Nick Johnstone

Mr. Johnstone, a Canadian national, holds a Doctorate in Economics from the University of Cambridge. As IEA’s Chief Statistician, Mr. Johnstone leads the IEA Energy Data Centre (EDC) defining and implementing efficient and effective strategies for collecting processing and disseminating a wide range of energy data and statistics.

Prior to joining the IEA, Dr. Johnstone was Head of Division at the Directorate for Science, Technology and Innovation (DSTI) of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) with main responsibilities including supporting the work of the Committee on Industry, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIIE), as well as subsidiary bodies working on sectoral issues. He was responsible for managing and implementing projects on policy evaluation, entrepreneurship, innovation and global value chains and application of digital technologies for public policies.

Prior to this the focus of his work was on the economics of environmental policy, first at the Department of Applied Economics at the University of Cambridge and subsequently in the Environmental Economics Programme of the International Institute for Environment and Development, where he contributed to a number of policy research projects in Central America, Brazil, West Africa and East Africa. Following this he led the Empirical Policy Analysis Unit in the OECD’s Environment Directorate, implementing a number of projects assessing the effects of environmental policy settings on firm and household behaviour.