Rebecca Ford Email & Phone Number

Cornwall, England, United Kingdom

Exeter, England, United Kingdom

See Change Institute is based on the idea that combining social science with innovative design can leverage the power of individuals and communities to solve our most pressing social and environmental problems.

Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

Glasgow, United Kingdom

In the position I have two main roles. In the first I am a researcher and project manager for the Oxford Martin Programme on Integrating Renewable Energy; the University’s seminal research project that explores the technical, social, market, and regulatory challenges around increasing renewables in electricity systems as the world adapts to a low carbon future.In the second I am responsible for developing research programmes to catalyse a living lab at the University. This aims to stimulate collaboration between practitioners and the researchers within the university and: (1) facilitate world-class applied research, (2) enhance learning to guide and improve practice, and (3) support the University’s transition to a low carbon future.

School Of Engineering And Computer Science

I am a lecturer in the School of Engineering and Computer Science at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, where I teach and co-ordinate a number of first year courses. I am also supervising 4th year honours project students and postgraduate research students who conduct research in areas aligned to my own interests and expertise.My research focuses on the development and evaluation of emerging Smart Grid technologies. Specifically, I am interested in how households interact with emerging energy related technologies, and how social science insights can be applied to develop technological solutions to improve energy efficiency (at the household and grid level), reduce carbon emissions, and explore new mechanisms for implementing demand management to improve energy resilience at the local, regional, and national level.I am part of a team working on 2 national research projects in this space: (1) Renewable Energy and the Smart Grid (http://www.otago.ac.nz/csafe/research/energy/otago050285.html), and (2) Energy Cultures (http://www.otago.ac.nz/csafe/research/otago049909.html). In addition I have a number of smaller research projects looking at (3) energy use and demand management in developing countries, and (4) behaviour based energy efficiency programs.

Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand

Interdisciplinary research in the Centre for Sustainability, with a primary focus on developing technological solutions to enhance the way individuals interact with energy.Current research projects include: 1) Energy Cultures: an investigation into factors influencing energy use and energy related decisions in the home; 2) development of demand management strategies and algorithms from an analysis of interactions between people and domestic services; 3) exploration of the effect of energy feedback visualisations on consumer preference, energy literacy, and behaviour intention; and 4) investigation into different types of energy feedback and implications for researchers and practitioners.

Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand

Delivering the Energy Module of the 3rd year Environment and Society course. Responsibilities include delivery of 3 lectures and 3 workshops, marking poster and report assignments, and setting and grading exam questions.

Woodbridge, United Kingdom

Provided support to the Navetas team with research trials and product testing as part of a project funded by the Technology Strategy Board.

Oxford, United Kingdom

Conducted tutorials for 1st year to 4th year engineering undergraduates. Assisted in engineering laboratory practicals by providing support to individual students and marking and evaluating the work they produced.

Oxford, United Kingdom

Responsibilities included planning and running the events on this trip and organising a team of reps to assist.

Oxford, United Kingdom

Responsible for organising meetings between committee members and travel agents, marketing the trip to the student bodies, and dealing with all liaison activities with the students, both before and during the event.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Dphil), Engineering

Master Of Engineering (Meng), Engineering