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Dr Roger Fouquet is Senior Research Fellow at the Energy Studies Institute (ESI), National University of Singapore (NUS). He investigates the changing relationships between economic development, energy demand and its environmental impacts, with an emphasis on providing a long run perspective on energy and climate change issues. This perspective has offered insights about the role of technological innovation in directing the demand for energy services (e.g., heat, cooling, power, transport and lighting), the nature and impact of energy price shocks, the drivers and speed of energy transitions, and ultimately the factors influencing the long run trends in energy consumption and carbon dioxide emissions.
Prior to joining the Energy Studies Institute in August 2022, Roger was Associate Professorial Research Fellow at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). Before, he was Ikerbasque Research Professor at the Basque Centre for Climate Change (BC3) in Bilbao (Spain), Senior Lecturer at the University of South Pacific in Fiji, and Research Fellow at Centre for Environmental Policy at Imperial College London.
He has published close to forty articles in international academic journals. In 2006, his joint article was chosen for the Campbell Watkins Award for Best Paper in The Energy Journal. In 2010, his book, 'Heat, Power and Light', was selected by Choice Magazine as one of three Outstanding Academic Titles in Business and Economics. He is the editor of the Handbook on Energy and Climate Change, of the Handbook on Green Growth, and of the volume on The Economics of Renewable Energy. He is also an associate editor of the Journal of Energy History.
- Energy Economics (focusing on long run energy service demand, the influence of economic and technological development, energy prices and energy transitions)
- Environmental economics (particularly related to the process of externalisation and internalisation of environmental costs, including carbon pricing and other environmental policies)
- Economic History (understanding the drivers of past technological adoption and assessing the improvements in welfare from economic and technological development)
https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=7pqLXeUAAAAJ
Fouquet, R. (2024). The digitalisation, dematerialisation and decarbonisation of the global economy in historical perspective: the relationship between energy and information since 1850. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS 19(1) doi:10.1088/1748-9326/ad11c0
Otojanov, R., Fouquet, R., & Granville, B. (2023). Factor prices and induced technical change in the industrial revolution. ECONOMIC HISTORY REVIEW 76(2) 599-623. doi:10.1111/ehr.13194
Fouquet, R., & O'Garra, T. (2022). In pursuit of progressive and effective climate policies: Comparing an air travel carbon tax and a frequent flyer levy. ENERGY POLICY 171. doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2022.113278
Michieka, N. M., Graziano, M., Musso, M., & Fouquet, R. (2022). Energy transitions and labor market patterns in the US coal industry. STRUCTURAL CHANGE AND ECONOMIC DYNAMICS 63: 501-514. doi:10.1016/j.strueco.2022.07.005
Fouquet, R., & Hippe, R. (2022). Twin transitions of decarbonisation and digitalisation: A historical perspective on energy and information in European economies. ENERGY RESEARCH & SOCIAL SCIENCE 91. doi:10.1016/j.erss.2022.102736
O'Garra, T., & Fouquet, R. (2022). Willingness to reduce travel consumption to support a low-carbon transition beyond COVID-19. ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS 193. doi:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2021.107297
Saunders, H. D., Roy, J., Azevedo, I. M. L., Chakravarty, D., Dasgupta, S., De La Rue Du Can, S., Fouquet, R.. . . Wei, T. (2021). Energy Efficiency: What Has Research Delivered in the Last 40 Years?. ANNUAL REVIEW OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCES 46: 135-165. doi:10.1146/annurev-environ-012320-084937
Chitnis, M., Fouquet, R., & Sorrell, S. (2020). Rebound Effects for Household Energy Services in the UK. ENERGY JOURNAL 41(4), 31-59. doi:10.5547/01956574.41.4.mchi
Fouquet, R. (2019). Handbook on Green Growth. Edward Elgar Publishing. doi:10.4337/9781788110686
Fouquet, R. (2019). Introduction to the handbook on green growth. In Fouquet, R. (ed.) Handbook on Green Growth (pp. 1-19). doi:10.4337/9781788110686.00005
Fouquet, R., & Hippe, R. (2019). The transition from a fossil-fuel economy to a knowledge economy. In Fouquet, R. (ed.) Handbook on Green Growth (pp. 473-500). doi:10.4337/9781788110686.00031
Hippe, R., & Fouquet, R. (2019). The Human Capital Transition and the Role of Policy. In Handbook of Cliometrics, Second Edition (pp. 205-251). doi:10.1007/978-3-030-00181-0_79
Fouquet, R. (2018). Consumer Surplus from Energy Transitions. ENERGY JOURNAL 39(3) 167-188. doi:10.5547/01956574.39.3.rfou
Tsao, J. Y., Schubert, E. F., Fouquet, R., & Lave, M. (2018). The electrification of energy: Long-term trends and opportunities. MRS ENERGY & SUSTAINABILITY 5. doi:10.1557/mre.2018.6
Fouquet, R. (2018). The triumphs and tragedies in energy history. NATURE 557(7704), 162-163. doi:10.1038/d41586-018-05081-5
Zenghelis, D., Fouquet, R., & Hippe, R. (2018). Stranded assets: Then and now. In Stranded Assets and the Environment: Risk, Resilience and Opportunity (pp. 23-54).
Fouquet, R. (2018). The Economics of Renewable Energy. Edward Elgar Publishing.
Fouquet, R. (2018). Introduction. In R. Fouquet (Ed.), The Economics of Renewable Energy. Edward Elgar Publishing.
Fouquet, R. (2017). From knowledge comes power. NATURE 551(7682), S141. doi:10.1038/d41586-017-07509-w
Jan van de Ven, D., & Fouquet, R. (2017). Historical energy price shocks and their changing effects on the economy. ENERGY ECONOMICS, 62, 204-216. doi:10.1016/j.eneco.2016.12.009
Fouquet, R. (2016). Lessons from energy history for climate policy: Technological change, demand and economic development. ENERGY RESEARCH & SOCIAL SCIENCE, 22, 79-93. doi:10.1016/j.erss.2016.09.001
Fouquet, R. (2016). Historical energy transitions: Speed, prices and system transformation. ENERGY RESEARCH & SOCIAL SCIENCE, 22, 7-12. doi:10.1016/j.erss.2016.08.014
Fouquet, R. (2016). Path dependence in energy systems and economic development. NATURE ENERGY, 1. doi:10.1038/NENERGY.2016.98
Fouquet, R., & Broadberry, S. (n.d.). Seven Centuries of European Economic Growth and Decline. JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVES 29(4) 227-244. doi:10.1257/jep.29.4.227
Fouquet, R. (2015). The allocation of energy resources in the very long run. JOURNAL OF NATURAL RESOURCES POLICY RESEARCH 7(2-3) 147-156. doi:10.1080/19390459.2015.1050786
Fouquet, R. (n.d.). Long-Run Demand for Energy Services: Income and Price Elasticities over Two Hundred Years. REVIEW OF ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS AND POLICY, 8(2), 186-207. doi:10.1093/reep/reu002
Fouquet, R. (2013). Handbook on energy and climate change. doi:10.4337/9780857933690
Fouquet, R. (2013). Low-carbon economy: Dark age or golden age?. In Handbook on Energy and Climate Change (pp. 682-708). doi:10.4337/9780857933690.00044
Fouquet, R. (2013). Introduction. Handbook on Energy and Climate Change, 1-25. doi:10.4337/9780857933690.00005
Fouquet, R. (2012). Trends in income and price elasticities of transport demand (1850-2010). ENERGY POLICY, 50, 62-71. doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2012.03.001
Fouquet, R. (2012). The demand for environmental quality in driving transitions to low-polluting energy sources. ENERGY POLICY, 50, 138-149. doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2012.04.068
Fouquet, R., & Pearson, P. J. G. (2012). Past and prospective energy transitions: Insights from history. ENERGY POLICY, 50, 1-7. doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2012.08.014
Fouquet, R., Yaeger, K., Dayo, F., Fisher, B., & Fouquet, R. (2012). Economy and Energy. In N. Nakicenovic, L. Gomez-Echeverri, & T. Johansson (Eds.), Global Energy Assessment Toward a Sustainable Future. Cambridge University Press.
Fouquet, R., & Pearson, P. G. (2012). The Long Run Demand for Lighting: Elasticities and Rebound Effects in Different Phases of Economic Development. ECONOMICS OF ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY 1(1) 83-100. doi:10.5547/2160-5890.1.1.8
Fouquet, R. (2011). The sustainability of 'sustainable' energy use: Historical evidence on the relationship between economic growth and renewable energy. In Handbook of Sustainable Energy (pp. 6-20).
Fouquet, R. (2011). Long run trends in energy-related external costs. ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS 70(12) 2380-2389. doi:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2011.07.020
Fouquet, R. (2011). Divergences in Long-Run Trends in the Prices of Energy and Energy Services. REVIEW OF ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS AND POLICY 5(2) 196-218. doi:10.1093/reep/rer008
Fouquet, R. (2010). The slow search for solutions: Lessons from historical energy transitions by sector and service. ENERGY POLICY 38(11) 6586-6596. doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2010.06.029
Fouquet, R. (2009). A brief history of energy. In International Handbook on the Economics of Energy (pp. 1-19).
Fouquet, R. (2008). Heat, Power and Light: Revolutions in Energy Services. Edward Elgar Publishing. https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/heat-power-and-light-9781849800075.html
Fouquet, R., & Pearson, P. J. G. (2006). Seven centuries of energy services: The price and use of light in the United Kingdom (1300-2000). ENERGY JOURNAL 27(1) 139-177. https://www.iaee.org/energyjournal/article/2120.
Fouquet, R. (2003). The Carbon Trading Game. CLIMATE POLICY 3(SUPP 2). doi:10.1016/j.clipol.2003.09.011
Pearson, P., & Fouquet, R. (2003). Long run carbon dioxide emissions and Kuznets curves: pathways to development. In L. Hunt (Ed.), Energy in a Competitive Market Essays in Honour of Colin Robinson. University of Pennsylvania Press.
Grubb, M. J., Hope, C., & Fouquet, R. (2002). Climatic implications of the Kyoto Protocol: The contribution of international spillover. CLIMATIC CHANGE 54(1-2) 11-28. doi:10.1023/A:1015775417555
Grimston, M. C., Karakoussis, V., Fouquet, R., van der Vorst, R., Pearson, P., & Leach, M. (2001). The European and global potential of carbon dioxide sequestration in tackling climate change. CLIMATE POLICY, 1(2), 155-171. doi:10.3763/cpol.2001.0120
Hart, D., Leach, M. A., Fouquet, R., Pearson, P. J., & Bauen, A. (2000). Methanol infrastructure - will it affect the introduction of SPFC vehicles?. JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES 86(1-2) 542-547. doi:10.1016/S0378-7753(99)00453-X
Fouquet, R. (2000). ‘Lessons for the United Kingdom from previous experiences in the demand for renewable electricity’. In G. Mackerron, & P. Pearson (Eds.), The International Energy Experience Markets, Regulation and the Environment. World Scientific Publishing Company.
Fouquet, R. (1998). The United Kingdom demand for renewable electricity in a liberalised market. ENERGY POLICY 26(4) 281-293. doi:10.1016/S0301-4215(97)00156-0
Fouquet, R., & Pearson, P. J. G. (1998). A thousand years of energy use in the United Kingdom. ENERGY JOURNAL 19(4) 1-41. https://www.iaee.org/en/publications/ejarticle.aspx?id=1292
Gage, H., & Fouquet, R. (1997). Explaining breast cancer mortality in England: The effect of socioeconomic factors and health care services. European Journal of Cancer Prevention, 6(4), 341-350. doi:10.1097/00008469-199708000-00005
Fouquet, R., Pearson, P., Hawdon, D., Robinson, C., & Stevens, P. (1997). The future of UK final user energy demand. ENERGY POLICY 25(2) 231-240. doi:10.1016/S0301-4215(96)00109-7
Fouquet, R. (1996). Role of screening in reducing invasive cervical cancer registrations in England. JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCREENING 3(2) 90-96. doi:10.1177/096914139600300210
Pearson, P. J. G., & Fouquet, R. (1996). Energy efficiency, economic efficiency and future CO2 emissions from the developing world. ENERGY JOURNAL 17(4) 135-160. https://www.iaee.org/en/publications/ejarticle.aspx?id=1238
Fouquet, R. (1995). The impact of VAT introduction on UK Residential Energy – an investigation using the Cointegration approach. ENERGY ECONOMICS 17(3) 237-247. doi:10.1016/0140-9883(95)00015-M