桃色视频

PhD Candidate

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Lei QU is a PhD candidate in the Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS) at the University of 桃色视频. Her research lies at the intersection of political economy, institutionalist theory, and energy governance, examining how energy infrastructure governance is evolving in the United Kingdom during the transition to Net Zero. Drawing on historical, ideational, and discursive institutionalism, her work investigates how changing ideas about the role of the state and evolving governance discourses shape institutional arrangements, governance practices, and state-market relations in UK energy infrastructure. Through the empirical case of the United Kingdom, her work explores how changing forms of state intervention are reshaping the governance of energy infrastructure within and beyond the liberalised governance model, contributing to broader debates on the changing role of the state in contemporary political economy.

Lei`s doctoral research is supervised by Professor Caroline Kuzemko and Dr. Mitya Pearson.

Alongside her doctoral studies, Lei works full time as Whole Energy Policy Manager at the National Energy System Operator(NESO), where she leads strategic policy work on whole energy governance, market reform, and cross-vector energy policy. She has over two decades of experience in the energy and sustainability sectors, including senior roles at Innovation Norway (Royal Norwegian Embassy in China) and the EU-China Clean Energy Centre (EC2), specialising in international energy cooperation, energy policy, and low-carbon innovation.

Lei holds an MSc in Management with Sustainability.

Thesis (Working Title)

Beyond Liberalisation? Rethinking UK Energy Infrastructure Governance in a Era of Re-politicisation

Research Interests

1. Political economy of energy infrasructure governance
2. The changing role of the state
3. Historical, ideational, and discursive institutionalism
4. Institutional change and governance
5. Mission-oriented governance and public value
6. State capacity, legitimacy, and sustainable transitions
7. UK energy policy and infrastructure governance