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Daire is also on the editorial board of the journal Energy Efficiency and on the Advisory Boards of The Energy Demand Observatory and Laboratory at University College London and the University of Oxford and The Centre for Energy Policy at the University of Strathclyde.<\/p>\n<h3>Background<\/h3>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prior to joining Ofgem, he was Head of Behavioural Economics at the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland. Before joining the public sector, he spent 10 years in academia, as Assistant Research Professor at the London School of Economics, Grantham Research Institute and also at the Economic and Social Research Institute in Dublin. 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