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Overview
 I am a contract researcher and lecturer employed by the Schools of Geography and
Planning, and Welsh School of Architecture, at Cardiff University since 2010.
 My expertise, developed in collaboration and as a PhD student, is about facilitating
sustainability transitions in waste and renewable energy via infrastructure planning.
 My interests include the governance of energy, waste and resources (‘circular economy’);
critiquing neoliberal environmental governance; and improving public engagement.
 Previously, I spent 18 years in the media as a factual/educational programme maker and
investigative journalist. I have also worked for Public Health Wales.

Key Publications (see Appendix for all publications)

Selected Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
• Hacking, N. Flynn, A. (2018), Protesting against neoliberal & illiberal governmentalities: A
comparative analysis of waste governance in the UK & China, Political Geography, 63, 31-
42 [impact factor 3.495] doi
• Hacking, N. Flynn, A. (2017), Networks, power & knowledge in the planning system: a
case study of energy from waste, Progress in Planning, 113, 1-37 [3.813] doi
• Hacking, N. Flynn, A. (2014) Networks, protest and regulatory systems: the case of
Energy from Waste, Local Environment, 19(3), 334-355 [1.928] doi
• Chadderton, C. Elliott, E. Hacking, N. Shepherd, M. Williams, G. (2013) Health impact
assessment in the UK planning system: the possibilities and limits of community
engagement, Health Promotion International, 28(4), 533-543 [1.866] doi

Journal Articles Submitted for Peer Review

• Hacking, N. McDowall, W. Pearson, P. The evolution of the UK hydrogen fuel cell
technological innovation system, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy [4.229]
• Flynn, A. Hacking, N. Setting Standards for a Circular Economy: A Challenge Too Far for
Neoliberal Environmental Governance?, Journal of Cleaner Production [5.651]
• Flynn, A. Hacking, N. Standardising the Ecological Footprint? Limits to innovations in
environmental governance, Regulation and Governance [2.898]

Journal Articles in Preparation for Peer Review

• Hacking, N. Ehret, O. Pearson, P. The evolution of the German hydrogen fuel cell
technological innovation system. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy [4.229]
(from thesis – submit Sep 2018)
• Hacking, N. Flynn, A. Critical Challenges to Theorising Public Engagement with the
Design and Deployment of Hybrid Forums, Science, Technology & Human Values, [2.941]
(from EASST Conference Paper – submit Sep 2018)
• Hacking, N. Flynn, A. Standards, Scales and the Circular Economy, Journal of Industrial
Ecology [4.356] (from RGS-IBG Conference Paper – submit Nov 2018)
• Frank, A. Flynn, A. Hacking, N., Green Infrastructure: a meta-analysis of competing social
constructions with a new agenda for research, Landscape and Urban Planning [4.994]
(from existing research – re-submit Jan 2018)

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• Cowell, R. A. Flynn, A. Hacking, N., The comparative impacts of Brexit on waste
governance in England and Wales, Environment and Planning A [impact 1.389] (from
existing research - submit Mar 2019)

Commissioned Book Chapter

• Hacking, N. Waste and Management of Environmental Resources, in Companion to
Environmental Planning and Sustainability, (Eds. Davoudi, S. Blanco, H. Cowell, R. White,
I.), Routledge: Abingdon, Agreed submission date: 30 Sep 2018

Book Proposal in Preparation

• Hacking, N., Critical Challenges to Neoliberal Environmental Governance: Comparative
Case Studies of Urban and Rural Waste and Resources Infrastructure Provision, Bristol:
Bristol University Press, Co-Author: Dr Andrew Flynn. Commissioning Editor: Sarah Bird.
Target submission date: 30 Jun 2019

Academic Employment
2016-18 – Contract Research/Lecturing, School of Geography & Planning, Cardiff Uni
1. ESRC: UK Environmental Governance Post-Brexit: What Will Happen to Waste?
 Partner: Chartered Institute of Wastes Management (CIWM). PI: Prof Richard Cowell.
 Undertook 16 interviews, a workshop event & an industry focus group in Westminster.
 Analysed contested narratives around the EU’s proposed Circular Economy package
 Highlights importance of geography to Brexit & political economy of waste management.
2. ESRC: SPARK / Panalpina Challenge on the Circular Economy
 Professional partner: Panalpina Group (supply chain logistics); PI: Dr Andrew Flynn.
 Undertook 16 interviews & analysis of trends in supply chains in terms of standards.
3. Green Infrastructure (GI) research: examining shifting contextual meanings of GI.
 Working with Dr Andrew Flynn & Dr Andrea Frank - submitting two journal articles.

2013 - Research Assistant, School of Planning and Geography, Cardiff University

EC DG5: socio-economic research - agricultural transition. PI: Prof Mara Miele.
 Analysis of national compliance with EC governance on animal welfare rules (EUWelNet).
 Worked with colleagues in 12 EU countries; 14 qualitative interviews & country data.

2010-13 – Research Assistant, Low Carbon Research Institute, Cardiff University

EPSRC: socio-technical research –hydrogen energy transition. PI: Prof Malcolm Eames.
 Case studies and policy analysis of low carbon innovation with hydrogen fuel cells.

2009-10 – Development Officer, WHIA Support Unit (Public Health Wales)/Cardiff Uni
Action research: with Dr Eva Elliott & Prof Gareth Williams from Social Sciences (SOCSI)
 Using health impact assessment to examine the siting an incineration plant in Cardiff.
 Research included ethnically-diverse and hard-to-reach participants from Splott in Cardiff.
 Results draw on focus group data, fourteen interviews, and participant observation.

Research Bids
2018 - ESRC Governance after Brexit Phase 1 Larger Grants (pending) (£734,342)
 Project: Governing Materials on the Move: challenges & opportunities in a post-Brexit UK
 Named Research Associate. PI: Dr Andrew Flynn, Co-I: Prof Richard Cowell.
 Tracing governance changes and assessing their effects on the mobility of waste and
resources in terms of the implications for sustainability.

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2017 - ESRC SPARK/Panalpina Challenge Fund (successful) (£5,000)
 Project: SPARK/Panalpina Challenge on the circular economy
 Named Research Associate. PI: Dr. Andrew Flynn; Partner: Panalpina Group.

2017 - ESRC Brexit/Cardiff University Accelerator Fund (successful) (£9,000)

 Project: UK Environmental Governance Post-Brexit: what will happen to waste?
 Named Research Associate. PI: Prof. Richard Cowell; Co-I: Dr. Andrew Flynn.

I have also pursued several unsuccessful bids – some collaborative - with other funders:

2018 - ESRC GCRF New Models of Sustainable Development (£582,209)

 Project: Waste and the Megacity of Jakarta: critical voices on the circular economy
2017 - Leverhulme Trust Research Project Grant (Fellowship) (£300,000)
 Project: Crisis in Environmental Governance: Explaining UK & Chinese Citizen Science.
2016 - ESRC Future Research Leaders Scheme (Fellowship) (£300,000)
 Project: UK-China Study into Sustainability of Waste Governance via Energy-from-Waste
2013 - EPSRC Supergen Hydrogen Fuel Cells Challenge (£900,000)
 Project: Socio-technical and socio-economic approaches to hydrogen-powered mobility.

Selected Teaching 2017-8

My teaching, begun in 2009, is research led and explores new research areas and methods.

 MSc Students, School of Geography and Planning, Cardiff University

- Governance of Eco-city Development – weekly triple lectures (21 hours)
- Spring term, 2018 - Module Leader: Dr Nick Hacking
 2nd Year BSc Students, School of Geography and Planning, Cardiff University
- Environmental Management – 3 x double lectures (6 hours)
- Spring term, 2018 - Module Leader: Dr Kersty Hobson
 1st Year BSc Students, School of Geography and Planning, Cardiff University
- Environmental Policy – 2 x double lectures (4 hours)
- Autumn term, 2017 - Module Leader: Prof Richard Cowell
 1st Year BSc Students, School of Geography and Planning, Cardiff University
- Introducing Research Methods (GIS) – weekly teaching support
- Spring term, 2017 - Module Leader: Dr Scott Orford
 MSc Students, School of Geography and Planning, Cardiff University
- Methods Design – 2 x double lecture (2 hours each) – Quantitative & Mixed Methods
- Spring term, 2017 - Module Leader: Dr Francesca Sartorio

Academic Qualifications
PhD, Sustainability (2017)
 Low Carbon Research Institute / Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff University
 Title: A Comparative UK-German Study of Hydrogen Fuel Cell Innovative Activity
 Supervisors: Prof Malcolm Eames / Prof Peter Pearson / Dr Andrew Flynn
 Examiners: Dr Anne-Marie Coles / Dr Paul Nieuwenhuis
MSc, Sustainability, Planning and Environmental Policy (2010) (distinction)
 School of Planning and Geography, Cardiff University
 Title: 'No one came out of this smelling like roses'; Planning for Health Risk Perceptions -
A Waste Incineration Case Study
 Supervisor: Dr Andrew Flynn.

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BA (Hons), Geography (1990) (2i)
 Geography Department, University of Manchester

Affiliations
• Member - Circular Economy Research and Innovation Group (CERIG) (Welsh Government
/ Wales Regional Centre of Expertise)
• Reviewer: Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning (JEPP), Environmental
Innovations and Societal Transitions (EIST), Futures
• Member - European Association for the Study of Science and Technology (EASST)
• Member - Sustainability Transitions Research Network (STRN)
• Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (AFHEA)

Prior Employment
Media production provided an understanding of how to engage non-academic audiences.

2008–2009 - Part-time Consultant, School of Planning & Geography, Cardiff Uni

 Outreach video production covering a sustainability transition in agriculture (Dr M. Miele).

1990–2008 – Factual Television Programme Producer/Director/Researcher

 Science communication, education, journalistic and media production roles.
 Sustainability issues: BBC Adult Education, BBC Schools, BBC Wales & Open University.
 Investigative journalism (ITV Wales): biomass energy & hazardous exposures (TNT,
chemical weapons & radiation).

Referees
• Dr Andrew Flynn, School of Planning & Geography, Cardiff Uni, FlynnAC@Cardiff.ac.uk
• Prof Peter Pearson, Imperial College/Cardiff Uni, P.J.Pearson@Imperial.ac.uk

Appendix

Other Peer-reviewed Journal Articles

• Dalton, G. Alan, G. Beaumont, N. Georgakaki, A. Hacking, N. Hooper, T. Kerr, S.
O’Hagan, A-M. Reilly, K. Ricci, P. Sheng, W. Stallard, T. (2016) Integrated methodologies
of economics & socio-economics assessments in Ocean Renewable Energy: private &
public perspectives, International Journal of Marine Energy, 15, 191-200 [3.230] doi
• Dalton, G. Alan, G. Beaumont, N. Georgakaki, A. Hacking, N. Hooper, T. Kerr, S.,
O’Hagan, A-M. Reilly, K. Ricci, P. Sheng, W. Stallard, T. (2015) Economic & socio-
economic assessment methods for ocean renewable energy: Public & private perspectives,
Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 45, 850-878 [9.184] doi
• Baxter, J. Hacking, N. (2015) Expert hydrogen perspectives for technological innovation: a
Q-method study, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 40(8), 3111-3121 [4.229] doi
• Hacking, N. (2013) Reflecting on regional energy transitions: finding pathways to future
hydrogen infrastructure in South Wales, Materials Architecture Design Environment
(MADE), Special Conference Issue, October, 78-9, orca

Technical Reports
• Cowell, R. Flynn, A. Hacking, N. (2017), Briefing Note - UK Environmental Governance
Post-Brexit: Future Scenarios for Wastes Management Policy, Cardiff: Cardiff University,
orca, Audience: Stakeholders in UK thee governance of UK waste & resources

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• Bock, B. Hacking, N. Miele, M. (2014), Technical Livestock Report: Report on the main
problem areas & their sensitivity to be addressed by knowledge transfer…, Brussels: EC,
orca, Audience: EC internal (DG Sanco)
• Hacking, N. (2013), Models of innovation, their policy implications and hydrogen and fuel
cells (HFCs) literature: a review, Cardiff: Welsh School of Architecture, orca, Audience:
Innovation Studies academics
• Greenup, R. Powell, E. Hacking, N. (2010), Interim Report of the Health Impact
Assessment of the Waste Incineration Development Planned in Trident Park, Splott, by
Viridor Ltd., Cardiff: Cardiff Communities First/Public Health Wales/Welsh Health Impact
Assessment Support Unit, orca, Audience: Cardiff Planning Department/Splott Community

Selected Conference Papers and Presentations

• Hacking, N. & Flynn, A. (Aug, 2018), Standards, Scales and the Circular Economy, RGS-
IBG Conference, Cardiff University, Presentation, Audience: geography academics
• Hacking, N. & Flynn, A. (Jul, 2018), Critical Challenges to Theorising Public Engagement
with the Design and Deployment of Hybrid Forums: Empirical Evidence from Biomass and
Waste-to-Energy Contestation in England and Wales, EASST Conference (Lancaster
University), Presentation, Audience: STS academics
• Hacking, N. & Flynn, A. (Sep, 2016), The Limits to Governmentality: A Comparative UK-
China Study of Energy-from-Waste, Joint UK-Ireland Planning Conference (Cardiff &
Queens Universities), Paper and Presentation, Cardiff University, Audience: geography
and planning academics
• Hacking, N. & Eames, M. (Mar, 2013), Supporting National Hydrogen and Fuel Cell
Innovation Systems: Germany and the UK Compared, Supergen XIV Delivery of
Sustainable Hydrogen Project, Final Public Presentation/Breakfast Meeting, City Hall,
London. Audience: Stakeholders in hydrogen energy innovation / DECC
• Hacking, N. & Flynn, A. (Sep, 2012a), Networks, Power and Environmental Planning,
Planet Europe Conference Presentation, Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands,
Audience: Academic planners
• Hacking, N. & Flynn, A. (Sep, 2012b), Networks, Power and Environmental Planning,
Environment Group Presentation, CPLAN, Cardiff University, Audience: Geographers and
academic planners
• Hacking, N. & Eames, M. (Aug, 2012), Pushing the Boundaries: Advocating Space and
Place in Innovation Studies, Conference Paper and Presentation, 3rd International
Conference on Sustainability Transitions (IST2012), Copenhagen, Audience: Innovation
Studies academics
• Hacking, N. & Eames, M. (Sep, 2011), Forks in the Road: Contrasting Transition Pathways
in the Delivery of Sustainable Hydrogen, World Hydrogen Technologies Convention
(WHTC), Conference Paper and Presentation, Glasgow, Audience: Hydrogen academics
• Hacking, N. Elliott, E. Williams, G. (2010), Presentation to Department of Health on the
use of Health Impact Assessment in the Planning System of England and Wales, Cardiff:
Welsh Health Impact Assessment Support Unit, Audience: Department of Health internal
• Hacking, N. (2010), Presentation on Health Impact Assessment to the Royal Town
Planning Institute Cymru Annual Conference, Cardiff: Welsh Health Impact Assessment
Support Unit, Audience: Academic and practicing planners