Shaping the future of global energy.
Global Institute for the Future of Energy
The future of global energy needs better-informed leaders and citizens.
The Global Institute for the Future of Energy at ASU – a collaborative initiative of the Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory and the Thunderbird School of Global Management – is transdisciplinary by design, global in reach and learner-centered at its core.
The institute will welcome current and future leaders from the private and public sectors, building on existing strengths and ecosystems. It will disrupt traditional academic approaches to addressing energy by putting pragmatic discourse, made accessible for a mass global audience, at the heart of its work.
Our opportunity
Across the globe, energy security, economic security and environmental security are inseparable and directly connected to human flourishing.
Our goal is to serve as the vanguard for energy education, workforce capacity and innovation, helping communities and organizations understand energy and provide options for navigating the human and environmental complexity of energy issues. We will advance global energy education and explore robust solutions for our future global energy systems.
Our impact
Access to energy information, education and resources
An evaluation of complex energy issues
Rational, viable solutions for our global energy systems
Founding donor
Robert L. Zorich is a partner and co-founder of EnCap Investments L.P., the largest private equity firm in the United States focused exclusively on energy. Before EnCap, Zorich began his career as an energy banker, co-founded an oil and gas company and worked in institutional money management.
Zorich holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from University of California, Santa Barbara and a master’s degree in international management from the American Graduate School of International Management, now known as the Thunderbird School of Global Management.
He is an active member on the boards of directors for several EnCap portfolio companies and is involved with various charity organizations including the UC Santa Barbara Foundation, the Thunderbird Global Alumni Network Advisory Council, the President’s Council of Houston Methodist Hospital and the Council of the Duncan NRI at Texas Children’s Hospital.
Energy is the foundation of everything we do. My vision for this institute is to help develop a deeper understanding of energy among future generations of leaders and decisionmakers — where it comes from, why it matters and how to use it wisely. ASU is thinking globally, beyond the boundaries of Arizona and the U.S., and preparing people for what’s next. That’s the kind of partner I wanted.
Bob Zorich EnCap Investments
Leadership
Peter Schlosser
Vice President and Vice Provost of Global Futures
Global Futures Laboratory
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