Rupert Way

Honorary Research Associate

Rupert is an Honorary Research Associate at the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, and an Associate at the Oxford Institute for New Economic Thinking. He is also an Oxford Martin Fellow.

He has a PhD in mathematics, and his current research focuses on energy system modelling, technology forecasting, innovation and technological change, portfolio analysis, decision making under uncertainty, and understanding strategies for accelerating the sustainable energy transition.

Broader interests also include physics, complex systems, political and financial networks, and sustainability.

Publications

Journal (4)

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Way R, Ives M, Mealy P, and others, ‘Empirically Grounded Technology Forecasts and the Energy Transition’ (2022) 6 Joule 2057

Meng J, Way R, Verdolini E, and others, ‘Comparing Expert Elicitation and Model-Based Probabilistic Technology Cost Forecasts for the Energy Transition.’ (2021) 118 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America e1917165118

Farmer D, Hepburn C, Ives M, and others, ‘Sensitive Intervention Points in the Post-Carbon Transition’ (2019) 364 Science 132

Way R, Lafond F, Lillo F, and others, ‘Wright Meets Markowitz: How Standard Portfolio Theory Changes When Assets Are Technologies Following Experience Curves’ (2019) 101 Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control 211

Report (1)

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Ives M, Righetti L, Schiele J, and others, ‘A New Perspective on Decarbonising the Global Energy System’ (Oxford University Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment 2021)