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Dr Daniel Kerr

Job: Research Fellow

School/department: School of Engineering and Sustainable Development

Address: De Montfort University, The Gateway, Leicester, LE1 9BH

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E: daniel.kerr@dmu.ac.uk

 

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Personal profile

Daniel is a research fellow in the Institute of Energy and Sustainable Development at DMU. They are currently working on the Leicestershire Collaborate to Accelerate Net Zero (LCAN) project, leading on the governance work package for the project alongside the principal investigator, Andrew Reeves, and research fellow John Rowlatt. Daniel has over 10 years' experience in sustainability academia, having previously worked at UCL-Energy Institute and the Centre for Environment and Sustainability at the University of Surrey, working on numerous UKRI-funded projects at these institutions.

Research group affiliations

Institute of Energy and Sustainable Development (IESD)

Publications and outputs

Publications highlights

  • Mitchell, A., Kerr, D., Rowlatt, J & Bhattacharyya, S. (2023) Developmental discourses of transition in the Indian transport sector: A corpus linguistic survey of the literature. Human Geography, 16(3), doi:10.1177/19427786231169996
  • Kerr, D., Snape, J.R. & Stuart, G. (2022) Agent-based modelling of electricity access in informal settlements in South Africa. International Journal of Energy Production & Management, 7(2), 114 - 126, doi:10.2495/EQ-V7-N2-114-126
  • Bhattacharyya, S. et al (2022) All Change: Equitably Decarbonising India's Transportation Sector. doi:10.5871/just-transitions-a-p/S-B

Research interests/expertise

  • Sustainable development
  • Municipality roles in sustainable development
  • Regulation, policy and praxis for sustainability
  • Local governance of sustainability
  • Sustainable energy business models
  • Informal settlement sustainability in Sub-Saharan Africa
  • South African electricity policy & regulation
  • Mini-grids, electrification and electricity access
  • Clean cooking
  • Agent-based modelling and complex adaptive systems

Qualifications

PhD - De Montfort University (2018 - 2023). Thesis: "Agent-based Modelling of Electricity Access in Sub-Saharan African Informal Settlements"
MSc - De Montfort University (2017 - 2018) Energy and Sustainable Development
BEng - University of Warwick (2006 - 2009) Mechanical Engineering

Projects

  • LCAN - Leicestershire Collaborate to Accelerate Net Zero
  • SIGMA - Sustainability, Inclusiveness & Governance of Mini-Grids in Africa

Consultancy work

  • Off-grid and mini-grid electrification in Sub-Saharan Africa: policies, regulation, governance and evaluation - ongoing consultancy, Open University

Currently unavailable for further projects

ORCID number

0000-0002-5461-6922