Official Fellow in Economics, New College
Professor of Economic Policy, University of Oxford

Teaching

Microeconomics, Public Economics, Energy and the Environment

Research Interests

• Political economy of the state
• Infrastructure
• Energy
• Utilities
• Environmental subjects, notably biodiversity and climate change.

Selected Major Publications

• Helm, D. R. (forthcoming November 2023), Legacy: How to Build the Sustainable Economy, Cambridge University Press
• Helm, D. R. (forthcoming) "Net zero electricity: the UK 2035 target", forthcoming Oxford Review of Economic Policy. 
• Helm, D.R. (2022), "Agriculture after Brexit", forthcoming in Oxford Review of Economic Policy.
• Helm, D.R. (2021),  "Net Zero: How We Stop Causing Climate Change", revised paperback, London, William Collins.
• Helm, D.R. (2020), "Net Zero: How We Stop Causing Climate Change", London, William Collins.
• Helm, D.R. (2019), "Green & Prosperous Land: A Blueprint for Rescuing the British Countryside", London, William Collins.
• Helm, D. R. (2018), "Burn Out: the endgame for fossil fuels", London, Yale University Press.
• Helm, D. R. (2017), “Cost of Energy - Independent Review”, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.
• Helm, D. R. (2015), "The Carbon Crunch - how we are getting climate change wrong and how to fix it", revised paperback, London, Yale University Press.
• Helm, D. R. (2013), "Trade, climate change and the political game theory of border carbon adjustments", with Cameron Hepburn and Giovanni Ruta, Oxford Review of Economic Policy, Volume 28(2).
• Helm, D. R. (2012), "The sustainable borders of the state", Oxford Review of Economic Policy, Volume 27(4).
• Helm, D. R. and Hepburn, C. (eds), (2009), “The Economics and Politics of Climate Change”, Oxford, Oxford University Press.
• Helm, D. R. (ed) (2007), 'The New Energy Paradigm', Oxford, Oxford University Press.
• Helm, D. R. (2004), "Energy, the State, and the Market: British Energy Policy since 1979", revised edition, Oxford, Oxford University Press.