James Kneebone is a Research Associate at the Florence School of Regulation. He is a specialist on European hydrogen policy and the wider drive to decarbonise the European gas sector. James’s recent publications have covered infrastructure planning for hydrogen transportation, hydrogen financing mechanisms in the EU, as well as the issue of ensuring justice in the development of renewable hydrogen trade with third countries. Prior to joining the FSR, James worked in DG ENER of the European Commission, where his primary areas of work were security of supply and the EU Methane Strategy.
James is a PhD researcher at ETH Zürich, where he investigates the longevity of net-zero policies. He holds an MSc in International Development from Utrecht University and a BSc in Liberal Arts and Sciences from University College Maastricht, with additional studies at the University of Sydney and the Universidad de la Habana. James has ethnographic fieldwork research experience from Havana, Cuba, where he investigated bottom-up economic development models.