Thomas Marshall joined the UK Green Economy Team as an Analyst in June 2024. He specialises in public policy evaluation, with a particular interest in energy, environment, and industrial decarbonisation policy. Through his professional experience, Thomas has developed a range of qualitative and quantitative research skills, including stakeholder interviews and surveys, analytical framework development, literature reviews, and data analysis. He has worked with a broad range of stakeholders, from government officials and policy experts to industry representatives and trade bodies.

At Technopolis, Thomas has contributed to process and impact evaluations for DESNZ and Defra spanning a broad range of policy programmes. In industrial energy and decarbonisation, his work has included the Industrial Energy Transformation Fund (IETF), which supports high energy-use businesses to invest in energy efficiency and low-carbon technologies, and the Net Zero Innovation Portfolio Industry and Hydrogen (NZIP I&H) portfolio, which accelerates the commercialisation of innovative low-carbon technologies. He has also worked on the Flexibility Innovation Programme, the Heat Pump Ready programme, and Non-Domestic Energy Efficiency Standards (NDMEES). His work in social housing includes contributions to the evaluation of the Warm Homes: Social Housing Fund Wave 3, examining how government investment supports registered social housing providers to decarbonise their housing stock.

Beyond energy, Thomas has contributed to Defra evaluations under the Raw Waste Policy Programme and the evaluation of the single-use plastics ban, developing a working knowledge of resource and waste policy. He has also worked on the UK Shared Prosperity Fund, a place-based investment programme aimed at reducing regional inequality across the UK. His portfolio extends to research for the European Commission’s DG CNNCT on emerging technologies, reflecting a broader interest in evidence-based policy across different institutional contexts.

Prior to joining Technopolis, Thomas worked with Brighton and Hove City Council’s Regeneration team, monitoring and evaluating planning policy impacts across the city and contributing to waste monitoring and reporting. Thomas holds a BA in Geography from the University of Exeter and an MA in Environment, Development, and Policy from the University of Sussex.