Biography

Yacob Mulugetta joined the Centre for Environmental Strategy as a lecturer in 1997. He was responsible for setting up the Masters programme in the Centre for Environmental Strategy (Surrey), which he managed for 10 years until September 2007. Yacob has 15 years of research and teaching experience specialising in the links between basic infrastructure provision and human welfare, with a particular focus on access to energy services to address poverty and inequality concerns. His current research and advisory work lies in the inter-sectoral links between energy, environment and health; and the role of policy in facilitating access to clean and affordable energy services to poor communities. He has research experience in resource assessment issues, scenario analysis, policy processes and their impact on diverse communities, and participatory approaches towards multi-stakeholder decision processes. He has participated in a number of energy-related projects, funded by the Department for International Development and UNDP. Yacob is currently utilising some of this research experience in an exciting ESRC funded Research in Lifestyles, Values and Energy Consumption (RESOLVE). He leads the policy and governance strand in the RESOLVE project.

Research Interests

Environmental policy and governance; Energy and Development; Climate mitigation (adaptation) and development; Renewable energy strategies; Community-based energy initiatives; biofuel project implementation challenges; climate and energy scenarios; sufficiency vs efficiency.

Research Collaborations

UK collaboration: Bradford (International Development); Cambridge (Geography); Sussex (SPRU); Edinburgh (Geosciences); Oxford (Development/Latin American); UCL (DPU)
International: Addis Ababa (IDR); Humboldt University (USA); Finland Futures Research Centre; University of the West Indies (Jamaica)
Non-academic: Practical Action; Oxfam; WWF; Enviros; Halcrow; Institute for Security Studies (SAfrica)

Publications

• Mulugetta, Y. (2007) 'Renewable energy technology and implementation mechanisms for Ethiopia', Energy Sources , 2(1). 3-17.
• Mulugetta, Y. Mantajit, N. and Jackson, T. (2007) 'Power sector scenarios for Thailand: An exploratory analysis 2002-2022, Energy Policy, 35(6) 3256-3269.
• Jeswani, H., Wehrmeyer, W. and Mulugetta, Y. (in Press) 'How warm is the corporate response to climate change? Evidence from Pakistan and the UK', Business Strategy and the Environment.
• Mulugetta, Y. (in Press) 'Human capacity and institutional development towards sustainable energy in África: Diagnosis and interventions', Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
• Mulugetta, Y. (2007) Book Review: Economic Modelling of Climate Change and Energy Policies by C. de Miguel, X. Labandeira, B. Manzano, Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., Energy Policy, 35(4): 2679-2680.
• Mulugetta, Y. (forthcoming in 2008) 'Political ecology of carbon trading in Africa', in Reddy, T. (ed) Climate Change in Africa: Governance of Carbon Trading, Institute of Strategic Studies, Cape Town.
• Mulugetta, Y. (2007) 'Understanding and influencing energy practices', 360 Degrees of Sustainability Conference, West Sussex County Council (June 2007)
• Mulugetta, Y. (2007) 'The future of sustainable energy in Africa' TU Delft 2007 jubilee year symposium on Sustainable Solutions: Focus on Africa, TU Delft, Netherlands (November 2007)
• Mulugetta, Y. and Fudge, S. (2007) 'Policy conversations in climate change and the place of NGOs' presented at Non-Governmental Organisations and Politics in Contemporary Britain conference 5-6 July 2007, Birmingham.
• Jeswani H. K, Wehrmeyer W. and Mulugetta Y (2007) 'Key factors shaping corporate climate change strategies: A study in Pakistan and the UK', presented at the Corporate Responsibility Research Conference July 15- 17, 2007, Leeds, The UK.
• Mulugetta, Y. (2006) 'Oversubscribed global citizenship and the limits of fair trade', Development Studies Association Workshop, 27-28 April, Cambridge UK.

Books

• Mulugetta, Y, A. Doig, S. Dunnett, T. Jackson, S. Khennas, and K. Rai, K. (2005) Energy for Rural Livelihoods: A Framework for Sustainable Decision Making , ITDG Publications, Rugby.
• Mulugetta, Y. (2007) 'Globalisation: The battle for solidarity and effective resistance, in Implications of Globalisation , eds., A. Boran and P. Cox, Chester Academic Press, Chester

Teaching

Module leader: Environment and Development (MSc); Sustainable development (engineering undergraduates); Entrepreneurial Skills (TE undergraduates); Final Year Project (TE undergraduates)
Teaching: Sustainable Development (MSc); Corporate Social & Env Management (MSc); Environment and Development (MSc); MSc dissertation

Departmental Duties

Module Coordinator; University representative at the Guildford BC's Climate Change Strategy Advisory Group