Date
7/4/2023 11:13:03 PM
(MENAFN- The Conversation) I hold university degrees in three different disciplines: I have a Bachelor of Engineering (McGill University), a Masters in Environmental Studies (York University), and a PhD in Geography (University of Waterloo). I have conducted research on the voluntary adoption and outcomes of energy efficiency programs for buildings (commercial and residential); rescaling and decentralization in renewable energy transitions; grid integration of renewable energy; democratic and just forms of renewable energy governance and ownership. I am currently studying the diffusion of disruptive clusters of renewable and low-carbon innovations, their implementation in communities, and their impact on energy system change, as well as the implementation of complementarity of renewable energy. I am a member of the Core Team of the Geography of Sustainability Transitions Thematic Group for the Sustainability Transitions Research Network. I am also co-founder and former Chair of Women and Inclusivity in Sustainable Energy Research (WISER) Network. Experience 2021–present Associate Professor of Geography and Civil Engineering, University of Victoria 2019–2021 Associate Professor, York University 2013–2019 Assistant Professor, York University 2013–2017 PowerStream Chair in Sustainable Energy Economics, York University
Education 2013
University of Waterloo, Geography 2006
York University, Environmental Studies 2001
McGill, Engineering
Publications 2021 Methodology to identify demand-side low-carbon innovations and their potential impact on socio-technical energy systems, MethodsX 2021 Reconfiguring actors and infrastructure in city renewable energy transitions: a regional perspective, Energy Policy 2021 Ambitious deep energy retrofits of buildings to accelerate the 1.5° C energy transition in Canada, The Canadian Geographer 2021 Implementing a just renewable energy transition: Policy advice for transposing the new European rules for renewable energy communities, Energy Policy 2021 Reconciliation through renewable energy? A survey of Indigenous communities, involvement, and peoples in Canada, Energy Research and Social Science 2021 Investigating energy justice in demand-side low-carbon energy innovations in Ontario, Frontiers in Sustainable Cities 2020 Canada's Green New Deal: Forging the socio-political foundations of climate resilient infrastructure?, Energy Research and Social Science 2020 Renewable energy communities under the 2019 European Clean Energy Package–Governance model for the energy clusters of the future?, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
Grants and Contracts 2022 Do disruptive renewable energy innovations in local contexts accelerate a just and democratic energy Transition? Role: Principal Investigator Funding Source: Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada 2022 PATHWAY TO ACCELERATE THE DIFFUSION OF DEMAND-SIDE LOW-CARBON INNOVATIONS AND SOCIO-TECHNICAL ENERGY SYSTEM CHANGE Role: Principal Investigator Funding Source: Transition Accelerator 2021 ENERGY CITIZENS FOR INCLUSIVE DECARBONISATION (ENCLUDE) Role: Principal investigator Funding Source: New Frontiers in Research Fund 2021 Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in the Net Zero Carbon Economy Role: Principal Investigator Funding Source: McConnell Foundation 2021 Identifying the consequential risks, benefits, and socio-technical strategies of diffusion of innovations in a low-carbon energy transition Role: Principal Investigator Funding Source: Ontario Early Researcher Award 2021 Comparing and combining regional and sustainability transitions approaches to analyze the emergence of clusters of renewable and low-carbon innovations Role: Principal Investigator Funding Source: Smart Prosperity Institute 2021 ENERGY CITIZENS FOR INCLUSIVE DECARBONISATION (ENCLUDE) Role: co-investigator Funding Source: Horizon 2020
Professional Memberships Women and Inclusivity in Sustainable Energy Research Network Canadian Association of Geographers Sustainability Transitions Research Network Climate Social Science Network Smart Prosperity Institute Research Network Institute for Integrated Energy Systems, University of Victoria American Association of Geographers
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