Public writing
This page lists public-facing scholarship by Lab members, including policy reports, op-eds, and white papers. Academic publications can be found on our Publications page.
Policy Reports and Op-Eds
Paasha Mahdavi. Collaborative Levers for Methane Abatement in National Oil Companies. Environmental Defense Fund policy report, Dec 2024.
Paasha Mahdavi and Andrew Howell. “National Oil Companies and the Global Methane Opportunity.
“ Global Policy, 19 Dec 2024.
Joachim Roth, Romain Poivet, Angela Picciariello, Natalie Jones, and Paasha Mahdavi, with support from Nikki Gwilliam-Beeharee, Lauren Muusse and Cyril Moyo. Assessing National Oil Companies’ transition plans: An essential tool for banks, investors and regulators. The 2035 Initiative, World Benchmarking Alliance, and IISD Policy Briefing, Nov 2023.
Angela Picciariello and Paasha Mahdavi, with support from Greg Muttitt and Matto Mildenberger. Opportunity NOCs: How investors can jumpstart energy transitions in national oil companies. The 2035 Initiative and IISD Policy Briefing, Feb 2023.
Paasha Mahdavi. Paving a Credible Investment Pathway to Net Zero for Oil and Gas. OECD Consultation on Investment Treaties and Climate Change, 2022.
Alexandra Gillies, Patrick R.P. Heller, Paasha Mahdavi, David Manley, Valerie Marcel, Lourdes Melgar, Francisco Monaldi, Greg Muttitt, Angela Picciariello, and Joachim Roth. National Oil Companies and Climate Change: Insights for Advocates. IISD and NRGI Policy Briefing, 2021.
Jessica Green, Jennifer Hadden, Thomas Hale, and Paasha Mahdavi. “Oil companies aren’t actually going green—but some are heading there faster than others.” Washington Post / Monkey Cage, 2020.
Paasha Mahdavi. "Stop Oil Production in Santa Barbara Once and for All." Santa Barbara Independent, September 2020.
Paasha Mahdavi. “Power Grabs and Crude Decisions.” Invisible Histories of the Harvard Center for History and Economics, June 2020.
Paasha Mahdavi and Morgan Bazilian. “New Oil Finds Could Mean a Tripling of Guyana’s GDP.” Foreign Policy, 2019.
Paasha Mahdavi. "Recommendations on the Draft Lebanese National Oil Company Bill.” Report prepared in 2018 for the Lebanese Parliamentary Committee on Public Works, Transportation, Energy, and Water.
Paasha Mahdavi. “Four things to know about nationalizations in the energy industry.” Initiative for Sustainable Energy Policy (ISEP) Blog, 2017.
Morgan Bazilian, Paasha Mahdavi, Peri-Khan Aqrawi-Whitcomb, and Cyril Widdershoven. “Oil Conflict and Kurdish Independence.” Global Policy, 2017.
Paasha Mahdavi. “How to get reelected if you are an Iranian MP.” Washington Post / Monkey Cage, 2015.
Paasha Mahdavi. “Will Iran’s parliament block the nuclear deal?” Washington Post / Monkey Cage, 2015.
Paasha Mahdavi. “Oil and Politics in Iran’s Majles-e Shura-ye Eslami.” The International Society for Iranian Studies Newsletter, 2014.
Patrick Heller, Paasha Mahdavi, and Johannes Schreuder. “Reforming National Oil Companies: Nine Recommendations.” Natural Resource Governance Institute Briefing, 2014.
Aaron Sayne, Patrick Heller, Paasha Mahdavi, and Johannes Schreuder. “The Petroleum Industry Bill and the Future of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).” Revenue Watch Institute Briefing, 2012.
Jonathan Gatto, Byung-oh Kim, Paasha Mahdavi, Hirochika Namekawa, and Hung Tran. “The Future Impact of Climate Change on the California Wine Industry.” Prepared for California State Assembly Member Noreen Evans, 2009.