Tyler Hansen is a Research Associate in the Department of Environmental Studies, advised by Professor Elizabeth Wilson. He received his Ph.D. in economics from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and worked for two years as a postdoctoral researcher at the Technical University of Denmark, Department of Wind and Energy Systems. Tyler's research revolves around the economics, political economy, and governance of clean energy transitions, with a particular focus on offshore wind energy. Some of his current projects include a case study on the Danish energy islands to explore the challenges to governing green socio-technical transformations, the development of a supply chain approach for estimation of local economic benefits from wind energy, stakeholder engagement in the offshore wind sector to specify key challenges for offshore wind development in the U.S., and a review and assessment of the claim that climate stabilization requires economic degrowth.
