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Jason Bordoff

Professor of Professional Practice in International and Public Affairs

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Personal Details

Focus areas: The intersection of economics, energy, environment, and national security

Jason Bordoff is Founding Director of the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University SIPA, where he is a Professor of Professional Practice, and is also Co-Founding Dean of the Columbia Climate School. He is also a Senior Advisor at Macro Advisory Partners. He previously served as Special Assistant to President Barack Obama and Senior Director for Energy and Climate Change on the Staff of the National Security Council, and, prior to that, held senior policy positions on the White House’s National Economic Council and Council on Environmental Quality. One of the world’s leading energy and climate policy experts, Bordoff’s research and policy interests lie at the intersection of economics, energy, environment, and national security. He is a columnist for Foreign Policy magazine, a frequent commentator on TV and radio, including NPR, Bloomberg, CNBC and BBC, has appeared on the Colbert Report, and has published in Foreign Affairs, the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, the Economist, and other leading outlets. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Trilateral Commission, a Trustee of The Nature Conservancy in New York, a board member of Winrock International and Foreign Policy 4 America, and serves on the Leadership Council for Sustainable Energy for All at the United Nations. Earlier in his career, he was a scholar at the Brookings Institution, served in the Treasury Department during the Clinton Administration, and was a consultant with McKinsey & Company. Bordoff graduated with honors from Harvard Law School, where he served on the Harvard Law Review, and clerked on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. He also holds an MLitt degree from Oxford University, where he studied as a Marshall Scholar, and a BA magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Brown University. 

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Education

  • JD, cum laude, Harvard Law School
  • MLitt in Politics, Oxford University
  • AB, magna cum laude, Brown University

Affiliations

  • Council on Foreign Relations
  • Association of Marshall Scholars

Research and Publications

In The Media

Democratic Resilience

Through a series of major events and convenings—including those organized by the Institute of Global Politics (IGP), the Center on Global Energy Policy (CGEP), and the Arnold A. Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies (SIWPS)—SIPA tackled some of the most important domestic and foreign policy issues of the new administration’s first 100 days.

Apr 30 2025
Climate & Sustainable Development

“The urgency of climate change hasn’t gone away,” Jason Bordoff, director of the Center on Global Energy Policy told Semafor

Mar 11 2025
Semafor

SIPA hosted a memorable evening in our nation’s capital, where leading thinkers, practitioners, and alumni connected to discuss solutions to pressing global issues.

Feb 21 2025
Climate & Sustainable Development

Jason Bardoff, founding director of the Center on Global Energy policy at Columbia SIPA, discusses President Donald Trump’s executive orders on energy.

Jan 26 2025
CNBC
Democratic Resilience

From advancing human rights to curbing our dependency on fossil fuels, President Jimmy Carter’s legacy touches on so much of the work and academic research we do at SIPA.  


 

Dec 30 2024