Philip Andrews-Speed

Dr. Philip Andrews-Speed is an independent energy policy analyst and an Associate Fellow of Chatham House. Until 2010 he was Professor of Energy Policy at the University of Dundee and Director of the Centre of Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy. He spent fourteen years as a geologist in the international mining and petroleum industries before gaining an LLM in Energy Law and Policy. The focus of his research has been on energy policy, regulation and reform in China, and on the interface between energy policy and international relations. Publications include: The Strategic Implications of China’s Energy Needs (Adelphi Paper 346, 2002) and Energy Policy and Regulation in the People’s Republic of China (Kluwer Law International, 2004). His book, with Roland Dannreuther, entitled China, Oil and Global Politics was published by Routledge in May 2011, and he is embarking on a book entitled The Governance of Energy in China. Implications for Future Sustainability to be published by Palgrave MacMillan.

Recently he has begun to examine global challenges relating to energy and mineral resources and to the process of policy-making in these sectors. April 2008 saw the publication of International Competition for Resources: the Role of Law, the State and of Markets. From January 2010 he has been leading a major European Union, Framework 7 Programme project with a world-wide remit on “Competition and Collaboration in Access to Oil, Gas and Mineral Resources”.