Dr Sheridan Few

Profile

My research focuses on transformation of the energy system across scales, including technical aspects and interaction with society. In much of this work I take a geographical lens, using spatially disaggregated data and exploring how realities of, and possibilities for, energy transitions across places. My current research focusses particularly on energy networks, energy access, and sustainable transport, working with academic, public, and private sector partners in the UK, Ghana, and Rwanda. I am co-leader of the Energy and Climate Change Mitigation (ECCM) research cluster.

I previously worked as a Research Fellow in Decision Making under Deep Uncertainty, developing practical steps to better account for uncertainty in planning, including through incorporating flexible approaches, and plans which are robust to a wide range of possible futures.

Before joining the University of Leeds, I worked as a Research Associate at the Imperial College London’s Grantham Institute for Climate Change and the Environment, working to understand how to design and operate low carbon electricity systems across UK and energy access contexts. I used integrated assessment models to calculate global energy system pathways towards ambitious climate targets, and conducted expert interviews to understand cost and performance trajectories of energy storage technologies, and to understand their role in the UK electricity system.

I completed my PhD on computational modelling of organic photovoltaic materials in the Physics department of Imperial College London in 2015, worked with Solar Press (now part of SPECIFIC) to scale up production of organic photovoltaic devices, and completed a BA in Physics at the University of Oxford in 2009.

Responsibilities

• Co-lead Energy and Climate Change Mitigation Research Group

Research interests

energy, networks, planning, transport, decision making, transformation

Primary investigator (PI)

• Adaptive decision making for sustainable transformation of urban transport systems

Co-investigator (Co-I)

• Supergen Energy Networks Hub 2023

Qualifications

• PhD, Physics of Solar Cells, Imperial College London
• MRes, Plastic Electronics, Imperial College London
• BA, Physics, University of Oxford

Student education

I teach energy-focussed climate change mitigation topics across a range of undergraduate and masters courses.

Research groups and institutes

• Energy and Climate Change Mitigation