Mook Bangalore

IEE Faculty Member
Titles and Affiliations
Assistant Professor, School of Public Policy

Mook Bangalore is an assistant professor in the School of Public Policy at Penn State. His research focuses on the relationship between environment and development and explores how households across The Global South are affected by environmental change and the climate crisis. Previously, he was a postdoctoral researcher at UC-Santa Barbara and Princeton University (High Meadows Environmental Institute). He received his PhD from the London School of Economics (Department of Geography and Environment and the Grantham Research Institute).

In the News

Recent Publications

Land and poverty: The role of soil fertility and vegetation quality in poverty reduction

Heger, M. P., Zens, G. & Bangalore, M., Aug 1 2020, In: Environment and Development Economics. 25, 4, p. 315-333 19 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

A global-level model of the potential impacts of climate change on child stunting via income and food price in 2030

Lloyd, S. J., Bangalore, M., Chalabi, Z., Kovats, R. S., Hallegatte, S., Rozenberg, J., Valin, H. & Havlík, P., Sep 2018, In: Environmental health perspectives. 126, 9

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Themultifaceted relationship between environmental risks and poverty: New insights from Vietnam

Narloch, U. & Bangalore, M., Jun 1 2018, In: Environment and Development Economics. 23, 3, p. 298-327 30 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Households and heat stress: Estimating the distributional consequences of climate change

Park, J., Bangalore, M., Hallegatte, S. & Sandhoefner, E., Jun 1 2018, In: Environment and Development Economics. 23, 3, p. 349-368 20 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Disaster risk, climate change, and poverty: Assessing the global exposure of poor people to floods and droughts

Winsemius, H. C., Jongman, B., Veldkamp, T. I. E., Hallegatte, S., Bangalore, M. & Ward, P. J., Jun 1 2018, In: Environment and Development Economics. 23, 3, p. 328-348 21 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Policy incentives and adoption of agricultural anaerobic digestion: A survey of Europe and the United States

Bangalore, M., Hochman, G. & Zilberman, D., Nov 1 2016, In: Renewable Energy. 97, p. 559-571 13 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Poverty and climate change: Natural disasters, agricultural impacts and health shocks

Hallegatte, S., Bangalore, M., Bonzanigo, L., Fay, M., Kane, T., Narloch, U., Rozenberg, J., Treguer, D. & Vogt-Schilb, A., Nov 2015, In: Geneva Reports on the World Economy. 2015-November, p. 369-389 21 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review