Dr Caroline Kuzemko, recently appointed to an indefinite Assistant Professorship in International Political Economy in PAIS, has won a prestigious ESRC Future Research Leaders grant.

This brings the total number of ESRC FRLs held in PAIS to 5. Other existing ESRC FRL award holders include Dr Julian Gruin, Dr Oz Hassan, Dr Charlotte Heath-Kelly, and Dr Alexandra Homolar.

Dr Kuzemko’s project, entitled ‘Local Authorities and Sustainable Energy Innovations: Decentralisation, Institutional Capacity and Civic Participation’, will commence in September 2016.