Biography
I specialize in interdisciplinary approaches towards energy issues, engaging with both natural and social scientists. I assess policy and activist viewpoints, as well as develop and promote new conceptual thinking such as energy justice. A range of external bodies including most notably the British Academy, Carnegie Trust, ESRC, EPSRC, Royal Society of Edinburgh and UKERC has funded the development of my research agenda.
Responsibilities
- Director of the St. Andrews Sustainability Institute
- Director of the Arctic Research Centre
- Director of Impact and Knowledge Exchange
- Director of the International Energy Justice Council
- ESRC Peer Review College
- Carnegie Research Assessor
- Nuclear Consulting Group
Research Interests
I am involved in a wide range of energy-based academic and commercially funded research. I also retain a keen interest in complementary areas of research seeking to understand technology-society relationships (e.g. biofuels, biotechnology, micro-generation, third generation nuclear reactors). I list a small selection of recently PI and Co-I funded projects ranging from one to six years in project duration;
- Whole energy systems for a just transition, UKERC (EPSRC)
- Connecting with a low carbon Scotland, RSE
- Adaptation and resilience of the UK energy system to climate change, EPSRC
- Discourses of energy justice in the United States and Europe, EPSRC
- Exploring injustices in energy production and consumption in Scotland, Carnegie
- Going Nuclear? Exploring the multi-level politics of including nuclear energy, ESRC
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Most recent publications
Teaching Interests
- SD4112 Global Energy Politics
- SD5299, SD5023 Sustainable Energy
- SD5001, SD5003 Sustainable Development
- GG5002, GG5003 Advanced Research Methods and Design
- SD5028, SD4299 Sustainable Development and Geography Dissertations
- SD4221 Review Essays
Postgraduate Students
- Rebecca Grant (Energy justice in Kenya)
- Iain Todd (Energy justice and solar in South Africa)
- Caroline Damgaard (Urban energy systems)
- Maria Pavlenko (Arctic energy)
- Ryan Holmes (Arctic shipping)
- Rika Hirose Haga (Nuclear and decommissioning)
- Esther Lew (Climate change negotiations)
- Ilinca Bajenaru (Urban governance)