Biography of Steven Sorrell

Speaker at the 'Chasing Our Tails? Rebound effects from improved energy efficiency' seminar

Steven Sorrell

Steven is deputy director of the Sussex Energy Group (SEG) at SPRU, University of Sussex.

He trained as an electrical engineer and spent four years working in industrial R&D laboratories, before gaining an MSc in Science and Technology Policy in 1991.

Since joining SPRU, he has undertaken a range of research on energy and environmental policy, with particular focus on energy efficiency, industrial pollution control, emissions trading and resource depletion. This work is informed by economics and has included case studies, econometric analysis and energy-economic modelling.

Steven has published three books, twenty academic papers, twelve book chapters and more than one hundred research reports. He has extensive experience in leading national and international research projects and has acted as consultant to the European Commission, the UN, UK government departments, the Environment Agency, the Sustainable Development Commission, private sector organisations and NGOs. Steven's work has been widely reported in the technical and popular press.

His current research interests include rebound effects for households and the impact of climate policy on employment.