Matthew Burke
Ecozoic Policy Project Lead – University of Vermont
Email: Matthew.Burke@uvm.edu

Matthew Burke is a Research Associate with Leadership for the Ecozoic at the Department of Community Development and Applied Economics, University of Vermont. From 2019-2022, Matthew was a Postdoctoral Associate with the Gund Institute for Environment, and from 2021-2022, a Lecturer in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Matthew completed a Ph.D. in Renewable Resources — Environment at McGill University. Matthew currently coordinates the Ecozoic Policy Project and is a Gund Affiliate.
PUBLICATIONS & OTHER WORKS
Demilitarize for a Just Transition
Burke, M.J., Smolyar, N.L. In: Dunlap, A., Brock, A. (eds) Enforcing Ecocide. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. 2022.
Energy commons and alternatives to enclosures of sunshine and wind
Burke, M. J. (2021). Energy commons and alternatives to enclosures of sunshine and wind. In Routledge Handbook of Energy Democracy (pp. 200–214). Routledge.
Just energy systems: Five questions and countless responses for regenerative energy communities
Burke, M. J. (2021). Just energy systems: Five questions and countless responses for regenerative energy communities. In Environmental Justice in the Anthropocene (pp. 160–174). Routledge.
Energy-Sufficiency for a Just Transition: A Systematic Review
Burke, M. J. (2020). Energy-Sufficiency for a Just Transition: A Systematic Review. Energies, 13(10), 2444. https://doi.org/10.3390/en13102444
The Role of Technology in Achieving the Future we Want
Contributors: S. Wallis, M. Burke, A. Damiano, S. Barbieri. In: Sustainable Wellbeing futures: a research and action agenda for ecological economics. Edward Elgar Publishing. 2020.
Energy Democracy and the Co-evolution of Social and Technological Systems
Thesis, 2019. McGill University.
Operationalizing Energy Democracy: Challenges and Opportunities in Vermont’s Renewable Energy Transformation
Contributors: Stephens, J. C., Burke, M. J., Gibian, B., Jordi, E., & Watts, R. In: Frontiers of Communication, 3. 2018.
Mutually-Beneficial Renewable Energy Systems. Relations. Beyond Anthropocentrism
Relations Beyond Anthropocentrism, 6(1). 2018.
Shared Yet Contested: Energy Democracy Counter-Narratives
Frontiers in Communication, 3:22. 2018.
Political Power and Renewable Energy Futures: A Critical Review
Contributors: Matt Burke & Stephens, J. C. In: Energy Research & Social Science, 35. 2018.
Energy Democracy: Goals and Policy Instruments for Sociotechnical Transitions
Contributors: Matt Burke & Stephens, J. C. In: Energy Research & Social Science, 33. 2017.
New Frontiers and Conceptual Frameworks for Energy Justice
Contributors: Benjamin Sovacool, Matthew Burke, Lucy Baker, Chaitanya Kumar Kotikalapudi, & Holle Wlokas,In: Energy Policy, 105. 2017.