Member  Peta ASHWORTH

Member

Peta Ashworth, Director of Ash Research Pty Ltd, an Adjunct Associate Professor for the School of Social Science at the University of Queensland

Peta Ashworth established CSIRO's Science into Society Group, which specialises in interdisciplinary research at the interface between science and society. The Group applies social science expertise to understand human responses to nationally-identified challenges. Ms Ashworth has managed multi-million dollar research contracts for CSIRO, particularly on stakeholder understanding and acceptance of new energy technologies. As part of her work Peta co-authored The CSIRO Home Energy Saving Handbook - How to save energy, save money and reduce your carbon footprint.

Ms Ashworth's key research interests are how to deliver information to best effect and facilitating dialogue around complex and contested issues. She has gained an international reputation as a leading researcher in understanding public perception to climate change and low emission energy technologies. Peta is currently the Director of Ash Research Pty Ltd, an Adjunct Associate Professor for the School of Social Sciences at the University of Queensland, Vice President of the Council of the Humanities Arts and Social Sciences (CHASS) and Chair of the International Energy Agency Greenhouse Gas R&D Social Research Network.