David Reiner is University Senior Lecturer in Technology Policy at Judge Business School, University of Cambridge and Assistant Director of the Energy Policy Research Group (EPRG) at Cambridge.

His research focuses on energy and climate change politics, policy, economics, regulation and public attitudes, with a particular focus on the social license to operate for the options needed to reach net zero with a focus on hard-to-decarbonise sectors. He is currently leading projects on reducing emissions from energy-intensive industries, on decarbonising the heat via hydrogen and via electricity and on carbon dioxide removal options.

David has also served on various UK Government and European Commission expert panels. He is one of two academic members of the CCUS Council, which is chaired by the UK Energy Minister and is co-chair of the BEIS Oversight Panel on Public Perceptions of CCUS.