Samuel Miles is a Ph.D. student in the Energy and Resources Group at the University of California, Berkeley.
Sam studies electrical and political power systems. He pairs frameworks from environmental justice to methods from electrical engineering and information studies.
His projects focus on community-level electrification interventions in sub-Saharan Africa. Currently, he investigates the relationship between power quality and quality of care in health facilities in North Kivu, an eastern province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, with other fieldwork experiences involving the development and direct deployment of sensors and surveys at the community-scale in Rwanda and Uganda.
Sam’s work is supported by the National Science Foundation Development Engineering traineeships, the Link Foundation, the CITRIS/Banatau Institute and the Chancellor’s Fellowship for Graduate Study.
Before Berkeley, Sam worked in research, writing, and advisory between Senegal, Mauritius and South Africa on work thematically concentrated around access to technology, education and finance. He holds an MA in International Energy from Sciences Po—Paris and a BA in Ethics, Politics, and Economics from Yale. He is French-Caribbean-Ashkenaze-American and is an ambidextrous footballer.
Publications:
- 2019 in Review: Customer Insights for African Mini Grid Developers
- How data-driven research partnerships deepen energy access across supply chains
- Productive uses of electricity at the energy-health nexus: Financial, technical and social insights from a containerized power system in Rwanda
- Planning for Productive Uses: Remote Monitoring & Evaluation for Off-Grid Power Projects in Rwanda
- Beyond Access: measuring Power quality Issues at 27 Healthcare Facilities in the DRC
- Beyond customer acquisition: A comprehensive review of community participation in mini grid projects
- Digitalising Innovative Finance: Emerging instruments for early-stage innovators in low- and middle-income countries
Links:
LinkedIn
Awards:
Research Group:
RAEL (Renewable and Appropriate Energy Lab – Kammen)
Contact:
samuel.b.miles@berkeley.edu