Sophie Adams

School of Humanities and Languages
s.m.adams@unsw.edu.au

Sophie is a human geographer and Science and Technology Studies scholar, and currently a Research Fellow in the School of Humanities and Languages. Her research background is in climate change impacts and adaptation, and prior to joining UNSW she worked with think tank Climate Analytics headquartered in Germany. She is co-leading the ‘Social License to Automate’ Annex of the Users-Centred Energy Systems Technology Collaboration Programme of the International Energy Agency, which is investigating the social dimensions of the automation of demand side management.

Research Gate link here 

The following lists Sophie's publications released through CEEM.

Sophie Adams headshot

Publications

Title & place of publication Author Research area Type Links Yearsort descending
'Submission to the AER consultation paper: Assessing DER integration expenditure' Naomi Stringer , Anna Bruce , Mike Roberts , Sophie Adams , Iain MacGill , Katelyn Purnell , Hou Sheng Zhou Energy Efficiency & Distributed Generation Submissions link 2020
VPP User Research - Final Report Mike Roberts , Sophie Adams , Declan Kuch Energy Efficiency & Distributed Generation Reports and Working Papers RG, Link 2020
Ecogeneration "The VIPs in the VPP … putting users at the centre" Mike Roberts , Sophie Adams , Declan Kuch , Jonathan Dore Energy Efficiency & Distributed Generation Media Link 2020
'Social license to automate: A critical review of emerging approaches to electricity demand management', Energy Research and Social Science, 80 Sophie Adams , Declan Kuch , Lisa Diamond, Peter Fröhlich, Ida Marie Henriksen, Cecilia Katzeff, Marianne Ryghaug, Selin Yilmaz Electricity Markets & Restructuring, Energy Efficiency & Distributed Generation Journal Papers link 2021
'Curtailment and Network Voltage Analysis Study (CANVAS)', Race for 2030, 2021 Baran Yildiz , Sophie Adams , Shanil Samarakoon, Dr Naomi Stringer , Anna Bruce , Iain MacGill Electricity Markets & Restructuring, Energy Efficiency & Distributed Generation Reports and Working Papers Full Report, Succinct Report 2021
Rewarding flexible demand - Customer friendly cost-reflective tariffs and incentives (RACE for 2030: H4 Opportunity Assessment) Mike Roberts , Rob Passey , Sophie Adams Reports and Working Papers H4 Opportunity Assessment: Rewarding flexible demand - Customer friendly cost-reflective tariffs and incentives 2021

Events

Event Presenter Type Research area Location Date
All Energy Australia Virtual Conference 2020 - VPPs Terry Mohn, Allan Coller, Rod Woolley, Geoff Lamb, Sophie Adams , Katherine Lake Conference Energy Efficiency & Distributed Generation online Thursday, October 15, 2020