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Personal Statement
Grant Allan is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Economics and Deputy Director of the Fraser of Allander Institute. Prior to 2013, he was a Research Assistant and Research Fellow in the Fraser of Allander Institute.
Grant has research interests in applied regional economic analysis and modelling, particularly in the areas of energy and tourism.
He is very willing to supervise suitably qualified PhD students in his fields of interest.
Grant currently teaches Macroeconomics (3rd year); Energy Economics (MSc); Socioeconomics of Energy (DTC in Wind and Marine Energy Systems); and Socio-economic and policy of offshore renewables (Industrial Doctorate Centre in Offshore Renewable Energy).
He is Director of Postgraduate Taught Programmes for the Department of Economics and Director of MSc in Applied Economics and MSc in Economics and Finance.
Expertise & Capabilities
Energy-economy-environmental modelling;
Applied regional economic analysis;
Renewable energy technologies and policies.
I am very happy to supervise suitably qualified PhD students in these areas; please get in touch if you want to discuss a potential research project.
Teaching Interests
Grant is currently Director of MSc in Applied Economics and MSc in Economics and Finance, as well as the Director of Postgraduate Taught Programmes for the Department of Economics.
He currently teaches: Macroeconomics (3rd year); Natural Resources and Environmental and Energy Economics (Honours); Energy Economics (MSc); and on courses in the Wind and MarineEnergy Systems Centre of Doctoral Training and the Industrial Doctoral Centre for Offshore Renewable Energy (IDCORE).
Research Interests
My main research interests relate to:
Energy-economy-environmental modelling
Applied regional economic analysis
Renewable energy technologies and policies
Education/Academic qualification
Doctor of Philosophy, University Of Strathclyde
… → 30 Jun 2016
Award Date: 30 Jun 2016
Master of Science, University of Edinburgh
Award Date: 1 Jan 2005
Bachelor of Arts, University of Strathclyde
Award Date: 1 Jan 2002
Keywords
- Regional economic analysis
- Energy-economy-environmental modelling
- Renewable energy technologies and policies
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Projects
Building and using a framework to analyse the economic impacts of policies targeted at the tourism economy in Scotland
Figus, G., Allan, G. & McFarlane, J.
1/10/19 → 1/03/23
Project: Research
The impact of non-energy policies on the energy system
Roy, G., Allan, G., Lisenkova, K., McGregor, P., Turner, K. & Ross, A.
1/07/17 → 31/12/18
Project: Research
Research Output
Resilience in a behavioural/Keynesian regional model
Allan, G., Figus, G., McGregor, P. G. & Swales, J. K., 13 Jul 2020, In : Environment and Planning A.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
File
Scotland's industrial water use: understanding recent changes and examining the future
Allan, G. J., McGrane, S. J., Roy, G. & Baer, T. M., 30 Apr 2020, In : Environmental Science and Policy. 106, p. 48-57 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Datasets
UK Input-Output table disaggregated by electricity production sectors
Allan, G. (Creator), Connolly, K. (Creator) & Ross, A. (Creator), University of Strathclyde, 7 Aug 2019
DOI: 10.15129/03734143-205d-4152-97af-104196cfe50d
Dataset
UK Social Accounting Matrix disaggregated by electricity production sectors
Ross, A. (Creator), Allan, G. (Creator) & Connolly, K. (Creator), University of Strathclyde, 7 Aug 2019
DOI: 10.15129/eb99ccc0-04f0-4a40-a3f9-309de1dc80d9
Dataset
Thesis
Essays in the multi-sectoral economic modelling of energy technologies and policies
Author: Allan, G., 1 Dec 2016Supervisor: McGregor, P. (Supervisor) & Bellingham, R. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis
Activities
UKERC workshop on the impact of non-energy policies on the energy system
Grant Allan (Participant), Peter McGregor (Participant), Andrew Ross (Participant) & Graeme Roy (Participant)
2019
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Better Metrics for More Effective Decision-making: The Need for a Regionally based Global Environmental Measurement and Monitoring Network
Scott McGrane (Participant), Grant Allan (Participant) & Graeme Roy (Participant)
15 Sep 2018
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organiser of special symposia
Impacts
Enhancing the Scottish Government’s policy evaluation capacity
Peter McGregor (Participant), John Swales (Participant), Grant Allan (Participant), Patrizio Lecca (Participant) & Karen Turner (Participant)
Impact: Impact - for External Portal › Policy and legislation, Economic and commerce
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