Yolande Strengers is a digital sociologist and human-computer interaction professor investigating the sustainability and inclusion impacts of digital and smart technologies, including emerging forms of AI. At Monash University, she leads the Energy Futures research program in the Emerging Technologies Research Lab, which undertakes critical interdisciplinary and international research into the social, cultural and experiential dimensions of the design, use and futures of new and emerging technologies.

Within the Faculty of Information Technology (IT), Yolande is the inaugural Associate Dean for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion. She is also an Associate Director (Consumers) at the Monash Energy Institute.

Yolande undertakes design ethnographic research to understand how people (and sometimes their pets) incorporate new technologies into their everyday lives and homes. Past and current partners include ANZ Bank, Ausgrid, AusNet Services, Energy Consumers Australia and Intel Corporation.

Yolande has published widely across the fields of sociology, geography, human-computer interaction design, media and communications studies, and science and technology studies. Her books include The Smart Wife (MIT Press 2020, co-authored with Dr Jenny Kennedy) and Smart Energy Technologies in Everyday Life (Palgrave McacMillan 2013). She holds a PhD from RMIT University (Social Science), a Masters in International Urban and Environmental Management (RMIT University), and a Bachelor of Arts (Deans Scholars Program, Monash University).