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        Francis X. Johnson

        Senior Research Fellow

      • Role(s): Research Leader
      • Expertise: biomass, climate change, land use and development
      • francis.x.johnson@sei.org
      • +46 73 707 8524
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      Francis X. Johnson has over twenty-five years of experience in interdisciplinary energy/climate analyses, capacity-building and research, focusing especially on biomass and land use in relation to climate and development goals. His work addresses environmental impacts, socio-technical innovation, policy analysis, market development, institutional design and governance mechanisms across different scales and sectors. He currently leads the SEI Initiative on Governing Bioeconomy Pathways. Prior to joining SEI, he was a Senior Research Associate in the Energy Analysis program at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, USA.

      He was a lead author for the IPCC special report on Climate Change and Land. He has served as an advisor or expert for international initiatives or programmes run by UNIDO, FAO, SCOPE/UNESCO and the European Commission. He has developed projects and case studies in more than twenty different countries in Europe, Africa and Asia and has managed or coordinated several international networks and programmes. He has been co-editor of three books and two conference proceedings, was editor for eight years of the periodical Renewable Energy for Development and has been co-author on more than forty peer-reviewed publications.

      He holds a B.S. in Systems Science and Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania, an M.S. in Operations Research from the George Washington University and an M.A. in Public Policy from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He completed the pre-dissertation phase of Ph.D. studies in Geography and Environmental Engineering at the Johns Hopkins University and wrote his Ph.D. dissertation in Energy and Climate Studies at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm.

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      Publications by Francis X. Johnson

      • Governing the bioeconomy: what role for international institutions?
      • Ethanol as a clean cooking alternative in Sub-Saharan Africa: insights from sugarcane production and ethanol adoption sites in Malawi and Mozambique
      • Enabling sustainable bioenergy transitions in Sub-Saharan Africa: strategic issues for achieving climate-compatible developments
      • Policy transfer processes and renewable energy penetration: a comparative analysis of Peru, Thailand, and Uganda
      • Modelling stakeholder agency to investigate sustainable charcoal markets in Kenya
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      Perspectives by Francis X. Johnson

      • Why land-based mitigation is key to net-zero emissions
      • ¿Por qué el uso del suelo es clave para alcanzar la neutralidad de carbono?
      • Is land a renewable resource?
      • Biomass and biofuels in the EU: Emotion-based policymaking?

      Featured stories with Francis X. Johnson

      • SEI analyses land-based climate mitigation issues through new research role
      • Our guide to COP25
      • What land can and cannot do about climate change
      • Lo que el suelo puede y no puede hacer sobre el cambio climático
      • SEI researchers selected as lead authors of IPCC Sixth Assessment Report
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      Projects and tools with Francis X. Johnson

      • LANDMARC
      • SEI Initiative on Governing Bioeconomy Pathways
      • Strategies for sustainable bioenergy development in Indonesia
      • CARISMA - Coordination and Assessment of Research and Innovation in Support of climate Mitigation Actions
      • TRANSrisk
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