Handbook of Energy Policy

Farhad Taghizadeh-Hesary is an associate professor of economics at Tokai University in Japan. In addition, he is vice president and co-founder of the International Society for Energy Transition Studies (ISETS). He is a recipient of the Excellent Young Researcher status from the Ministry of Education of Japan. Presently he is also a visiting professor at Keio University (Japan), Chiang Mai University (Thailand), Technology Studies Institute (Iran); a member of the research core on sustainability studies at Tehran University (Iran), and a distinguished research fellow at the University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam). He has taught as an assistant professor at Keio University and Waseda University in Japan. He is currently serving as Editor-In-Chief of the Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management and associate editor/board member of several other journals, including Economic Change and Restructuring, Energy Efficiency, Singapore Economic Review, and Global Finance Journal. He has guest-edited special issues for several journals, including Energy Policy, Energy Economics, Finance Research Letters, Economic Analysis and Policy, Resources Policy, Journal of Environmental Management, and Renewable Energy. He was recognized as a top global scholar in green finance based on a recent journal paper published in Renewable Energy (Elsevier) in 2022. His research credits include authoring more than 250 academic journal papers and book chapters and editing 16 books published by major publishers, including Springer Nature, Routledge, World Scientific, and the Asian Development Bank Institute. He led, managed, and has been involved in dozens of research, capacity building, and training (CBT) and consulting projects for international organizations and financial institutions and governments of various countries. He holds aPh.D. degree in economics from Keio University, Japan, with a scholarship from the government of Japan (Monbusho: MEXT).  Dayong Zhang is currently a Professor of Financial Economics at the Southwestern University of Finance and Economics (China). His research interests cover energy finance, climate finance, banking and finance, and general economic and financial issues in emerging economies. He is chief investigator of the National Social Science Foundation of China (NSSFC) Major Project and principle investigator of over ten research grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) and other sources. He is co-founder of China Energy Finance Network, president of the society for the Studies of Climate Finance (SSCF) in China, vice president of the International Society for Energy Transition Studies (ISETS), founding editor of Journal of Climate Finance, and associate editor of a number of journals including: International Review of Financial Analysis, International Review of Economics and Finance, Finance Research Letters. He has published over 100 articles in peer-reviewed journals. His research appears in the Energy Journal, Energy Economics, Journal of Banking and Finance, and other top field journals. He is on the Elsevier's list of China's Most Cited Scholars in 2020 and 2021; and also awarded the 2021 Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher in cross-field.

• Harnessing Win-Win Energy Geopolitics and Competitive Global Energy Market by Integrating Energy Efficiency.- The Geopolitics of the European Union-Russia Gas Trade.- Energy Convergence and Regional Energy Security: Policy Implications.- Energy Security in a Resource-Rich Economy: Case of Iran.- Effective factors and policies in Electrical Energy Security.- Policies to Alleviate Energy Poverty in the Cooking Sector in India.- Energy cooperation between China and Africa to Alleviate Energy Poverty.- Policies to Alleviate Energy Poverty: From Fundamental Concepts to a Practical Framework in the New Era.- Russian Federation–Asia and the Pacific Energy Trade Pattern Assessment.- Role of Electricity Trade in South Asian Energy Security.- Towards the Sustainable Development through Energy Transnationalism: Case Study of Integrated Energy Markets in Asia.- Energy Subsidy Policy.- Oil Market Reforms and Pricing Policy Evolution in China.- Rethinking Green Finance in Greenfield Investments: TheModerating Role of Institutional Qualities on Environmental performance.- Policies to Bring Private Investment and Finance in Green Energy Projects.- Role of Tokenizing Green Energy Assets in Boosting the Green Digital Finance.- Energy market financialization and its policy implications.- Energy policies for Sustainable Development.- Challenges in Shaping Sustainable Energy Policy in Greater Mekong Sub-region.- Sustainable Energy Policy for India.- Technology Diversification in Renewable Mini-Grid Portfolios.- Leveraging Digitalization for Improving Energy Efficiency.- Determinants of Energy Transition in Asia.- Solar Energy Price Determinants.- Towards an Optimized Biofuels Use Roadmap for Indonesia Road Transport.- Artificial Intelligence in the Nuclear Power Plants.- Hydrogen as Energy Storage for Renewable: Economic Competitiveness and Policy Implications.- Energy Efficiency for Climate Action: Evolution of India’s Energy Efficiency Policies & Way Forward.- Energy Efficiency and Electricity Reforms: A Way Forward for Clean Power Development.- Volatility Linkages Between Energy and Food Prices.- Energy-Pollution-Health-Economy nexus study in South East Asia.- Intermarket Risk Transmission among Energy, Carbon and Commodities.- Wholesale Electricity Price, Carbon Emissions and Economic Output in Australia: The Role of Carbon Pricing.- An Empirical Analysis of China’s Power Sector Reform and Efficiency.- Identifying and Prioritizing the Indicators of the Optimal Districting in Electricity Distribution Companies.- How Vulnerable is the Bangladesh Economy to Oil Price Shocks.- Policy Dilemma and Solutions to the Successful Energy Transition.- Transmission of oil price fluctuations through trade linkages.