Ewan Gibbs

Ewan Gibbs is a Senior Lecturer in Economic and Social History at the University of Glasgow. His research focuses on energy, labor, deindustrialization, and their socio-political impacts. He co-authored the report *The Grangemouth Refinery Closure: Workers’ Perspectives* and published the award-nominated book *Coal Country: The Meaning and Memory of Deindustrialization in Postwar Scotland*.

• Key affiliations: Royal Historical Society Fellow, Centre for Energy Ethics affiliate, Glasgow Centre for Sustainable Energy.
• Research interests: Energy transitions, labor movements, industrial policy, and the historical memory of deindustrialization.

Recent publications analyze energy workers’ perspectives, offshore wind power in Northern Europe, and the political economy of public ownership. His work bridges historical research with contemporary policy debates on just transitions and sustainable development.

Grants include a British Academy Wolfson Fellowship (2022–2025) and multiple research awards from the Carnegie Trust and RSE.

Teaching includes courses on industrial history, oral history methods, and global economic inequalities. He actively supervises doctoral students exploring energy transitions, labor movements, and community resilience in Scotland and beyond.