Ernest Lee is an aspiring historian of energy, believing that critical inquiry into past regimes, concepts and uses of energy play an important role in the debates and decisions today. His interest in Southeast Asia also drives the site’s focus: despite often being overlooked and understudied, any energy transition and its attendant literature cannot ignore the region.
He is currently completing his Master in International Energy Transitions, a dual degree between Sciences Po’s Paris School of International Affairs and Columbia University’s School of International Affairs. He received a BA in History and Politics from the University of Oxford (2021), where he topped the cohort. He is Founding Editor of the Sciences Po Energy Review, and has previously analysed energy developments for the public sector.
Beyond the energy and environmental humanities, his research interests include cultural history and urbanism. In his free time, he watches films, reads books, and explores the food of his cities, paying a silent thanks to the photosynthetic origins of the energy carriers that make all this possible.
Nicholas Loh is interested in all things relating to the energy transition: renewables, transition fuels, future grids, electric vehicles, you name it. All efforts to slow down the detriment we are posing to our environment inevitably boil down to this – so he is invested in making the greatest difference to people and planet through the lens of data and policy analysis.
He will soon graduate from Yale-NUS College, majoring in Urban Studies. The question of how we can create just and equitable living environments and urban spaces continues to fascinate him – and so do elements of urban design, architecture, and ethnographic research to complement the deluge of often-overwhelming technical data. He is interested in trying to marry the stories with the numbers, and see how these coalesce into impactful solutions.
He really, really, enjoys a good cup of coffee, loves playing floorball with his Yale-NUS teammates, and his happiness is partly determined by how 11 blokes situated in M16, Manchester perform on a football pitch each week.