Current Post: Lecturer in Energy and Climate Change Research

Room Number: Zicer 1.18

Telephone: 01603 591386 (+44 1603 591386)

Fax: 01603 593901 (+44 1603 593901)

Email: charlie.wilson@uea.ac.uk

Publications: EPrints Digital Repository

PhD Studentships Available Spillovers between Pro-Environmental Behaviours: Exploring the Influence of Status, Visibility, Imitation, and Motivation

Research Interests

 

Energy technology and policy, innovation processes and systems, pro-environmental behaviour, behaviour change interventions, decision heuristics and biases.


Biography

My research interests lie at the intersection between innovation, behaviour and policy in the field of energy and climate change mitigation. I joined the Tyndall Centre and UEA in September 2010 from the London School of Economics (LSE). There, I taught courses on technological change and business sustainability. I am currently working as a Lead Author on the Global Energy Assessment (forthcoming in 2011) with colleagues from IIASA, a research institute based outside Vienna. I have a PhD from the University of British Columbia in Canada. This was an inter-disciplinary social scientific investigation of the social and behavioural determinants of energy use. Prior to my PhD, I worked for a number of years in the private sector in both renewable energy finance and climate change policy. I have an MSc in Environmental Technology from Imperial College, and a BA in Modern Languages & Natural Sciences from Cambridge.


Significant Publications

• Wilson C. (2009). Meta-analysis of unit and industry level scaling dynamics in energy technologies and climate change mitigation scenarios. Interim Report IR-09-29. International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA). Aug 2009.
• Wilson C. (2008). Social norms and policies to promote energy efficiency in the home. Environmental Law Reporter. Special Issue Dec 08.

• Wilson C. and Dowlatabadi, H. (2007). Models of decision making and residential energy use. Annual Review of Environment and Resources 32: 169-203.

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