Dr. Richardson-Barlow has contributed to two book publications and authored multiple policy briefs, reports, articles, white papers and conference papers on economic, energy and trade topics with a focus in the Asia-Pacific. She frequently works with international research organisations to provide expertise at the intersection of climate, development, and energy policy. These include the Renewable Energy Network for the 21st Century (REN21), the Asian Development Bank, and the Associate for Southeast Asian Nations’ Centre for Energy (ACE), among others. 

Below is a very brief selection of academic & policy publications. A more detailed and up-to-date list is available on request.

This research examines the role of the University of Leeds’ energy research in supporting the UK’s green recovery post-covid.

This research examines the status of renewable energy integration in the Asia-Pacific, including an in-depth analysis of 13 countries and the economic and energy policies contributing to the region’s fight against climate change and associated impacts.

This research, including an internal white paper, policy summary and blog post (at the link) explores the prospects for deeper energy market integration (EMI) in ASEAN, the ASEAN power grid’s (APG) current progress, and barriers to further EMI & APG development. It is concluded that an all-inclusive approach that incorporates a mix of economic policies and incentives, will have the greatest impact on global and regional EMI and the successful development of the APG. This research was a collaborative effort by ERIA & ACE.

Clean energy trade offers a unique, economically oriented policy solution to global climate challenges and will facilitate the greater deployment of clean energy technologies. Increased trade in clean energy technologies will allow companies to expand production capacity and further open up clean energy markets to healthy economic competition. Due to its global coverage, record of successful trade facilitation, and role as arbitrator of trade disputes, the World Trade Organization (WTO) offers the best framework within which to strengthen global trade and climate governance; yet important improvements must be made to achieve these goals.

In November 2013 Dr. Richardson-Barlow received an opportunity to work with the China Energy Fund Committee on their publication, CEFC: China Energy Focus, Natural Gas 2013. Working as co-editor with senior Chinese economists and energy practitioners was a great learning opportunity, and quite an eye opener as far as China’s natural gas market is concerned. The report can be downloaded at the CEFC’s website.

In December 2013, NBR released a compilation of articles on global issues to watch in 2014. Among those articles was a  written piece on Myanmar’s ASEAN Chairmanship.  This piece identified three measures for judging a successful ASEAN Chairmanship.

As a research associate assigned to the production of this report, Dr. Richardson-Barlow’s work included background research, initial drafts of report materials, coordination between authors, and oversight of project funding and details.

Amid regional calls for greater connectivity, Asia is finding itself in the middle of a global push for more trade integration. Two large trade agreements, the Trans-Pacific Partnership and the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, both aim to facilitate stronger regional trade of goods and services. This report, published by Scott Miller and Mathew Goodman, both of the Center for Strategic & International Studies, “with input from a wide variety of regional and topical experts, posits that developing a common, high-standard policy approach to value chains could pull together the various integration efforts to the substantial economic benefit of the entire region… offers eight recommendations for a broad-based APEC initiative building on existing work in the region on supply chains and connectivity” (CSIS, 2013).

Further work related to this report and subsequent projects can be found on the project page, or at CSIS.ORG.

Since long before the Presidential election of 2012 immigration reform has been a topic of contention among all sides of the political spectrum. In 2013 the Center for Strategic & International Studies attempted to address this issue from a unique point of view–via the lens of the economic and trade relationship between India and the United States. Co-written by Scott Miller, the CSIS Scholl Chair in International Business and former Procter & Gamble trade representative, and Ambassador Karl Inderfurth, Wadhwani Chair in U.S.-India Policy Studies, “Immigration Reforms Path to Prosperity” attempted to highlight the necessary evils of reform for economics sake. As a contributing author Dr. Richardson-Barlow found this article challenging to place  based upon a lack of interest in the greater DC area, yet extremely relevant based upon current political debates and economic realties in both the US and India. See for yourself, here.

Scott Miller, a senior advisor at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a prestigious DC Think Tank, where he is the holder of the William M. Scholl Chair in International Business. Mr. Miller  is a leading expert in global trade policy, formerly of Procter & Gamble where he managed their trade policy.  Mr. Miller has been involved in a wide variety of business, investment, and trade issues facing the US government and leading US companies. Published quarterly, the International Business Quarterly was written by Mr. Miller with contributions and edits by Dr. Richardson-Barlow. And, truly, it was a pleasure!

1. Vol. I, Issue I: Open for Business (October 2012)
2. Vol. II, Issue I: Trade, Jobs, and Growth (January 2013)
3. Vol. III, Issue II: The US Trade Agenda–Ambitious, But Problematic (April

Early in her career, Dr. Richardson-Barlow provided fact checking, preparation and organization of all notes/footnotes, and organizational oversight between multiple parties involved in the production process, including the author, former Secretary of Defense Harold Brown.

*Additional, more detailed list of publications available on request.