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Alexander Dodge @alexanderdodge.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

Excellent first day excursion with Makerere University students in Uganda's Oil City. Hoima is facing many challenges similar to other oil cities: high population growth, rent theft, crime, poor infrastructure - but with one caveat - unlike other oil boomtowns oil production hasn't started yet.

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Alexander Dodge @alexanderdodge.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

I can imagine a situation where Trump's tariff policy does result in some investment in manufacturing, but these factories will be put in "right to work" states with low taxes, and located in regions with little supporting industry and poor unions.

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Alexander Dodge @alexanderdodge.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Heres a crazy idea: Instead of the EU running around to resolve the US self-imposed tariff crisis, why don't we take advantage of available industrial capacity, low inflation, and redirected investment flows together with the rest of the world to scale-up a global energy transition?

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Alexander Dodge @alexanderdodge.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

Our article "The resource-making state: liquefied natural gas production networks and state strategies for domestic market development in Indonesia" is now published in a ZFW special issue on the "State-GPN nexus" edited by Rory Horner and Martin Hess 🎉 doi.org/10.1515/zfw-...

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Alexander Dodge @alexanderdodge.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Happy to see this paper out together with @sidsareen.bsky.social, Charlotte Jjunju and Benon Nabaasa on challenges surrounding solar energy transitions at multiple scales in Uganda and the importance of accountability for a just transition. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Scales of accountability: Solar mini-grids and clean energy for all in Uganda

There is great hope pinned on solar mini-grids to fulfil universal rural electrification targets and enable clean energy access, especially in low-inc…

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Alexander Dodge @alexanderdodge.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Absolutely fascinating to join the CITRES team to explore Bojonegoro and Bangka Beiltung and gain invaluable insight into the complicated realities surrounding artisinal oil mining, palm oil biogas production, tin mining, illegal logging and environmental conservation in Indonesia www.citres.net

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