I am a social scientist, economist, complexity scientist, and systems thinker. I regularly use research methods such as agent-based modelling and systems mapping in my applied environmental, energy, and public health research and policy analysis. I teach on a range of undergraduate and masters courses, focussing on economics, the knowledge economy, the economics of environmental change, and the use of complexity and systems sciences in environmental issues.

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You may find some of my recent work interesting, personal highlights are:

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You can find an up-to-date list of my publications on my Google Scholar page.

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I am currently a Lecturer in Social Economics in the Arts and Sciences department at UCL and a Teaching Associate at the Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford. I am an Associate of the Institute for New Economic Thinking at Oxford, and a member of the Centre for the Evaluation of Complexity Across the Nexus (CECAN).

 

Previously, I was a Departmental Research Lecturer in the Economics of Environmental Change at the University of Oxford. ​I was also the Deputy Director of the NERC-funded Agile Initiative, and the Technical Modelling Lead for the UK government EEIST project. Prior to that, I was a Senior Research Associate at Oxford, and a Senior Research Fellow and ESRC Innovation Fellow at the University of Surrey (based in CECAN and CRESS, both in the Department of Sociology). I have also been a Research Fellow at the Policy Studies Institute and regularly undertake consultancy work for the public and private sectors. I completed my PhD in agent-based modelling at the University of Surrey in 2014.

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I live in London, have three kids (!!), enjoy cycling, and am a vegetarian.

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I am always happy to talk about any of the subjects above, or explore new opportunities for collaboration, get in touch at p.barbrook-johnson@ucl.ac.uk​