Lucy H. Baker

Lucy Baker is a Senior Lecturer in Environmental Geography at the Open University, and a visiting professor in the Trilateral Research Chair in Transformative Innovation and Sustainable Development at the University of Johannesburg. Her empirical and theoretical expertise crosses development studies, political economy and the energy transition. Her three main areas of research can be summarised as: ownership, finance and renewable energy; governing electricity in a time of technological disruption; and technological capabilities and global production networks in renewable energy. She has a PhD from the University of East Anglia, a Masters in Development Studies from the School of Oriental and African Studies and an undergraduate degree in Hispanic Studies and French from the University of Edinburgh.