Wendy Russell

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Dr Wendy Russell is a research fellow in the ANU Centre for Energy Systems. Starting her career as an academic in biological sciences, she switched to social research in the late 90s and has also worked as a public servant (Industry & Innovation) and as a practitioner (dialogue, deliberation and public engagement). Her research interests include social dimensions of energy technologies and transition, responsible innovation, transdisciplinarity, research impact and technology assessment.

Biography

Employment History

2021 – present
Research Fellow, ANU Centre for Energy Systems, previously Battery Storage & Grid Integration Program, School of Engineering, ANU

2019 - 2021
Research Fellow, Centre for the Public Awareness of Science, ANU

2015 - 2019 Sessional Academic, National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science, ANU

2013 – 2022 Director and Principal Consultant, Double Arrow Consulting

2010 - 2013 Project Officer, National Enabling Technologies Strategy – Public Awareness and Community Engagement section, Commonwealth Department of Industry, Innovation, Science, Research & Tertiary Education (DIISRTE)

Maternity leave

2007 - 2008 Senior Lecturer, School of Biological Sciences, University of Wollongong

2000 - 2007 Lecturer, Biological Sciences Department, University of Wollongong

1996 – 2000 Associate Lecturer, Biological Sciences Department, University of Wollongong


Education

PhD - Botany Department, The University of Queensland (awarded 1997)

Thesis title: Rapid Turnover of the PSII D1 Protein in Leaves. Fatal flaw or molecular switch?

B.Sc. Hons 1st class - Botany, The University of Queensland (awarded 1991)

B. Sc. – The University of Queensland, Biochemistry major (awarded 1989)

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Activities & Awards

Awards:

International Association for Public Participation (IAP2) Core Values Regional (ACT) Award, 2013; International Association for Public Participation (IAP2) Core Values Regional (ACT) and Project of the Year National Awards, 2011 (as project manager)

Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning, The Carrick Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, Australia, 2006; Outstanding Contribution to Teaching and Learning Faculty Award, University of Wollongong, 2006; Outstanding Achievement in Education, Aus College of Education, 2001


Affiliations and professional activities

Member, EvoEnergy Energy Regulatory Advisory Panel (ERAP), 2024-2026

Curator, Social Science Community of Practice, BSGIP, ANU, since 2023

Organiser, Knowledge-to-Action Network, ANU, since 2020

Coordinator, ANU STS Network, 2019-2021

Co-organiser, Future of Neighbourhood Batteries national conference, 2022, 2023

Associate, Centre for Deliberative Democracy & Global Governance, University of Canberra, since 2013

Associate, National Centre for Public Awareness of Science, ANU, since 2012

International Association for Public Participation, member 2010-2018; ACT Coordinator, 2013 – 2016

Publications

  1. M. Espig, S. Provost, W. Russell, J. N. M. Viaña, C. Koroheke and S. Finlay-Smits (submitted 22) On intersecting modes of responsibility in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand: A case for reimagining Responsible Innovation. Journal of Responsible Innovation 11 (1) 2331274

https://doi.org/10.1080/23299460.2024.2331274

  1. P. Chalaye, B. Sturmberg; H. Ransan-Cooper; K. Lucas-Healey; AW Russell; J Hendriks; P Hansen; M. O’Neil; W. Crowfoot (2023) Does site selection need to be democratised? A case study of grid-tied microgrids in Australia. Energy Policy 183:
  2. Kei Nishiyama, A. Wendy Russell, Pierrick Chalaye, & Tom Greenwell (2023) Facilitation of Deliberation in the Classroom: The Interplay of Technique and Design to Make Space for Democracy. Democracy and Education 31 (1), Article 4

(6 cites, Google Scholar, Aug 2024)

  1. K. Lucas-Healey, H. Ransan-Cooper, Temby, H., A.W. Russell (2022) Who cares? How care practices uphold the decentralised energy order. Buildings and Cities 3(1), pp. 448–463. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/bc.219

(13 cites, Google Scholar, Aug 2024)

  1. A.W. Russell, S. Raman, L. Carter, S. Hartley, A. Stelmach (2022) Opening up, closing down, or leaving ajar? How applications are used in engaging with publics about gene drive. Journal of Responsible Innovation, https://doi.org/10.1080/23299460.2022.2042072

(cited by 6, Google Scholar, Aug 2024)

  1. N. Marks and A.W. Russell (2015) Public engagement in biosciences and biotechnologies: Reflections on the role of sociology and STS. Journal of Sociology 51 (1): 97-115

(cited by 15, Google Scholar, Aug 2024)

  1. A.W. Russell (2013) Improving Legitimacy in Nanotechnology Policy Development through Stakeholder and Community Engagement: Forging New Pathways, Review of Policy Research, 30 (5):566-587

(cited by 34, Google Scholar, Aug 2024)

  1. F. Vanclay, A.W. Russell and J. Kimber (2013) Enhancing innovation in agriculture at the policy level: The potential contribution of Technology Assessment. Land Use Policy 31: 406-411

(cited by 59, Google Scholar, Aug 2024)

  1. A.W. Russell, F. Vanclay, J. Salisbury and H. Aslin (2011) Technology assessment in Australia: The case for a formal agency to improve advice to policy makers. Policy Sciences 44: 157-177

(cited by 14, Google Scholar, Aug 2024)

  1. A.W. Russell, F. Vanclay, H. Aslin, (2010) Technology Assessment in Social Context: The case for a new framework for assessing and shaping technological developments. Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal 28 (2): 109 – 14

(cited by 70, Google Scholar, Aug 2024)

  1. A.W. Russell, F. Wickson and A.L Carew (2008) Transdisciplinarity: context, contradictions and capacity. Futures 40 (5): 460-472

113 citations (Web of Science, May 2023); 325 (Google Scholar, Aug 2024)

  1. A.W. Russell, S. Dolnicar and M. Ayoub (2008) Double degrees: double the trouble or twice the return? Higher Education 55 (5): 575–591

(cited by 85, Google Scholar, Aug 2024)

  1. A.W. Russell and Robert Sparrow (2008) The case for regulating intragenic GMOs. Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics 21 (2): 153-181

(cited by 52, Google Scholar, Aug 2024)

  1. A.W. Russell (2008) GMOs and their contexts: a comparison of potential and actual performance of GM crops in a local agricultural setting. Geoforum 39 (1): 213-222

(Cited by 30, Google Scholar, Aug 2024)

  1. F. Wickson, A.L Carew and A.W. Russell (2006) Transdisciplinary Research: characteristics, quandaries and quality. Futures 38 (9): 1046-1059

315 citations (Web of Science, May 2023); (cited by 877, Google Scholar, Aug 2024)

  1. A.W. Russell (2005) No academic borders? Transdisciplinarity in university teaching and research. Australian Universities Review 48 (1) 35-41

(cited by 39, Google Scholar, Aug 2024)

  1. A.W. Russell, Netherwood, G.M.A. and Robinson, S.A. (2004) Photosynthesis in silico. Overcoming the challenges of photosynthesis education using a multimedia CD-ROM. Bioscience Education E-Journal 3, 3-8 (http://bio.ltsn.ac.uk/journal/vol3/beej-

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