Research themes
Contexts
We analyse how transitions happen in diverse national contexts and in different historical settings.
Read about our work on energy transitions in different contexts.
Technologies
We focus on technologies that make difference for climate mitigation.
Read about our work on fossil fuels, new renewables, and nuclear power.
Concepts
We aim to develop theories of energy transitions that would allow us to analyse the feasibility of climate change.
Read our conceptual work on energy security, theories of energy transitions, and the feasibility of climate action.
Futures
Tackling climate change requires action which will shape our future.
Read our work on scenarios of climate mitigation where we what might make climate targets more feasible.
Contexts
Publications
V. Vinichenko, J. Jewell, J. Jacobsson, A. Cherp. (2023). Historical diffusion of nuclear, wind and solar power in different national contexts: implications for climate mitigation pathways. Environmental Research Letters. Open Access. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/acf47a
M. Hyun, A. Cherp, J. Jewell, Y. J. Kim & J. Eom. (2023). Feasibility trade-offs in decarbonisation of power sector with high coal dependence: A case of Korea. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Transition. Open Access. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rset.2023.100050
A. Cherp, V. Vinichenko, J. Jewell, M. Suzuki, & M. Antal. (2017). Comparing electricity transitions: a historical analysis of nuclear, wind and solar power in Germany and Japan. Energy Policy. Open Access. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2016.10.044.
G. C. Leung, A. Cherp, J. Jewell & Y.-M. Wei. (2014). Securitization of energy supply chains in China. Applied Energy. Gated. DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2013.12.016.
News and commentary
Technologies
Renewables
Publications
V. Vinichenko, J. Jewell, J. Jacobsson, A. Cherp. (2023). Historical diffusion of nuclear, wind and solar power in different national contexts: implications for climate mitigation pathways. Environmental Research Letters. Open Access. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/acf47a
A. Cherp, V. Vinichenko, J. Tosun, J. Gordon & J. Jewell. (2021). National growth dynamics of wind and solar power compared to the growth required for global climate targets. Nature Energy. Gated. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-021-00863-0. Free SharedIt link (view only) code on GitHub: https://github.com/poletresearch/RES_article.
C. Kuzemko, M. Bradshaw, G. Bridge, A. Goldthau, J. Jewell, I. Overland, D. Scholten, T. van de Graaf & K. Westphal. (2020). Covid-19 and the politics of sustainable energy transitions. Energy Research & Social Science. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2020.101685. Preprint.
S. Pai, H. Zerriffi, J. Jewell & J. Pathak. (2020). Solar has greater techno-economic resource suitability than wind for replacing coal mining jobs. Environmental Research Letters. Open Access. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab6c6d.
A. Cherp, V. Vinichenko, J. Jewell, M. Suzuki, & M. Antal. (2017). Comparing electricity transitions: a historical analysis of nuclear, wind and solar power in Germany and Japan. Energy Policy. Open Access. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2016.10.044.
News and commentary
Nuclear power
Publications
V. Vinichenko, J. Jewell, J. Jacobsson, A. Cherp. (2023). Historical diffusion of nuclear, wind and solar power in different national contexts: implications for climate mitigation pathways. Environmental Research Letters. Open Access. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/acf47a
E. Brutschin, A. Cherp, & J. Jewell. (2021). Failing the formative phase: The global diffusion of nuclear power is limited by national markets. Energy Research & Social Science. Open Access. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2021.102221
J. Jewell, M. Vetier, & D. Garcia-Cabrera. (2019). The international technological nuclear cooperation landscape: a new dataset and network analysis. Energy Policy. Gated. DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2018.12.024.
E. Brutschin & J. Jewell. (2018). International political economy of nuclear energy. Handbook of the International Political Economy of Energy and Natural Resources. Gated. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4337/9781783475636.00033.
A. Cherp, V. Vinichenko, J. Jewell, M. Suzuki, & M. Antal. (2017). Comparing electricity transitions: a historical analysis of nuclear, wind and solar power in Germany and Japan. Energy Policy. Open Access. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2016.10.044.
J. Jewell, & S. A. Ates. (2015). Introducing nuclear power in Turkey: a historic state strategy and future prospects. Energy Research & Social Science. Gated. DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2015.07.011.
J. Jewell. (2010). A nuclear-powered North Africa: just a desert mirage or is there something on the horizon? Energy Policy. Gated. DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2010.09.042.
J. Jewell. (2011). Ready for nuclear energy? An assessment of capacities and motivations for launching new national nuclear power programs. Energy Policy. Gated. DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2010.10.041.
News and commentary
Fossil fuels
Publications
O. M. Lægreid, A. Cherp, J. Jewell. (2023). Coal phase-out pledges follow peak coal: evidence from 60 years of growth and decline in coal power capacity worldwide. Oxford Open Energy. Open Access. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/ooenergy/oiad009
V. Vinichenko, M. Vetier, J. Jewell, L. Nacke & A. Cherp. (2023). Phasing out coal for 2 °C target requires worldwide replication of most ambitious national plans despite security and fairness concerns. Environmental Research Letters. Open Access. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/acadf6
J. Jewell, M. Vetier, V. Vinichenko, O.M. Lægreid, S. Pai, A. Cherp, H. Brauers, I. Braunger, L. Nacke, H. Zerriffi. (2022). Quitting fossil fuels: how fast can the world do it? Policy brief.
H. Brauers, I. Braunger & J. Jewell. (2021). Liquefied natural gas expansion plans in Germany: The risk of gas lock-in under energy transitions. Energy Research & Social Science. Open Access. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2021.102059
C. Kuzemko, M. Bradshaw, G. Bridge, A. Goldthau, J. Jewell, I. Overland, D. Scholten, T. van de Graaf & K. Westphal. (2020). Covid-19 and the politics of sustainable energy transitions. Energy Research & Social Science. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2020.101685. Preprint.
J. Jewell, J. Emmerling, V. Vinichenko, C. Bertram, L. Berger, H. E. Daly, I. Keppo, V. Krey, D. E. H. J. Gernaat, K. Fragkiadakis, D. McCollum, L. Paroussas, K. Riahi, M. Tavoni & D. van Vuuren. (2020). Reply to: Why fossil fuel producer subsidies matter. Nature. Open Access. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-019-1921-9.
J. Jewell, V. Vinichenko, L. Nacke, & A. Cherp. (2019). Prospects for powering past coal. Nature Climate Change. Gated. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-019-0509-6. Preprint.
J. Jewell, D. McCollum, J. Emmerling, C. Bertram, D. E. H. J. Gernaat, V. Krey, L. Paroussos, L. Berger, K. Fragkiadakis, I. Keppo, N. Saadi, M. Tavoni, D. van Vuuren, V. Vinichenko & K. Riahi. (2018). Limited emission reductions from fuel subsidy removal except in energy-exporting regions. Nature. Gated. DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature25467. PrePrint.
A. Cherp, V. Vinichenko, J. Jewell, M. Suzuki, & M. Antal. (2017). Comparing electricity transitions: a historical analysis of nuclear, wind and solar power in Germany and Japan. Energy Policy. Open Access. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2016.10.044.
D.L. McCollum, J. Jewell, V. Krey, M. Bazilian, M. Fay & K. Riahi. (2016). Quantifying uncertainties influencing the long-term impacts of oil prices on energy markets and carbon emissions. Nature Energy. Gated. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nenergy.2016.77. Preprint.
News and commentary
Concepts
Energy security
Publications
V. Vinichenko, J. Jewell, J. Jacobsson, A. Cherp. (2023). Historical diffusion of nuclear, wind and solar power in different national contexts: implications for climate mitigation pathways. Environmental Research Letters. Open Access. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/acf47a
A. Cherp, & J. Jewell. (2014). The concept of energy security: beyond the four A’s. Energy Policy. Open Access. DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2014.09.005.
G. C. Leung, A. Cherp, J. Jewell & Y.-M. Wei. (2014). Securitization of energy supply chains in China. Applied Energy. Gated. DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2013.12.016.
J. Jewell, A. Cherp & K. Riahi. (2014). Energy security under de-carbonization scenarios: an assessment framework and evaluation under different technology and policy choices. Energy Policy. Gated. DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2013.10.051.
A. Cherp, & J. Jewell. (2011). The three perspectives on energy security: intellectual history, disciplinary roots and the potential for integration. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability. Gated. DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2011.07.001.
Feasibility
Publications
M. Suzuki, J. Jewell & A. Cherp. (2023). Have climate policies accelerated energy transitions? Historical evolution of electricity mix in the G7 and the EU compared to net-zero targets. Energy Research & Social Science. Open Access. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2023.103281
V. Vinichenko, J. Jewell, J. Jacobsson, A. Cherp. (2023). Historical diffusion of nuclear, wind and solar power in different national contexts: implications for climate mitigation pathways. Environmental Research Letters. Open Access. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/acf47a
J. Jewell & A. Cherp. (2023). The feasibility of climate action: Bridging the inside and the outside view through feasibility spaces. WIREs Climate Change. DOI: https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1002/wcc.838
V. Vinichenko, M. Vetier, J. Jewell, L. Nacke & A. Cherp. (2023). Phasing out coal for 2 °C target requires worldwide replication of most ambitious national plans despite security and fairness concerns. Environmental Research Letters. Open Access. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/acadf6
J. Jewell, M. Vetier, V. Vinichenko, O.M. Lægreid, S. Pai, A. Cherp, H. Brauers, I. Braunger, L. Nacke, H. Zerriffi. (2022). Quitting fossil fuels: how fast can the world do it? Policy brief.
L. Nacke, A. Cherp, J. Jewell. (2022). Phases of fossil fuel decline: Diagnostic framework for policy sequencing and feasible transition pathways in resource dependent regions. Oxford Open Energy. Open Access. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/ooenergy/oiac002
V. Vinichenko, A. Cherp, J. Jewell. (2021). Historical precedents and feasibility of rapid coal and gas decline required for the 1.5°C target. One Earth. Open Access. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2021.09.012
S. Pai, H. Zerriffi, J. Jewell & J. Pathak. (2020). Solar has greater techno-economic resource suitability than wind for replacing coal mining jobs. Environmental Research Letters. Open Access. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab6c6d.
E. Trutnevyte, L.F. Hirt, N. Bauer, A. Cherp, A. Hawkes, O.Y. Edelenbosch, S. Pedde, & D.P. van Vuuren. (2020). Societal transformations in models for energy and climate policy: The Ambitious Next Step. One Earth. Open Access. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2019.12.002.
J. Jewell & A. Cherp. (2020). On the political feasibility of climate change mitigation pathways: Is it too late to keep warming below 1.5°C? Wiley Interdisciplinary Rev (WIRE) Climate Change. Open Access. DOI: 10.1002/wcc.621.
News and commentary
Futures
Publications
V. Vinichenko, J. Jewell, J. Jacobsson, A. Cherp. (2023). Historical diffusion of nuclear, wind and solar power in different national contexts: implications for climate mitigation pathways. Environmental Research Letters. Open Access. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/acf47a
V. Vinichenko, M. Vetier, J. Jewell, L. Nacke & A. Cherp. (2023). Phasing out coal for 2 °C target requires worldwide replication of most ambitious national plans despite security and fairness concerns. Environmental Research Letters. Open Access. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/acadf6
J. Jewell, M. Vetier, V. Vinichenko, O.M. Lægreid, S. Pai, A. Cherp, H. Brauers, I. Braunger, L. Nacke, H. Zerriffi. (2022). Quitting fossil fuels: how fast can the world do it? Policy brief.
E. Trutnevyte, L.F. Hirt, N. Bauer, A. Cherp, A. Hawkes, O.Y. Edelenbosch, S. Pedde, & D.P. van Vuuren. (2020). Societal transformations in models for energy and climate policy: The Ambitious Next Step. One Earth. Open Access. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2019.12.002.
J. Jewell & A. Cherp. (2020). On the political feasibility of climate change mitigation pathways: Is it too late to keep warming below 1.5°C? Wiley Interdisciplinary Rev (WIRE) Climate Change. Open Access. DOI: 10.1002/wcc.621.
J. Jewell, V. Vinichenko, L. Nacke, & A. Cherp. (2019). Prospects for powering past coal. Nature Climate Change. Gated. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-019-0509-6. Preprint.
J. Jewell, D. McCollum, J. Emmerling, C. Bertram, D. E. H. J. Gernaat, V. Krey, L. Paroussos, L. Berger, K. Fragkiadakis, I. Keppo, N. Saadi, M. Tavoni, D. van Vuuren, V. Vinichenko & K. Riahi. (2018). Limited emission reductions from fuel subsidy removal except in energy-exporting regions. Nature. Gated. DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature25467. PrePrint.
D.L. McCollum, J. Jewell, V. Krey, M. Bazilian, M. Fay & K. Riahi. (2016). Quantifying uncertainties influencing the long-term impacts of oil prices on energy markets and carbon emissions. Nature Energy. Gated. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nenergy.2016.77. Preprint.
J. Jewell, V. Vinichenko, D. McCollum, N. Bauer, K. Riahi, T. Aboumahboub, O. Fricko, M. Harmsen, T. Kober, V. Krey, G. Marangoni, M. Tavoni, D.P. Van Vuuren, B. Van Der Zwaan & A. Cherp. (2016). Comparison and interactions between the long-term pursuit of energy independence and climate policies. Nature Energy. Gated. DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nenergy.2016.73.
A. Cherp, J. Jewell, V. Vinichenko, N. Bauer & E. D. Cian. (2016). Global energy security under different climate policies, GDP growth rates and fossil resource availabilities. Climatic Change. Open Access. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-013-0950-x.