Sam Miles is a Ph.D. student in the Energy and Resources Group, and in the Renewable and Appropriate Energy Lab at the University of California, Berkeley.
His research focus is at the intersection of the scalability challenge for electricity mini-grids and the socio-economic characteristics of urbanization in Africa, particularly for the artisans and entrepreneurs who constitute the ‘productive’ users of such energy systems. He will engage with these questions as an INFEWS (Innovations at the Nexus of Food, Energy, and Water Systems and Digital Transformation of Development) NSF scholar.
Previous to life at ERG, Sam worked as a freelance writer covering technology in emerging markets, an educator at the African Leadership University in Mauritius, and as an international development consultant based in West Africa. He holds an MA in International Energy from Sciences Po — Paris and a BA in Ethics, Politics, and Economics from Yale.
Publications:
- 2019 in Review: Customer Insights for African Mini Grid Developers
- How data-driven research partnerships deepen energy access across supply chains
Links:
LinkedIn
Research Group:
RAEL (Renewable and Appropriate Energy Lab – Kammen)
Contact:
samuel.b.miles@berkeley.edu