Paul George Munro

I am a Scientia Associate Professor in Human Geography within the Environment and Society Group at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney. I have an established research record in the fields of political ecology and environmental history, and have written extensively on forest governance and energy justice. My current research is focused on the changing geographies of energy poverty. This has included an interest in how the emergence of new technologies (e.g., small-scale photovoltaic power), new trade dynamics, and financial platforms (e.g., mobile money) have reshaped how people realise their energy needs in poor rural settings. I am currently engaged in research in Uganda, Kenya, Ghana, Malawi, Zambia, and Vanuatu. I have also written extensively on forest governance in Sierra Leone, drawing from large-scale research projects that have been funded by the European Union, the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO), and USAID. Drawing on this research, in 2020 I authored the monograph: Colonial Seeds in African Soil: a critical history of forest conservation in Sierra Leone. Forest Goverance in Africa, Energy Transitions in the Global South, Off-grid solar geographies, Human geography, Environmental geography, Development geography, Economic geography, Political geography, Environmental history, Sociology and social studies of science and technology, Human Geography, Environmental Politics, History: African, Political Economy, Environment Policy