Kari Dahlgren awarded ARC DECRA for Hydrogen Hub Futures
Kari Dahlgren was recently awarded the prestigious ARC DECRA for her project Hydrogen Hub Futures
Hydrogen Hub Futures aims to assist Australia’s developing hydrogen industry deliver its potential decarbonization, economic and social benefits, by critically examining the hydrogen hub model and its impact on regional communities. This project expects to generate new knowledge by being the first ethnographic study of Australia’s emerging hydrogen industry. Expected outcomes of this project include enhanced understanding of the consequences of the hydrogen hub model and its impacts for regional communities, theoretical development in the social sciences of industrial decarbonisation, a documentary film for research dissemination, and policy recommendations for hydrogen development planning that take into account community concerns and desires.
The grant has been funded at $488,475 and will commence in 2025.