Jennifer's research focuses on the intersection between policy, social and technology solutions for system transitions including decarbonisation and circular economy.
In addition to traditional research, Jennifer leads two programs within the Centre for Policy Futures – the Policy Impact Program (PIP) and the Policy Engagement Program (PEP). The PIP is a collaboration between UQ and the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust which curates a selection of the best ideas from Churchill Fellows that have the potential to guide best-practice policy reform in Australia. Its flagship piece is the Policy Futures: A Reform Agenda publication. Through the PEP, experts on a policy-priority topics are engaged in roundtable discussions to guide the development of the Centre’s Policy Futures Think Piece series - designed to unpack complex topics for policy makers.
Jennifer is currently collaborating on projects including organics recycling innovations and carbon market opportunities in north Queensland; policy protections and social safeguards for critical minerals development; and a comparative analysis of state-based circular economy policies.
Jennifer is an environmental scientist by training with expertise in environmental microbiology, plant science and phycology, photosynthesis, mathematical modelling and systems modelling. Interests include sustainable food systems, carbon sequestration, environmental markets, renewable energy, bioeconomy, circular business models and UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Journal Article: Circular economy 4 business: a program and framework for small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs) with three case studies
Maher, Ray, Yarnold, Jennifer and Pushpamali, N. N. C. (2023). Circular economy 4 business: a program and framework for small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs) with three case studies. Journal of Cleaner Production, 412 137114, 137114. doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.137114
Other Outputs: Policy futures: a reform agenda
Yarnold, Jennifer , Brown, Prue, Fidelman, Pedro , Guster, Kirsty , Davey, Adam and Cain, Tracey (2022). Policy futures: a reform agenda. Brisbane, Australia: The University of Queensland.
Other Outputs: Systems & design thinking: online module as part of the Internet Society’s Mid-Career Fellowship
Maher, Ray, Fish, Allison and Yarnold, Jennifer (2022). Systems & design thinking: online module as part of the Internet Society’s Mid-Career Fellowship. Geneva, Switzerland: The Internet Society.
Decarbonisation Strategic Technology Roadmap
(2023–2024) KPMG
(2023) UQ Knowledge Exchange & Translation Fund
CCIQ EcoBiz Circular Economy Pilot Study
(2020–2021) Chamber of Commerce & Industry Queensland
(2020) Doctor Philosophy
Uncertainty: risk, technology and the future
Yarnold, Jennifer, Maher, Ray, Hussey, Karen and Dovers, Stephen (2022). Uncertainty: risk, technology and the future. Routledge handbook of global environmental politics. (pp. 253-268) edited by Paul G. Harris. London, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003008873-23
Maher, Ray, Yarnold, Jennifer and Pushpamali, N. N. C. (2023). Circular economy 4 business: a program and framework for small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs) with three case studies. Journal of Cleaner Production, 412 137114, 137114. doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.137114
Easton, Marleen, De Paepe, Jasper, Evans, Phoebe, Head, Brian W. and Yarnold, Jennifer (2022). Embedding expertise for policy responses to COVID-19: comparing decision-making structures in two federal democracies. Public Organization Review, 22 (2), 309-326. doi: 10.1007/s11115-022-00629-6
Weder, Franzisca, Yarnold, Jennifer, Mertl, Stefanie, Hübner, Renate, Elmenreich, Wilfried and Sposato, Robert (2022). Social learning of sustainability in a pandemic—changes to sustainability understandings, attitudes, and behaviors during the global pandemic in a higher education setting. Sustainability, 14 (6) 3416, 3416. doi: 10.3390/su14063416
Roles, John, Yarnold, Jennifer, Hussey, Karen and Hankamer, Ben (2021). Techno-economic evaluation of microalgae high-density liquid fuel production at 12 international locations. Biotechnology for Biofuels, 14 (1) 133, 1-19. doi: 10.1186/s13068-021-01972-4
Anyshchenko, Artem and Yarnold, Jennifer (2020). From ‘mad cow’ crisis to synthetic biology: challenges to EU regulation of GMOs beyond the European context. International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics, 21 (3), 1-14. doi: 10.1007/s10784-020-09516-1
Light guide systems enhance microalgae production efficiency in outdoor high rate ponds
Sivakaminathan, Shwetha, Wolf, Juliane, Yarnold, Jennifer, Roles, John, Ross, Ian L., Stephens, Evan, Henderson, Garry and Hankamer, Ben (2020). Light guide systems enhance microalgae production efficiency in outdoor high rate ponds. Algal Research, 47 101846, 101846. doi: 10.1016/j.algal.2020.101846
Charting a development path to deliver cost competitive microalgae-based fuels
Roles, John, Yarnold, Jennifer, Wolf, Juliane, Stephens, Evan, Hussey, Karen and Hankamer, Ben (2020). Charting a development path to deliver cost competitive microalgae-based fuels. Algal Research, 45 101721, 101721. doi: 10.1016/j.algal.2019.101721
Huang, Jianke, Hankamer, Ben and Yarnold, Jennifer (2019). Design scenarios of outdoor arrayed cylindrical photobioreactors for microalgae cultivation considering solar radiation and temperature. Algal Research, 41 101515, 101515. doi: 10.1016/j.algal.2019.101515
Microalgal aquafeeds as part of a circular bioeconomy
Yarnold, Jennifer, Karan, Hakan, Oey, Melanie and Hankamer, Ben (2019). Microalgal aquafeeds as part of a circular bioeconomy. Trends in Plant Science, 24 (10), 959-970. doi: 10.1016/j.tplants.2019.06.005
High-throughput optimisation of light-driven microalgae biotechnologies
Sivakaminathan, Shwetha, Hankamer, Ben, Wolf, Juliane and Yarnold, Jennifer (2018). High-throughput optimisation of light-driven microalgae biotechnologies. Scientific Reports, 8 (1) 11687, 11687. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-29954-x
Multifactorial comparison of photobioreactor geometries in parallel microalgae cultivations
Wolf, J., Stephens, E., Steinbusch, S., Yarnold, J., Ross, I. L., Steinweg, C., Doebbe, A., Krolovitsch, C., Muller, S., Jakob, G., Kruse, O., Posten, C. and Hankamer, B. (2016). Multifactorial comparison of photobioreactor geometries in parallel microalgae cultivations. Algal Research, 15, 187-201. doi: 10.1016/j.algal.2016.02.018
Yarnold, Jennifer, Ross, Ian L. and Hankamer, Ben (2016). Photoacclimation and productivity of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii grown in fluctuating light regimes which simulate outdoor algal culture conditions. Algal Research: biology, biomass and biofuels, 13, 182-194. doi: 10.1016/j.algal.2015.11.001
Yarnold, Jennifer E., Hamilton, Brett R., Welsh, David T., Pool, Gertruida F., Venter, Deon J. and Carroll, Anthony R. (2012). High resolution spatial mapping of brominated pyrrole-2-aminoimidazole alkaloids distributions in the marine sponge Stylissa flabellata via MALDI-mass spectrometry imaging. Molecular BioSystems, 8 (9), 2249-2259. doi: 10.1039/C2MB25152C
Policy futures: a reform agenda
Yarnold, Jennifer , Brown, Prue, Fidelman, Pedro , Guster, Kirsty , Davey, Adam and Cain, Tracey (2022). Policy futures: a reform agenda. Brisbane, Australia: The University of Queensland.
Systems & design thinking: online module as part of the Internet Society’s Mid-Career Fellowship
Maher, Ray, Fish, Allison and Yarnold, Jennifer (2022). Systems & design thinking: online module as part of the Internet Society’s Mid-Career Fellowship. Geneva, Switzerland: The Internet Society.
Decarbonising Queensland: Four pillars toward a resilient and inclusive low-carbon economy
Yarnold, Jennifer , Marston, Greg , Mackey, Brendan , McVeigh, John , Rolfe, John , Dale, Allan , Babacan, Hurriyet , Lyons, Ben , Deane, Felicity , Molyneaux, Lynette , Plint, Neville , Newlands, Maxine , Keenan-Jones, Duncan , Quiggin, John , Lovelock, Catherine , Birch, Jacob , Ashford, Graham , Maguire, Rowena , Butler, Don and Doran-Browne, Natalie (2022). Decarbonising Queensland: Four pillars toward a resilient and inclusive low-carbon economy. Policy Futures Brisbane, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland.
Circular Economy 4 Business (CE4B) pilot program: Final Report
Ray Maher, Jennifer Yarnold and Chamari Pushpamali Narayana Naidelage (2022). Circular Economy 4 Business (CE4B) pilot program: Final Report. Brisbane: Chamber of Commerce and Industry Queensland.
Ray Maher and Jennifer Yarnold (2021). CCIQ ecoBiz Circular Economy Program: Building Skills Tools and Knowledge for Circular Leadership. Phase 2 – Program Design. Brisbane: Chamber of Commerce and Industry Queensland.
The future of sustainability solutions
Franco, Isabel B., Fidelman, Pedro, Maher, Ray, Ritchie, Brent, Yarnold, Jennifer, Derbyshire, Ellen, Foster, Rose and Ulhmann, Kora (2021). The future of sustainability solutions. Conversation Series Brisbane, Australia: The University of Queensland.
Policy Futures: A reform agenda
Yarnold, Jennifer, Hussey, Karen , Davey, Adam and Guster, Kirsty (2021). Policy Futures: A reform agenda. Policy Futures Brisbane, Australia: The University of Queensland.
CCIQ EcoBiz Circular Economy Program: Phase 1 – Review of Existing Programs
Jennifer Yarnold and Ray Maher (2019). CCIQ EcoBiz Circular Economy Program: Phase 1 – Review of Existing Programs. Brisbane: Chamber of Commerce and Industry Queensland.
The Pacific Community Futures Project: Ensuring SPC can meet the challenges of the 21st Century
Hussey, Karen, Brolan, Claire, Hill, Peter, Hine, Damian, Williams, Owain, Stamms, Julia, McEwan, Chris, Yarnold, Jennifer and Hazell, Rachael (2019). The Pacific Community Futures Project: Ensuring SPC can meet the challenges of the 21st Century. Centre for Policy Futures: The University of Queensland.
Policy futures: regulating the new economy
Hussey, Karen, Yarnold, Jennifer, McEwan, Christopher, Maher, Ray, Henman, Paul, Radke, Amelia, Curtis, Caitlin, Fidelman, Pedro, Vickers, Claudia and Brolan, Claire (2019). Policy futures: regulating the new economy. Policy Futures Brisbane, Australia: The University of Queensland.
Yarnold, Jennifer Elizabeth (2016). Photosynthesis of microalgae in outdoor mass cultures and modelling its effects on biomass productivity for fuels, feeds and chemicals. PhD Thesis, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2016.536
Decarbonisation Strategic Technology Roadmap
(2023–2024) KPMG
(2023) UQ Knowledge Exchange & Translation Fund
CCIQ EcoBiz Circular Economy Pilot Study
(2020–2021) Chamber of Commerce & Industry Queensland
(2020) The Winston Churchill Memorial Trust
CCIQ EcoBiz Circular Economy Program
(2019–2021) Chamber of Commerce & Industry Queensland
Engineering photosynthesis for sustainable food, fuels and chemicals
(2016–2019) John Stocker Postdoctoral Fellowship
(2020) Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
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