Joshua Hodge is the Executive Director at the MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, Research Director at the MIT Climate Policy Center as well as a Lecturer at the MIT Sloan School of Management. His areas of expertise include domestic and international climate and energy policy, with a focus on energy transition and renewable energy policies in the United States. Joshua’s recent work has included assisting rural electric cooperatives in the U.S. with decarbonization strategy. He is also acting Executive Director for the third phase of joint Harvard-MIT Roosevelt Project as well as a member of the MIT Net-Zero by 2026 Faculty Review Committee.
Prior to his appointment as Executive Director at CEEPR, Mr. Hodge served for three years as Deputy Executive Director at both CEEPR and the MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change. Before joining MIT, Joshua ran the Commodities Research and Forecasts business, Americas, at Thomson Reuters, where he managed the launch of the firm’s North American power and gas forecast modeling services. Previously, Mr. Hodge was Managing Director, North America, at Point Carbon where he was the firm’s first hire in the region and oversaw the launch of Point Carbon’s North American products. Joshua holds an MBA from the Darden Graduate School of Business at the University of Virginia and received his undergraduate education at the University of St. Andrews (UK).
Mr. Hodge has served as a Commissioner on the Commission for Energy Use and Climate Change of the City of Somerville (MA), assisted the Museum of Science, Boston with climate change programing and mentored students at the MIT Policy Hackathon.