Tyler Barrott is a contemporary energy historian. In particular, Barrott focuses on energy-based development projects in Africa. His research explores the intersection of development policy, civil society movements, and commercial energy interests, generating historical insights eminently applicable to ESG and CSR activities around current energy projects. Barrott's doctoral project, Concrete Dreams, Electric Aspirations: Tanzania, Norway, and the Pangani Falls and Lower Kihansi Hydropower Projects, takes an in-depth look at two large-scale hydropower projects in Tanzania with significant Norwegian participation: Pangani Falls and Lower Kihansi.
Research interests
- Hydropower-related development assistance
- Hydropower-related water and environmental management
- Norad's Oil for Development (OfD) program
- Petroleum-related development assistance
- The evolution of PR, CSR, and ESG initiatives in the energy sector
- Appalachia's "shale boom"
- Historical discourse analysis and rhetoric
Background
- Master’s degree in peace and conflict studies, University of Oslo. Thesis: The New Middle Way: The Confluence of Petroleum and the Environment in Official Norwegian Discourses on the High North (2018).
- Bachelor's degree in political science, Indiana University Bloomington
Media
- Fjellberg, Anders. "Ber om store endringer i olje-bistand." E24, October 23, 2020.