Kari Dahlgren

Research Fellow, Department of Human Centred Computing Kari.Dahlgren@monash.edu

Biography

Dr Kari Dahlgren is a Research Fellow in the Emerging Technologies Research Lab. Kari is a social anthropologist and ethnographer interested in the social and ethical aspects of energy production and consumption in Australia.

articles

Reimagining the future education ecosystem

Education policymakers, businesses and the IT industry are all having their say about what AI in education might look like in the future, but one voice is missing from all these prognostications – the students who it will impact.

Education

Exterior of a modern house with a pool at twilight

Future home havens: Australians likely to use more energy to stay in and save money

A four-year study of households has shown how the increasing focus on our homes as sites of work, rest and play can increase energy use despite soaring prices.

Technology

Close up shot of an air purification button.

Calculating the cost of cleaning the air that we breathe at home

The use of air purifiers is on the rise, but the energy sector is yet to consider what the uptake might mean for household energy use and our decarbonisation goals.

Technology and engineering

Coronavirus and the coalface

COVID-19 raises new challenges for remote mining communities already compromised by fly-in-fly-out workers.

Technology