Dr Jennifer Yarnold
Casual Research Specialist, Centre for Policy Futures
Senior Research Fellow, CSIRO
Researcher biography
Jennifer's research focuses on the intersection between policy, social and technology solutions for system transitions including decarbonisation and circular economy.
At UQ's Centre for Policy Futures, Jennifer collaborated on projects including organics recycling innovations and carbon market opportunities in North Queensland; policy protections and social safeguards for critical minerals development, and conducted 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.
Book Chapter
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
Journal Articles
Easton, Marleen, Yarnold, Jennifer, Vervaenen, Valerie, De Paepe, Jasper and Head, Brian W. (2024). Expert perspectives on the changing dynamics of policy advisory systems: the COVID-19 crisis and policy learning in Belgium and Australia. Policy and Politics, 52 (1), 67-87. doi: 10.1332/03055736y2023d000000014
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
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
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
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
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
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
Thesis
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
Research Reports
Yarnold, Jennifer, MacDonald, Hamish, Wade, Belinda and Wood, Jamin (2025). Policy pathways to advance Australia’s biomethane sector: learning policy lessons from international jurisdictions. Brisbane, QLD Australia: Future Fuels CRC.
Stambe, Rose-Marie, Yarnold, Jennifer, Marston, Greg and Moss, Jeremy (2024). Community is key to Queensland’s energy future. Brisbane, QLD Australia: The University of Queensland.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Yarnold, Jennifer, Hussey, Karen , Davey, Adam and Guster, Kirsty (2021). Policy Futures: A reform agenda. Policy Futures Brisbane, Australia: The University of Queensland.
Jennifer Yarnold and Ray Maher (2019). CCIQ EcoBiz Circular Economy Program: Phase 1 – Review of Existing Programs. Brisbane: Chamber of Commerce and Industry Queensland.
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. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland.
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.