Research Area 1: Multi-criteria energy system optimisation in Africa:

• Continental and regional modelling including the minimisation of political risks
• National modelling including the integration of on-grid and off-grid electrification and minimisation of sub-national inequalities

Research Area 2: Data analytics for energy-enabled sustainable development in Africa:

• Data science/machine learning forecasting of future development pathways
• Statistical approaches to study the drivers of electrification for development Africa  

Research area 3: Sustainable Innovation in Africa (SIA):

• Entrepreneurship and Business Model Innovation for Sustainable Development
• Qualitative theory building on policy strategies and instruments for business model innovation

Research Area 4: Conceptual research on the integration of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

• Conceptual and applied research on system-wide sustainability transitions
• Conceptual and quantitative research on maximising synergies across the SDGs 

• Climate Compatible Growth: A £42 million UK government initiative to study green development pathways of low-income and lower-middle income countries
• Sustainable Innovation Africa (SIA): A newly founded initiative between researchers at the University of Oxford, ETH Zurich and the Nuvoni Research Centre in Nairobi to study the role of innovation and entrepreneurship for sustainable development in Africa
• Decentralised Energy-Leveraging Transformation of African Development (DELTADev): Designing integrated energy systems and associated business models for rural African contexts to reap benefits across multiple Sustainnable Development Goals