Projects per year
Personal profile
Biography
Yolande Strengers is a digital sociologist and human-computer interaction professor investigating the sustainability and inclusion impacts of digital and smart technologies, including emerging forms of AI. At Monash University, she leads the Energy Futures research program in the Emerging Technologies Research Lab, which undertakes critical interdisciplinary and international research into the social, cultural and experiential dimensions of the design, use and futures of new and emerging technologies.
Within the Faculty of Information Technology (IT), Yolande is the inaugural Associate Dean for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion. She is also an Associate Director (Consumers) at the Monash Energy Institute.
Yolande undertakes design ethnographic research to understand how people (and sometimes their pets) incorporate new technologies into their everyday lives and homes. Past and current partners include ANZ Bank, Ausgrid, AusNet Services, Energy Consumers Australia and Intel Corporation.
Yolande has published widely across the fields of sociology, geography, human-computer interaction design, media and communications studies, and science and technology studies. Her books include The Smart Wife (MIT Press 2020, co-authored with Dr Jenny Kennedy) and Smart Energy Technologies in Everyday Life (Palgrave McacMillan 2013). She holds a PhD from RMIT University (Social Science), a Masters in International Urban and Environmental Management (RMIT University), and a Bachelor of Arts (Deans Scholars Program, Monash University).
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
International Urban and Environmental Management, Master of Social Science, RMIT University
Award Date: 1 Aug 2012
Social Science, Doctor of Philosophy, RMIT University
Award Date: 1 Mar 2010
Geography, Bachelor of Arts, Monash University
Award Date: 1 Jan 2001
Research area keywords
- energy futures
- Smart grid
- Digital sociology
- Digital technologies
- Smart home
- emerging technologies
- Consumption
- Gender in STEM
- Inclusion
- Sustainability
- Gender and diversity
- AI
- robotic assistants
Network
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CitiPowerFHD: Future home demand: Anticipating energy and everyday life trends across three Victorian networks
Strengers, Y., Pink, S., Nicholls, L. & Dahlgren, K.
1/12/21 → 1/12/23
Project: Research
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RACE for 2030: Reliable Affordable Clean Energy for 2030 Cooperative Research Centre (RACE for 2030 CRC)
Beins, D., Liebman, A., Bahrani, B., Leroux, A., Kraal, D., Razzaghi, R., Strengers, Y., Goodwin, S., Pink, S., Rudolph, C., Raven, R., Bergmeir, C., Saunderson, J., Leslie, G., Gangadharan, L., Islam, A., Wang, L. C., Ward, M., Xiao, E., Wallace, M., Tack, G., Stuckey, P., Li, Y., Pan, S., de Nijs, F., Buckingham, E., Denis-Ryan, A., Ens, B., Dargaville, R., Chang, X., Yu, J., White, S., Zlatanov, N., Hyndman, R., Panagiotelis, A. & Athanasopoulos, G.
1/07/20 → 30/06/31
Project: Research
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Digital energy futures: forecasting changing residential electricity demand
Strengers, Y., Pink, S., Simpson, R., Holder, L. & Gallagher, L.
1/10/19 → 22/12/23
Project: Research
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BA: Just Transitions in Australia: moving towards low carbon lives across policy, industry and practice
Adey, P., Pink, S., Raven, R., Barry, K., Birtchnell, T., Duffy, D. M., Hunt, J., Rickards, L., Weller, S., Strengers, Y., Sharp, D. & Nicholls, L.
27/10/21 → 10/03/22
Project: Research
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Digital Energy Futures: Scenarios for Future Living 2030/2050
Strengers, Y. A. A., Kaviani, F., Dahlgren, K., Korsmeyer, H., Pink, S., Nicholls, L. & Martin, R., Feb 2023, Monash University. 95 p.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned Report › Research
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Media Anthropology and Emerging Technologies: Re-working Media Presence
Pink, S., Strengers, Y., Duque, M., Nichols, L. & Martin, R., 2023, The Routledge Companion to Media Anthropology. Costa, E., Lange, P. G., Haynes, N. & Sinanan, J. (eds.). Oxon, UK: Routledge, p. 229-241 13 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Research › peer-review
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Smart home masculinities
Pink, S., Strengers, Y. A. A., Martin, R. & Dahlgren, K., 10 Apr 2023, (Accepted/In press) In: Australian Feminist Studies. 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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AI at Home: an urgent urban policy and research agenda
Strengers, Y., 6 Sep 2022, In: Urban Policy and Research. 40, 3, p. 250-258 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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ALEXA’S GOT A HUNCH: The human decisions behind programming emotion-sensing and caregiving into digital assistants
Kennedy, J. & Strengers, Y., 2022, Everyday Automation: Experiencing and Anticipating Emerging Technologies. Pink, S., Berg, M., Lupton, D. & Ruckenstein, M. (eds.). 1st ed. Abington OX UK: Taylor & Francis, p. 89-101 13 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Research › peer-review
Open AccessFile
Prizes
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2021 9th Asia Pacific Eldercare Innovation Awards, Best Ageing Research - Winner: 'Smart homes for seniors: Intelligent home design for independent living'
Pink, Sarah (Recipient), Duque Hurtado, Melisa (Recipient), Strengers, Yolande (Recipient) & Williams, C. (Recipient), 2021
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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2021 IoT (Internet of Things) Awards, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion in Action - Winner: 'Smart Homes for Seniors: Intelligent home design for independent living'
Strengers, Yolande (Recipient), Pink, Sarah (Recipient), Duque Hurtado, Melisa (Recipient), Martin, Rex (Recipient), Nicholls, L. (Recipient), Mortimer, M. (Recipient), Horan, B. (Recipient), Eugene, A. (Recipient) & Thomson, S. (Recipient), 2021
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Best Paper Award, International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI) 2019
Strengers, Yolande (Recipient), Kennedy, J. (Recipient), Arcari, P. (Recipient), Nicholls, L. (Recipient) & Gregg, M. (Recipient), 2019
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Vice-Chancellor's Diversity and Inclusion Award
Carroll, John (Recipient), Brown, Michael (Recipient), Edgington-Mitchell, Daniel (Recipient), Garcia De La Banda, Maria (Recipient), Gurvich, Caroline (Recipient), Ho, Susie (Recipient), Joschko, L. (Recipient), Maher, JaneMaree (Recipient), McDonald, Mike (Recipient), McGlinn, Edwina (Recipient), McGuigan, Nicholas (Recipient), Morgan, Michael (Recipient), Murray-Zaia, J. (Recipient) & Strengers, Yolande (Recipient), 10 Dec 2020
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Women in AI Award (Innovation) ANZ
Strengers, Yolande (Recipient), 26 Mar 2021
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
- 1 Public event
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Living with Robots
Shanti Sumartojo (Contributor), Sarah Pink (Contributor), Dana Kulic (Contributor), Yolande Strengers (Contributor) & Michael Mintrom (Contributor)
2 May 2022Activity: Community Talks, Presentations, Exhibitions and Events › Public event
Press/Media
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What does putting "consumers at the centre" of the energy transition really mean?
Fareed Kaviani, Yolande Strengers, Rex Martin, Hannah Korsmeyer, Kari Dahlgren & Sarah Pink
1/06/23
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Article/Feature
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MONASH LENS: 'Getting smart: Seniors see the benefits of technology in the home'
Melisa Duque & Yolande Strengers
25/02/21
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Article/Feature
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The energy costs of staying at home
Kari Dahlgren, Jathan Sadowski, Yolande Strengers, Larissa Nicholls & Sarah Pink
21/08/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Article/Feature