Personal statement
I am a Reader in International Relations in the School of Government & Public Policy and Chancellor’s Fellow in the Centre for Energy Policy at the University of Strathclyde. My research focuses on international cooperation and the political economy of environmental regulation and energy policy. I am particularly interested in how the domestic political economy and political incentives shape governments’ and firms’ responses to climate change and the global energy transformation.
In currently ongoing work, I study the politics of carbon markets, firms’ commitments to corporate decarbonisation, and the distributional effects of climate policy. I also lead a recently awarded ESRC project on the role of science in internatonal climate cooperation. I received the Emerging Young Scholar Award of APSA's Science, Technology and Environmental Policy (STEP) section in 2021 and successfully obtained funding from the British Academy, the Carnegie Trust, and the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). My teaching regularly involves classes on international organizations and global energy/climate policy and politics.
Among other outlets, my work was published in the Journal of Politics, Journal of Conflict Resolution, Energy Economics, PNAS, and Science Advances. My book on Escaping the Energy Poverty Trap was published with MIT Press in 2018 and offers the first comprehensive political science account of energy poverty. I have written for The Washington Post‘s Monkey Cage, VoxDev, The Conversation and the LSE's EUROPP blog. My work has been covered by The Economist.
Prizes and awards
- APSA STEP Emerging Young Scholar Award
- Recipient
- 23/6/2021
- Nomination for Teaching Excellence Award in the category "Going the Extra Mile", Strathclyde Student Union
- Recipient
- 10/6/2021
- Karin-Islinger Prize
- Recipient
- 2013
- Lorenz-von-Stein Prize
- Recipient
- 2013
- Runner-up Jean Blondel PhD Prize
- Recipient
- 2013
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Qualifications
PgCert in Academic Practice, University of Glasgow, 2019
PhD in Political Science, University of Mannheim, 2013
MSc in Environmental & Resource Economics, University College London, 2008
BA in Philosophy & Economics, University of Bayreuth, 2007
Professional activities
- Deep Climate Conversations on "Assessing COP27"
- Speaker
- 8/12/2022
- Interview with RTE Brainstorm on the European energy price crisis
- Interviewee
- 5/12/2022
- UN Climate Conference (COP27)
- Participant
- 7/11/2022
- American Political Science Asssociation (APSA) Annual Conference
- Speaker
- 15/9/2022
- Interview with FORESIGHT Climate & Energy about carbon markets and climate finance
- Interviewee
- 13/9/2022
- Workshop on Climate Politics, ETH Zurich
- Speaker
- 25/8/2022
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Projects
- How Credible are Firms’ Voluntary Climate Commitments? An Empirical Analysis of Corporate Climate Action
- Bayer, Patrick (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2022 - 31-Jan-2023
- The Politics of Science in International Climate Cooperation
- Bayer, Patrick (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2022 - 30-Jan-2024
- The sectoral politics of climate policy: Domestic conflict and UK public support for ambitious climate action
- Bayer, Patrick (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2021 - 30-Jan-2022
- The Effectiveness of Carbon Markets in Europe, 2005-2012
- Bayer, Patrick (Principal Investigator) Aklin, M. (Co-investigator)
- Funding: British Academy Small Grant SG171349, £7,813
- 01-Jan-2018 - 31-Jan-2019
- The Local Economics and Politics of Shale Gas Energy in the US
- Bayer, Patrick (Co-investigator) Ovodenko, Alexander (Co-investigator)
- Funding: Resources for the Future John V. Krutilla Research Stipend, $5,500
- 13-Jan-2015 - 30-Jan-2016
- Rural Electrification with Offgrid Community Microgrids: An Impact Evaluation in Uttar Pradesh India
- Aklin, M. (Co-investigator) Bayer, Patrick (Co-investigator) Harish, S. P. (Co-investigator) Urpelainen, J. (Principal Investigator)
- Funding: IGC Growth Centre, £26,653
- 22-Jan-2013 - 31-Jan-2015
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