Jack Sharples

Jack Sharples is a research fellow at the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies. He joined the institute in January 2018. Sharples holds a PhD and an MSc in Russian and East European studies from the University of Glasgow, and a BA in politics from the University of York. Prior to joining the institute, he spent four years as a lecturer in energy politics and international relations at the European University in Saint Petersburg. Sharples has been the author of the “Gazprom Monitor” monthly analytical reports for the European Geopolitical Forum since June 2012 and is also the author of several academic journal articles and book chapters, including: “The International Political Economy of Eastern European Energy Security: Russia, Ukraine, and the European Union” (2018); “Europe’s Largest Natural Gas Producer in an Era of Climate Change: Gazprom” (2017); “Energy Transitions in Carbon-Producing Countries: Russia” (2016); “Building the Energy Union: The Problem of Cross-Border Gas Pipeline Interconnections in Baltic, Central, and South-Eastern Europe” (2016); “The Importance of Gas Storage Facilities in the European Gas and Power Markets” (2016); “The Shifting Geopolitics of Russia’s Gas Exports and the Impact on EU Russia Gas Relations” (2016); and “Russian Gas Supplies to Europe: The Likelihood, and Potential Impact, of an Interruption in Gas Transit via Ukraine” (2016).