Research Fellow, Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program
Contact: elysandler@hks.harvard.edu
Ely Sandler is a Research Fellow at the Belfer Center's Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program.
At Harvard, Ely teaches the Master’s course, “Financing the Clean Energy Transition,” and leads a seminar on Space Policy. His research focuses on energy policy, climate finance, and outer space policy. Ely’s work has been quoted in the Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Reuters and Bloomberg, and he has advised organizations such as the World Bank, United Nations and various governments on public policy.
Outside his academic work, Ely is Managing Parter of the Article Six Group, raising finance for large-scale infrastructure projects and advising governments on energy and climate policy. In addition, Ely is a Venture Partner at Aurelia Foundry, a leading Space Tech Venture Capital fund.
Ely’s background is in economics and finance; he served as a senior consultant to the World Bank, and previously worked at Morgan Stanley for nearly a decade across investment banking, capital markets, and senior management. Ely is also a founding Board Member of 50:50 Startups, the non-profit tech accelerator for Israeli and Palestinian entrepreneurs.
Ely graduated with distinction from the University of Oxford with a first class degree in Politics, Philosophy & Economics. He holds a Master’s in Public Policy from the Harvard Kennedy School, where he received a distinction for his thesis. His PHD is at Oxford University in Environmental Economics.
