Professor Lynne Chester
Lynne’s primary research fields are energy and heterodox economics. She is recognised as a leading Australian scholar in the empirical application of French Régulation theory, a heterodox (non-conventional) school of economic thought inspired by Marxian and Institutional Economics, to advancing understanding of contemporary energy issues. Her research contributes to debates on household energy affordability, the economic regulation of energy sectors, energy (in)justice, energy problematisation, energy security, and the economic-energy-environment relation. She has written extensively on the Australian electricity sector, the consumer impacts of restructured electricity markets, and electricity price formation. Her heterodox economics research focuses on its conceptualisation, the reasons for its marginalisation within the social science discipline of economics, and its insights to advance understanding of contemporary pressing problems like climate change, the energy crisis, and inequality.
The focus of Lynne’s energy research ranges from the specificities of the Australian electricity sector to more generally the structure, dimensions and outcomes of energy markets, household energy affordability, energy (in)justice, the formation of energy prices, the financialisation of energy sectors, the institutions (including economic regulatory regimes) of energy sectors, and the policy responses of governments to energy issues, energy problematisation, energy security, and the economic-energy-environment relation. She has conducted a national study of the impact and consequences of rising energy prices on Australian low-income households, investigated theinteraction of economic and safety regulatory regimes in the Australian gas sector, been engaged as an expert witness on the economic regulation of Australian electricity companies, and appointed to several external organisations because of her energy and public policy expertise. Currently she is the lead Chief Investigator for an ARC Linkage project developing solar solutions to improve energy affordability for low-income renters.
Her heterodox economics research spans the commonalties and differences of different heterodox traditions, the practices of methodological pluralism, the role of interdisciplinarity in heterodox research, and positionality transparency within the social science discipline of economics. Currently she is working on a book project about the overlooked contributions of women to the development of different heterodox traditions and the practices and behaviours leading to this situation.
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ECOP6016 China in the Global Economy
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ECOP4012 Designing Political Economy Research
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ECOP3613 ECOP6613 Global Capitalism: Uneven Development
- ECOP1001 Economics as a Social Science
- EUST3003 Europe: Energy and the Environment
Supervision
Sarah Niklas (PhD – jointly with UNSW) ‘The Development of Renewable Energy Policy Adoption in Germany and in Australia’ (completed 2019)
Jeanette Sheridan (Masters student),‘Who benefits from activity- based funding of Australian public hospitals?’(completed 2016)
Peter Shinnick (PhD student), ‘Has competency training contributed to Australian rail safety?’ (commenced 2018)
Chairul Adi (PhD student), ‘The political economy of instructure development in Indonesia’ (commenced 2019)
Oliver Summerfield-Ryan (PhD student), ‘An institutional perspective on low-emissions energy transitions and carbon lock-in: The case of Australia’s electricity sector’ (commenced 2019)
Jiarun Li (PhD student), 'Australian financial system and banking crises: An historical approach' (commenced 2022)
Judith McVey (PhD student) ‘Capitalism, women’s oppression, and workers struggle in Australia 1968-78: How was the struggle for women’s liberation progressed?’(completed December 2023)
- Energy (in)justice and economic democracy.
- Household energy unaffordability.
- The social ontology of energy.
- The nexus of energy sector economic and safety regulatory regimes.
- The conceptualisation of institutions.
- Positionality transparency and heterodox economics.
- Women and heterodox economics.
Lynne, a former co-editor of the Review of Political Economy (2013-19), is an editorial board member of the Economic and Labour Relations Review, Economies, Forum for Social Economics, Journal of Economic Issues, International Journal of Global Energy Issues, International Journal of Pluralism and Economics Education, Journal of Australian Political Economy, the PSL Quarterly Review, and the Review of Evolutionary Political Economy.
She is a member of the Association for Evolutionary Economics (AFEE), Association of Heterodox Economics (AHE), Diversifying and Decolonising Economics (D-ECON), European Association for Evolutionary Political Economy (EAEPE), Recherche et Régulation Association, Union for Radical Political Economics (URPE), Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics (SASE), Australian Society of Heterodox Economists (SHE), and the International Association for Energy Economics (IAEE).
Since 2019, Lynne has been a Member of the Advisory Board for Diversifying and Decolonizing Economics (D-Econ). In 2021, she was elected to the Board of the Association for Evolutionary Economics (2022-25), and the Council of the European Association for Evolutionary Political Economy (2022-25).
2017 Clarence E. Ayres Scholar, Association for Evolutionary Economics(AFEE)
AFEE is the leading organisation for Institutional Economics and publishes the premier peer-reviewed Journal of Economic Issues. This award is to a scholar outside the US working in the tradition of Ayres who was pivotal to 20th century development of Institutional Economics.
United Kingdom | (University of Glasgow) Collaboration with Professor Robert McMaster on 'Advancing energy justice through economic democracy' |
United States | (Colorado State University) Collaboration with Professor Alexandra Bernasek on a book project 'Women and Heterodox Economics: Past, Present, Future' |
| Project title | Research student |
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| The health and wellbeing impacts of the energy transition for low-income renters: a comparative UK-Australia study | Anni TAITTO |
Selected publications
(World Economics Association Books, 2022)
(Australian Society of Heterodox Economists, 2013)
(Australian Society of Heterodox Economists, 2012)
(Australian Society of Heterodox Economists, 2011)
(Society of Heterodox Economists, 2010)
(University of New South Wales - Faculty of Commerce & Economics, 2007)
Publications
Edited Books
- Chester, L., Jo, T. (2022). Heterodox Economics: Legacy & Prospects. USA: World Economics Association Books. [More Information]
- Jo, T., Chester, L., D'Ippoliti, C. (2018). The Routledge Handbook of Heterodox Economics: Theorizing, Analyzing, and Transforming Capitalism. Abingdon: Routledge.
- Chester, L., Kriesler, P. (2015). What is the future for heterodox economics?. Sydney: UNSW. [More Information]
Book Chapters
- Chester, L., Jo, T. (2022). Introduction: A new era of galvanization and energization for heterodox economics. In Chester, L & Jo T-H (Eds.), Heterodox Economics: Legacy & Prospects, (pp. 57-111). USA: World Economics Association Books.
- Hayes, J., Chester, L., King, D. (2022). Outsourcing risk governance: Using consultants to deliver regulatory functions. In J Hayes, S Tillement (Eds.), Contracting and Safety: Exploring Outsourcing Practices in High-Hazard Industries, (pp. 79-87). Switzerland: Springer Nature Switzerland. [More Information]
- Chester, L. (2018). An exit strategy from capitalism's ecological crisis. In Tae-Hee Jo, Lynne Chester and Carlo DIppoliti (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Heterodox Economics: Theorizing, Analyzing, and Transforming Capitalism, (pp. 429-443). Abingdon: Routledge. [More Information]
Journals
- Chester, L., Hayes, J. (2024). Regulatory conflict and a latent public safety risk? The case of gas infrastructure. Law and Policy, 46(1), 63-86. [More Information]
- Chester, L., McMaster, R. (2023). Understanding social stratification: The case of energy injustice. Forum for Social Economics. [More Information]
- Hayes, J., Chester, L., King, D. (2022). The potential risk to public safety posed by the economic regulation of gas infrastructure. Safety Science, 151(105760), 105760. [More Information]
Edited Journals
- Chester, L., Jo, T., King, M. (2012). Beyond market-fundamentalist economics: an agenda for heterodox economics to change the dominant narrative - Special issue of 'On the Horizon'. On the Horizon, 20(3). [More Information]
- Chester, L. (2010). International Journal of Global Energy Issues Volume 33, Issue 1/2: Special Issue on Energy Security in the 21st Century. International Journal of Global Energy Issues, 33(1-2).
Magazine / Newspaper Articles
- Chester, L., Elliot, A., Crossley, P. (2018). Improving energy affordability for Australian low-income renter households, 29-32. IAEE Energy Forum. [More Information]
- Schroeder, S., Chester, L. (2016). A comment on Stilwell, Heterodox Economics or Political Economy? World Economics Association Newsletter. [More Information]
- Chester, L. (2014). The growing un-affordability of energy for households and the consequences. IAEE Energy Forum, Second Quarter: 23-27. [More Information]
Report
- Chester, L. (2024). Australia’s National Electricity Market: Bidding rules, market power and wholesale electricity prices, Statement submitted to the ACTU Price Gouging and Unfair Pricing Practices Inquiry. [More Information]
- Chester, L., Hayes, J., Kramnaimuang King, D. (2018). The Impact of Economic Regulation on Long Term Safety Outcomes: Final Report, Project RP4-26, 8 May 2018, Prepared for the Energy Pipelines CRC.
- Boucher, A., Chester, L. (2015). Lecture Capture and Student Learning, Two-year study, University of Sydney, April 2015.
Other
- Sturman, A., Chester, L. (2022), Power: A re-envisaged state and energy justice. [More Information]
- Chester, L. (2021), A Detoxed Heterodox Praxis to Lead Authentic Diversification and Decolonisation of Economics. [More Information]
- Chester, L., Elliot, A. (2018), Energising the nation: The historical and contemporary framing of Australian energy policy. Paper prepared for the 14-15 June 2018 University of Sydney Workshop 'Energy: Its Institutions, Networks and Lived Experiences'.. [More Information]
2024
- Chester, L. (2024). Australia’s National Electricity Market: Bidding rules, market power and wholesale electricity prices, Statement submitted to the ACTU Price Gouging and Unfair Pricing Practices Inquiry. [More Information]
- Chester, L., Hayes, J. (2024). Regulatory conflict and a latent public safety risk? The case of gas infrastructure. Law and Policy, 46(1), 63-86. [More Information]
2023
- Chester, L., McMaster, R. (2023). Understanding social stratification: The case of energy injustice. Forum for Social Economics. [More Information]
2022
- Chester, L., Jo, T. (2022). Heterodox Economics: Legacy & Prospects. USA: World Economics Association Books. [More Information]
- Chester, L., Jo, T. (2022). Introduction: A new era of galvanization and energization for heterodox economics. In Chester, L & Jo T-H (Eds.), Heterodox Economics: Legacy & Prospects, (pp. 57-111). USA: World Economics Association Books.
- Hayes, J., Chester, L., King, D. (2022). Outsourcing risk governance: Using consultants to deliver regulatory functions. In J Hayes, S Tillement (Eds.), Contracting and Safety: Exploring Outsourcing Practices in High-Hazard Industries, (pp. 79-87). Switzerland: Springer Nature Switzerland. [More Information]
2021
- Chester, L. (2021). A Case of Confirmation Bias. Journal of Economic Issues, 55(3), 584-589. [More Information]
- Chester, L. (2021), A Detoxed Heterodox Praxis to Lead Authentic Diversification and Decolonisation of Economics. [More Information]
- Chester, L. (2021). Can Regulation Theory Inform Institutional Analyses of Contemporary Social Provisioning? Journal of Economic Issues, 55(2), 359-366. [More Information]
2020
- Chester, L. (2020). COVID-19, universities, and economics. International Journal of Pluralism and Economics Education, 11(3), 271-292. [More Information]
- Chester, L. (2020). The 2019–2020 Australian bushfires: a potent mix of climate change, problematisation, indigenous disregard, a fractured federation, volunteerism, social media, and more. Review of Evolutionary Political Economy, 1(2), 245-264. [More Information]
2019
- Chester, L., Elliot, A. (2019). Energy Problem Representation: The Historical and Contemporary Framing of Australian Electricity Policy. Energy Policy, 128, 102-113. [More Information]
- Chester, L. (2019). Judging Heterodox Economics: A Response to Hodgson's Criticisms. Economic Thought, 8(1), 1-21. [More Information]
2018
- Chester, L. (2018). An exit strategy from capitalism's ecological crisis. In Tae-Hee Jo, Lynne Chester and Carlo DIppoliti (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Heterodox Economics: Theorizing, Analyzing, and Transforming Capitalism, (pp. 429-443). Abingdon: Routledge. [More Information]
- Chester, L., Elliot, A. (2018), Energising the nation: The historical and contemporary framing of Australian energy policy. Paper prepared for the 14-15 June 2018 University of Sydney Workshop 'Energy: Its Institutions, Networks and Lived Experiences'.. [More Information]
- Chester, L., Elliot, A., Crossley, P. (2018). Improving energy affordability for Australian low-income renter households, 29-32. IAEE Energy Forum. [More Information]
2017
- Chester, L. (2017). An exit strategy from capitalism's ecological crisis. International Journal of Pluralism and Economics Education, 8(4), 330-340. [More Information]
- Chester, L. (2017). Rethinking energy. In Louis-Philippe Rochon, Sergio Rossi (Eds.), A Modern Guide to Rethinking Economics, (pp. 337-357). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing. [More Information]
2016
- Schroeder, S., Chester, L. (2016). A comment on Stilwell, Heterodox Economics or Political Economy? World Economics Association Newsletter. [More Information]
- Chester, L. (2016). A Regulationist analysis of an industry sector using mixed research methods. In Frederic S. Lee, Bruce Cronin (Eds.), Handbook of Research Methods and Applications in Heterodox Economics, (pp. 569-589). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing. [More Information]
- Chester, L. (2016). Analysing actually-existing markets. In Tae-Hee Jo, Zdravka Todorova (Eds.), Advancing the Frontiers of Heterodox Economics: Essays in honor of Frederic S. Lee, (pp. 190-209). Abingdon: Routledge. [More Information]
2015
- Chester, L., Schroeder, S. (2015). Conflation of IPE with Heterodox Economics? Intellectually Negligent and Damaging. Journal of Australian Political Economy, 2015 (75), 153-176.
- Boucher, A., Chester, L. (2015). Lecture Capture and Student Learning, Two-year study, University of Sydney, April 2015.
- Chester, L. (2015). The privatisation of Australian electricity: Claims, myths and facts. The Economic and Labour Relations Review, 26(2), 218-240. [More Information]
2014
- Schroeder, S., Chester, L. (2014). Challenging the Orthodoxy: Reflections on Frank Stilwell's Contribution to Political Economy. Berlin: Springer. [More Information]
- Schroeder, S., Chester, L. (2014). Challenging the Orthodoxy: The Contributions of Frank Stilwell to Political Economy. In Susan K. Schroeder, Lynne Chester (Eds.), Challenging the Orthodoxy: Reflections on Frank Stilwell's Contribution to Political Economy, (pp. 3-9). Berlin: Springer. [More Information]
- Chester, L. (2014). Energy impoverishment: Addressing capitalism's new driver of inequality. Journal of Economic Issues, 48(2), 395-403. [More Information]
2013
- Chester, L. (2013). Dissecting the Conjunction of Capitalism's Environmental, Energy, and Economic Crises: The Example of One Liberal, Market-Based Economy. Journal of Economic Issues, 47(2), 485-494. [More Information]
- Kriesler, P., Chester, L., Johnson, M. (2013). Heterdox economics and the crisis that won't go away. Sydney: Australian Society of Heterodox Economists.
- Schroeder, S., Chester, L. (2013). Political Economy at the University of Sydney: Challenging the Orthodoxy. World Economics Association Newsletter.
2012
- Chester, L., Morris, A. (2012). A new form of energy poverty is the hallmark of liberalised electricity sectors. Australian Journal of Social Issues, 46(4), 435-458. [More Information]
- Chester, L., Jo, T., King, M. (2012). Beyond market-fundamentalist economics: an agenda for heterodox economics to change the dominant narrative - Special issue of 'On the Horizon'. On the Horizon, 20(3). [More Information]
- Chester, L., Johnson, M., Kriesler, P. (2012). Heterodox economics: Social provisioning in crisis-prone capitalism, Refereed papers: Proceedings of the 11th Annual Conference of the Australian Society of Heterodox Economists. Sydney: Australian Society of Heterodox Economists.
2011
- Chester, L. (2011). An inevitable or avertable energy crisis? In Argyrous, G. and Stilwell, F (Eds.), Readings in Political Economy: Economics as a Social Science, (pp. 299-306). Prahran: Tilde University Press.
- Chester, L., Johnson, M., Kriesler, P. (2011). Heterodox Economics: Ten years and growing stronger! Proceedings of the 10th Australian Society of Heterodox Economists Conference 2011. Sydney, Australia: Australian Society of Heterodox Economists.
- Chester, L. (2011). The participation of vulnerable Australians in markets for essential goods and services. Journal of Australian Political Economy, 68, 169-193.
2010
- Chester, L. (2010). Actually Existing Markets: The Case of Neoliberal Australia. Journal of Economic Issues, 44(2), 313-324. [More Information]
- Chester, L. (2010). Conceptualising energy security and making explicit its polysemic nature. Energy Policy, 38(2), 887-895. [More Information]
- Chester, L. (2010). Determining the economic-environment relation: a regulationist approach. International Journal of Green Economics, 4(1), 17-42. [More Information]
2009
- Chester, L., Johnson, M., Kriesler, P. (2009). Heterodox Economics' Visions: Proceedings of the 8th Australian Society of Heterodox Economists Conference 2009. Australia: University of New South Wales - Faculty of Commerce & Economics.
2008
- Chester, L., Johnson, M., Kriesler, P. (2008). Contemporary issues for heterodox economics: Proceedings of the 7th Australian Society of Heterodox Economists Conference 2008. Australia: University of New South Wales - Faculty of Commerce & Economics.
- Chester, L. (2008). The Contemporary Growth Regime Has Been Ensured by the Australian State's Mutations (At Least until Now). The Economic and Labour Relations Review, 19(1), 3-23.
- Chester, L. (2008). The parlous investment environment for Australian electricity generation and transmission. IAEE Energy Forum, Second Quarter: 29-35. [More Information]
2007
- Chester, L., Johnson, M., Kriesler, P. (2007). Heterodox Economic Perspectives on Contemporary Issues: Proceedings of the 6th Australian Society of Heterodox Economists Conference 2007. Australia: University of New South Wales - Faculty of Commerce & Economics.
- Chester, L. (2007). Who Benefits From the Restructuring of the Australian Electricity Sector? Journal of Economic Issues, 41(4), 981-1001. [More Information]
2006
- Chester, L. (2006). The Conundrums Facing Australia's National Electricity Market. Economic Papers, 25(4), 362-377.
Selected Grants
2021
- Solar solutions to improve energy affordability for low-income renters, Chester L, Gill F, Sturman A, Australian Research Council (ARC)/Linkage Projects (LP)
2019
- China's contemporary economy: Socialist market, in transition or another form? , Chester L, fenghua w, Meng J, Office of Global Engagement/Partnership Collaboration Awards
- 2020 Sub-contract with RMIT for CRC Future Fuels (Economic Regulation of Hydrogen for Electricity Systems), Chester L, Future Fuels CRC Ltd/Research Grant
- Advancing energy justice through economic democracy, Chester L, McMaster R, Elliot A, Crossley P, Cumbers A, Office of Global Engagement/Partnership Collaboration Awards
Recent Grants
2024-2025 University of Sydney – University of Glasgow Ignition Grant. 'Renovictions: An exploratory study of this new social injustice from energy-efficiency retrofitting'Professor Lynne Chester was awarded thisUniversity of Glasgow Ignition Grant withDr Lee White, and Professor David Schlosberg.
Conference and Other Presentations
Invited Presentations
. (2023), ‘What is the positionality of Heterodox Economics?’, 2023 Annual Conference of the Association of Heterodox Economics, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK, 28-30 June.
. (2023), ‘Judging the progress of Heterodox Economics’, Workshop in History and Methodology Series, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannersburg, South Africa, 27 April (online).
. (2023), ‘Heterodox Economics: Legacy and Prospects’, Critical Realist Workshop, University of Cambridge, UK, 27 February (online)
. (2022), ‘Energy, the environment and accumulation’, Keynote Address, 2022 International Conference ‘The history of Régulation Theory and its contributions to the analysis of global capitalism and its recent crises’, 8-9 September, Panthéon Sorbonne, Paris, France.
. (2021), Panel Member, Roundtable on Empirical Methods in Institutional Economics, 42nd Annual Conferences of the Association for Institutional Thought, Moderator: Barbara Hopkins, 12-25 April 2021, online.
· (2019), ‘Judging heterodox economics: A response to Hodgson’s claims’, EPOG Erasmus Mundus Masters Program Seminar Series, Université Paris 7 – Diderot, Paris, France, 8 January.
· (2018), ‘New forms of solar provisioning needed to advance energy justice for lower income households’, Asia-Pacific Solar Research Conference, UNSW, Sydney, 4-6 December.
· (2018), ‘Energy justice: Beyond fuel poverty to addressing power relations, inequities and disadvantage in energy systems’, Birmingham City University Business School Research Seminar Program, Birmingham, UK, 21 November
· (2018), ‘Explaining capitalism:Régulation theory and its Marxist foundations’, Second World Congress on Marxism, University of Peking, Beijing, China, 5-6 May.
· (2017), ‘An Exit Strategy from Capitalism’s Ecological Crisis’, Invited plenary speaker, Association for Heterodox Economics Conference, University of Manchester, United Kingdom, 10-12 July.
· (2017), ‘Re-conceptualising institutions using the empirical lens of electricity sectors and markets’, Geographies of Markets Workshop, Karl Polanyi Institute, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada, 15-17 June.
· (2017), ‘Can capitalism be reformed?’, NSW Greens Public Conference, Sydney, Australia, 25 March.
· (2016), ‘The state of Australian heterodox economics and prospects’, Governing Economics: Institutional Changes, New Frontiers and the State of Pluralism, Conference organised by CRIISEA (Université de Picardie, Amiens) and IRISSO (Dauphine Université Paris), Amiens, France 7-8 December.
· (2016), ‘An Exit Strategy from Capitalism’s Ecological Crisis’, Political Economy Seminar, Université Paris 13 – UFR de Sciences Économiques, Paris, France, 6 December.
· (2015), ‘The conjunction of the ecological, energy and economic crises’, First World Congress on Marxism (successor to triennial Congrès Marx International, University of Peking, Beijing, China, 10 October.
· (2015), ‘Extending or fusing Regulation theory to analyse contemporary industrial sectors? Insights from the financialisation of electricity sectors’, Séminaire Régulation Sectorielle et Territoriale, Université Paris Diderot, France, 23 September.
· (2015), ‘The New Utility Business Model’, Energy in WA Conference, Perth, Australia, 26-27 August.
· (2015), ‘Energy hardship’, Annual Conference of the South Australian Council of Social Services, Adelaide, 29 April.
· (2015), ‘Addressing peak demand: The opportunities and risks for low income and vulnerable consumers’, Downstream 2015 Conference, Auckland, New Zealand, 4 March.
· (2013), Discussant, ‘Authors meet Critics’ panel, 2013 Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics Conference (Milan, Italy) to discuss the book Network Industries and Social Welfare: The Experiment that Reshuffled European Utilities.
· (2013), ‘The impact on low-income households of rising energy prices’, Power Pricing Conference, Sydney, 23 May.
Selected Other Presentations
.2023 (with Robert McMaster). ‘Understanding social stratification: The case of energy injustice’, Association of Social Economics (ASE) Annual Meeting, AEA/ASSA Annual Conference, 6-8 January, New Orleans, US.
.2023‘Energy (in)justice: How can it be addressed?’, Association for Evolutionary Economics (AFEE) Annual Meeting, AEA/ASSA Annual Conference, 6-8 January, New Orleans, US (online).
.2022 ‘Explaining contemporary sectoral dynamics’, 34th annual conference of the European Association for Evolutionary Political Economy, 7-9 September, Naples, Italy.
·2021 ‘The conjunction of cumulative events, (in)actions and institutions causing and exacerbating recent bushfires and the aftermath’, Sydney Environment Institute, Living with Bushfire Seminar Series, University of Sydney, 16 June.
· 2021 (with Amanda Elliot), ‘Solar solutions to address energy injustice for low-income renters: A work-in-progress’, Sydney Environment Institute: Renewable Energy in the Pacific Research Symposium, 8-9 September 2021.
· 2021 Panel Member, Roundtable on Empirical Methods in Institutional Economics, 42ndAnnual Conferences of the Association for Institutional Thought, Moderator: Barbara Hopkins, 12-25 April 2021, online.
· 2021 ‘The current state of Heterodoxy’, Inaugural Roundtable to launch the Association of Heterodox Economics 2021 Webinar series ‘Heterodox Economics goes Global’, 24 February 2021, online.
· (2021), ‘Can Régulation Theory Inform Institutional Analyses of Contemporary Social Provisioning?’, Association for Evolutionary Economics (AFEE) Annual Meeting, AEA/ASSA Annual Conference, 2-5 January 2021, online.
· (2021), Invited Panel Member, ‘Diversity in Heterodox Economics: Radical Solutions for an Old Problem’, Union for Radical Political Economics (URPE) Annual Meeting, AEA/ASSA Annual Conference, 2-5 January 2021, online.
· (2021) (with Robert McMaster & Amanda Elliot), ‘Meta-injustice and stratification: The case of energy’, Association of Social Economics (ASE) Annual Meeting, AEA/ASSA Annual Conference, 2-5 January 2021, online.
· (2020), ‘Rethinking Strategies to Support Heterodox Economics’, ICAPE Annual Conference, University of San Diego, California, 5-6 January 2020.
· (2020), ‘Pluralism, Interdisciplinarity and Institutional Economics’, Association for Evolutionary Economics (AFEE) Annual Meeting, AEA/ASSA Annual Conference, San Diego, California, 3-6 January 2020.
· (2020), ‘Energy and social reality: Can social ontology provide insight?’, Union for Radical Political Economics (URPE) Annual Meeting, AEA/ASSA Annual Conference, San Diego, California, 3-6 January 2020.
· (2020) (with Robert McMaster & Amanda Elliot), ‘Energy injustice: A problem of socio-economic stratification’, Association for Social Economics (ASE) Annual Meeting, AEA/ASSA Annual Conference, San Diego, California, 3-6 January 2020.
· (2019), ‘Heterodoxy practising economics as a social science discipline using pluralism and interdisciplinarity’, 31stannual conference of the European Association for Evolutionary Political Economy, 12-15 September 2019, Warsaw, Poland.
· (2019) (with Andy Cumbers, Robert McMaster & Amanda Elliot), ‘Can economic democracy advance energy justice?’, 31stannual conference of the European Association for Evolutionary Political Economy, 12-15 September 2019, Warsaw, Poland.
·(2018), ‘Energy as a constituent of social reality: Can social ontology offer insight?’, Cambridge Critical Realist Workshop, University of Cambridge, UK, 26 November.
In the media
- (2016), ‘Xenophon and Katter’s concerns over Ausgrid sale ring hollow’, 21 July, Available at: https://theconversation.com/xenophon-and-katters-concerns-over-ausgrid-sale-ring-hollow-62780
- (2015), ‘Electricity privatisation: Has the NSW golden goose been plucked?’, 24 March, Available at: https://theconversation.com/electricity-privatisation-has-the-nsw-golden-goose-been-plucked-39166
- (2015), ‘Myths, not facts, muddy the electricity privatisation debate, The Conversation, 18 March, Available at: https://theconversation.com/myths-not-facts-muddy-the-electricity-privatisation-debate-38524
- (2012), ‘The PM’s electricity plan: It’s a Band-aid not a cure, The Conversation, 7 December, Available at: http://theconversation.edu.au/the-pms-electricity-plan-its-a-band-aid-not-a-cure-11182
- (2012), ‘Explainer: what is peak power and how does it affect prices?’, The Conversation, 8 November, Available at: https://theconversation.edu.au/explainer-what-is-peak-power-and-how-does-it-affect-prices-10222
- (2012), ‘Electricity and the power of choice – for whom?’, The Conversation, 25 September, Available at: http://theconversation.edu.au/electricity-and-the-power-of-choice-for-whom-9578
- (2012) (co-authored with Alan Morris), ‘Housing stress and energy poverty – a deadly combination?’, The Conversation, 20 September, Available at: http://theconversation.edu.au/housing-stress-and-energy-poverty-a-deadly-mix-9484
- (2012), Submission to the Senate Select Committee on Electricity Prices, 14 September, Available at: http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate_Committees?url=electricityprices_ctte/electricityprices/submissions.htm
