Cambridge focuses on a number of areas covering finance and economics, particularly on the economics of electricity and natural gas markets, economics of climate change policy, carbon pricing and technology policy, and political economy of energy and climate change policy.
Research areas covered include: market design, carbon pricing, support for RD&D, network pricing for electricity, network pricing for gas, electricity policy, transmission access pricing and renewables support mechanisms.
Some key centres and initiatives include:
- Energy Policy Research Group
- Cambridge Centre for Environment, Energy and Natural Resource Governance (C-EENRG)
- Centre for Alternative Finance
Researchers working in this area:
| Prof Laura Diaz Anadon | Professor of Climate Change Policy |
| Prof Franz Furst | Professor of Real Estate & Urban Economics |
| Dr Markus Gehring | Associate Professor |
| Prof David Newbery |
Emeritus Professor of Economics, Faculty of Economics Member of the Energy IRC Steering Committee |
| Prof Michael Pollitt | Professor of Business Economics |
| Prof David Reiner |
Professor of Technology Policy Member of the Energy IRC Steering Committee |
| Dr Robert Ritz | Senior Research Associate (Economics & Policy) |
| Prof Simon Taylor | Management Practice Professor of Finance |
| Prof Paul Warde | Professor of Environmental History |