biography

Current academic appointments

  • Official Fellow in Economics, New College, Oxford (1988- )
  • Professor of Energy Policy, University of Oxford (2007- )
  • Associate of the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment (2009- )
     

Other current appointments

  • Chair, Defra Natural Capital Committee (2012- )
  • Chief Advisor to the Polish Roundtable on a Low Carbon Economy (2009- )
  • Chair, Defra Academic Panel (2000- )
  • Advisory Board, Macquarie European Infrastructure Fund (2004- )
  • Associate Editor, Oxford Review of Economic Policy (1991- )
     

Previous appointments and activities

  • DfT Airports Review Experts’ Panel (2008-2010)
  • Sustainable Energy Policy Advisory Board (2003-2007)
  • Department for Transport Eddington Friends (2005-2009)
  • DfT Expert panel on Airport Regulation (2008-09)
  • Prime Minister’s Council of Science and Technology (2005-07)
  • DTI Energy Advisory Panel (2004-07)
  • Panel on Regulation of the Health Service (reporting to the Secretary of State) (2005-2006)
  • British Waterways Quinquennial Review (DEFRA, 2005)
  • Ministerial Task Force on Sustainable Development (2003-2005)
  • Founder and Director, Oxford Economic Research Associates Ltd (1982-2005)
  • UKAEA Quinquennial Review (DTI, 2003)
  • Founding Managing Editor, Oxford Review of Economic Policy (1985-2000)
  • Fellow in Economics, Lady Margaret Hall Oxford (1985-1988)
  • Junior Research Fellow, New College (1981-1983)