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Dr Kate O'Sullivan
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Cydymaith Ymchwil
Trosolwyg
Gan weithio fel rhan o'r rhaglen ymchwil BuildZero , rwy'n archwilio gydag aelodau o'r cyhoedd, a rhanddeiliaid polisi, diwydiant a'r trydydd sector sut y gellid cyflawni economi gylchol adeiladau'r DU mewn ffyrdd sy'n bodloni canlyniadau cymdeithasol-ddiwylliannol, economaidd a materol dymunol erbyn 2050. Gan ddefnyddio methodoleg backcasting rydym yn datblygu gweledigaethau o ddyfodol posibl BuildZero ac yna yn cyd-greu llwybrau i nodi'r camau gweithredu sydd eu hangen i wireddu'r gweledigaethau hyn.
Rwyf wedi gweithio o'r blaen fel rhan o'r prosiect Greenhouse Gas Removal by Enhanced Rock Weathering (ERW), gan gyfrannu at wybodaeth am yr amodau cymdeithasol a moesegol ar gyfer defnyddio dulliau tynnu carbon deuocsid newydd ac anghyfarwydd yn y DU. Yn ystod yr ymchwil hon datblygais offer newydd i gyd-greu cynrychioliadau o le, pryderon moesegol ynghylch MRV, systemau llywodraethu ac effeithiau amgylcheddol gyda chymunedau sy'n debygol o gael eu heffeithio gan ERW os caiff eu defnyddio. Cyn hyn, roeddwn i'n gweithio fel rhan o Raglen Ymchwil y Ganolfan Adeiladu Actif, gan archwilio profiadau byw cartrefi carbon isel a di-garbon newydd yng Nghymru. Trwy ddadbacio safbwyntiau'r datblygwyr tai, cymunedau a thrigolion newydd, mae'r ymchwil hon wedi egluro sut mae datblygiadau o'r fath yn destun prosesau creu lleoedd ac yn gallu llywio. Yn y modd hwn mae ganddynt botensial i esblygu gydag ymlyniadau cymunedol presennol at le, cyfrannu at hunaniaeth, yn ogystal â mynd i'r afael â phryderon ar raddfa leol a chymdeithasol am newid yn yr hinsawdd.
Mae fy nghefndir mewn daearyddiaeth ddynol ac mae fy niddordebau ymchwil yn canolbwyntio ar y rhyngweithio perthnasol ac aml-raddfa rhwng bodau dynol a'r amgylchedd, a'r goblygiadau ar gyfer sut mae lleoedd yn cael eu deall a'u profi. Mae fy ymchwil wedi cynnwys archwilio datgarboneiddio ar gyfer cymunedau ymylol yng Nghymru sy'n canolbwyntio ar ynni a chyfiawnder gofodol. Mae'r gwaith hwn yn tynnu sylw at gysylltiadau rhwng strwythurau gofodol a dosbarthiad costau a manteision datgarboneiddio.
Cyhoeddiad
2026
- Shirani, F. et al. 2026. “I can’t imagine living anywhere else”: A qualitative longitudinal view of low carbon home residence. Housing, Theory and Society 43 (3), pp.279-295. (10.1080/14036096.2025.2559106)
- O'Sullivan, K. et al. 2026. Understanding residents’ experiences of home, health, and wellbeing in new and novel low carbon homes. Housing Studies 41 (1), pp.234-254. (10.1080/02673037.2025.2453015)
2025
- Waller, L. et al., 2025. Responsible research and innovation of carbon removal: strategies for field trials. Frontiers in Climate 7 1658453. (10.3389/fclim.2025.1658453)
- O'Sullivan, K. et al. 2025. Who pays for carbon dioxide removal? Public perceptions of risk and fairness of enhanced rock weathering in the UK.. Humanities & Social Sciences Communications 12 1010. (10.1057/s41599-025-05384-9)
- Hale, R. et al. 2025. ‘It's Nice to Have a Bit of Fresh Air’: Residents’ and Housing Professionals’ Interpretations of Air Regimes in Active Homes. Energy and Buildings
2024
- O'Sullivan, K. et al. 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)
2023
- O'Sullivan, K. et al. 2023. Identity, place narrative and biophilic urban development: Connecting the past, present and future for sustainable liveable cities. Frontiers in Sustainable Cities 5 1139029. (10.3389/frsc.2023.1139029)
- Henwood, K. et al. 2023. Living well in low carbon homes project report. Project Report.Self-publish.
2022
- Shirani, F. et al. 2022. From active houses to active homes: understanding resident experiences of transformational design and social innovation. Energies 15 (19) 7441. (10.3390/en15197441)
- Shirani, F. et al. 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 102743.
- Shirani, F. et al. 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. et al. 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 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 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. et al. 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. et al. 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
- Shirani, F. et al. 2026. “I can’t imagine living anywhere else”: A qualitative longitudinal view of low carbon home residence. Housing, Theory and Society 43 (3), pp.279-295. (10.1080/14036096.2025.2559106)
- O'Sullivan, K. et al. 2026. Understanding residents’ experiences of home, health, and wellbeing in new and novel low carbon homes. Housing Studies 41 (1), pp.234-254. (10.1080/02673037.2025.2453015)
- Waller, L. et al., 2025. Responsible research and innovation of carbon removal: strategies for field trials. Frontiers in Climate 7 1658453. (10.3389/fclim.2025.1658453)
- O'Sullivan, K. et al. 2025. Who pays for carbon dioxide removal? Public perceptions of risk and fairness of enhanced rock weathering in the UK.. Humanities & Social Sciences Communications 12 1010. (10.1057/s41599-025-05384-9)
- Hale, R. et al. 2025. ‘It's Nice to Have a Bit of Fresh Air’: Residents’ and Housing Professionals’ Interpretations of Air Regimes in Active Homes. Energy and Buildings
- O'Sullivan, K. et al. 2023. Identity, place narrative and biophilic urban development: Connecting the past, present and future for sustainable liveable cities. Frontiers in Sustainable Cities 5 1139029. (10.3389/frsc.2023.1139029)
- Shirani, F. et al. 2022. From active houses to active homes: understanding resident experiences of transformational design and social innovation. Energies 15 (19) 7441. (10.3390/en15197441)
- Shirani, F. et al. 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 102743.
- Shirani, F. et al. 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 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 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. et al. 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)