Biographical Information
A graduate of the Universities of Strathclyde and Glasgow, Karen has been a member of the Department since 1999, first as a PhD student, then as a Research Fellow before joining the academic staff in 2004. Her main research area is accounting and modelling energy-economy-environment interaction using input-output and computable general equilibrium (CGE) techniques. Karen is also a Research Associate of the Fraser of Allander Institute for Research on the Scottish Economy and is regularly involved in policy advocacy and advice.
Karen is currently Principal Investigator on two ESRC-funded projects. The first of these began in October 2007 (3 years duration) under the First Grants Initiative and is titled "An empirical general equilibrium analysis of the factors that govern the extent of energy rebound effects in the UK economy" (ESRC ref. RES-061-25-0010). Information on this project, and outputs to date, can be found at http://www.esrcsocietytoday.ac.uk/esrcinfocentre/viewawardpage.aspx?awardnumber=RES-061-25-0010. In 2008 Karen became one of six ESRC Climate Change Leadership Fellows. Her Fellowship began in October 2008 (27 months duration) and is titled Investigating the pollution content of trade flows and the importance of environmental trade balances in addressing the problem of climate change (ESRC ref. RES-066-27-0029). Information on this Fellowship, and outputs to date, can be found at http://www.esrcsocietytoday.ac.uk/esrcinfocentre/viewawardpage.aspx?awardnumber=RES-066-27-0029.
Karen is also a Co-Investigator on two projects with the EPSRC Supergen Marine and Hydrogen Consortiums. Details of these research projects can be found on the Energy Research pages of the Fraser of Allander Institute web-page, http://www.strath.ac.uk/fraser/research/energyresearch/.
