Researcher biography
Liam Wagner is a Research Fellow at the University of Queensland specialising in energy and environmental economics and policy. Prior to coming to the School of Economics, Dr Wagner worked as a Trading Analyst in the energy industry, providing electricity market forecasting expertise, advice on risk management, while also trading an Open Cycle Gas Turbine power station. In 2008 Dr Wagner was appointed to an Australian Government panel of experts to advise on the design and implementation of the proposed emissions trading scheme. His current research interests include:
- Energy Economics
- Renewable Energy
- Electricity Market Modelling
- Biofuels
- Carbon Trading
Publications
Book
Foster, John, Bell, William Paul, Wild, Phillip, Sharma, Deepak, Sandu, Suwin, Froome, Craig, Wagner, Liam, Misra, Suchi and Bagia, Ravindra (2013). Analysis of institutional adaptability to redress electricity infrastructure vulnerability due to climate change. Southport, QLD, Australia: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.
Book Chapter
Stephens, Evan, Wagner, Liam, Ross, Ian and Hankamer, Ben (2012). Microalgal production systems: global impact of industry scale-up. Microalgal biotechnology: integration and economy. (pp. 267-306) edited by Clemens Posten and Christian Walter. Berlin, Germany: Walter De Gruyter. doi: 10.1515/9783110298321.1
Journal Articles
Neelawela, U.D., Selvanathan, E.A. and Wagner, L.D. (2019). Global measure of electricity security: A composite index approach. Energy Economics, 81, 433-453. doi: 10.1016/j.eneco.2019.04.009
Wagner, Liam, Ross, Ian L., Foster, John and Hankamer, Benjamin (2016). Trading off global fuel supply, CO2 emissions and sustainable development. PLoS One, 11 (3) e0149406, 1-17. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0149406
Byrnes, Liam, Brown, Colin G., Wagner, Liam and Foster, John (2016). Reviewing the viability of renewable energy in community electrification: the case of remote Western Australian communities. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 59 (June), 470-481. doi: 10.1016/j.rser.2015.12.273
Molyneaux, Lynette, Brown, Colin, Wagner, Liam and Foster, John (2016). Measuring resilience in energy systems: insights from a range of disciplines. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 59, 1068-1079. doi: 10.1016/j.rser.2016.01.063
Molyneaux, Lynette, Wagner, Liam and Foster, John (2016). Rural electrification in India: Galilee Basin coal versus decentralised renewable energy micro grids. Renewable Energy, 89, 422-436. doi: 10.1016/j.renene.2015.12.002
Bratanova, Alexandra, Robinson, Jacqueline and Wagner, Liam (2016). New technology adoption for Russian energy generation: What does it cost? A case study for Moscow. Applied Energy, 162 (2157), 924-939. doi: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2015.10.102
Wagner, Liam, Lynette Molyneaux and Foster, John (2014). The magnitude of the impact of a shift from coal to gas under a Carbon Price. Energy Policy, 66, 280-291. doi: 10.1016/j.enpol.2013.11.003
Byrnes, Liam, Brown, Colin, Foster, John and Wagner, Liam (2013). Australian renewable energy policy: barriers and challenges. Renewable Energy, 60 (1), 711-721. doi: 10.1016/j.renene.2013.06.024
Molyneaux, Lynette, Froome, Craig, Wagner, Liam and Foster, John (2013). Australian power: can renewable technologies change the dominant industry view?. Renewable Energy, 60, 215-221. doi: 10.1016/j.renene.2013.05.009
Molyneaux, Lynette, Wagner, Liam, Froome, Craig and Foster, John (2012). Resilience and electricity systems: A comparative analysis. Energy Policy, 47, 188-201. doi: 10.1016/j.enpol.2012.04.057
Lilley, William E., Reedman, Luke J., Wagner, Liam D., Alie, Colin F. and Szatow, Anthony R. (2012). An economic evaluation of the potential for distributed energy in Australia. Energy Policy, 51, 277-289. doi: 10.1016/j.enpol.2012.08.008
Stephens, Evan, Ross, Ian L., Mussgnug, Jan H., Wagner, Liam D., Brorwitzka, Michael A., Posten, Clemens, Kruse, Olaf and Hankamer, Ben (2010). Future prospects of microalgal biofuel production systems. Trends in Plant Science, 15 (10), 554-564. doi: 10.1016/j.tplants.2010.06.003
Wagner, Liam and McDonald, Stuart (2010). Finding traitors in secure networks using Byzantine agreements. International Journal of Network Security, 10 (1), 11-17.
Menezes, Flavio, Quiggin, John and Wagner, Liam (2009). Grandfathering and greenhouse: The role of compensation and adjustment assistance in the introduction of a carbon emissions trading scheme for Australia. Economic Papers, 28 (2), 82-92. doi: 10.1111/j.1759-3441.2009.00024.x
Wagner, L. D., Ross, J. V. and Possingham, H. P. (2007). Catastrophe management and inter-reserve distance for marine reserve networks. Ecological Modelling, 201 (1), 82-88. doi: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2006.07.030
Conference Papers
Foster, John, Henley, Mark, Quiggin, John, Simhauser, Paul and Wagner, Liam (2015). Energy Policy. Australian Conference of Economists 2015, QUT, Brisbane, 7-10 July 2015.
Bratanova, Alexandra, Robinson, Jacqueline and Wagner, Liam (2012). Energy cost modelling of new technology adoption for Russian Regional Po31st USAEE/IAEE North American Conference, Austin, Texas, USAwer and Heat Generation. 31st USAEE/IAEE North American Conference, Austin, Texas, United States, 4-7 November 2012. Cleveland Heights, OH United States: Intl Assn For Energy Econ..
Wagner, Liam and Reedman, Luke (2012). Establishing the potential grid benefits and detractions of the deployment of vehicles to grid electric vehicles. 35th IAEE International Conference, Perth Western Australia, 24-27 June 2012.
Wagner, Liam and Reedman, Luke (2010). Modeling the deployment of plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles and their effects on the Australian national electricity market. 2010 IEEE Conference on Innovative Technologies for an Efficient and Reliable Electricity Supply (CITRES 2010), Waltham, MA, United States, 27-29 September 2010. Piscataway, NJ, United States: IEEE. doi: 10.1109/CITRES.2010.5619871
Wagner, L., Adamson, D. C. and Quiggin, J. C. (2008). Opportunity costs of restoring environmental flows to the Snowy River. 52nd Annual Conference for the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society (AARES 2008), Canberra, Australia, 5-8 February 2008.
Wagner, L., Links, J. and Isaac, P. (2005). Ribbon structure in symmetric pre-monoidal categories. XXV International Colloquium on Group Theoretical Methods in, Cocoyoc, Mexico, 2-6 August, 2004. Bristol, U.K.: Institute of Physics Publishing.
Wagner, L. D. and Possingham, H. (2003). Marine reserve design and optimal inter-reserve distance. International Congress of Industrial & Applied Mathematics, Sydney, 7-11 July 1003. Sydney: ICIAM.
Wagner, L. D. (2003). Alternating offer games and private rulings of the Australian Tax Office. International Congress of Industrial & Applied Mathematics, Sydney, 7-11 July, 2003. Sydney: ICIAM.
McDonald, S. and Wagner, L. D. (2003). Using simulated annealing to calculate the trembles of trembling hand perfection. Congress on Evolutionary Computation 2003 (CEC 2003), Canberra, 8-12 December 2003. Canberra: Institute of Electronic & Electrical Engineers. doi: 10.1109/CEC.2003.1299400
Thesis
Liam Wagner (2008). On The Construction of Braided Pre-monoidal Nonassociative Categories. PhD Thesis, School of Physical Sciences, The University of Queensland.
Working Papers
Molyneaux, Lynette, Brown, Colin, Wagner, Liam and Foster, John (2016). Resilience, coal and the macroeconomy. 2-2016. Energy Economics and Management Group.
Molyneaux, Lynette, Brown, Colin, Wagner, Liam and Foster, John (2016). Measuring resilience in electricity generation: an empirical analysis. 1-2016. School of Economics, Energy Economics and Management Group.
Molyneaux, Lynette, Wagner, Liam and Foster, John (2015). Rural electrification in India: Galilee Basin coal versus decentralised renewable energy micro grids. EEMG Working Papers. 2015-8. Energy Economics and Management Group, University of Queensland.
Foster, John, Wagner, Liam and Bratanova, Alexandra (2014). LCOE models: a comparison of the theoretical frameworks and key assumptions. EEMG Working Papers. 2014-4. School of Economics, The University of Queensland.
Mcdonald, Stuart and Wagner, Liam (2013). A Stochastic Search Algorithm for the Computation of Perfect and Proper Equilibria. School of Economics Discussion Paper Series. 480. School of Economics, University of Queensland.
Wagner, Liam, Quiggin, John and Adamson, David (2008). Opportunity costs of restoring environmental flows to the Snowy River. Murray-Darling Program Working Papers. WP3M08. School of Economics, University of Queensland.
Research Reports
Foster, John, Froome, Craig, Greig, Chris, Hoegh- Guldberg, Ove, Meredith, Paul, Molyneaux, Lynette, Saha, Tapan, Wagner, Liam and Ball, Barry (2013). Delivering a competitive Australian power system Part 3: a better way to competitive power in 2035. St Lucia, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland, Global Change Institute.
Foster, John, Froome, Craig, Greig, Chris, Hoegh- Guldberg, Ove, Paul, Meredith, Molyneaux, Lynette, Saha, Tapan, Wagner, Liam and Ball, Barry (2013). Delivering a competitive Australian power system Part 2: the challenges, the scenarios. St Lucia, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland, Global Change Institute.
Ball, Barry, Ehmann, Bertram, Foster, John, Froome, Craig, Hoegh-Guldberg, Ove, Meredith, Paul, Molyneaux, Lynette, Saha, Tapan and Wagner, Liam (2011). Delivering a competitive Australian power system Part 1: Australia’s Global Position. St Lucia, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland, Global Change Institute.
Foster, John, Wagner, Liam, Wild, Phillip, Froome, Craig, Bell, William Paul and Zhao, Junhua (2011). Intellegent Grid Research Cluster - Project 2: marketing and economic modelling of the impacts of distributed generation. Energy Economics and Management Group Working Papers St Lucia, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland, School of Economics.