ProfessorLynne Chester

Lynne's energy research ranges across the specificities of the Australian electricity sector, the structure and outcomes of energy markets, household energy affordability, energy (in)justice, the formation of electricity prices, the financialisation of energy sectors, the institutions (including economic regulatory regimes) of energy sectors, the policy responses of governments to energy issues, how energy issues are problematised, energy crises and security of supply, 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, studied solutions to increase the access of low-income renters to access solar energy, investigated the interaction of economic and safety regulatory regimes in the Australian and UK gas sectors, 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.

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, positionality transparency within the social science discipline of economics, and the practices and behaviours that have overlooked the contributions of women to the development of different schools of heterodox economics.