About

Clinton J. Andrews is a Distinguished Professor, Associate Dean for Research, and Director of the Center for Urban Policy Research at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Rutgers University. He holds a S.M. in Technology and Policy from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a Ph.D. in Regional Planning from MIT, and a B.S. with Honors in Engineering from Brown University. His academic and professional background includes work in the private sector and at Princeton University. Andrews teaches courses in urban planning and public informatics, and his research focuses on how people use the built environment, addressing issues related to climate change mitigation and adaptation, technological impacts on urban life, and energy transition. His current projects include studying the fiscal impacts of coastal hazards, how low-income urban seniors cope with heat stress and indoor air quality issues, and the promotion of energy-efficient buildings and clean energy policies. He has published scholarly and popular articles, authored books such as 'Humble Analysis: The Practice of Joint Fact-finding,' 'Regulating Regional Power Systems,' and 'Industrial Ecology and Global Change.' Andrews has served as co-editor of the Journal of Planning Education and Research and is a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Industrial Ecology. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners, a licensed Professional Engineer, a Fellow of the AAAS, and a recipient of IEEE’s 3rd Millennium Medal.

Research topics

• Computer Science
• Engineering
• Architectural engineering
• Sociology
• Public economics
• Management science
• Risk analysis (engineering)
• Database
• Human–computer interaction
• Systems engineering
• Environmental science
• Nanotechnology
• Simulation
• World Wide Web
• Geography
• Economics
• Physics
• Environmental economics
• Civil engineering
• Materials science
• Library science
• Meteorology
• Econometrics

Selected publications

• Seeing What Matters: A New Metric for Understanding Pedestrian Visual Attention in Urban Crossings

  SSRN Electronic Journal · 2026-01-01

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• Reflections on Energy Efficiency Policies in Sustainable Transition: Bedrock, Gamechanger, or More of the Same?

  Environmental Policy and Governance · 2025-09-16

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  ABSTRACT In this study, we analyze how energy efficiency actions, policies, and outcomes are tied to wider socio‐economic and political contexts that are important from a sustainable energy transition perspective. In our two‐part study, we first conduct a bibliometric analysis of 206 publications to identify some of the dominant discourses in the literary construction of energy efficiency actions and outcomes from a sustainable energy transition policy perspective using keywords–energy efficiency, energy policy, sustainable transition, political, conflict, consumption, and equity. Next, we identify and take up five comparatively understudied themes to understand the how and why questions surrounding residential energy efficiency actions, policies, and outcomes for sustainable transition‐(i) efficiency versus consumption; (ii) barriers and conflicts at the individual, household, and institutional levels; (iii) policy processes and heterogeneity; (iv) demonstrable savings versus normative ethics and equity ideals; and (v) public policy and market‐based frameworks. Using a multi‐disciplinary lens, we explore the underlying paradigms, dynamics, synergies, and trade‐offs between different actors, institutions, and situational contexts influencing complex energy efficiency policy processes. We note the role of bargaining, negotiations, and political dynamics as important elements of policy processes that influence adoption, applicability, and jurisdictions of energy efficiency policies. Our study also highlights the need for policies that target absolute energy consumption and careful balancing of socially equitable objectives with economically efficient outcomes in a market‐based framework. We believe that a better understanding and comprehensive discussion of these challenges will inform policymaking and ensure better outcomes.

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• A Central Role for Counter-Mapping with Marginalized Populations to Promote Resilience through Community-Driven Urban Design 

  Research Square · 2025-11-17

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• City planning and energy use

  Elsevier eBooks · 2025-01-01

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• Assessing Pedestrian Stress with Biometric Sensing and Survey Responses

  SSRN Electronic Journal · 2025-01-01

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• Winners of the 2023 Graedel Prizes

  Journal of Industrial Ecology · 2025-06-25

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• An Air Quality Digital Twin for Real-Time Outdoor Air Quality Monitoring and Prediction

  SSRN Electronic Journal · 2025-01-01

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• Special Issue Editorial: Imagining Tomorrow’s Infrastructure

  IEEE Transactions on Technology and Society · 2025-12-01

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• Cultural and Institutional Factors Driving Severe Repetitive Flood Losses: Insights From the Jersey Shore

  Risk Analysis · 2025-08-10 · 2 citations

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  Decisions about how to respond to coastal flood hazards often involve disagreements over resource allocations. In the United States, large intergovernmental fiscal transfers have enabled rebuilding in areas that experience severe repetitive losses. This case study focuses on Ortley Beach, a barrier island neighborhood in Toms River, New Jersey, to examine the process of rebuilding after Superstorm Sandy in 2012 and competing visions for the future. A decade later, we conducted 32 key-informant interviews-including residents and local, state, and federal officials-to examine how values, worldviews, and beliefs shape preferences for coastal risk reduction strategies. A central debate was whether public resources should support staying or leaving the island. Key concerns included the economic impacts of strategies on household and public finances, the effectiveness of strategies to mitigate future flood damages, and fairness in the distribution of costs and responsibilities. Conflicts emerged in how stakeholders framed their preferences. Local officials tended to hold more individualistic-hierarchical worldviews, weaker beliefs in climate science, and favored actions to protect high-value properties to preserve the tax base while externalizing costs. In contrast, some residents and most state and federal officials held more community-egalitarian worldviews, stronger beliefs in climate science, and preferences for long-term adaptation strategies to reduce risk, including property buyouts. Responding to the primary concern about economic impacts, we recommend enhancing individual and local financial resilience to climate and political shocks by diversifying municipal revenue streams, encouraging proactive risk-based planning, exploring innovative insurance models, and better accounting for the long-term costs of rebuilding.

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• Using Personal Exposure Measurement to Manage Environmental Stressors

  2025-05-30

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Recent grants

• EAGER: Predicting Electricity Demand and Indoor Air Quality During Heat Waves

  NSF · $250k · 2016–2019

• SCC-IRG Track 2: Making Micromobility Smarter and Safer (M2S2)

  NSF · $1.5M · 2020–2024

Frequent coauthors

• Jennifer Senick

  Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

  24 shared

• Richard Wener

  New York University

  16 shared

• Gediminas Mainelis

  15 shared

• Uta Krogmann

  Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

  11 shared

• Greg Adamson

  University of Melbourne

  11 shared

• Laurie Lau

  Monash University

  11 shared

• Handi Chandra Putra

  Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

  11 shared

• Lewis M. Terman

  Monash University

  10 shared

Education

• Ph.D., Urban Studies and Planning

  Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  1990

• S.M., Technology & Policy/Mechanical Engineering

  Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  1985

• Sc.B., Engineering

  Brown University

  1978

Awards & honors

• Fellow of AAAS
• IEEE’s 3rd Millenium Medal