ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ

Personal statement

Matthew is Director of the Strathclyde Institute for Sustainable Communities (SISC) and Professor of Sustainable Energy Business and Policy at the Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship, Strategy and Innovation within Strathclyde Business School. His research explores pathways for fair and sustainable futures, where communities are represented, empowered and enriched.

He is a co-investigator on two major UKRI-funded research projects ( and ) that explore the role of people and place, in realising a just, low-carbon future. Other recent research projects have examined: a) , b) and c) the .

He is Lead Technical Author for BSI’s standard on for their . He is also chair of the community environmental charity , host of the award-winning and sits on Uswitch’s review panel.

Current research projects:

• Exploring community energy trends, barriers and drivers in Scotland (funded by Scottish Power Energy Networks)

Past research projects:

• A review of Community Benefit Fund design, operation and governance (funded by Foundation Scotland)
• Principle investigator of the Scottish Universities Insight Institute funded project -
• Principle investigator on an EPSRC Impact Acceleration Account project, titled Community energy at a crossroads: Co-developing a path forward for South Seeds and the UK community energy sector.
• Co-Investigator on a UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC) funded project titled ‘Whole Person - Whole Place’ energy solutions for net-zero neighbourhoods, which explores how social relations impact energy retrofitting decisions.
• Co-Investigator for the UKRI £8m Energy Revolution Research Consortium to support a smart, locally led energy system. Co-I for work packages on: (1) business and finance; and (2) policy and regulation (commenced Dec 2018). Principle investigator on an Energy-REV flex-fund project titled Smart local energy systems for a ‘just transition’
• Co-Investigator on  (2017-2019). Lead on community energy case studies work package.
• Co-Investigator on Political hyping of new energy technologies project to explore how parliamentary processes fuel or deflate expectations surrounging low-carbon technology innovations.

PhD supervision:

• Jan Jasinski - Smart but fair? The impact of smart, low-carbon energy technologies on justice.
• Rebecca Gowens - Exploring best practice for Community Benefit Funds in Scotland and beyond.
• Jonny Lindsey - Market formation approaches for new energy technologies and their justice implications. The case of Dounreay and the fast-breeder nuclear reactor.
• Kristine Heimdal - An ecosystem approach to establishing Glasgow as a centre of net-zero innovation.

Selected journal publications:

• Gonzalez, H., Hannon, M., Tapinos, E. (2026) , Business Strategy and the Environment 0:1–26
• Gowens, R., Hannon, M., Roberts, J.J., Cairns, I., Major, L. (2025) . Strathclyde Institute for Sustainable Communities, ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ, Glasgow.
• Hannon, M., Gowens, R., Searle, R., Roberts, J. J., Cairns, I., Major, L. (2025) , Strathclyde Institute for Sustainable Communities, ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ.
• Hannon, M., Gowens, R., Roberts, J. J., Major, L. & Cairns, I., (2024) , ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ.
• Hannon, M., Cairns, I., Braunholtz-Speight, T., McLachlan, C., Mander, S., Hardy, J., Sharmina, M. (2023) . Energy Research and Social Science, 100.
• Cairns, I., Hannon, M., Braunholtz-Speight, T., McLachlan, C., Mander, S., Hardy, J., Sharmina, M., & Manderson, E. (2023) , Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions, 46.
• Knox, S., Hannon, M. J., Stewart, F., Ford, R., (2022) , Energy Research and Social Science, 83
• Braunholtz-Speight, T., McLachlan, C., Mander, S., Hannon, M. J., Hardy, J., Cairns, I., Sharmina, M., & Manderson, E. (2021). . Energy Research and Social Science, 78
• Braunholtz-Speight, T., Mander, S., Hannon, M., Hardy, J., McLachlan, C., Manderson, E. & Sharmina, M. (2020) , Nature Energy 5 pp: 169–177
• MacKenzie, N., Knox, S., Hannon, M. (2020) , Business History
• Skea. J., Hannon, M. J., van Diemen, R., Rhodes, A., Gazis, E., Hu, R. (2019)  Edward Elgar Publishing: Cheltenham
• Hannon, M. J., Topham, E., MacMillan, D., Dixon, J. Collu, M. (2019) , ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ, Glasgow.
• Hannon, M. J., van Diemen, R., Skea. J. (2017) , ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ
• Hu, R., Skea, J., Hannon, M. (2017) , Technological Forecasting and Social Change 127 pp: 227-244
• Bolton, R. P. G., Hannon, M. (2016) l, Research Policy 78 (9) pp. 1731–1742