Philip Andrews-Speed

Philip Andrews-Speed

Dr. Philip Andrews-Speed

Principal Fellow
National University of Singapore

Philip Andrews-Speed has 35 years in the field of energy and resources, starting his career as a mineral and oil exploration geologist before moving into the field of energy and resource governance. Until 2010 he was Professor of Energy Policy at the University of Dundee and Director of the Centre of Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy.

His main research interest is the political economy of energy and resource governance, at national, regional and global scales. China has been a principal geographic focus of his research for 25 years. His current research activities include China’s energy transition, the governance of unconventional gas exploitation, energy market integration in Southeast Asia, and the governance of the global energy and resources.

Recent books include China, Oil and Global Politics (Routledge, 2011) with Roland Dannreuther, The Governance of Energy in China: Transition to a Low-Carbon Economy (Palgrave MacMillan, 2012), and Want, Waste or War? The Global Resource Nexus and the Struggle for Land, Energy, Food, Water and Minerals (Routledge, 2015) with five co-authors.