Research Interests
Energy, sustainability transition, social innovation Research projects: • 2019 – 2023 “Sustainable cross-border energy planning by using participatory multi-criteria evaluation in the Thai-Laos electricity system”. Supported by KAKENHI, Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists (Project 21K17923) https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-21K17923/ (Principal Investigator) • 2019 – 2022 “Public attitudes towards energy policy and sustainable development in ASEAN” Institute for Future Initiatives, The University of Tokyo. Supported by the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) https://ifi.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/projects/public-attitudes-in-asean/ (Project member) • 2016 – 2019 “Electricity futures in the Greater Mekong Subregion: Towards sustainability, inclusive development, and conflict resolution” Institute for Future Initiatives, The University of Tokyo. Supported by the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) https://ifi.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/projects/electricity-in-the-greater-mekong/ (Project member)
Selected Publications
del Barrio Alvarez, D., Setthasuravich, P., Pukdeewut, A. (forthcoming-accepted) Regional Cooperation in the power sector in the Greater Mekong Subregion: A historical process analysis. Energy and Decarbonisation in Southeast Asia Compendium. ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute. Palanca-Tan, R., del Barrio Alvarez, D., Palanca, R.S., Tan, N.M.P., Castillo, G.B., Saplala, D.C.A., Wang, N. (2024). Households’ preferences for alternative renewable energy technologies: An attribute-based choice experiment survey in Metro Manila, Philippines. International Journal of Sustainable Development and Planning, Vol. 19, No. 1, pp. 1-10. https://doi.org/10.18280/ijsdp.190101 Jotaworn, J., Nitivattananon, V., Teparakul, O., Wongboontham, T., Sugiyama, M., Numata, M., del Barrio Alvarez, D. (2023) Households’ Willingness to Pay for Renewable Energy Alternatives in Thailand. Social Sciences 12, no. 11: 634. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci12110634 Palanca-Tan, R., Castillo, G. B., del Barrio Alvarez, D., Sugiyama, M. (2023) Households’ Willingness to Pay for Increased Renewable Energy Share in Electricity Supply as a Climate Change Mitigation Measure: A CVM Study in Metro Manila. Sustainability Science. Guo, J., Del Barrio Álvarez, D., Yuan, J., & Kato, H. (2023) Determinants of the formation process in public-private partnership projects in developing countries: evidence from China, Local Government Studies, DOI: 10.1080/03003930.2023.2198221 del Barrio Alvarez, D., Sasakawa, A., Yamaguchi K, & Wang J. (2022) Strategic priorities for regional power connectivity in Asia in the overlapping of subregional initiatives and China’s global energy interconnection, Asia Pacific Business Review, DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2022.2093528 Numata, M., Sugiyama, M., Swe, W., & del Barrio Alvarez, D. (2021). Willingness to Pay for Renewable Energy in Myanmar: Energy Source Preference. Energies, 14(5), 1505. https://doi.org/10.3390/en14051505 Chaiyapa, W., Hartley, K., Del Barrio-Alvarez, D. (2021) From end-users to policy designers: breaking open the black box of energy technocracy in Thailand. Energy Research & Social Science. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2021.101912 del Barrio Alvarez, D., Sugiyama, M. (2020) "A SWOT Analysis of Utility-Scale Solar in Myanmar," Energies, vol. 13(4), pages 1-17, February. https://doi.org/10.3390/en13040884 del Barrio-Alvarez, D., Yamaguchi, K., Wang, G. (2019). "The institutional dimension of power grid connectivity". In Liu, H., "Electricity Connectivity Roadmap for Asia and the Pacific Strategies towards interconnecting the region’s grids". Bangkok, Thailand. UN-ESCAP del Barrio-Alvarez, D, Horii, H. (2017). “Energy security and regional power sector cooperation in the Greater Mekong Sub-region: past developments and near-term challenges”. Asian Journal of Public Affairs 9 (2):e2. DOI: 10.18003/ajpa.20174 del Barrio-Alvarez, D., Komatsuzaki, S., Horii, H. (2014) Regional Power Sector Integration: Critical Success Factors in the Central American Electricity Market (December 30, 2014). OIDA International Journal of Sustainable Development, Vol. 07, No. 12, pp. 119-136, 2014. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2573105 Academic conferences (recent): • del Barrio-Alvarez, D., Wang, N., Numata, M., Sugiyama, M. (2022-forthcoming) A comparative analysis of public preferences towards renewables across Southeast Asia countries. 43rd IAEE International Conference. 31 July – 4 August 2022, Tokyo (Japan). • Chaiyapa, W., Beermann, H., del Barrio-Alvarez, D., (2022) A Threat to Whom/What? Investigating perceptions towards Climate and Security in Thailand and the Implications on Climate Governance. 7th Asia-Pacific Public Policy Network Conference. March 17-18, 2022. • del Barrio-Alvarez, D., Morikawa, So., Komikado, H., Komatsuzaki, S., (2021) Transnational city-to-city policy transfer for the energy transition in Japan. II International Conference on Policy Diffusion and Development Cooperation. 3 March 2021 (online) https://youtu.be/jO3oy9SzViU • Umeda, M., Wong-Villanueva, J., Wang, G., del Barrio-Alvarez, D. (2021) Students’ View on Sustainable Internationalization in the Post-Pandemic Era: The Case of the University of Tokyo. 2021 Virtual Conference on Sustainable and Inclusive Internationalization. York University, Toronto, Canada. 20-22 January 2021 • Umeda, M., del Barrio Alvarez, D., Komatsuzaki, S. (2020) “Key factors for urban vulnerable people to develop voluntary payment behavior on electricity. A case study of electricity formalization process in Bogotá, Colombia”. 25th SEEPS Annual Conference, September 26-27, 2020. • del Barrio Alvarez, D (2020) “How regional power connectivity became sustainable development: An analysis of the Greater Mekong Sub-region”. 2020 Asia-Pacific Public Policy Network Conference. University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia, Feb 13-14, 2020