Emre leverages his knowledge of law, economics, and finance to deliver insights into industrial resilience and other key sustainability challenges. His main research interests are in natural resources and energy, fiscal mechanisms, regulations, contract law, and law and economics. He also supervises economics at Gonville & Caius, and he is a research associate at Emmanuel College. At the Industrial Research Group, Emre is working with Dr Mukesh Kumar and acts as a PhD adviser to 2 researchers. Previously Emre was a Senior Lecturer in Law and a Senior Lecturer in Finance, both at the University of Aberdeen, where he also served as a University Dean for Internationalization. 

For more than a decade he taught law and finance at undergraduate, postgraduate, and executive education levels. Prior to joining academia, he was working in the natural resources sector. He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and holds a PhD in Economics, Finance, and Law, an MSc in Economics and Finance, an LLM in Law from the University of Aberdeen as well as a BSc in Economics and a BA in Political Science from North Carolina State University.

College Profile: Dr Emre Usenmez | Gonville & Caius (cam.ac.uk)

Department Profile: Emre Usenmez | Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL)

Publications:

MONOGRAPHS AND BOOKS:

Usenmez E, Redesigning Petroleum Taxation: Aligning Government and Investors in the UK (2018) Routledge (part of Routledge Explorations in Environmental Economics series)

Gordon G, Paterson J, Usenmez E, UK Oil & Gas Law: Current Practice & Emerging Trends (2018 3rd Edition) EUP

Gordon G, Paterson J, Usenmez E, Oil & Gas Law: Current Practice & Emerging Trends (2011 2nd Edition) DUP

ACADEMIC ARTICLES & BOOK CHAPTERS

Usenmez  E, “Price Formation of Crudes: Pre-Financialization” in Tina Hunter (ed), Elgar Concise Encyclopedia of Oil & Gas Law (2024) Edward Elgar

Usenmez E, “Financialization of Crude Price Formation” in Tina Hunter (ed), Elgar Concise Encyclopedia of Oil & Gas Law (2024) Edward Elgar

Pritchard P, Usenmez E, “Finance and the Underestimation of Extreme Climate Change Risk” (2023) Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4648043

Usenmez E, “The UK’s Energy Security”, in Greg Gordon, John Paterson, Emre Usenmez (eds), Oil and Gas Law: Current Practice and Emerging Trends (2018) EUP

Hunter T, Usenmez E, Paterson J, “Future Trends in Shale Law & Policy in the UK”, in Tina Hunter (ed), Handbook on Shale Gas Law & Policy (2016) Intersentia

Usenmez E, “Optimising Offshore Health and Safety Inspections: How the Markets Could Help” in M Baram, P Lindoe and O Renn (eds), Risk Governance of Offshore Oil and Gas Operations (2014) Cambridge University Press

Usenmez E, “The UK’s Energy Security”, in Greg Gordon, John Paterson, Emre Usenmez (eds), Oil and Gas Law: Current Practice and Emerging Trends (2011) DUP

Usenmez E, “The UKCS Fiscal Regime”, in Greg Gordon, John Paterson, Emre Usenmez (eds), Oil and Gas Law: Current Practice and Emerging Trends (2011) DUP

Gordon G, Paterson J and Usenmez E, “Oil and Gas Law on the United Kingdom Continental Shelf: Current Practice and Emerging Trends”, in Greg Gordon, John Paterson, Emre Usenmez (eds), Oil and Gas Law: Current Practice and Emerging Trends (2011) DUP

Usenmez E, “The Stability of the UK Tax Regime for Offshore Oil and Gas: Positive Developments and Potential Threats” (2010) International Company and Commercial Law Review, Volume 21, Issue 1

Usenmez E, “Increase in Influence: How the Independents are Challenging the Authority of the US Government and Why the UK Government Should Take Note” (2009) International Energy Law Review, Issue 5