Professor of Energy and Environmental Policy
Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management
Haas School of Business (Affiliate), School of Law (Affiliate)
Director, Energy and Environment Policy Lab
Climate Lead, Berkeley Economy and Society Initiative
Jonas Meckling is Professor of Energy and Environmental Policy at the University of California, Berkeley, where he leads the Energy and Environment Policy Lab and the Climate Program of the Berkeley Economy and Society Initiative. He also co-directs the Green Industrial Strategy Project, a joint initiative between UC Berkeley and Harvard Business School.
His research examines the political economy of the energy transition, with a focus on how climate, energy, and economic policies interact in an era of geopolitical change. He is the author of two books and publishes his research in leading journals, including Nature and Science. He received multiple awards from the American Political Science Association.
Previously, he was visiting professor at Harvard Business School (2023-25) and the Coleman P. Burke Distinguished Visiting Associate Professor at Yale University (2021). He has served as Senior Advisor to the German Minister for the Environment and Renewable Energy, was a Research Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School, and worked at the European Commission. He holds a Ph.D. in International Political Economy from the London School of Economics.