Dr Jonathan Radcliffe

• Reader in Energy Systems and Policy and Fellow of the Institute for Global Innovation School of Chemical Engineering, University of Birmingham
• Email: j.radcliffe@bham.ac.uk
• Telephone: +44 (0) 121 414 3685
• Twitter: @UKenergyinnov8
• UKES 2019 Science Board member

Dr Jonathan Radcliffe is a Reader at the University of Birmingham where he leads the Energy Systems and Policy Analysis Group; and is a Fellow of the university's Institute for Global Innovation, for which he leads the interdisciplinary 'Resilient Cities' theme. His research focuses on policy and techno-economic analysis of energy systems, in particular analyzing the deployment and integration of energy storage in the context of a wider socio-technical transition. He is a member of the Scientific Advisory Committee for UKRI’s Energy Programme, and is a Specialist Advisor to the House of Commons Science and Technology Select Committee.

Radcliffe is investigator on several major research projects, including leading a £5m EPSRC-funded project, ‘MANIFEST, (EP/N032888/1) which combines national energy storage facilities within a joint research programme; as co-Director of the UK’s £4m national Energy Storage Supergen Hub, (EP/L019469/1) for which he leads engagement with policy makers and regulators; and as ‘Institutions’ theme-lead for the £8m EnergyREV consortium (EP/S031863/1) supporting the government’s Industrial Strategy challenge, Prospering from the Energy Revolution. His other research projects consider policy processes and institutional mechanisms of energy systems innovation.

Internationally, Radcliffe has received government funding for work in South Korea and Brazil. A Newton Fund project that he leads is currently investigating the social benefits that could be achieved from deploying new energy technologies in a rural community in Mexico. The study uses qualitative methods to assess energy service demands of the population, and quantitative analysis to determine opportunities for different technology interventions.

Having spent much of his career in Government covering science and innovation policy, his publications include influential reports and academic papers. For the Energy Research Partnership, a high-level public-private organization, co-chaired by senior government and industry representatives, he led work on future energy system scenarios and technology innovation. Since joining Birmingham in 2013, he has continued to engage closely with policy-makers and published in high impact journals such as Applied Energy and Energy Policy.