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Charlie Wilson

Senior Research Scholar

Transformative Institutional and Social Solutions Research Group

Energy, Climate, and Environment Program

Senior Research Scholar

Sustainable Service Systems Research Group

Energy, Climate, and Environment Program

Biography

Charlie Wilson is a visiting research scholar in the Energy, Climate, and Environment (ECE) Program, working on a range of energy, innovation, and climate change mitigation projects. His work focuses on the dynamics and patterns of technological and social change, both historically and under future scenarios towards climate stabilization and sustainability goals. This work includes analysis of the energy and climate impacts of digitalization in daily life; the economic and human benefits of small-scale or granular technologies; and low-carbon lifestyle change. His work has fed into the Global Energy Assessment (2012), been published in a Cambridge University Press book (2014), as well as various journal publications and IIASA working papers (2009-present). He is also a professor of Energy and Climate Change in the Environmental Change Institute at the University of Oxford, UK.

Last update: 16 MAR 2023

Publications

Wilson, C. (2014). Historical diffusion and growth of energy technologies. In: Energy Technology Innovation: Learning from Historical Successes andFailures. Eds. Grubler, A. & Wilson, C. , Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781107023222

Wilson, C. (2014). Input, output, and outcome metrics for assessing energy technology innovation. In: Energy Technology Innovation: Learning from Historical Successes andFailures. Eds. Grubler, A. & Wilson, C. , Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781107023222

Wilson, C. & Grubler, A. (2014). Lessons learnt from the Energy Technology Innovation System. In: Energy Technology Innovation: Learning from Historical Successes and Failures. Eds. Grubler, A. & Wilson, C. , Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781107023222

Grubler, A. & Wilson, C. (2014). Policies for energy technology innovation. In: Energy Technology Innovation: Learning from Historical Successes and Failures. Eds. Grubler, A. & Wilson, C. , Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781107023222

Grubler, A. & Nemet, G.F. (2014). Sources and consequences of knowledge depreciation. In: Energy Technology Innovation: Learning from Historical Successes and Failures. Eds. Grubler, A. & Wilson, C. , Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781107023222