Dr Hedda Ransan-Cooper
Areas of expertise
- Environmental Sociology 160802
- Social Change 160805
- Sociology And Social Studies Of Science And Technology 160808
Biography
Dr Ransan-Cooper's expertise includes the social and political dimensions of community/neighbourhood batteries, and Australians' view and experiences of a range of domestic energy products and services including virtual power plants. She is interested in social innovations that facilitate co-benefits and inclusive/just outcomes for the transition to renewables.
Available student projects
I am interested in supervising students on topics surrounding the socio-political dimensions of energy transitions.
Current student projects
Kevin Chadwick. PhD. Working title: The behavioural economics of household energy decisions: Towards a predictably irrational choice model of decision making
Hugo Temby. PhD. Working title: Climate, code, and culture: The social worlds of smart energy technology projects in the Pacific
Anna Cain. PhD.
Past student projects
Hugo Temby (Masters of Applied Anthopology). Thesis title: Building block, or black box? ‘Smart’ energy technology and energy democracy
Hai Ha (Masters of Energy Change). Thesis title: Exploring energy justice in residential solar subsidisation in Vietnam: The case of Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh city.
Matt Keighley. Masters of Energy Change. Working title: Sustainability of neighbourhood-scale battery business models: a comparative case study analysis
Publications
- Lucas-Healey, K, Ransan-Cooper, H, Temby, H et al. 2022, 'Who cares? How care practices uphold the decentralised energy order', Buildings and Cities, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 445-463.
- Lucas-Healey, K, Sturmberg, B, Ransan-Cooper, H et al. 2022, 'Examining the vehicle-to-grid niche in Australia through the lens of a trial project', Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions, vol. 42, pp. 442-456.
- Ransan-Cooper, H, Sturmberg, B, Shaw, M et al. 2021, 'Applying responsible algorithm design to neighbourhood-scale batteries in Australia', Nature Energy, vol. 6, pp. 815-823.
- Sturmberg, B, Shaw, M, Mediwaththe, C et al. 2021, 'A mutually beneficial approach to electricity network pricing in the presence of large amounts of solar power and community-scale energy storage', Energy Policy, vol. 159, pp. 1-13.
- Ransan-Cooper, H, Lovell, H, Watson, P et al. 2020, 'Frustration, confusion and excitement: Mixed emotional responses to new household solar-battery systems in Australia', Energy Research & Social Science, vol. 70, pp. 1-10.
- Thornton, F, McNamara, K, Farbotko, C et al 2019, 'Human mobility and environmental change: a survey of perceptions and policy direction', Population and Environment, vol. 40, no. 3, pp. 239-256.
- Suliman, S, Farbotko, C, Ransan-Cooper, H et al 2019, 'Indigenous (im)mobilities in the Anthropocene', Mobilities, vol. 14, no. 3, pp. 298-318.
- Fawcett, P, Jensen, M, Ransan-Cooper, H et al 2018, 'Explaining the "ebb and flow" of the problem stream: frame conflicts over the future of coal seam gas ("fracking") in Australia', Journal of Public Policy, vol. 39, no. 3, pp. 521-541.
- Farbotko, C, McMichael, C, Dun, O et al. 2018, 'Transformative mobilities in the Pacific: Promoting adaptation and development in a changing climate', Asia & The Pacific Policy Studies, vol. 5, no. 3, pp. 393-407.
- Ransan-Cooper, H, Ercan, S & Duus, S 2018, 'When anger meets joy: how emotions mobilise and sustain the anti-coal seam gas movement in regional Australia', Social Movement Studies, vol. 17, no. 6, pp. 635-657.
- Maslen, S & Ransan-Cooper, H 2017, 'Safety framing and compliance in relation to standards: Experience from the Australian gas pipeline industry', Safety Science, vol. 94, pp. 52-60.
- Ransan-Cooper, H 2016, 'The role of human agency in environmental change and mobility: a case study of environmental migration in Southeast Philippines', Environmental Sociology, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 132-143.
- Lockie, S & Ransan-Cooper, H 2015, 'Biodiversity and Sustainable Development', in Michael Redclift and Delyse Springett (ed.), Routledge International Handbook of Sustainable Development, Routledge, Abingdon and New York, pp. 123-135.
- Ransan-Cooper, H, Farbotko, C, McNamara, K et al 2015, 'Being(s) framed: The means and ends of framing environmental migrants', Global Environmental Change - Human and Policy Dimensions, vol. 35, pp. 106-115.
- Ransan-Cooper, H 2015, 'Negotiating risk and uncertainty: Internal migration and rural villagers in Albay Province', Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints, vol. 63, no. 4, pp. 507-539.
Projects and Grants
Grants information is drawn from ARIES. To add or update Projects or Grants information please contact your College Research Office.
- Accelerating zero-emission vehicle adoption in Australian cities (Secondary Investigator)
- Southcoast u-grids Reliability Feasibility (SuRF) project (Secondary Investigator)
- Project Converge (Secondary Investigator)
- Project Symphony - Stage 1,2 & 3 (Secondary Investigator)
- Neighbourhood Battery Initiative Research Partnership (Primary Investigator)
- Engaging the Broome community on a proposed community battery project (Primary Investigator)
- Social Research into new areas of complaint for consumers engaging in new energy products and services in Victoria (Primary Investigator)
- Community Models for Deploying and Operating Distributed Energy Resources. (Secondary Investigator)
