Welcome! I am a researcher and educator working on the low carbon energy transition. Of particular interest are sectoral policies that help create competitive advantage while effectively responding to climate change. I am currently doing quite a lot of work on the prospects for offshore wind power, and building decarbonized supply chains for iron/steel.

I am currently Director of the Institute for Climate, Energy, and Disaster Solutions (ICEDS) at the Australian National University, and Professor of Public Policy at the Crawford School of Public Policy. I also contribute through a number of external appointments, including serving as Lead Author for the UN IPCC WGIII AR7, non-executive director at the Australia-Japan Innovation Fund, research director and non-executive director at the Australian Institute of International Affairs, member of the Clean Energy Transition Subcommittee of the Australia Japan Business Co-operation Committee (AJBCC), and Australia Focal Point for the Energy Research Institute Network (ERIN) of the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA). I am also the external examiner for the Sustainability Leadership and Governance Programme at the University of Hong Kong.

Most of the studies I have been involved with are available via my research page, the Lab for Energy & Environment in the Asia Pacific (LEEAP) landing page, or from ResearchGate. Upcoming & recent speaking engagements can be found here. You can also find me on LinkedIn, or feel free to drop me an email if you would like to explore working together.

What’s New

30 June. Speaking. Transitioning the Australia-Japan Energy Partnership. AJBCC Energy Conference.

21 May. Speaking. Keynote: 2026 International Forum on Carbon Neutrality and Energy System Transformation (CNEST). Tsinghua University.

10 May. Writing. Gas and coal have long tied Japan to Australia. It’s time for a new climate and green industry partnership. The Conversation.

27 Feb. Speaking. Accelerate 2035: National Energy Transition Research Summit. Australian Council of Learned Academies (ACOLA).

12 Feb. Speaking. ANU Climate Update 2026.

5 Feb. Speaking. Networks & Collaboration in Green Industry Policy Design: Evidence from Ammonia Co-Combustion in Japan. Centre for Civil Society & Governance. University of Hong Kong.

2 Jan. Writing. Co-combustion of Ammonia in Coal-fired Power Plants in ASEAN. Energy Policy.

1-5 Dec. IPCC WGIII Lead Author Meeting. Paris. France.

25 Nov. Speaking. Japan-Australia Decarbonisation Forum. University of Tokyo.

13-14 Nov. Speaking. Decarbonization Policies Around the World: Lessons, Gaps, and Opportunities. Energy Studies Institute, National University of Singapore.

30 Oct. Speaking. Global Value Chains & the Low Carbon Energy Transition: implications of a hybrid transformation. Center for Energy Economics and Strategy Studies. Fudan University. Shanghai, China.

28 Oct. Speaking. Global Value Chains & the Low Carbon Energy Transition: implications of a hybrid transformation. Tsinghua University. Beijing, China.

24 Oct. Speaking. Keynote: 12th Int’l Symposium on Market-Oriented Green & Low-Carbon Development, Wuhan, China.