Karen R. Polenske, Professor of Regional Political Economy and Planning, MIT, Former President, International Input-Output Association

麻省理工学院区域政治经济与规划教授，国际投入产出协会前主席

Karen R. Polenske, Professor of Regional Political Economy and Planning, Department of Urban Studies and Planning (DUSP), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), has been at MIT since 1972. Professor Polenske, who holds a PhD in economics from Harvard University, is head of the International Development and Regional Planning (IDRP) group in DUSP. Her current research includes (1) an analysis of cokemaking and steelmaking technology options in the People's Republic of China ( China ), (2) socioeconomic impacts of the silent aircraft initiative in the United Kingdom, (3) economic growth in distressed counties in Appalachia, and (4) spatial dispersion of innovation.

Professor Polenske has worked in China for over 20 years where she has given regional planning and related lectures in 23 of the provinces. Starting in 1997, she has been team leader for 15 faculty and students who are conducting the Alliance for Global Sustainability (AGS) energy-efficiency research in China. The participants include chemical engineers, economists, physicists, and planners who are from China, Japan, Switzerland, and the United States. Their book, entitled The Technology, Energy, Environment, Health (TEEH) Chain in China: a Case Study of Cokemaking in Shanxi Province, edited by Professor Polenske, has been published in 2005.

She has been director of the multiregional planning (MRP) research team at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) since 1972. She is past President of the International Input-Output Association. In 1996, she won the 1996 North American Regional Science Distinguished Scholar Award; in 1999, she received the Associated Collegiate Schools of Planning Margarita McCoy Award for outstanding service; and since 1995, she is a Fellow of the Regional Science Association International. Her publications include eight published books, the latest of which is on the cokemaking sector in China , and numerous articles in key economic, energy, environmental, and planning journals. Professor Polenske is a leading political economist who has conducted energy and environmental research for many years, especially in the United States and China.

普可仁 ，麻省理工学院城市研究与规划系（DUSP）区域政治经济与规划教授，从1972年开始在麻省理工学院工作。 普可仁教授拥有哈佛大学的经济学博士学位，曾担任麻省理工学院国际发展与区域规划主任。她现在的主要研究方向是：（1）中国煤炭行业和钢铁制造业技术选择分析。（2）英国开发静音飞机带来的社会经济影响。（3）阿帕拉契亚经济欠发达地区的经济增长。（4）创新的空间分布。

普可仁教授已经从事中国相关工作20余年，她的区域规划与讲学涉及中国23个省份。从1997年开始，她就一直领导一个全球可持续发展联盟资助的由15名教师和学生组成的团队，从事中国能源有效利用方面的研究。参加者包括来自中国，日本，瑞士，美国的化学工程师、经济学家、物理学家、规划师，并出版了名为：《中国的技术，能源，环境，健康链：山西省煤炭行业案例分析》，已由 蒲可人 教授亲自编辑并于2005年底出版。