DrLuke Kelleher

Luke’s current research interests are broadly summarised as (i) transport policy and environmental performance, and (ii) bioeconomy policy. He currently supervises a research group to advance research topics in these areas. Specifically, he has collaborated with colleagues from a wide range of different institutions and published research, inter alia, in the following topics: Climate Change and Air Pollution (UCD; NILU - Norwegian Institute for Air Research); Energy Poverty (UCD; Cardiff University); Transport Poverty (UCD); Public Transport Regulation and Deregulation (UCD; University of Hertfordshire) ; Sustainable Transport Initiatives Evaluation (UCD; University of Hertfordshire; UK Department for Transport) ; School Transport and Commuting Issues (QUB; Department for Education NI); Electric Vehicle Market Uptake and Consumer Segmentation (UCD; University of Hertfordshire; European Commission Joint Research Centre); Walkability in the Built Environment (QUB; Belfast/Derry City Councils; Belfast Healthy Ageing Strategic Partnership); and the Bioeconomy (UCD; BiOrbic Research Centre; Teagasc). Luke is currently working to ensure that there is coherence between all sectoral strategies which impact the bioeconomy in Ireland. Key elements of the bioeconomy traverse Agriculture, Food, Forestry, Marine, Energy, Chemical and Materials sectors. Luke's central objective is to identify policies from the relevant sectors and assess how their mechanisms are deployed with a focus on identifying the potential to achieve greater alignment.

Luke's research has informed both European Commission and Irish policy across a range of issues. His research is informing policy as evidenced in citations in the following: Irish Climate Change Advisory Council Research Report (2022); EC Expert Report on Bioeconomy (2021); EC Country Report Ireland (2020).

Luke's research has been funded with research grants from the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC); Northern Ireland Department of Education (DENI); Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC); Science Foundation Ireland (SFI); European Commission Joint Research Centre (JRC). Luke is keen to engage with students interested in the above research topics. In order to discuss participation in related research please contact him directly for further information.