STAFF PROFILE
Associate Professor Yolande Strengers
Position:
Honorary Principal Research Fellow
College / Portfolio:
Design and Social Context
School / Department:
Global, Urban and Social Studies
Phone:
99251916
Campus:
Melbourne City Campus
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Research supervision
- Nicholls, L.,Strengers, Y. (2019). Robotic vacuum cleaners save energy? Raising cleanliness conventions and energy demand in Australian households with smart home technologies In: Energy Research and Social Science, 50, 73 - 81
- Strengers, Y.,Pink, S.,Nicholls, L. (2019). Smart energy futures and social practice imaginaries: Forecasting scenarios for pet care in Australian homes In: Energy Research and Social Science, 48, 108 - 115
- Strengers, Y.,Kennedy, J.,Arcari, P.,Nicholls, L.,Gregg, M. (2019). Protection, Productivity and Pleasure in the Smart Home: Emerging Expectations and Gendered Insights from Australian Early Adopters In: Proceedings of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2019), Glasgow, Scotland, UK, 4-9 May 2019
- Tirado, S.,Nicholls, L.,Strengers, Y. (2018). Smart home technologies in everyday life: do they address key energy challenges in households? In: Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 31, 65 - 70
- Strengers, Y.,Maller, C. (2018). Dynamic non-humans in a changing world In: Social Practices and Dynamic Non-Humans: Nature, Materials and Technologies, Palgrave Macmillan, New York, United States
- Glover, A.,Strengers, Y.,Lewis, T. (2018). Sustainability and academic air travel in Australian universities In: International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 19, 756 - 772
- Oppermann, E.,Strengers, Y.,Maller, C.,Rickards, L.,Brearley, M. (2018). Beyond Threshold Approaches to Extreme Heat: Repositioning Adaptation as Everyday Practice In: Weather, Climate and Society, 10, 885 - 898
- Strengers, Y.,Kennedy, J.,Nicholls, L.,Arcari, P. (2018). The 3Ps: Protection, Productivity & Pleasure for Australian smart home early adopters In: Intel Corporation Melbourne, Australia
- Jensen, R.,Strengers, Y.,Kjeldskov, J.,Nicholls, L.,Skov, M. (2018). Designing the Desirable Smart Home: A Study of Household Experiences and Energy Consumption Impacts In: CHI '18 Proceedings of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Montreal, Canada, 21-26 April 2018
- Jensen, R.,Strengers, Y.,Raptis, D.,Nicholls, L.,Kjeldskov, J.,Skov, M. (2018). Exploring Hygge as a Desirable Design Vision for the Sustainable Smart Home In: Proceedings of the 2018 Designing Interactive Systems Conference, Hong Kong, 09-13 June 2018
- Our Grid: Concepts, strategies and relationships to engage energy consumers towards the Future Grid. Funded by: Energy Consumers Australia Grant 2018 from (2018 to 2019)
- Electricity pricing and managing heatwaves at home: mitigating health and financial risks for heat-vulnerable household consumers. Funded by: Energy Consumers Australia Grant 2016 Round 1 from (2016 to 2018)
- Smart home control: exploring the potential for enabling technologies in vulnerable and disengaged households. Funded by: Energy Consumers Australia Grant 2015 from (2016 to 2017)
- Automating the smart home: an investigation of automated cooling practices. Funded by: ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) 2014 from (2015 to 2018)
- Changing demand: the flexibility of energy practices in larger households with dependent children. Funded by: Consumer Advocacy Panel Grant pre-2014 from (2014 to 2015)
2 PhD Completions2 PhD Current Supervisions
Social practice theory; climate change; sustainability; smart meters; smart grids; science and technology studies; technology-human relations; social change