Christian Downie is an Associate Professor in the School of Regulation and Global Governance at the Australian National University. He was previously an Australian Research Council Fellow at ANU, and before that a Vice Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of New South Wales. Christian has worked as an advisor to several Australian Government agencies, including the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Christian holds a PhD in international relations and political science from the ANU, and he has spent time teaching or researching at the University of Cambridge, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the London School of Economics and Political Science, among others. Christian is the author of more than 40 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters. His latest book is Business Battles in the U.S. Energy Sector: Lessons for a clean energy transition. Christian’s writing has also been published by the ABC, CNN, The Guardian, Sydney Morning Herald, and The Conversation, among others. He is frequently cited in the international and Australian media.

For more information and list of publications visit his personal website: http://christiandownie.com/