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
- Statistics approaches to study drivers of electrification for development Africa
Research area 3: Innovation for sustainable development Africa:
- 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 integrating Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
- Conceptual and applied research on system-wide sustainabiltiy transitions
- Conceptual and quantitative research on maximising synergies across the SDGs
Examples of current research projects
- Climate Compatiable Growth: A 42 million GBP initiative by the UK government 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 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
