Lucy Baker is a senior research fellow in the Science Policy Research Unit, University of Sussex. She is a human geographer with research expertise in the political economy of energy transitions; renewable energy policy, finance and technology development; and low-carbon development in the global South. She has a country specialism on South Africa. She is associate editor of the journal Geoforum. Prior to joining academia, Lucy worked for ten years with environment, development and human rights non-governmental organisations as a policy officer, campaigner and fund-raiser. A native speaker of English, Lucy also speaks Spanish, French and Portuguese.