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Professor Peter McGregor

Emeritus Professor

Economics

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Personal statement

I becameÌýEmeritus Professor of Economics in June 2015, and was appointed as (part-time) Director of the Fraser of Allander InstituteÌýfrom September 2015.ÌýIn the 30 months to end May 2015 I had been the Director of the International Public Policy Institute,Ìýand prior to that had served severalÌýterms as Head of Department of Economics,ÌýDirector and Research Director of the Fraser of Allander Institute (FAI).Ìý My current research interests include the impact of fiscal autonomy on the Scottish and UK economies, and modelling energy-economy-environment interdependence, including the economic and environmental impact of renewables technologies at the regional and national levels.

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Publications

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(2025)
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Regional Studies Vol 59, pp. 1-16 (2025)
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Environment, Development and Sustainability (2025)
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Journal of Social Policy Vol 53, pp. 933-949 (2024)
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Technology in Society Vol 77 (2024)
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Regional Studies Vol 58, pp. 952-967 (2024)

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Research Interests

I currently have a policy-relevant research portfolio that includes grants from: the ESRC’s Ìý‘Future of Scotland and the UK pre- and post- referendum’ initiative; two energy-related EPSRC grants: SupergenÌý Wind Energy Hub and Energy Efficiency;Ìýthe Scottish Government through ClimateXChange, a Centre of Expertise in Climate Change, and the Office of the Chief Economic Advisor (OCEA), which has adopted one of FAI’s economic models for policy analysis.Ìý I have published widely in books and professional journals, including, most recently: Environment and Planning A, Journal of Regional Science,Energy and Environmental Science, Economic Modelling, Energy Policy, Marine Policy, Regional Studies and Higher Education Studies. I have held visiting academic posts in Germany, Japan, Sweden and the US and had consultancy experience in the Middle and Far East. Ìý

Professional Activities

Participant
23/5/2019
Participant
2019
Host
18/5/2017
Host
30/3/2017
Speaker
28/10/2014
Speaker
8/10/2014

Projects

Spowage, Mairi (Principal Investigator) Black, James (Co-investigator) Figus, Gioele (Co-investigator) McGregor, Peter (Co-investigator) Wooton, Ian (Co-investigator) Duparc-Portier, Geoffroy (Researcher) Maurya, Aditya (Researcher)
06-Jan-2022 - 05-Jan-2027
Congreve, Emma (Principal Investigator) Connolly, Kevin (Researcher) McGregor, Peter (Researcher) Watts, Robert (Researcher) Mitchell, Mark (Researcher)
01-Jan-2021 - 31-Jan-2021
Connolly, Kevin (Researcher) Spowage, Mairi (Fellow) McGregor, Peter (Principal Investigator)
01-Jan-2020 - 01-Jan-2020
Connolly, Kevin (Researcher) Eiser, David (Researcher) McGregor, Peter (Academic) Roy, Graeme (Principal Investigator)
01-Jan-2019 - 01-Jan-2020
Lisenkova, Katerina (Principal Investigator) McGregor, Peter (Co-investigator) Roy, Graeme (Co-investigator)
15-Jan-2017 - 31-Jan-2018
Connolly, Kevin (Principal Investigator) Lisenkova, Katerina (Principal Investigator) McGregor, Peter (Principal Investigator)
01-Jan-2017 - 31-Jan-2018

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Contact

Professor Peter McGregor
Emeritus Professor
Economics

Email: p.mcgregor@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 3848