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Book Chapters

Caprotti, Federico, Phillips, Jon, Petrova, Saska, Bouzarovski, Stefan, Essex, Stephen, de Groot, Jiska, Baker, Lucy, Reddy, Y and Wolpe, P (2021) ''Candles are not bright enough': Inclusive urban energy transformations in spaces of urban inequality.' In: Keith, M and de Souza Santos, A.A, (eds.), African Cities and Collaborative Futures: Urban Platforms and Metropolitan Logistics. Manchester: Manchester University Press, pp. 121-142. (Global Urban Transformations)

Phillips, Jon (2018) 'Order and the offshore: The territories of deep-water oil production.' In: Peter, Kimberley, Steinberg, Philip and Stratford, Elaine, (eds.), Territory Beyond Terra. London: Rowman and Littlefield, pp. 51-67. (Geopolitical bodies, material worlds)

Phillips, Jon, Newell, Peter and Pueyo, Ana (2017) 'Triple wins? Prospects for pro-poor, low carbon, climate resilient energy services in Kenya.' In: Nunan, Fiona, (ed.), Making Climate Compatible Development Happen. Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 114-129.

Martin, Adrian, Akol, Anne and Phillips, Jon (2013) 'Just conservation? On the fairness of sharing benefits.' In: Sikor, Thomas, (ed.), The Justices and Injustices of Ecosystems Services. London: Routledge, pp. 69-91. (Routledge Studies in Ecosystem Services)

Journal Article

Essex, Stephen, Caprotti, Federico, de Groot, Jiska, Phillips, Jon, Baker, Lucy, Wolpe, Peta and Reddy, Yachika (2023) 'The ‘capability’ of South African energy governance to deliver urban sustainable transitions.' Urban Research and Practice. (Forthcoming)

Branch, Adam, Phillips, Jon and Agyei, Frank Kwaku (2023) 'Charcoal politics in Africa: Value chains, resource complexes, and energopolitics.' Progress in Environmental Geography, 2 (1/2). pp. 77-96.

Branch, Adam, Agyei, Frank Kwaku, Anai, Jok Gai, Apecu, Stella Laloyo, Bartlett, Anne, Brownell, Emily, Caravani, Matteo, Cavanagh, Connor Joseph, Fennell, Shailaja, Langole, Stephen, Mabele, Mathew Bukhi, Mwampamba, Tuyeni Heita, Njenga, Mary, Owor, Arthur, Phillips, Jon and Tiitmamer, Nhial (2022) 'From crisis to context: Reviewing the future of sustainable charcoal in Africa.' Energy Research and Social Science, 87. p. 102457.

Phillips, Jon and Petrova, Saska (2021) 'The materiality of precarity: Gender, race and energy infrastructure in urban South Africa.' Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space, 53 (5). pp. 1031-1050.

Caprotti, Federico, Essex, Stephen, Phillips, Jon, de Groot, Jiska and Baker, Lucy (2020) 'Scales of governance: Translating multiscalar transitional pathways in South Africa’s energy landscape.' Energy Research and Social Science, 70. p. 101700.

Baker, Lucy and Phillips, Jon (2019) 'Tensions in the transition: The politics of electricity distribution in South Africa.' Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space, 37 (1). pp. 177-196.

Phillips, Jon (2019) 'Who’s in charge of Sino-African resource politics? Situating African state agency in Ghana.' African Affairs, 118 (470). pp. 101-124.

Newell, Peter and Phillips, Jon (2016) 'Neoliberal energy transitions in the South: Kenyan experiences.' Geoforum, 74. pp. 39-48.

Phillips, Jon, Hailwood, Elena and Brooks, Andrew (2016) 'Sovereignty, the ‘resource curse’ and the limits of good governance: a political economy of oil in Ghana.' Review of African Political Economy, 43 (147). pp. 26-42.

Naess, Lars Otto, Newell, Peter, Newsham, Andrew, Phillips, Jon, Quan, Julian and Tanner, Thomas (2015) 'Climate policy meets national development contexts: Insights from Kenya and Mozambique.' Global Environmental Change, 35. pp. 534-544.

Naess, Lars Otto, Newell, Peter, Newsham, Andrew, Phillips, Jon, Quan, Julian and Tanner, Thomas (2015) 'Climate policy meets national development contexts: Insights from Kenya and Mozambique.' Global Environmental Change, 35. pp. 534-544.

Baker, Lucy, Newell, Peter and Phillips, Jon (2014) 'The political economy of energy transitions: The case of South Africa.' New Political Economy, 19 (6). pp. 791-818.

Phillips, Jon and Newell, Peter (2013) 'The governance of clean energy in India: The clean development mechanism (CDM) and domestic energy politics.' Energy Policy, 59. pp. 654-662.

Phillips, Jon, Das, Kasturi and Newell, Peter (2013) 'Governance and technology transfer in the clean development mechanism in India.' Global Environmental Change, 23 (6). pp. 1594-1604.

Newell, Peter, Phillips, Jon and Purohit, Pallav (2011) 'The Political Economy of Clean Development in India: CDM and Beyond.' IDS Bulletin, 42 (3). pp. 89-96.

Monographs and Working Papers

Phillips, Jon, Bouzarovski, Stefan, Boamah, Festus, Fuller, Sara, Furlong, Kathryn, Knuth, Sarah, Mould, Imogen, Thomson, Harriet and Zheng, Wei (2022) Just transitions in cities and regions: a global agenda. London: British Academy Working Paper.

Cowley, Robert and Phillips, Jon (2018) What Can Urban Sustainability Experiments Do? Exeter: University of Exeter.

Newell, Peter, Phillips, Jon and Pueyo, Ana (2014) The political economy of low carbon energy in Kenya. Brighton: Institute of Development Studies. Working Paper no. 445.

Newell, Peter and Phillips, Jon (2011) Governing clean development: What have we learnt? Norwich: The Governance of Clean Development: CDM and Beyond, Briefing 3.

Newell, Peter, Phillips, Jon and Mulvaney, Dustin (2011) Pursuing Clean Energy Equitably. New York: United Nations Development Programme: Human Development Research Paper 2011/03.