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Ralitsa Hiteva is a Research Fellow at the Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU) within the University of Sussex Business School. Her work focuses on infrastructure governance and regulation, particularly examining business model innovations driven by low-carbon transitions and cross-sector integrations. She contributes to major research initiatives including the International Centre for Infrastructure Futures (ICIF), the UK Infrastructure Transitions Research Consortium (ITRC), and the ESRC-funded ResNexus project.
Her research spans infrastructure governance, low-carbon transitions, energy justice, and gender-inclusive approaches to energy systems. Key themes include smart grid development, energy intermediation, social innovation for vulnerable communities, and nexus solutions addressing interconnected food-water-energy challenges. Her work emphasizes multi-scale governance analysis and stakeholder engagement in infrastructure decision-making.
Hiteva convenes the postgraduate module 'Innovation and Infrastructure' and contributes to courses on sustainable development and STI studies. Her publications demonstrate consistent focus on governance challenges in energy transitions, with recent work expanding into gender-responsive design for hydrogen solutions and net-zero skills development.
Research leadership includes directing SPRU's work on the ResNexus project in Sofia, Bulgaria, examining heat/water provision in multifamily buildings and food systems. She actively engages with policy through evidence submissions to parliamentary committees and contributions to national infrastructure assessments.