Scholar Profile: Raphael Heffron


Bio Information

Prof. Raphael Heffron

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My Research Interests:

Energy law, Economics, Low-carbon economy

Biography/Responsibilities/Duties:

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).

Research Interests

  1. Energy law
  2. Economics
  3. Low-carbon economy

Research Activity

  1. [Book]

    Delivering energy law and policy in the EU and US: A reader more..

    2016

    Raphael Heffron

    Heffron, Raphael and Little, Gavin FM

    COMPLETED

  2. [Book]

    Energy law: an introduction more..

    2015

    Raphael Heffron

    Heffron, Raphael J

    COMPLETED

  3. [Journal Article]

    The just transition to a low-carbon economy more..

    2018

    Raphael Heffron

    Heffron, Raphael J

    COMPLETED

  4. [Journal Article]

    Energy justice and policy change: An historical political analysis of the German nuclear phase-out more..

    2018

    Raphael Heffron

    McCauley, Darren and Brown, Antje and Rehner, Robert and Heffron, Raphael and van de Graaff, Shashi

    COMPLETED

  5. [Journal Article]

    Energy decisions reframed as justice and ethical concerns more..

    2016

    Raphael Heffron

    Sovacool, Benjamin K and Heffron, Raphael J and McCauley, Darren and Goldthau, Andreas

    COMPLETED

  6. [Journal Article]

    The cost of no reform: Assessing the impact of different electricity pricing regimes on Indonesia’s energy trilemma more..

    2021

    Raphael Heffron

    Heffron, Raphael and Körner, Marc Fabian and Sumarno, Theresia and Weibelzahl, Martin and Fridgen, Gilbert

    COMPLETED

  7. [Journal Article]

    A treatise for energy law more..

    2018

    Raphael Heffron

    Heffron, Raphael J and Rønne, Anita and Tomain, Joseph P and Bradbrook, Adrian and Talus, Kim

    COMPLETED

  8. [Journal Article]

    Justice and critical mineral development in Indonesia and across ASEAN more..

    2021

    Raphael Heffron

    Qurbani, Indah Dwi and Heffron, Raphael J and Rifano, Arrial Thoriq Setyo

    COMPLETED

  9. [Journal Article]

    Energy justice: A conceptual review more..

    2016

    Raphael Heffron

    Jenkins, Kirsten and McCauley, Darren and Heffron, Raphael and Stephan, Hannes and Rehner, Robert

    COMPLETED

  10. [Journal Article]

    Advancing energy justice: the triumvirate of tenets more..

    2013

    Raphael Heffron

    McCauley, Darren A and Heffron, Raphael J and Stephan, Hannes and Jenkins, Kirsten

    COMPLETED

  11. [Journal Article]

    Justice in solar energy development more..

    2021

    Raphael Heffron

    Heffron, R and Halbrügge, Stephanie and Körner, Marc-Fabian and Obeng-Darko, Nana A and Sumarno, Theresia and Wagner, Jonathan and Weibelzahl, Martin

    COMPLETED

  12. [Journal Article]

    Inclusive energy transition more..

    2021

    Raphael Heffron

    Heffron, Raphael

    COMPLETED

  13. [Journal Article]

    Balancing the energy trilemma through the Energy Justice Metric more..

    2018

    Raphael Heffron

    Heffron, Raphael J and McCauley, Darren and de Rubens, Gerardo Zarazua

    COMPLETED

  14. [Journal Article]

    Environmental impact assessment: A Middle Eastern experience more..

    2021

    Raphael Heffron

    Alomari, Mohammad A and Heffron, Raphael J

    COMPLETED

  15. [Journal Article]

    Utilising law in the transition of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to a low-carbon economy more..

    2021

    Raphael Heffron

    Alomari, Mohammad A and Heffron, Raphael J

    COMPLETED

  16. [Journal Article]

    Just transition: Integrating climate, energy and environmental justice more..

    2018

    Raphael Heffron

    McCauley, Darren and Heffron, Raphael

    COMPLETED

  17. [Journal Article]

    The role of justice in developing critical minerals more..

    2020

    Raphael Heffron

    Heffron, Raphael J

    COMPLETED

  18. [Journal Article]

    Industrial demand-side flexibility: A key element of a just energy transition and industrial development more..

    2020

    Raphael Heffron

    Heffron, Raphael and Körner, Marc-Fabian and Wagner, Jonathan and Weibelzahl, Martin and Fridgen, Gilbert

    COMPLETED

  19. [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 Heffron

    Heffron, Raphael J and Körner, Marc-Fabian and Schöpf, Michael and Wagner, Jonathan and Weibelzahl, Martin

    COMPLETED

  20. [Journal Article]

    Ownership, risk and the law for a CO2 transport network for carbon capture and storage in the European Union more..

    2018

    Raphael Heffron

    Heffron, 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

    COMPLETED

  21. [Journal Article]

    The emergence of the ‘social licence to operate’in the extractive industries? more..

    2018

    Raphael Heffron

    Heffron, Raphael J and Downes, Lauren and Rodriguez, Oscar M Ramirez and McCauley, Darren

    COMPLETED

  22. [Journal Article]

    Legal strategies for the mitigation of risk for energy infrastructure projects more..

    2019

    Raphael Heffron

    Connor, Rory and Heffron, Raphael J and Khan, Ahmed A and Perkins, Edward

    COMPLETED

  23. [Journal Article]

    The concept of energy justice across the disciplines more..

    2017

    Raphael Heffron

    Heffron, Raphael J and McCauley, Darren

    COMPLETED

  24. [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 Heffron

    Heffron, Raphael and Connor, Rory and Crossley, Penelope and Mayor, Vicente López-Ibor and Talus, Kim and Tomain, Joseph

    COMPLETED

  25. [Misc]

    Energy justice in the transition to low carbon energy systems: Exploring key themes in interdisciplinary research more..

    2019

    Raphael Heffron

    McCauley, Darren and Ramasar, Vasna and Heffron, Raphael J and Sovacool, Benjamin K and Mebratu, Desta and Mundaca, Luis

    COMPLETED

Public Service

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Education and Training

  1. [Education and Training]

    Barrister-at-Law more..

    Contribution of > Education and Training

    COMPLETED

  2. [Education and Training]

    MSc - Taxation more..

    Contribution of > Education and Training

    COMPLETED

  3. [Education and Training]

    M.Phil - Land Economy: Planning, Regrowth and Regeneration more..

    Contribution of > Education and Training

    COMPLETED

  4. [Education and Training]

    M.Litt - Management Economics and International Relations more..

    Contribution of > Education and Training

    COMPLETED

  5. [Education and Training]

    BA (Mod), MA - Joint Honours in Business and Economics more..

    Contribution of > Education and Training

    COMPLETED

  6. [Education and Training]

    PhD - Management more..

    Contribution of > Education and Training

    COMPLETED

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