Dr Jennifer Rudd

Senior Lecturer in Innovation and Engagement, Business

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Research Hub - 204
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Energy Safety Research Institute
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Available For Postgraduate Supervision

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Research Links

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5209-477X

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About

Dr Rudd has a decade of experience working in chemistry and the technical circular economy, developing next generation solar panels and working on hydrogen generation and carbon capture. Using this knowledge, Dr Rudd developed the You and CO2 programme in 2018, seeking to teach young people about climate mitigation. Since then, she has worked on a number of climate change education programmes across the disciplines, age ranges and countries. She has helped train teachers in Nigeria, co-created a programme for Welsh primary school pupils to learn about fast fashion, co-developed a new scale for measuring climate capability and consulted for a range of third sector and educational institutions on climate change education programmes.

Dr Rudd is a member of the Net Zero by 2035 commission, advising Welsh Government on pathways to Net Zero, she has been invited to present her work in the Senedd and at trade events in London.

Dr Rudd has communicated the climate emergency through national talks, radio and printed media and gave a TEDx talk in 2019. She is regularly invited to give talks on climate change mitigation and climate change education and was nominated for two Swansea University awards in 2020.

Areas Of Expertise

Carbon capture, storage and utilisation
Circular economy
Climate change mitigation
Climate change education

Career Highlights

Teaching Interests

MN-3522 Sustainability and Environmental Management

Green issues are becoming increasingly important for business. The course aims to study the drivers and opportunities for businesses to improve their environmental performance. A broad range of environmental management issues are examined, both from the viewpoint of the current status and future development, and these are illustrated using appropriate case histories.

MN-M606 Sustainability and Environmental Management

Green issues are becoming increasingly important for business. This module will introduce you to the key theories and practices that underpin sustainability and environmental management in business. A broad range of environmental management issues are examined, both from the viewpoint of the current status and future development, and these are illustrated using appropriate case histories.

MN-D004 Dissertation

Research Award Highlights

Publications

Research Highlights

Rudd, J., Ross, H., Skains, R., & Horry, R. (2023). Development and Validation of the Climate Capability Scale. Sustainability, 15(15), 11933
https://doi.org/10.3390/su151511933, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa64076
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su151511933
Ross, H., Rudd, J., Skains, R., & Horry, R. (n.d.) Climate change education through the You and CO2 programme: modelling student engagement and teacher delivery during COVID-19. Environmental Education Research, 0, 1-21.
https://doi.org/10.1080/13504622.2023.2216410, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa63497
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13504622.2023.2216410
Rudd, J. (2022). Jennifer A. Rudd. ResearcHER: The Power and Potential of Research Careers for Women (pp. 13-16). Emerald Publishing Limited
https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80382-731-520221003, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa62658
Rudd, J., Lublin, G., Lecue, M., & Kusnierek, J. (2023). Recycling+ – Helping Learners Understand Fast Fashion and How Clothing Choices Can Help Address the Climate Emergency. Journal of Emergent Science, 24, 14-22.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa62657
https://www.ase.org.uk/resources/journal-of-emergent-science/issue-24/recycling-helping-learners-understand-fast-fashion
Skains, R., Rudd, J., Horry, R., & Ross, H. (n.d.) Playing for Change: Teens’ Attitudes Towards Climate Change Action as Expressed Through Interactive Digital Narrative Play. Frontiers in Communication, 6
https://doi.org/10.3389/fcomm.2021.789824, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa60651
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fcomm.2021.789824
Rudd, J. (2022). CO2 but not as you know it. Nature Chemistry, 14(3), 360-360.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41557-022-00904-5, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59626
Khodabakhshi, S., Fulvio, P., Sousaraei, A., Kiani, S., Niu, Y., Palmer, R., Kuo, W., Rudd, J., Barron, A., & Andreoli, E. (2021). Oxidative synthesis of yellow photoluminescent carbon nanoribbons from carbon black. Carbon, 183, 495-503.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2021.07.032, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57324
Askari, S., Ettefaghi, E., Rashidi, A., Seif, A., Rudd, J., Alonso, J., & Khodabakhshi, S. (2021). Ultra-stable nanofluid containing Functionalized-Carbon Dots for heat transfer enhancement in Water/Ethylene glycol systems: Experimental and DFT studies. Energy Reports, 7, 4222-4234.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egyr.2021.07.001, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57426
Glover, K., Rudd, J., Jones, D., Forde, E., Warwick, M., Gannon, B., & Dunnill, C. (2021). The Hydrogen Bike: Communicating the Production and Safety of Green Hydrogen. Frontiers in Communication, 5
https://doi.org/10.3389/fcomm.2020.540635, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57525
Rudd, J., Hernandez Aldave, S., Kazimierska, E., Hamdy, L., Bain, O., Barron, A., & Andreoli, E. (2021). Investigation into the Re-Arrangement of Copper Foams Pre- and Post-CO2 Electrocatalysis. Chemistry, 3(3), 687-703.
https://doi.org/10.3390/chemistry3030048, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57951

All Research

Journal Articles

Rudd, J., Ross, H., Skains, R., & Horry, R. (2023). Development and Validation of the Climate Capability Scale. Sustainability, 15(15), 11933
https://doi.org/10.3390/su151511933, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa64076
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su151511933
Rudd, J., Lublin, G., Lecue, M., & Kusnierek, J. (2023). Recycling+ – Helping Learners Understand Fast Fashion and How Clothing Choices Can Help Address the Climate Emergency. Journal of Emergent Science, 24, 14-22.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa62657
https://www.ase.org.uk/resources/journal-of-emergent-science/issue-24/recycling-helping-learners-understand-fast-fashion
Rudd, J. (2022). CO2 but not as you know it. Nature Chemistry, 14(3), 360-360.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41557-022-00904-5, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59626
Walpole, G., Bacon, E., Beverley, K., Laurentis, C., Renfrew, K., & Rudd, J. (2022). New development: Enhancing regional innovation capabilities through formal public service communities of practice. Public Money and Management, 42(8), 1-4.
https://doi.org/10.1080/09540962.2021.2021658, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59021
Askari, S., Ettefaghi, E., Rashidi, A., Seif, A., Rudd, J., Alonso, J., & Khodabakhshi, S. (2021). Ultra-stable nanofluid containing Functionalized-Carbon Dots for heat transfer enhancement in Water/Ethylene glycol systems: Experimental and DFT studies. Energy Reports, 7, 4222-4234.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egyr.2021.07.001, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57426
Khodabakhshi, S., Fulvio, P., Sousaraei, A., Kiani, S., Niu, Y., Palmer, R., Kuo, W., Rudd, J., Barron, A., & Andreoli, E. (2021). Oxidative synthesis of yellow photoluminescent carbon nanoribbons from carbon black. Carbon, 183, 495-503.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2021.07.032, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57324
Hamdy, L., Goel, C., Rudd, J., Barron, A., & Andreoli, E. (2021). The application of amine-based materials for carbon capture and utilisation: an overarching view. Materials Advances, 2(18), 5843-5880.
https://doi.org/10.1039/d1ma00360g, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57952
Rudd, J., Hernandez Aldave, S., Kazimierska, E., Hamdy, L., Bain, O., Barron, A., & Andreoli, E. (2021). Investigation into the Re-Arrangement of Copper Foams Pre- and Post-CO2 Electrocatalysis. Chemistry, 3(3), 687-703.
https://doi.org/10.3390/chemistry3030048, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57951
Rudd, J. (2021). From Climate Change Ignorant to Climate Change Educator. Chemistry – A European Journal, 27(20), 6107-6111.
https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202004414, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56471
Glover, K., Rudd, J., Jones, D., Forde, E., Warwick, M., Gannon, B., & Dunnill, C. (2021). The Hydrogen Bike: Communicating the Production and Safety of Green Hydrogen. Frontiers in Communication, 5
https://doi.org/10.3389/fcomm.2020.540635, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57525
Khodabakhshi, S., Taddei, M., Rudd, J., McPherson, M., Niu, Y., Palmer, R., Barron, A., & Andreoli, E. (2021). Interplay between oxygen doping and ultra-microporosity improves the CO2/N2 separation performance of carbons derived from aromatic polycarboxylates. Carbon, 173, 989-1002.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2020.11.080, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa55810
Ross, H., Rudd, J., Skains, R., & Horry, R. (2021). How Big Is My Carbon Footprint? Understanding Young People’s Engagement with Climate Change Education. Sustainability, 13(4), 1961
https://doi.org/10.3390/su13041961, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56350
Rudd, J., Horry, R., & Skains, R. (2020). You and CO2: a Public Engagement Study to Engage Secondary School Students with the Issue of Climate Change. Journal of Science Education and Technology, 29(2), 230-241.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10956-019-09808-5, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa53122
Rudd, J., Jones, D., Dunnill, C., Andreoli, E., & Dunnill, C. (2019). Study of copper(II) oxide and copper(II) acetate on multiwalled carbon nanotubes by XPS. Surface Science Spectra, 26(1), 014013
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.5091615, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50151
Rudd, J., Gowenlock, C., Gomez, V., Kazimierska, E., Al-Enizi, A., Andreoli, E., & Barron, A. (2019). Solvent-free microwave-assisted synthesis of tenorite nanoparticle-decorated multi-walled carbon nanotubes. Journal of Materials Science & Technology, 35(6), 1121-1127.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmst.2019.01.002, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa48309
Ahn, S., Klyukin, K., Wakeham, R., Rudd, J., Lewis, A., Alexander, S., Carla, F., Alexandrov, V., & Andreoli, E. (2018). Poly-Amide Modified Copper Foam Electrodes for Enhanced Electrochemical Reduction of Carbon Dioxide. ACS Catalysis, 8(5), 4132-4142.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.7b04347, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa39347
Rudd, J., Brennaman, M., Michaux, K., Ashford, D., Murray, R., & Meyer, T. (2016). Synthesis, Electrochemistry, and Excited-State Properties of Three Ru(II) Quaterpyridine Complexes. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 120(11), 1845-1852.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpca.6b00317, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa38733
http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84962184461&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Sheridan, M., Sherman, B., Marquard, S., Fang, Z., Ashford, D., Wee, K., Gold, A., Alibabaei, L., Rudd, J., Coggins, M., Meyer, T., & Rudd, J. (2015). Electron Transfer Mediator Effects in Water Oxidation Catalysis by Solution and Surface-Bound Ruthenium Bpy-Dicarboxylate Complexes. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 119(45), 25420-25428.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b08326, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa38735
http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84946867214&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Song, N., Concepcion, J., Binstead, R., Rudd, J., Vannucci, A., Dares, C., Coggins, M., Meyer, T., & Rudd, J. (2015). Base-enhanced catalytic water oxidation by a carboxylate–bipyridine Ru(II) complex. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 112(16), 4935-4940.
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1500245112, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa38734
http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84928387632&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Murray, N., Rudd, J., Chamayou, A., Constable, E., Housecroft, C., Neuburger, M., Zampese, J., & Rudd, J. (2014). Assembling model tris(bipyridine)ruthenium(ii) photosensitizers into ordered monolayers in the presence of the polyoxometallate anion [Co4(H2O)2(α-PW9O34)2]10−. RSC Adv., 4(23), 11766-11775.
https://doi.org/10.1039/c4ra00085d, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa38736
http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84897678100&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Lv, H., Rudd, J., Zhuk, P., Lee, J., Constable, E., Housecroft, C., Hill, C., Musaev, D., Geletii, Y., & Rudd, J. (2013). Bis(4′-(4-pyridyl)-2,2′:6′,2′′-terpyridine)ruthenium(ii) complexes and their N-alkylated derivatives in catalytic light-driven water oxidation. RSC Advances, 3(43), 20647
https://doi.org/10.1039/c3ra44192j, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa38737
http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84886870970&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Bozic-Weber, B., Chaurin, V., Constable, E., Housecroft, C., Meuwly, M., Neuburger, M., Rudd, J., Schönhofer, E., Siegfried, L., & Rudd, J. (2012). Exploring copper(i)-based dye-sensitized solar cells: a complementary experimental and TD-DFT investigation. Dalton Transactions, 41(46), 14157
https://doi.org/10.1039/c2dt31159c, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa38738
http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84961986815&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Constable, E., Devereux, M., Dunphy, E., Housecroft, C., Rudd, J., Zampese, J., & Rudd, J. (2011). Water-soluble alkylated bis{4′-(4-pyridyl)-2,2′:6′,2′′-terpyridine}ruthenium(ii) complexes for use as photosensitizers in water oxidation: a complementary experimental and TD-DFT investigation. Dalton Transactions, 40(20), 5505
https://doi.org/10.1039/c0dt01714k, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa38739
http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79955581270&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Rudd, J. (2009). Silver and Gold Complexes with Benzimidazolin-2-ylidene Ligands. Zeitschrift fuer Naturforschung
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa38732
http://www.znaturforsch.com/s64b/s64b1458.pdf
Ross, H., Rudd, J., Skains, R., & Horry, R. (n.d.) Climate change education through the You and CO2 programme: modelling student engagement and teacher delivery during COVID-19. Environmental Education Research, 0, 1-21.
https://doi.org/10.1080/13504622.2023.2216410, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa63497
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13504622.2023.2216410
Skains, R., Rudd, J., Horry, R., & Ross, H. (n.d.) Playing for Change: Teens’ Attitudes Towards Climate Change Action as Expressed Through Interactive Digital Narrative Play. Frontiers in Communication, 6
https://doi.org/10.3389/fcomm.2021.789824, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa60651
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fcomm.2021.789824
Rudd, J. (n.d.) We’re all in this together – Solving climate change across the disciplines by taking a STEAM approach to climate education. Schools Science Review
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59009
https://www.ase.org.uk/resources/school-science-review/issue-383/were-all-in-together-%E2%80%93-solving-climate-change-across

Authored Books

Skains, R., Rudd, J., Casaliggi, C., Hayhurst, E., Horry, R., Ross, H., & Woodward, K. (2021). Using interactive digital narrative in science and health education Emerald Publishing.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa58478
https://books.emeraldinsight.com/page/detail/Using-Interactive-Digital-Narrative-in-Science-and-Health-Education/?k=9781839097614

Book Chapters

Rudd, J. (2022). Jennifer A. Rudd. ResearcHER: The Power and Potential of Research Careers for Women (pp. 13-16). Emerald Publishing Limited
https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80382-731-520221003, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa62658

Taught Modules

MN-3522 Sustainability and Environmental Management

Green issues are becoming increasingly important for business. The course aims to study the drivers and opportunities for businesses to improve their environmental performance. A broad range of environmental management issues are examined, both from the viewpoint of the current status and future development, and these are illustrated using appropriate case histories.
MN-M606 Sustainability and Environmental Management

Green issues are becoming increasingly important for business. This module will introduce you to the key theories and practices that underpin sustainability and environmental management in business. A broad range of environmental management issues are examined, both from the viewpoint of the current status and future development, and these are illustrated using appropriate case histories.
MNXN009 Innovation Towards a Circular Economy

This module will develop professional learners¿ ability to understand and create innovation management processes and practices in their workplace with a particular focus on `circular economy¿ challenges. The module will introduce learners to the `Design Thinking Approach¿, which will subsequently be used as the overarching framework to solve the circular economy challenges that participants will bring to the programme. The module aims to use a range `experiential learning¿ events to encourage learners to engage with theoretical constructs and personal reflection in order to inform their practice.

Public Engagements

Dr Rudd gives scientific advice to Extinction Rebellion regarding a circular carbon economy as part of the “Scientists for XR” team. She has presented her research at a number of conferences, including those run by the Royal Society of Chemistry and the British Educational Research Association.

In addition, Dr Rudd gave a TEDx talk in 2019 and spoke for Oriel Science in 2018.

She has also been featured in printed, radio and televised media.

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