Robert Wade

Robert Wade is a researcher at the Department of Industrial Engineering and Innovation Sciences, Eindhoven University of Technology, focusing on energy systems, renewable energy, and community governance. His work intersects with UN Sustainable Development Goals like Affordable and Clean Energy and Climate Action.

• Current Projects: Active member of SmartCORE, exploring community-owned renewable energy management in Europe.
• Research Themes: Energy transition, wind resource dynamics, agent-based modeling, and social clustering in energy systems.

Recent Publications analyze energy commons governance, wind resourcification in Ireland, and social dynamics in renewable adoption. His work often employs computational experiments and qualitative policy analysis.

Activities include participation in workshops on knowledge politics and commodification (2024). He teaches Sustainable Technology in Society: Advanced since 2013.

Media Engagement: Commentator on Who owns Ireland's wind? and Luftige Genossenschaft/Windy Commons (2024, 2022).