xx NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS
an Australian Award Scholarship for her M.Sc. degree in 2014, and
a YSEALI fellowship for professional development in environmental
sustainability in 2015.
Paul Midford is Professor, and Director of the Japan Program, at the
Norwegian University for Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim. Midford received his Ph.D. in Political Science from Columbia
University in 2001. He is author of Rethinking Japanese Public Opinion
and Security: From Pacifism to Realism? (Stanford University Press,
2011), and co-editor with Espen Moe of The Political Economy of Renewable Energy and Energy Security: Common Challenges and National
Responses in Japan, China and Northern Europe (Palgrave, 2014).
Midford has published in International Organization, International
Studies Quarterly, Security Studies, The Pacific Review, Asian Survey, and
Japan Forum.
Espen Moe is Professor of Political Science at the Norwegian University
of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway. He obtained his doctorate
in Political Science from UCLA. He has been a JSPS Fellow at the
Kwansei Gakuin University in Japan, visiting professor at Alpen-Adria
Universität in Vienna and at Beijing Normal University. His research
centers on structural economic change, with a focus on the prospects for a
renewable energy transition. He is the author of Governance, Growth and
Global Leadership (Ashgate, 2007) and of Renewable Energy Transformation or Fossil Fuel Backlash (Palgrave Macmillan, 2015), as well as editor
of The Political Economy of Renewable Energy and Energy Security with
Paul Midford (Palgrave Macmillan, 2014). He has published in journals
such as Energy, Energy Policy and Energy Research & Social Science.
Nam Hoai Nguyen is Vice Director at VAST Institute of Energy
Science. He obtained his Ph.D in Economics in 2018, specializing in
energy and electricity markets. He has also the background in Sustainable Development, Environmental Management, and Electrical Engineering in various graduate schools in Vietnam and Australia. Since 2009,
Nam’s major research topic is energy systems reliability and planning
employing various integrated energy models. Energy economics is also
of Nam’s interest for academic research including theories and practical
pathways for electricity market. Nam has published more than 30 articles
in peer-reviewed journals in energy systems and economics of renewable
energy.
an Australian Award Scholarship for her M.Sc. degree in 2014, and
a YSEALI fellowship for professional development in environmental
sustainability in 2015.
Paul Midford is Professor, and Director of the Japan Program, at the
Norwegian University for Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim. Midford received his Ph.D. in Political Science from Columbia
University in 2001. He is author of Rethinking Japanese Public Opinion
and Security: From Pacifism to Realism? (Stanford University Press,
2011), and co-editor with Espen Moe of The Political Economy of Renewable Energy and Energy Security: Common Challenges and National
Responses in Japan, China and Northern Europe (Palgrave, 2014).
Midford has published in International Organization, International
Studies Quarterly, Security Studies, The Pacific Review, Asian Survey, and
Japan Forum.
Espen Moe is Professor of Political Science at the Norwegian University
of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway. He obtained his doctorate
in Political Science from UCLA. He has been a JSPS Fellow at the
Kwansei Gakuin University in Japan, visiting professor at Alpen-Adria
Universität in Vienna and at Beijing Normal University. His research
centers on structural economic change, with a focus on the prospects for a
renewable energy transition. He is the author of Governance, Growth and
Global Leadership (Ashgate, 2007) and of Renewable Energy Transformation or Fossil Fuel Backlash (Palgrave Macmillan, 2015), as well as editor
of The Political Economy of Renewable Energy and Energy Security with
Paul Midford (Palgrave Macmillan, 2014). He has published in journals
such as Energy, Energy Policy and Energy Research & Social Science.
Nam Hoai Nguyen is Vice Director at VAST Institute of Energy
Science. He obtained his Ph.D in Economics in 2018, specializing in
energy and electricity markets. He has also the background in Sustainable Development, Environmental Management, and Electrical Engineering in various graduate schools in Vietnam and Australia. Since 2009,
Nam’s major research topic is energy systems reliability and planning
employing various integrated energy models. Energy economics is also
of Nam’s interest for academic research including theories and practical
pathways for electricity market. Nam has published more than 30 articles
in peer-reviewed journals in energy systems and economics of renewable
energy.