Charlie Wilson
Senior Research Scholar
Transformative Institutional and Social Solutions Research Group
Energy, Climate, and Environment
Senior Research Scholar
Sustainable Service Systems Research Group
Energy, Climate, and Environment
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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. (2012). Up-scaling, formative phases, and learning in the historical diffusion of energy technologies. Energy Policy 50 81-94. 10.1016/j.enpol.2012.04.077.
Wilson, C. & Grubler, A. (2011). A Comparative Analysis of Annual Market Investments in Energy Supply and End-use Technologies. IIASA Interim Report. IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria: IR-11-032
Wilson, C. & Grubler, A. (2011). Lessons from the history of technological change for clean energy scenarios and policies. Natural Resources Forum 35 (3) 165-184. 10.1111/j.1477-8947.2011.01386.x.
Wilson, C. & Grubler, A. (2011). Lessons from the History of Technology and Global Change for the Emerging Clean Technology Cluster. IIASA Interim Report. IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria: IR-11-001
Wilson, C. (2009). Meta-analysis of Unit and Industry Level Scaling Dynamics in Energy Technologies and Climate Change Mitigation Scenarios. IIASA Interim Report. IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria: IR-09-029