Dr Simon Roberts
Honorary Professor
- Email: simon.roberts@brunel.ac.uk
- Mechanical Engineering
- Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
- College of Engineering, Design and Physical Sciences
Summary
Dr. Simon Roberts is Honorary Professor in the Institute of Energy Futures at Brunel University of London. He is a physicist interested in a country's capacity to transition to a net-carbon future and our options for realistic, evidenced-based policies to that end. His expertise is whole economy modelling and developing a model calibrated from extensive historical data and with the fewest assumptions for projecting into the future.
Newest selected publications
Roberts, S. and Axon, C. (2025) 'Memorandum submitted to the House of Commons Energy Security and Net-zero Select Committee for their inquiry on: Workforce planning to deliver clean, secure energy'.
Roberts, S. and Axon, C. (2024) 'What price near-zero emissions? Energy and economic modelling for the UK using real-world data to 2050 and beyond'. Brunel University of London.Open Access Link
Roberts, SH. and Axon, CJ. (2022) 'Analysing the rising price of new private housing in the UK: A national accounting approach'. Habitat International, 130 (December 2022). pp. 1 - 20. ISSN: 0197-3975 Open Access Link
Roberts, SH., Foran, BD., Axon, CJ. and Stamp, AV. (2021) 'Is the service industry really low-carbon? Energy, jobs and realistic country GHG emissions reductions'. Applied Energy, 292. pp. 1 - 33. ISSN: 0306-2619 Open Access Link
Roberts, SH., Axon, C., Foran, BD., Goddard, NH. and Warr, BS. (2019) 'Modelling socio-economic and energy data to generate business-as-usual scenarios for carbon emissions'. Journal of Cleaner Production, 207. pp. 980 - 997. ISSN: 0959-6526 Open Access Link