Colin’s research spans sustainable energy governance at the intersection of communities, demand, mobility and climate change. He has worked on energy policy, regulation, business models and markets as a research at the University of Exeter and at SPRU – Science Policy Research Unit at the University of Sussex, and as a research consultant for Climate-KIC, Department of Energy and Climate Change and Department for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy. He currently works as a Vice-Chancellor’s Fellow at University Bristol Law School and a Researcher in the Politics of Energy Demand at the Centre for Research into Energy Demand Solutions, Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford.
Colin completed his undergraduate degree in Geography and History with a minor in Economics at the University College Dublin and both his postgraduate degree in Sustainable Development and his PhD in Geography at the University of Exeter. Between his various positions Colin has worked for a Geography Department, a Politics Department, a Business School, a School of Management and a Law School. In between, Colin worked as a steelworker, a mussel farmer and an energy efficiency consultant.