Peta Ashworth brings over twenty years of experience working in a range of senior management and research roles. Peta is currently group leader of the Science into Society Group within CSIRO’s Division of Exploration and Mining. Peta leads a team of social researchers examining stakeholder perceptions to areas of national significance to Australia. Peta’s main research interest is how to deliver information to best effect.
Peta Ashworth has gained an international reputation as a leading researcher in understanding stakeholder perceptions to climate change and low emission energy technologies. This research is critical because although much of the effort to address climate change will be led by industry and government, energy users at the community level will also play a critical role. Therefore, Peta believes it is important to educate and empower them to engage with this issue and work towards environmental sustainability. As part of her work Peta co-authored The CSIRO Home Energy Saving Handbook – How to save energy, save money and reduce your carbon footprint, which has recently been released.