Conference speaker
Dr. Kathleen Araújo is Associate Professor of Sustainable Energy Systems, Innovation and Policy, and Director of the Energy Policy Institute at Boise State University, in conjunction with the Center for Advanced Energy Studies.
Dr. Araújo works to advance critical decision-making on energy systems change in line with priorities that include resilience opens in new tab/window and sustainability opens in new tab/window, innovation systems or industrial development opens in new tab/window, and security. Her approach identifies levers and approaches which enable innovation in practices and science. Dr. Araújo’s book Low Carbon Energy Transitions: Turning Points in National Policy and Innovation opens in new tab/window(Oxford University Press) sheds light on such interactions through an in-depth look at four, socio-technical system transformations that occurred since the global oil crisis of 1973.
Dr. Araújo is Book Series Editor for Routledge’s Studies in Energy Transitions and a member of the editorial board of Energy Research & Social Science. She earned her Ph.D. at MIT and completed post-doctoral research at the Harvard Kennedy School in science-technology policy, and nuclear safety. Dr. Araújo consults for governmental/inter-governmental organizations and industry.