Biography

Dr Matthew Ives is an economist and systems modeller currently working as an energy systems analyst with GTI Energy, USA, where he is applying his experience and expertise to help facilitate a smooth and just transition to net zero. Dr Ives is also a Research Associate of the Institute for Economic Thinking at the Oxford Martin School, and an Honorary Research Associate of the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, Oxford University, where he teaches and supervises DPhil and Masters students.

Dr Ives has worked in academia as well as the private and public sectors on a diverse range of programmes related to our global sustainability across land, air, and sea. His ventures have included developing and assessing decarbonisation pathways for the USA, UK, India, Australia, and the world; modelling long-term infrastructure strategies for water, energy, waste and transport for the UK, and the United Nations; developing sustainability indicators for the US Forest service; and modelling fisheries in Australia. Matthew holds an Honours degree in Economics, a Masters of Environmental Management, and a PhD in complex systems modelling.

Recent Publications

Aug 2024
Journal
The need for better statistical testing in data-driven energy technology modeling
in Joule
Lennart Baumgärtner ,  Rupert Way ,  Matthew Ives ,  J. Doyne Farmer
Apr 2024
Journal
Accelerating carbon neutrality in China: Sensitive intervention points for the energy and transport sectors in Beijing and Hong Kong
in Journal of Cleaner Production
Sum Yue Chang ,  Matthew Ives ,  Myles R. Allen ,  Jay R.S. Doorga ,  Yuan Xu
Apr 2024
Journal
Model-based financial regulations impair the transition to net-zero carbon emissions
in Nature Climate Change
Matteo Gasparini ,  Matthew Ives ,  Ben Carr ,  Sophie Fry ,  Eric Beinhocker
Nov 2023
INET Working Paper
No. 2023-28 - Employment dynamics in a rapid decarbonization of the power sector
Joris Bucker ,  R. Maria del Rio-Chanona ,  Anton Pichler ,  Matthew C. Ives ,  J. Doyne Farmer
Nov 2023
Journal
Sensitive intervention points: a strategic approach to climate action
in Oxford Review of Economic Policy
Penny Mealy ,  Peter Barbrook-Johnson ,  Matthew Ives ,  Sugandha Srivastav ,  Cameron Hepburn
Nov 2023
Journal
Sensitive intervention points: a strategic approach to climate action
in Oxford Review of Economic Policy
Penny Mealy ,  Matthew C. Ives ,  Cameron Hepburn ,  Sugandha Srivastav ,  Peter Barbrook-Johnson
Aug 2023
Journal
Evaluating fossil fuel companies’ alignment with 1.5 °C climate pathways
in Nature Climate Change
Saphira Rekker ,  Guangwu Chen ,  Richard Heede ,  Matthew Ives ,  Belinda Wade ,  Chris Greig
Jun 2023
INET Working Paper
No. 2023-11 - Are financial regulations impairing the transition to net zero?
Matteo Gasparini ,  Sophie Fry ,  Matthew C. Ives ,  Ben Carr ,  Eric Beinhocker
May 2023
Working Paper
A re-evaluation of the financial risks of the net zero transition
Matteo Gasparini ,  Moritz Baer ,  Matthew Ives
Mar 2023
INET Working Paper
No 2023-04 - Facilitating deep decarbonization via sector coupling of green hydrogen and ammonia
Zac Cesaro ,  Rasmus Bramstoft ,  Matthew Ives ,  Rene Banares-Alcantara
Sept 2022
Journal
Empirically grounded technology forecasts and the energy transition
in Joule
Rupert Way ,  Matthew Ives ,  Penny Mealy ,  J. Doyne Farmer
Aug 2022
Journal
Measuring corporate Paris Compliance using a strict science-based approach
in Nature Communications
Sapphira Rekker ,  Matthew Ives ,  Belinda Wade ,  Chris Greig ,  Lachlan Webb
Apr 2022
Article
Challenges and innovations in the economic evaluation of the risks of climate change
James A. Rising ,  Charlotte Taylor ,  Robert E. T. Ward ,  Matthew Ives
Dec 2021
Report
Predictors of Success in a Greening World
Pia Andres ,  Joris Bucker ,  Matthew Ives ,  Penny Mealy ,  Kevin Tang ,  Michael Urban ,  Matthew McCarten ,  Sugandha Srivastav ,  Cameron Hepburn

Recent Events

19 Apr 21
14:00

A new perspective on decarbonising the global energy system

Report Launch from Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment and INET Oxford

Online Event
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