click here to read more!

bottom of page