Dr. Julie MacArthur
Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair in Reimagining Capitalism, Royal Roads University
energy democracy, energy policy, comparative energy policy, energy sector, renewable infrastructure, community development, low carbon transitions, public participation, women in energy sector, women's employment in energy sector
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Biography
Dr. Julie MacArthur is an Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair in Reimagining Capitalism at Royal Roads University. She is the author of Empowering Electricity: Co-operatives, Sustainability and Power Sector Reform in Canada (UBC Press, 2016), as well more than 30 articles and book chapters on energy democracy, participatory environmental governance and comparative energy policy. Her recent research projects on the contribution of community energy initiatives to climate change mitigation and the role of women in energy transitions were funded by the RSNZ Marsden Fund and the University of Auckland’s Early Career Research Excellence Awards.
MacArthur in an internationally recognized scholar of energy democracy, critical political economy and the politics of low carbon transitions. From 2013 to 2020 she held lecturer and then senior lecturer positions at the University of Auckland in New Zealand, co-ordinating the Masters in Politics and Master of Public Policy Programs. Prior to her academic career, she worked in a number of government policy, research and teaching roles in Australia, Korea, the United Kingdom and Japan.