Dr Alex Money

Profile

Alex directs the Innovative Infrastructure Investment (in3) programme at the University of Oxford's Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment. A former fund manager, he has over 20 years of practitioner experience in investment and industry. Alex's research interests include water, energy, infrastructure, investment, and development. He focuses on the opportunities for empirical research to bridge knowledge gaps between academia and industry.

Alex also teaches on Oxford's undergraduate, postgraduate and MBA programmes, and is the director of two early-stage technology companies. He holds a master's degree with distinction in water science, policy and management, and a doctorate in economic geography; both from the University of Oxford.

For more information, please visit www.alexmoney.net

Project

• Alternative proteins

Teaching

Alex is a tutor in human geography at St Catherine's College. Catz typically has around 30 undergraduate geographers, and his responsibilities include giving tutorials, supervising dissertations, helping to set and mark college examinations and participating in admissions interviews.

He teaches on various master's courses within the School of Geography and the Environment. His subjects include water, finance, enterprise and sustainability. Additionally he supervises and examines dissertations by master's students, and he is an assessor on the doctoral programme.

Alex leads an elective course for MBA students titled 'Corporation and the Environment.' The course exists to give students exposure to alternative theories of the firm, and to consider the social, economic, political and legal salience of 'the environment'. Guest lecturers bring perspectives on land, finance, water, energy, etc.

Selected publications

Journal articles

• Alova, G., Trotter, P.A. and Money, A. (2021) A machine-learning approach to predicting Africa's electricity mix based on planned power plants and their chances of success. Nature Energy, 6: 158-166.
• Garrick, D.E., Hall, J.W., Dobson, A., Damania, R., Grafton, R.Q., Hope, R., Hepburn, C., Bark, R., Boltz, F., De Stefano, L., O'Donnell, E., Matthews, N. and Money, A. (2017) Valuing water for sustainable development. Science, 358(6366): 1003-1005.
• Money, A. (2014) Corporate water risk: a critique of prevailing best practice. Journal of Management and Sustainability, 4(1): 42-59.
• Money, A. (2014) Corporate water risk: investor tolerance of the status quo. Journal of Management and Sustainability, 4(1): 60-75.
• Hope, R.A., Foster, T., Money, A. and Rouse, M. (2012) Harnessing mobile communications innovations for water security. Global Policy, 3(4): 433-442.

Book chapters

• Money, A. (2019) Financing Water Infrastructure. Chapter 15 in, Dadson, S.J., Garrick, D.E., Penning-Rowsell, E.C., Hall, J.W., Hope, R. and Hughes, J. (eds.) Water Science, Policy, and Management: A Global Challenge. John Wiley and Sons Ltd. pp. 275-289. ISBN: 9781119520603.
• Money, A. (2017) Corporate Water Risk and Return. Chapter 9 in, Pereira, L.M., McElroy, C.A., Littaye, A. and Girard, A.M. (eds.) Food, Energy and Water Sustainability: Emergent Governance Strategies. Routledge, London. 278 pp. ISBN: 9781138904095.

Reports

• McNicholl, D., Hope, R., Money, A., Lane, A., Armstrong, A., van der Wilk, N., Dupuis, M., Harvey, A., Nyaga, C., Womble, S., Favre, D., Allen, J., Katuva, J., Barbotte, T., Buhungiro, E., Thomson, P., and Koehler, J. (2019) Performance-based funding for reliable rural water services in Africa. Uptime consortium, Working Paper 1
• Money, A. (2018) Hybridity and Blended Finance. World Water Council Report
• Hope, R., Foster, T., Money, A., Rouse, M., Money, N. and Thomas, M. (2011) Smart Water Systems. Oxford University, Oxford. 14 pp. Project report to UK DFID, April 2011.
• Money, A. Ten Actions for Financing Water Infrastructure. World Water Council Report. 2018 
• Money, A. A Typology of Water Infrastructure Investors. World Water Council Report. 2018
• Money, A. A Typology of Water Infrastructure Projects. World Water Council Report. 2018
• Money, A. Scaling up financing through an attractive risk-return profile. OECD-WWC-Netherlands Roundtable on Financing Water. 2017
• Money, A. Polycentric Governance and Africa's Energy Transition, Working Paper, Sustainable Development Programme, British Academy. 2018
• Money, A., Stritzke, S., Geiger, M and Ayers. J. Making Light Work Policy Briefing, Sustainable Development Programme, British Academy. 2018
• Money, A., Rudebeck, T. and Pierard, E. Innovating infrastructure investment: Project Deliverables. Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, University of Oxford. 2018 
• Money, A., Rudebeck, T. and Pierard, E. Bridging the Gap: executive summary, Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, University of Oxford. 2018. [Spanish version]
• Blended finance for water infrastructure: hope or hype? Blog post by Dr Alex Money for IRC. 
• Hope, R., Foster, T., Money, A., Rouse, M., Money, N. and Thomas, M. (2011) Smart Water Systems. Oxford University, Oxford. 14 pp. Project report to UK DFID, April 2011.

Presentations

• Money, A. The Role of Water Technology Innovation in the Blue Economy. 4th Water Research Conference, University of Waterloo. 2017

Working papers

• Money, A., Rudebeck, T. and Pierard, E. The Constructive Corporation: Bridging the Water Infrastructure Gap. Working Paper. 2018
• Money, A., Rudebeck, T., and Pierard, E. Innovating Infrastructure Investment: A literature review, Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, University of Oxford. 2018 
• Money, A. (2015) Evaluating Issue Salience. Frameworks for corporate disclosure of non-financial risks and opportunities. Working Paper. Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment.
• Money, A. (2015) A five factor approach for mutuality and engagement. Working Paper. Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment.