Hugo Temby

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Hugo Temby is an interdisciplinary social scientist with research interests in energy social science, development anthropology, and Pacific studies.

His PhD research investigated the social worlds of renewable energy projects in Pacific Island countries, with a view to supporting more inclusive and equitable approaches to project design and delivery. Other research projects have centred the experiences of Australian householders with new energy technologies, and explored the cultural aspects of electric vehicle adoption.

Before joining the Australian National University (ANU), Hugo held leadership positions with ACT’s City and Environment Directorate and the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

He has also lived and worked for more than a decade in the Blue Pacific, in Samoa, Papua New Guinea, and Vanuatu.

Experience

  • 2018–present
    Director, Climate Change and Energy Division, Australian Capital Territory Environment, Planning and Sustainable Development Directorate
  • 2026–present
    Research fellow, Pacific Security College
  • 2021–2026
    PhD candidate, engineering, Australian National University
  • 2020–2021
    Research Manager, Battery Storage and Grid Integration Program, Australian National University
  • 2017–2018
    Assistant Director, Climate Change and Energy Division, Australian Capital Territory Environment, Planning and Sustainable Development Directorate

Education

  • 2026 
    Australian National University, Doctor of Philosophy
  • 2019 
    Australian National University, Master of Applied Anthropology
  • 2007 
    Melbourne University, Bachelor of Music

Publications

  • 2025
    Assembling a new renewables imaginary in Sāmoa, Engineering Studies
  • 2024
    Looking to the future: PhD scholar perspectives on humanitarian engineering research, practice, and paradigm, Journal of Humanitarian Engineering
  • 2022
    Who cares? How care practices uphold the decentralised energy order, Buildings and Cities

Grants and Contracts

  • 2023
    Australia Awards Fellowship
    Role:
    Lead applicant
    Funding Source:
    Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Professional Memberships

  • Australian Anthropological Society
  • Australian Association for Pacific Studies
  • Australasian Science and Technology Studies Network

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