Aoife Foley

Aoife M. Foley is an Irish and British engineer and was the Editor in Chief, Co-Editor in Chief and Editor (Wind) of Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews from 2014 to 2023 over which time the journal saw sustained growth, and an increase in impact factor from 5.9 to 16.3.

Education Professor Foley has a bachelor's degree in civil engineering (1996), and a PhD in energy engineering (2011) from University College Cork. She graduated Trinity College Dublin with a master's degree in environmental & transportation engineering (1999).

Professor Foley's research work focuses on energy systems, transport electrification, renewable and sustainable energy integration, decarbonisation, infrastructure and techno-economics. She is an expert in application of her field towards the Sustainable Development Goals.

Before working at Queen's University, she worked at the University College Cork's School of Engineering as a lecturer and Senior Research Climate Change Fellow on a grant awarded to her by the Environmental Protection Agency. serves on the editorial board of Elsevier's Renewable Energy journal