Research Outputs

Academic Papers

Lovell, H., (2019) The promise of smart grids. Local Environment. Vol.24 (7): 580-594.

Lovell, H. and Watson, P. (2019) Scarce data: off-grid households in Australia. Energy Policy Vol.129: 502-510.

Lovell, H., (2019) Policy failure mobilities. Progress in Human Geography. Vol.9 (1): 26-28.

Corbett, J., Grube, D., Lovell, H., and Scott, R. (2018) Singular memory or institutional memories? Towards a dynamic approach. Governance, Vol.31 (3): 555-573.

Lovell, H., Hann, V. and Watson, P. (2018) Rural laboratories and experiment at the fringes: a case study of a smart grid on Bruny Island, Australia. Energy Research & Social Science. Vol.36: 146-155.

Lovell, H., Pullinger, M. and Webb, J. (2017) How do meters mediate? Energy meters, boundary objects and household transitions in Australia and the United Kingdom. Energy Research & Social Science, Vol.34: 252-259.

Lovell, H. (2017) Mobile policies and policy streams: the case of smart metering policy in Australia. Geoforum, Vol. 81: 100-108.

Lovell, H. (2017) Are policy failures mobile? An investigation of the Advanced Metering Infrastructure Program in the State of Victoria, Australia. Environment and Planning A, Vol. 49 (2): 314-331.

Lovell, H. (2016) The role of international policy transfer within the Multiple Streams Approach: the case of smart electricity metering in Australia. Public Administration, Vol. 94 (3): 754–768.

Blogs and newsletter items

Energy Storage Alliance Newsletter piece on Off-grid Households, December 2015 

University of Canberra Policy Space log, October 2015 -  '"We're not going to do it like Victoria"- Policy Learning from Other Places when Things Don't Go to Plan'

TEDDInet (a UK digital economy & energy research group) newsletter items:

Newsletter 5 (March 2015, item 3c) 'Smart meters in Australia and the UK – an initial comparison'

Newsletter 6 (June 2015, item 3a) 'The death spiral'

Conference and seminar papers

‘Inertia and stability in electricity metering’ Royal Geographical Society-Institute of British Geographers Annual Conference, London, UK (29^th Aug-1^st Sept 2017).

‘Learning from policy failure in the energy sector’ Royal Geographical Society-Institute of British Geographers Annual Conference, London, UK (29^th Aug-1^st Sept 2017).

'Smart Grids Messy Society' Public lecture for the 2016 Royal Society of Tasmania Winter Lecture Series, Hobart, Australia (28th July 2016).

‘Energy feedback: Place, Policy and Mobility’ TEDDInet Workshop - Feedback in energy demand reduction: Examining evidence and exploring opportunities, Edinburgh, UK, with co-author Gareth Powells, University of Newcastle (4^th-5^th July 2016).

‘The promise of smart grids’ American Association of Geographers Annual Conference, San Francisco, USA (29th-April 2nd 2016).

'What we know about households that are already off grid' Australian Utility Week Conference, Sydney (24th-25th November 2015).

‘How unsuccessful policies travel: the case of smart metering in the State of Victoria, Australia’ invited seminar paper at the Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia (22 September 2015).

'Policy mobilities: the case of smart meters in Australia' Institute of Australian Geographers Conference (Canberra, 2 July 2015).

'Smart grids messy society? An evaluation of the implementation of smart grids in Australia' UTAS Institute for the Study of Social Change/Social Sciences seminar (Hobart, 22 May 2015).

Consultation submissions & Policy Briefing Papers

Lovell, H. and Watson, P. (2016) TasNetworks Tariff Trial Method Review – Phase One. Consultancy Report for TasNetworks, April 2016.

Lovell, H. (2015) What we know about households who are already off-grid. UTAS Policy Brief, Australia, November 2015.

Submission (PDF 206KB) to TasNetworks 'Demand Based Networks Tariff Consultation', October 2015