Associate Professor Llewelyn Hughes
Ph.D. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), 2009
Associate Dean for Research
College of Asia & the Pacific
Research interests
Welcome! I am a social scientist researching the low carbon energy transition. I currently work at the Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University, where I sit on the steering committee of the Zero-Carbon Energy for the Asia-Pacific initiative. Trained as a political scientist (Ph.D. 2009), I am particularly interested in analysing how governments balance the goal of creating competitive advantage through green industry policies with the need to respond effectively to climate change, using a global supply chain perspective. I have also spent some time working on the fossil fuel sector, notably crude oil. Most of the research I have been involved in is available for download from my website at llewelynhughes.net, or from ResearchGate. You can find also me on LinkedIn and Twitter, or feel free to drop me an email.
Publications
- White, L, Hughes, L, Lyons, M et al. 2020, Politics and Policy Mixes: The Australian Capital Territory experiment in innovation co-benefits.
- Goldthau, A & Hughes, L 2020, 'Saudi on the Rhine? Explaining the emergence of private governance in the global oil market', Review of International Political Economy, pp. -.
- Hughes, L & Gosens, J 2020, 'The good, the bad and the ugly': here's the lowdown on Australia's low-emissions roadmap.
- Gholz, E & Hughes, L 2019, 'Market structure and economic sanctions: the 2010 rare earth elements episode as a pathway case of market adjustment [IN PRESS]', Review of International Political Economy, pp. 1-24.
- Burdon, R, Hughes, L, Lord, M et al 2019, Innovation and export opportunities of the energy transition.
- Styczynski, A & Hughes, L 2018, 'Public policy strategies for next-generation vehicle technologies: An overview of leading markets', Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions, vol. 31, pp. 262-272.
- Meckling, J & Hughes, L 2018, 'Global interdependence in clean energy transitions', Business and Politics, vol. 20, no. 4, pp. 467-491.
- Hughes, L & Meckling, J 2018, 'Policy competition in clean technology: Scaling up or innovating up?', Business and Politics, vol. 20, no. 4, pp. 588-614.
- Meckling, J & Hughes, L 2017, 'Protecting Solar: Global Supply Chains and Business Power', New Political Economy, vol. Online, pp. 1-17pp.
- Ray, A, Hughes, L, Konisky, D et al 2017, 'Extreme weather exposure and support for climate change adaption', Global Environmental Change - Human and Policy Dimensions, vol. 46, pp. 104-113pp..
- Hughes, L & Meckling, J 2017, 'The politics of renewable energy trade: The US-China solar dispute', Energy Policy, vol. 105, pp. 256-262pp.
- Meckling, J & Hughes, L 2017, 'Globalizing Solar: Global Supply Chains and Trade Preferences', International Studies Quarterly, vol. 61, no. 2, pp. 225-235pp.
- Hughes, L 2016, 'Renegotiating Japan's Energy Compact', in Carol Hager and Christoph H. Stefes (ed.), Germany's Energy Transition: A Comparative Perspective, Palgrave Macmillan, New York, pp. 165-184.
- Hughes, L 2016, 'Japan: Dominated by Fukushima and Tackling Hard Problems in Decarbonisation', in Sybille Roehrkasten, Sonja Thielges, Rainer Quitzow (ed.), The G20 and its Role in Global Energy Governance, Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies, Germany, pp. 70-75pp.
- Konisky, D, Kaylor, C & Hughes, L 2016, Will extreme weather events get Americans to act on climate change?.
- Konisky, D, Hughes, L & Kaylor, C 2016, 'Extreme weather events and climate change concern', Climatic Change, vol. 134, no. 4, pp. 533-547.
- Hughes, L 2016, 'Abenomics and Japan's Energy Conundrum', in Robert Pekkanen, Steven R. Reed, and Ethan Scheiner (ed.), Japan Decides 2014: The Japanese General Election, Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, UK, pp. 199-210.
- Hughes, L 2015, Japan Chair Platform: Why Japan Deserves Some Praise on Climate.
- Hughes, L 2015, 'Japan's energy conundrum', East Asia Forum.
- Hughes, L & Urpelainen, J 2015, 'Interests, institutions, and climate policy: Explaining the choice of policy instruments for the energy sector', Environmental Science and Policy, vol. 54, pp. 52-63.
- Meckling, J & Hughes, L 2015, Free Trade for Green Trade: To Support Clean Power, Open Up Trade In Green Technology.
- Hughes, L 2015, Japan's Radical Incrementalism in Energy.
- Hughes, L 2015, 'Japan's Public-Private Approach to Energy Security Cooperation in Northeast Asia', in Bo Kong and Jae H. Ku (ed.), Energy Security Cooperation in Northeast Asia, Routledge, London, pp. 62-85.
- Hughes, L & Long, A 2014, 'Is There an Oil Weapon? Security Implications of Changes in the Structure of the International Oil Market', International Security, vol. 39, no. 3, pp. 152-189pp.
- Hughes, L, Lantis, J & Solis, M 2014, 'The Life Cycle of Regimes: Temporality and Exclusive Forms of International Cooperation', Journal of International Organizations Studies, vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 85-115.
- Hughes, L 2014, 'Don't Panic! China and the Second Energy Revolution', Asia Policy, no. 18, pp. 161-165.
- Hughes, L 2014, 'The limits of energy independence: Assessing the implications of oil abundance for U.S. foreign policy', Energy Research & Social Science, vol. 3, pp. 55-64.
- Hughes, L 2014, Globalizing Oil: Firms and Oil Market Governance in France, Japan, and the United States, Cambridge University Press, United States.
- Hughes, L 2014, Black gold: What does oil abundance mean for the United States and its foreign policy?, pp. 33-35.
- Hughes, L 2013, 'Promoting Standards Harmonization in the Fight Against Climate Change', Asia Pacific Bulletin, no. 211.
- Hughes, L 2013, 'Energy and Environmental Security and the Role of Okinawa', in Akikazu Hashimoto, Mike Mochizuki, and Kurayoshi Takara (ed.), The Okinawa Question: Futenma, the U.S.-Japan Alliance, and Regional Security, The George Washington University, USA, pp. 103-110.
- Hughes, L & Lipscy, P 2013, 'The politics of energy', Annual Review of Political Science, vol. 16, pp. 449-469.
- Hughes, L 2012, 'Climate Converts: Institutional Redeployment, Industrial Policy, and Public Investment in Energy in Japan', Journal of East Asian Studies, vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 89-117.
- Hughes, L 2012, 'Exploring Regional Regimes for Climate Change', Japan Spotlight, no. March/April 2012, pp. 38-40.
- Hughes, L 2011, Resource Nationalism in the Asia-Pacific: Why Does It Matter?.
- Hughes, L 2007, 'Why Japan will not go nuclear (yet): International and domestic constraints on the nuclearization of Japan', International Security, vol. 31, no. 4, pp. 67-96.
Projects and Grants
Grants information is drawn from ARIES. To add or update Projects or Grants information please contact your College Research Office.
- Australia-Germany Energy Transition Hub (Secondary Investigator)
