Professor Heffron is a qualified Barrister-at-Law, and a graduate of both Oxford (MSc) and Cambridge (MPhil & PhD). His work all has a principal focus on achieving a just transition to a low-carbon economy, and combines a mix of energy law, policy and economics. He has published over 170 publications of different types and is the most cited scholar in his field worldwide (1730+Scopus). Professor Heffron has given just over 155 keynote or guest lectures in 51 countries worldwide.
Raphael was elected to the Royal Society of Edinburgh Young Academy of Scotland in 2018. His research and teaching has been recognised by the award of a Jean Monnet Professorship by the European Commission twice in 2016 (-2019) and 2019 (-2022). His teaching has also been recognised in the UK by becoming a Senior Fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy in 2018. In addition, Raphael is a Fellow of The Royal Society of Arts.
He has given professional expert advice on energy law and policy issues (low-carbon energy and electricity systems) to the EU, UN, Commonwealth Secretariat, World Bank, and various international thinktanks – he currently serves on the UNECE Group of Experts on Cleaner Electricity Systems. More recently, Professor Heffron has worked on low carbon energy projects for the 10 Member States of the ASEAN Center for Energy (2021); produced policy reports on the energy transition and energy finance for the 54 Member States of the Commonwealth (2021), advised Nigerian Ministries on oil and gas (2019), law and Colombian professionals on climate and green finance (2019 & 2021).
[Book]
Delivering energy law and policy in the EU and US: A reader more..2016
Raphael HeffronHeffron, Raphael and Little, Gavin FM
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[Journal Article]
The just transition to a low-carbon economy more..2018
Raphael HeffronHeffron, Raphael J
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[Journal Article]
Energy justice and policy change: An historical political analysis of the German nuclear phase-out more..2018
Raphael HeffronMcCauley, Darren and Brown, Antje and Rehner, Robert and Heffron, Raphael and van de Graaff, Shashi
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Energy decisions reframed as justice and ethical concerns more..2016
Raphael HeffronSovacool, Benjamin K and Heffron, Raphael J and McCauley, Darren and Goldthau, Andreas
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[Journal Article]
The cost of no reform: Assessing the impact of different electricity pricing regimes on Indonesia’s energy trilemma more..2021
Raphael HeffronHeffron, Raphael and Körner, Marc Fabian and Sumarno, Theresia and Weibelzahl, Martin and Fridgen, Gilbert
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[Journal Article]
A treatise for energy law more..2018
Raphael HeffronHeffron, Raphael J and Rønne, Anita and Tomain, Joseph P and Bradbrook, Adrian and Talus, Kim
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[Journal Article]
Justice and critical mineral development in Indonesia and across ASEAN more..2021
Raphael HeffronQurbani, Indah Dwi and Heffron, Raphael J and Rifano, Arrial Thoriq Setyo
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[Journal Article]
Energy justice: A conceptual review more..2016
Raphael HeffronJenkins, Kirsten and McCauley, Darren and Heffron, Raphael and Stephan, Hannes and Rehner, Robert
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[Journal Article]
Advancing energy justice: the triumvirate of tenets more..2013
Raphael HeffronMcCauley, Darren A and Heffron, Raphael J and Stephan, Hannes and Jenkins, Kirsten
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[Journal Article]
Justice in solar energy development more..2021
Raphael HeffronHeffron, R and Halbrügge, Stephanie and Körner, Marc-Fabian and Obeng-Darko, Nana A and Sumarno, Theresia and Wagner, Jonathan and Weibelzahl, Martin
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[Journal Article]
Balancing the energy trilemma through the Energy Justice Metric more..2018
Raphael HeffronHeffron, Raphael J and McCauley, Darren and de Rubens, Gerardo Zarazua
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[Journal Article]
Environmental impact assessment: A Middle Eastern experience more..2021
Raphael HeffronAlomari, Mohammad A and Heffron, Raphael J
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[Journal Article]
Energy law for decommissioning in the energy sector in the 21st century more..2018
Raphael HeffronHeffron, Raphael J
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[Journal Article]
Utilising law in the transition of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to a low-carbon economy more..2021
Raphael HeffronAlomari, Mohammad A and Heffron, Raphael J
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[Journal Article]
Just transition: Integrating climate, energy and environmental justice more..2018
Raphael HeffronMcCauley, Darren and Heffron, Raphael
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[Journal Article]
The role of justice in developing critical minerals more..2020
Raphael HeffronHeffron, Raphael J
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[Journal Article]
Industrial demand-side flexibility: A key element of a just energy transition and industrial development more..2020
Raphael HeffronHeffron, Raphael and Körner, Marc-Fabian and Wagner, Jonathan and Weibelzahl, Martin and Fridgen, Gilbert
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[Journal Article]
Conceptualising restorative justice in the energy Transition: Changing the perspectives of fossil fuels more..2021
Raphael HeffronHazrati, M and Heffron, RJ
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[Journal Article]
Rethinking international taxation and energy policy post COVID-19 and the financial crisis for developing countries more..2020
Raphael HeffronHeffron, Raphael J and Sheehan, Jack
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[Journal Article]
The role of flexibility in the light of the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond: Contributing to a sustainable and resilient energy future in Europe more..2021
Raphael HeffronHeffron, Raphael J and Körner, Marc-Fabian and Schöpf, Michael and Wagner, Jonathan and Weibelzahl, Martin
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[Journal Article]
Ownership, risk and the law for a CO2 transport network for carbon capture and storage in the European Union more..2018
Raphael HeffronHeffron, Raphael J and Downes, Lauren and Bysveen, Marie and Brakstad, Elisabeth V and Mikunda, Tom and Neele, Filip and Eickhoff, Charles and Hanstock, David and Schumann, Diana
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[Journal Article]
The emergence of the ‘social licence to operate’in the extractive industries? more..2018
Raphael HeffronHeffron, Raphael J and Downes, Lauren and Rodriguez, Oscar M Ramirez and McCauley, Darren
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[Journal Article]
Legal strategies for the mitigation of risk for energy infrastructure projects more..2019
Raphael HeffronConnor, Rory and Heffron, Raphael J and Khan, Ahmed A and Perkins, Edward
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[Journal Article]
Energy law for decommissioning in the energy sector in the 21st century more..2018
Raphael HeffronHeffron, Raphael J
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[Journal Article]
The concept of energy justice across the disciplines more..2017
Raphael HeffronHeffron, Raphael J and McCauley, Darren
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[Journal Article]
The application of distributive justice to energy taxation utilising sovereign wealth funds more..2018
Raphael HeffronHeffron, Raphael J
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[Journal Article]
Energy multinationals challenged by the growth of human rights more..2021
Raphael HeffronHeffron, Raphael J
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[Journal Article]
The identification and impact of justice risks to commercial risks in the energy sector: post COVID-19 and for the energy transition more..2021
Raphael HeffronHeffron, Raphael and Connor, Rory and Crossley, Penelope and Mayor, Vicente López-Ibor and Talus, Kim and Tomain, Joseph
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[Misc]
Energy justice in the transition to low carbon energy systems: Exploring key themes in interdisciplinary research more..2019
Raphael HeffronMcCauley, Darren and Ramasar, Vasna and Heffron, Raphael J and Sovacool, Benjamin K and Mebratu, Desta and Mundaca, Luis
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[Education and Training]
Barrister-at-Law more..Contribution of > Education and Training
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MSc - Taxation more..Contribution of > Education and Training
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M.Phil - Land Economy: Planning, Regrowth and Regeneration more..Contribution of > Education and Training
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M.Litt - Management Economics and International Relations more..Contribution of > Education and Training
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BA (Mod), MA - Joint Honours in Business and Economics more..Contribution of > Education and Training
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PhD - Management more..Contribution of > Education and Training
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