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Marc A. Jeuland CV

Professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy
Sanford School of Public Policy
Box 90312, Durham, NC 27708
254 Rubenstein Hall, Box 90312, Durham, NC 27708
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Overview


Marc Jeuland is a Professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy, with a joint appointment in the Duke Global Health Institute. His research interests include nonmarket valuation, water and sanitation, environmental health, energy poverty and transitions, trans-boundary water resource planning and management, and the impacts and economics of climate change. 

Jeuland's recent research includes work to understand the economic implications of climate change for water resources projects on transboundary river systems, a range of primary data collection projects related to analysis of adoption of environmental health improving technology, and analysis of the costs and benefits of environmental health interventions in developing countries. He has conducted multiple field experiments on issues such as: the role of water quality information in affecting household water and hygiene behaviors; the demand for, and impacts of cleaner cookstoves on household well-being; the long-term sustainability and effects of rural sanitation and water supply projects. He has also collected data on preferences for a range of environmental health improvements including cholera vaccines, household water treatment technologies and improved cookstoves. In the energy and development domain, he is currently working on several projects with the Energy Access Project at Duke, and is a co-founder of the Sustainable Energy Transitions Initiative (SETI), along with Professor Subhrendu Pattanayak and scholars from Chile, China and Ethiopia. His energy portfolio includes work related to evaluation of cleaner cooking interventions, measuring energy access and reliability, and reviews of the drivers and impacts literature related to energy. 

Jeuland has worked in the past with the World Bank, USAID, the Millennium Challenge Corporation, UNICEF, and many field-based NGOs and community-based implementing organizations.

Prior to his graduate studies and work with the World Bank, Jeuland was a Peace Corps volunteer in Mali, West Africa, where he designed and monitored construction of a pilot wastewater treatment system and trained management personnel at the plant’s managing firm.

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy · 2023 - Present Sanford School of Public Policy
Faculty Director of the Energy Access Project in the Nicholas Institute for Energy, Environment & Sustainability · 2019 - Present Nicholas Institute for Energy, Environment & Sustainability, University Institutes and Centers
Research Professor of Global Health · 2023 - Present Duke Global Health Institute, University Institutes and Centers
Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering · 2024 - Present Civil and Environmental Engineering, Pratt School of Engineering
Professor in the Division of Environmental Social Systems · 2025 - Present Environmental Social Systems, Nicholas School of the Environment
Faculty Research Scholar of DuPRI's Population Research Center · 2014 - Present Duke Population Research Center, Duke Population Research Institute
Affiliate of the Duke Center for International Development · 2024 - Present Duke Center for International Development, Sanford School of Public Policy

In the News


Published February 3, 2025
Global Health Effects of Extreme Temperatures
Published June 30, 2021
Clean Cookstoves are a Low-Cost Way to Fight Climate Change – if People Use Them
Published June 30, 2021
Flexible Approaches May Encourage More People to Use Clean Cookstoves

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Recent Publications


An implementation science analysis of an ethanol cooking fuel promotion project in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Journal Article Energy for Sustainable Development · December 1, 2025 In 2019, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) launched the “Promotion of Bio-Ethanol as Alternative Clean Fuel for Cooking in the United Republic of Tanzania” project with an aim to promote and distribute 500,000 bioethanol stoves ... Full text Cite

Sustainability and contribution of household biogas plants to energy transition in Nepal.

Journal Article Scientific reports · November 2025 Household biogas can significantly contribute to sustainable energy transition by supporting the decarbonisation and modernization of the cooking energy sector. Nearly 450,000 household biogas plants were reported to have been installed in Nepal as of 2023 ... Full text Cite

Incentivizing Grid Reliability: A Framework for Performance-Linked Electricity Improvements in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Report · October 6, 2025 Reliable electricity is the foundation of modern economies and essential to social and human development. Without it, firms cannot expand, hospitals cannot operate safely, and households hesitate to invest in appliances and tools that improve daily life. I ... Open Access Link to item Cite
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Recent Grants


Benin II Off-Grid Energy Access Project Evaluation

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Social Impact · 2018 - 2027

Powering Progress: A Multidimensional Approach to Assessing and Improving Energy Access at Health Facilities

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Link Foundation · 2024 - 2026

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Education, Training & Certifications


University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill · 2009 Ph.D.
Swarthmore College · 2001 B.S.