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
McCollum, D.L., Gambhir, A., Rogelj, J. , & Wilson, C. (2020). Energy modellers should explore extremes more systematically in scenarios. Nature Energy 5 10.1038/s41560-020-0555-3.
Louwen, A., Edelenbosch, O.Y., van Vuuren, D.P., McCollum, D., Pettifor, H., Wilson, C. , & Junginger, M. (2020). Application of experience curves and learning to other fields. In: Technological Learning in the Transition to a Low-Carbon Energy System. Eds. Junginger, M. & Louwen, A., pp. 49-62 Academic Press. 10.1016/B978-0-12-818762-3.00004-2.
Wilson, C. , Kerr, L., Sprei, F., Vrain, E., & Wilson, M. (2020). Potential Climate Benefits of Digital Consumer Innovations. Annual Review of Environment and Resources 45 (1) 113-144. 10.1146/annurev-environ-012320-082424.
Kim, Y.J. & Wilson, C. (2019). Analysing energy innovation portfolios from a systemic perspective. Energy Policy 134 e110942. 10.1016/j.enpol.2019.110942.
Kim, Y.J. & Wilson, C. (2019). Analysing future change in the EU's energy innovation system. Energy Strategy Reviews 24 279-299. 10.1016/j.esr.2019.04.012.