Dr. Elizabeth J. Wilson is excited to come to Aalto´s Energy and Mechanical Engineering Department from Dartmouth College (New Hampshire, US) where she was a Professor of Environmental Studies and served as the founding Director of the Irving Institute for Energy and Society (2017-2022). She studies how energy systems innovate and evolve in the face of new technologies, new societal pressures and new risks. One current research project focuses on the evolving role of energy storage in power systems. Past projects have included research on offshore wind development, and the roles national and grid rules play in shaping technology deployment and operation in different regions. Her research integrates policy goals in the energy system and maps them on institutions, legal frameworks, economics, and politics. Wilson has worked on decision making with regional grid operators, carbon capture and sequestration, smart grids, and renewables policies in practice. Recent books include Energy Law and Policy, Fourth Edition (West Academic Publishing) (with Davies, Klass, Outka, Tomain and Osofsky) and Smart Grid (R)evolution: Electric Power Struggles (Cambridge Press) (with Stephens and Peterson).
