Driving impact through cutting-edge research

Research Pillars

The Institute for Climate and Sustainable Growth conducts cutting-edge research with real-world impact through large-scale initiatives in three main areas where the University of Chicago is uniquely positioned to lead. In India, UChicago scholars have been working for over a decade in the areas of energy, markets and policy. The research portfolio is now expanding to include critical technology and engineering topics.

Energy, Markets, and Policy

For more than 10 years, EPIC-India has worked hand-in-hand with government and industry partners to develop and test ideas that could address India’s most pressing energy, climate and environmental challenges.
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Technology and Innovation

UChicago researchers are starting to work with the TCG Centres for Research and Education in Science and Technology to drive major advancements in energy storage technologies, including sodium batteries.

Climate Systems Engineering

UChicago researchers are exploring partnerships to advance knowledge around Climate Systems Engineering approaches including open-systems carbon removal, solar geoengineering, and local interventions to prevent glacial melting.

Featured Research

Journal Article·Jan 20, 2026

The Status and Politics of Bicycling in the Cities of Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Nature Journal
EPIC Journal Article·Dec 4, 2025

The Value of Clean Water: Experimental Evidence from Rural India

American Economic Review
EPIC Journal Article·Nov 12, 2025

Mortality Impacts of Rainfall and Sea-level Rise in a Developing Megacity

Nature
EPIC-India/EPIC Journal Article·Apr 15, 2025

Can Pollution Markets Work in Developing Countries? Experimental Evidence from India

The Quarterly Journal of Economics
EPIC-India/EPIC Journal Article·Sep 9, 2024

Out of the Darkness and Into the Light? Development Effects of Rural Electrification

Journal of Political Economy
EPIC-India/EPIC Working Paper·Feb 25, 2024

Long-Range Forecasts As Climate Adaptation: Experimental Evidence From Developing-Country Agriculture

National Bureau of Economic Research