Dr Hannah Devine-Wright

Hannah joined MARC in June 2006 as a researcher working on an EPSRC-funded Supergen Futurenet project about social aspects of future electricity networks, electricity use and supply. Previous to this, Hannah held research positions at De Montfort University and Loughborough University where she worked on the relationship of values to value in the process of design within the construction industry. She is a graduate member of the British Psychological Society.

Social Representations, Values, Behaviour Change, Energy, Research Methods, Images.

EPSRC-funded ‘Supergen Futurenet’ consortium project with University of Strathclyde, Imperial College, University of Cambridge, University of Bath, Birmingham University and Edinburgh University. Further information available at www.supergen-networks.org.uk.

ESRC-funded ‘Beyond Nimbyism’ interdisciplinary project with University of Northumbria, University of Lancaster, Loughborough University, University of Surrey. Further information available at www.sed.manchester.ac.uk/research/beyond_nimbyism.

Hannah has taught social research methods and delivered lectures to undergraduates and postgraduates for example, on social cognition (University of Leicester), qualitative research or behaviour and climate change (De Montfort University). She has supervised MSc dissertations and is currently supervising a PhD about the social-psychological aspects of a community hydrogen project on the island of Unst, Scotland.

2007 Devine-Wright, P. and Devine-Wright, H. Keeping the lights on? A qualitative study of public beliefs about blackouts in the UK. Power System Technology, 31 (20), 35-45.

2007 Castro, P., Batel, S., Devine-Wright, H., Kronberger, N., Mouro, C., Weiss, K. & Wagner, W. Redesigning nature and managing risk: Social representation, change and resistance. In M. Tolman, S. Soliman, A. Abdel-Hadi (Eds.), Environment, Health and Sustainable Development.

2007 Sherry-Brennan, F., Devine-Wright, H and Devine-Wright, P. Social Representations of Hydrogen: a Case Study of a Community-owned Wind-hydrogen Project in Flynn, R and Bellaby, P (Ed) Risk and the Public Acceptance of New Technologies. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.

2007 Bilton, M, C. Ramsay, M. Leach, H. Devine-Wright, P. Devine-Wright and D. Kirschen. Domestic Electricity Consumption and Demand Side Participation: Opportunities and Challenges for the UK Power System in M. Grubb, T. Jamasb, and M. Pollitt (eds), Delivering a Low Carbon Electricity System: Technologies, Economics and Policy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

2006 Devine-Wright, H and Devine-Wright, P. Prospects for Smart Metering in the UK in Jamash, T., Pollitt, M and Nuttall, W (Eds) Future Technologies for a Sustainable Electricity System. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

2006 Devine-Wright, P. and Devine-Wright, H. Social representations of intermittency and the shaping of public support for wind energy in the UK. International Journal of Global Energy Issues - Special issue on Intermittency and Renewable Energy. 25(3/4), 243-256.

2004 Devine-Wright, H and Devine-Wright, P. From demand side management to demand side participation: tracing an environmental psychology of sustainable electricity system evolution. Journal of Applied Psychology, 6, 3-4, 167-177.

2004 Devine-Wright, P., Devine-Wright, H., & Fleming, PD. Situational influences upon children's beliefs about global warming and energy. Environmental Education Research, 10(4), 493-506.

2003 Thomson, D.S., Austin, S.A., Devine-Wright, H., Mills, G.R. "Managing Value and Quality in Design" Building Research and Information, 31, 5, 334-345.

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