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My research interests are on the interplay between environmental, spatial and energy justice. I am concerned with how the sustainable and equitable use of natural resources is influenced by various economic, political and socio-spatial structures and how this manifests geographically. Research in this area is increasingly important as decarbonisation progresses and opportunities are presented that could enable emerging systems and structures become more just. My PhD research (2015-20) has highlighted the connections between political power, recognition, socio-economic development and the distribution of costs and benefits emerging from low carbon transition.
I am currently working as a Research Associate on the Active Building Centre research project. As a part of the social science research team led by Prof. Karen Henwood and Prof. Nick Pidgeon, I am exploring variegated experiences of living in Active or Zero Carbon Homes in and through space and time. Our research aims to unpack how well active building projects fare in achieving their own goals, and how effective they are in transforming practice and enabling socio-technical energy transitions. We also aim to understand how technical and social innovations in building design need to be capable of maintaining changes in built energy infrastructure at different scales (household, neighbourhoods, local community networks) taking into account emergent changes in regulatory regimes and decarbonisation of whole energy systems in the medium and longer term.
Cyhoeddiad
2024
- O'Sullivan, K., Shirani, F., Pidgeon, N. and Henwood, K. 2024. The role of Active Buildings in Smart Energy Imaginaries: Implications of living well in low carbon homes and neighbourhoods. In: Golubchikov, O. and Yenneti, K. eds. Smart Cities, Energy and Climate: Governing Cities for a Low‐Carbon Future. Wiley, pp. 93-110., (10.1002/9781118641156.ch6)
- Hale, R., Henwood, K., Shirani, F., O'Sullivan, K. and Pidgeon, N. 2024. ‘It’s nice to have a bit of fresh air’: Interpretative flexibility and air quality regimes in active homes. Energy and Buildings
2023
- O'Sullivan, K., Shirani, F., Hale, R., Pidgeon, N. and Henwood, K. 2023. Identity, place narrative and biophilic urban development: Connecting the past, present and future for sustainable liveable cities. Frontiers in Sustainable Cities 5, article number: 1139029. (10.3389/frsc.2023.1139029)
- Henwood, K., Pidgeon, N., Shirani, F., O'Sullivan, K. and Hale, R. 2023. Living well in low carbon homes project report. Project Report. Self-publish.
2022
- Shirani, F., O'Sullivan, K., Hale, R., Pidgeon, N. and Henwood, K. 2022. From active houses to active homes: understanding resident experiences of transformational design and social innovation. Energies 15(19), article number: 7441. (10.3390/en15197441)
- Shirani, F., O'Sullivan, K., Hale, R., Pidgeon, N. and Henwood, K. 2022. Transformational innovation in home energy: How developers imagine and engage with future residents of low carbon homes in the United Kingdom. Energy Research and Social Science 91, article number: 102743.
- Shirani, F., O’Sullivan, K., Henwood, K., Hale, R. and Pidgeon, N. 2022. Living in an active home: household dynamics and unintended consequences. Buildings and Cities 3(1), pp. 589–604. (10.5334/bc.216)
- O'Sullivan, K., Shirani, F., Pidgeon, N. and Henwood, K. 2022. Why active buildings? Realising the potentials of energy networked homes: a social scientific perspective. In: Vahidinasab, V. and Behnam Mohammadi-Ivatloo, . eds. Active Building Energy Systems. Green Energy and Technology, pp. 25-49., (10.1007/978-3-030-79742-3_2)
2020
- O'Sullivan, K., Henwood, K. and Pidgeon, N. 2020. Active buildings in the changing policy landscape: conceptual challenges and social scientific perspectives. Project Report. Cardiff University.
- O'Sullivan, K., Golubchikov, O. and Mehmood, A. 2020. Uneven energy transitions: Understanding continued energy peripheralization in rural communities. Energy Policy 138, article number: 111288. (10.1016/j.enpol.2020.111288)
- Golubchikov, O. and O'Sullivan, K. 2020. Energy periphery: uneven development and the precarious geographies of low-carbon transition. Energy and Buildings 211, article number: 109818. (10.1016/j.enbuild.2020.109818)
2019
- O'Sullivan, K. 2019. Uneven geographies of low-carbon transition: exploring energy vulnerabilities in peripheral communities. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.
Adrannau llyfrau
- O'Sullivan, K., Shirani, F., Pidgeon, N. and Henwood, K. 2024. The role of Active Buildings in Smart Energy Imaginaries: Implications of living well in low carbon homes and neighbourhoods. In: Golubchikov, O. and Yenneti, K. eds. Smart Cities, Energy and Climate: Governing Cities for a Low‐Carbon Future. Wiley, pp. 93-110., (10.1002/9781118641156.ch6)
- O'Sullivan, K., Shirani, F., Pidgeon, N. and Henwood, K. 2022. Why active buildings? Realising the potentials of energy networked homes: a social scientific perspective. In: Vahidinasab, V. and Behnam Mohammadi-Ivatloo, . eds. Active Building Energy Systems. Green Energy and Technology, pp. 25-49., (10.1007/978-3-030-79742-3_2)
Erthyglau
- Hale, R., Henwood, K., Shirani, F., O'Sullivan, K. and Pidgeon, N. 2024. ‘It’s nice to have a bit of fresh air’: Interpretative flexibility and air quality regimes in active homes. Energy and Buildings
- O'Sullivan, K., Shirani, F., Hale, R., Pidgeon, N. and Henwood, K. 2023. Identity, place narrative and biophilic urban development: Connecting the past, present and future for sustainable liveable cities. Frontiers in Sustainable Cities 5, article number: 1139029. (10.3389/frsc.2023.1139029)
- Shirani, F., O'Sullivan, K., Hale, R., Pidgeon, N. and Henwood, K. 2022. From active houses to active homes: understanding resident experiences of transformational design and social innovation. Energies 15(19), article number: 7441. (10.3390/en15197441)
- Shirani, F., O'Sullivan, K., Hale, R., Pidgeon, N. and Henwood, K. 2022. Transformational innovation in home energy: How developers imagine and engage with future residents of low carbon homes in the United Kingdom. Energy Research and Social Science 91, article number: 102743.
- Shirani, F., O’Sullivan, K., Henwood, K., Hale, R. and Pidgeon, N. 2022. Living in an active home: household dynamics and unintended consequences. Buildings and Cities 3(1), pp. 589–604. (10.5334/bc.216)
- O'Sullivan, K., Golubchikov, O. and Mehmood, A. 2020. Uneven energy transitions: Understanding continued energy peripheralization in rural communities. Energy Policy 138, article number: 111288. (10.1016/j.enpol.2020.111288)
- Golubchikov, O. and O'Sullivan, K. 2020. Energy periphery: uneven development and the precarious geographies of low-carbon transition. Energy and Buildings 211, article number: 109818. (10.1016/j.enbuild.2020.109818)
Gosodiad
- O'Sullivan, K. 2019. Uneven geographies of low-carbon transition: exploring energy vulnerabilities in peripheral communities. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.
Monograffau
- Henwood, K., Pidgeon, N., Shirani, F., O'Sullivan, K. and Hale, R. 2023. Living well in low carbon homes project report. Project Report. Self-publish.
- O'Sullivan, K., Henwood, K. and Pidgeon, N. 2020. Active buildings in the changing policy landscape: conceptual challenges and social scientific perspectives. Project Report. Cardiff University.
Ymchwil
Mae fy niddordebau ymchwil ar y cydadwaith rhwng cyfiawnder amgylcheddol, gofodol ac ynni. Rwy'n pryderu am sut mae amrywiol strwythurau economaidd, gwleidyddol a chymdeithasol-ofodol yn dylanwadu ar y defnydd cynaliadwy a theg o adnoddau naturiol a sut mae hyn yn amlygu'n ddaearyddol. Mae ymchwil yn y maes hwn yn gynyddol bwysig wrth i ddatgarboneiddio fynd rhagddo a chyflwynir cyfleoedd a allai alluogi systemau a strwythurau sy'n dod i'r amlwg ddod yn fwy cyfiawn. Mae fy ymchwil PhD (2015-20) wedi tynnu sylw at y cysylltiadau rhwng pŵer gwleidyddol, cydnabyddiaeth, datblygiad economaidd-gymdeithasol a dosbarthu costau a buddion sy'n deillio o drawsnewid carbon isel.
Bywgraffiad
Henwood, K., Pidgeon, N., Shirani, F., O'Sullivan, K. a Hale, R. 2023. Adroddiad prosiect byw'n dda mewn cartrefi carbon isel. Adroddiad Prosiect. hunan-gyhoeddi.
O'Sullivan, K., Shirani, F., Hale, R., Pidgeon, N. a Henwood, K. 2023. Hunaniaeth, naratif lle a datblygiad trefol bioffilig: Cysylltu'r gorffennol, y presennol a'r dyfodol ar gyfer dinasoedd cynaliadwy. Ffiniau mewn Dinasoedd Cynaliadwy 5 (10.3389/frsc.2023.1139029 )
O'Sullivan, K., Shirani, F., Hale, R., Pidgeon, N., a Henwood, K. 2023. Cymunedau newydd a gwerthoedd newydd? Archwilio rôl mannau gwyrdd mewn cymdogaethau carbon isel. Pensaernïaeth, y Cyfryngau, Gwleidyddiaeth a Chymdeithas. Diwylliannau, Cymuned a Dylunio, [Ar-lein], Calgary Canada, Mehefin 28-30. Ar gael: Amps-Proceedings-Series-30.. PDF (amps-research.com)
Shirani, F., O'Sullivan, K., Hale, R., Pidgeon, N., a Henwood, K. 2022. O dai gweithredol i gartrefi egnïol: Deall profiadau preswylwyr o ddylunio trawsnewidiol ac arloesedd cymdeithasol. Egni 15. https://doi.org/10.3390/en15197441
Shirani, F., O'Sullivan, K., Henwood, K., Hale, R., a Pidgeon, N. 2022. Byw mewn Cartref Egnïol: Dynameg Houshold a chysondebau anfwriadol. Adeiladau a dinasoedd, 3(1), tt. 589-604. https://doi.org/10.5334/bc.216
Shirani, F., O'Sullivan, K., Hale. R., Pidgeon, N., a Henwood, K. 2022. Arloesi trawsnewidiol mewn ynni cartref: Sut mae datblygwyr yn dychmygu ac yn ymgysylltu â thrigolion cartrefi carbon isel yn y dyfodol yn y Deyrnas Unedig. Ymchwil Ynni a'r Gwyddorau Cymdeithasol. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2022.102743
O'Sullivan, K., Shirani, F., Pidgeon, N., a Henwood, K. 2022. Pam Adeiladau Gweithredol? Gwireddu potensial cartrefi rhwydweithio ynni: Persbectif gwyddonol cymdeithasol. Yn: Vahidinasab, V., Mohammadi-Ivatloo, B. (eds) Gweithredu a Rheoli Systemau Ynni Adeiladu Gweithredol. Springer: Nottingham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-79742-3_2
O'Sullivan, K., Henwood, K., and Pidgeon, N. 2020. Adeiladau Gweithredol mewn tirwedd polisi sy'n newid: heriau cysyniadol a safbwyntiau gwyddonol cymdeithas. Rhaglen Ymchwil Canolfan Adeiladu Gweithredol Cyfres Papur Gwyn. Galluog yn: https://abc-rp.com/impact/white-papers/
O'Sullivan, K., Golubchikov, O. a Mehmood, A. 2020. Pontio ynni anwastad: Deall perifferaleiddio ynni parhaus mewn cymunedau gwledig. Polisi Ynni 138, rhif erthygl: 111288. (10.1016/j.enpol.2020.111288)
Golubchikov, O. ac O'Sullivan, K. 2020. Ymylon ynni: datblygiad anwastad a daearyddiaethau ansicr trawsnewid carbon isel. Ynni ac Adeiladau (10.1016/j.enbuild.2020.109818)
Marquand, J., O' Sullivan, K., & Pearce, S. 2019. Ffactorau sy'n dylanwadu ar ymgysylltiad lleol a chymunedol mewn ynni adnewyddadwy yng Nghymru. Caerdydd: Sefydliad Ymchwil Gymdeithasol ac Economaidd Cymru, Data a Dulliau ar gyfer y Sefydliad Materion Cymreig. (Adroddiad terfynol y prosiect ar gael yn: https://www.iwa.wales/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/IWA_Energy_WP6_Digital-2.pdf)