Prof Frank Vanclay

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• Professorial Research Fellow (rural sociology)

Tasmanian Institute of Agricultural Research, 
University of Tasmania
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• President (2000-2004)

International Rural Sociology Association

Research interests

• rural sociology and the sociology of agriculture and food
• environmental sociology and the sociology of tourism
• social impact assessment, community development, public participation
• social research methods, spatial data analysis of social data

Current research

• activating community participation in natural and cultural resources initiatives

(Linkage grant with the National Museum of Australia and the Murray Darling Basin Commission)
• >social research to improve water use in NSW irrigated agriculture

(SPIRT grant with NSW Agriculture)
• styles of farming in Australian agriculture
• social basis of environmental management in agriculture
• social issues associated with Plant Variety Rights
• International guidelines and principles for social impact assessment

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Involvement in Journal Editorial Boards

• African Journal of Environmental Management/Revue Africaine De Gestion et d’Évaluation Environnementales

(member of the International Advisory Board)

• Environmental Impact Assessment Review

(member of the Editorial Policy Committee)

• Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal

(member of the Editorial Board)

• Society and Natural Resources

(Associate Editor)
 
• Rural Society

(member of the Editorial Board)

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Subjects taught (at CSU)

• SOC216  Understanding Rural Society

• SOC302  Environment and Society    additional resources

• SSC501  Science and Society

• SSC503  Rural Society

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Publications

Books

Vanclay, F. & D. Bronstein (eds) 1995  Environmental and social impact assessment. Chichester: Wiley.

Doyle, R., Khittisangka, M., Seubsman, S. & Vanclay, F. (eds) 1999 Building Partnerships for Better Development: Proceedings of the .1st International Outlook Conference on Community Development in Asia-Pacific. (conference held Sept 1998 at Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University, Bangkok, Thailand), Wagga Wagga: Centre for Rural Social Research, Charles Sturt University.

Vanclay, F. & Mesiti, L. (eds) 1997 Sustainability and Social Research: Proceedings of the 1997 Conference of the Australian Association for Social Research Inc, Wagga Wagga: Centre for Rural Social Research, Charles Sturt University.

Lockie S, Vanclay F. (eds) 1997  Critical Landcare, Wagga Wagga: Centre for Rural Social Research, Charles Sturt University.

Vanclay F. 1994 The Sociology of the Australian Agricultural Environment, Wageningen Agricultural University (published PhD thesis).

Lawrence, G., F. Vanclay & B. Furze (eds) 1992  Agriculture, environment and society. Melbourne: Macmillan.
 

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Other Recent publications

Stolp, A., Groen, W., van Vliet, J. & Vanclay, F. 2002 ‘Citizen values assessment: incorporating citizens’ value judgements in environmental impact assessment’, Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal 20(1): 11-23.

Vanclay, F. 2002 ‘Conceptualising social impacts’, Environmental Impact Assessment Review 22(3): 183-211.

Vanclay, F. 2002 'Bringing SIA and HIA together for Human Impact Assessment', conference on Human Impact Assessment, National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health (STAKES), 24 January 2002, Helsinki, Finland.

Slootweg, R., Vanclay, F. and van Schooten, M. 2001 ‘Function evaluation as a framework for the integration of social and environmental impact assessment’, Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal 19(1): 19-28.
This paper won the International Association for Impact Assessment Best Paper for 2001 award.

Cullen, P. et al. (total of 12 authors) 2001 Knowledge Seeking Strategies of Natural Resource Professionals, Technical Report 2/2001, Canberra: Cooperative Research Centre for Freshwater Ecology, and Land and Water Australia.

Lawrence, G., Norton, J. & Vanclay, F. 2001 ‘Gene technology, agri-food industries and consumers’ in Hindmarsh, R. and Lawrence, G. (eds), Altered Genes II: The Future, Melbourne: Scribe, pages 143-159.

Vanclay, F. 2000 ‘Social impact assessment’, in Lee N and George C (eds) Environmental Assessment in Developing  and Transitional Countries, Chichester: Wiley, pages 125-136.

Howden, P. & Vanclay, F. 2000 ‘Mythologisation of farming styles in Australian broadacre cropping’, Rural Sociology (USA), 65(2): 295-310.

Vanclay, F. 2000 'The social effects of deregulation in agriculture on rural areas of Australia', in Actas Oficiales del Congresso Internacional sobre Comercio y Desarrollo Rural (conference held Nov 1998, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Basque Country, Spain), Vitoria-Gasteiz: Eusko Jaurlaritzaren Argitalpen Zerbitzu Nagusia, pages 262-276.

Sadler, B., Verocai, I. & Vanclay, F. 2000 Environmental and Social Impact Assessment for Large Dams, Cape Town: World Commission on Dams.

Vanclay, F. 1999 Social Impact Assessment, Cape Town: World Commission on Dams.

Vanclay, F. 1999 ‘Social impact assessment’, in Petts J (ed.) Handbook of Environmental Impact Assessment (Volume 1), Oxford: Blackwell Science, pages 301-326.

Vanclay, F. 1999 ‘The role of Social Impact Assessment in community development’. In Doyle, R., Khittisangka, M., Seubsman, S. & Vanclay, F. 1999 Building Partnerships for Better Development: Proceedings of the 1st International Outlook Conference on Community Development in Asia- Pacific (conference held Sept 1998 at Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University, Bangkok, Thailand), Wagga Wagga: Centre for Rural Social Research, Charles Sturt University, pages 102-112.

Vanclay, F. 1999 ‘The social side of natural resource management’. In WA BankWest Landcare Conference, Where Community Counts (Esperance, September 1999), pages 29- 39.

Vanclay, F. 1999 ‘A sociological look at natural resource management: environmental management in Australian agriculture’. In Rutherfurd, I. & Bartley, R. (eds) The Challenge of Rehabilitating Australia’s Streams: Proceedings of the Second Australian Stream Management Conference (Adelaide, February 1999) Vol 2, pages 649-653.

Burdge, R. & Vanclay, F. 1998 ‘The practice and future of social impact assessment’, in Burdge, R. (ed.), A Conceptual Approach to Social Impact Assessment (revised edition), Middleton: Social Ecology Press, pages 265-284.

Lawrence, G. & Vanclay, F. 1998 ‘Gene-biotechnology, the state and Australia’s agri-food industries’ in Hindmarsh, R., Lawrence, G. & Norton, J. (eds), Altered Genes – Reconstructing Nature: The Debate, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, pages 147-159.

Vanclay, F., Mesiti, L. & Howden, P. 1998 ‘Styles of farming and farming subcultures: Appropriate concepts for Australian rural sociology?’, Rural Society 8(2): 85-107.

Howden, P., Vanclay, F., Lemerle, D. & Kent, J. 1998 ‘Working with the Grain: Farming styles amongst Australian broadacre croppers’, Rural Society 8(2): 109-125.

Howden, P., Vanclay, F., Lemerle, D. & Kent, J. 1998. ‘Farming styles and extension in broadacre cropping’ In Michalk, D. & Pratley, J. (eds) Agronomy: Growing a Greener Future: Proceedings of the 9th Australian Agronomy Conference, (Charles Sturt University Wagga Wagga, July 1998) pages 621-624.

Mesiti, L. & Vanclay, F. 1997 ‘Identifying farming styles in Australian viticulture’ in Vanclay, F. Mesiti L. (eds) Sustainability and Social Research: Proceedings of the 1997 Conference of the Australian Association for Social Research Inc, Wagga Wagga: Centre for Rural Social Research, Charles Sturt University, pages 275-288.

Vanclay F. 1997 ‘The social basis of environmental management in agriculture’ in S. Lockie & F. Vanclay (eds) Critical Landcare. Wagga Wagga: Centre for Rural Social Research, Charles Sturt University, pages 9-27.

Vanclay F. & A. Hely 1997  Land degradation and land management in central NSW: Changes in farmers’ perceptions, knowledge and practices. Wagga Wagga: Centre for Rural Social Research, Charles Sturt University.

Glyde, S. & F. Vanclay. 1996 ‘Farming styles and technology transfer: Sociological input in the development of a decision support system for viticulture’. In G. Lawrence, K. Lyons & S. Momtaz (eds) Social change in rural Australia. Rockhampton: Rural Social and Economic Research Centre, Central Queensland University, pages 38-54.

Mesiti, L. & F. Vanclay. 1996 ‘Farming styles amongst grape growers of the Sunraysia district’. In G. Lawrence, K. Lyons & S. Momtaz (eds). Social change in rural Australia. Rockhampton: Rural Social and Economic Research Centre, Central Queensland University, pages 55-63.

Lawrence, G. & F. Vanclay. 1996 ‘Australian farming after agriculture’. Arena Magazine 24: 34-37.

Burdge, R. & F. Vanclay 1996 ‘Social impact assessment: a contribution to the state of the art series’. Impact Assessment 14(1): 59-86.

Vanclay, F. 1995 Tourist perceptions of the Great Barrier Reef. Townsville: Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority.

Burdge, R. & F. Vanclay 1995 'Social impact assessment'. In F. Vanclay & D. Bronstein (eds) Environmental and social impact assessment. Chichester: Wiley.

Vanclay, F. (ed) 1995 'With a rural focus': An edited and refereed collection of papers with a rural focus presented to the annual conference of The Australian Sociological Association. Wagga Wagga: Centre for Rural Social Research.

Lawrence, G & F. Vanclay. 1994 'Agricultural change in the semi-periphery: The Murray-Darling basin, Australia'. In P. McMichael (ed) The global restructuring of agro-food systems. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, pages 76-103.

Vanclay F. 1992 'The social context of farmers' adoption of environmentally-sound farming practices'. In G. Lawrence, F. Vanclay & B. Furze (eds) Agriculture, environment and society. Melbourne: Macmillan, pages 94-121.

Vanclay F. & G. Lawrence. 1994 'Farmer rationality and the adoption of environmentally sound practices: A critique of the assumptions of traditional agricultural extension'. European Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension 1(1): 59-90.

Vanclay F. & G. Lawrence. 1993 'Social and environmental impacts of economic restructuring in Australian agriculture'. International Journal of Sociology of Agriculture and Food 3: 97-118.

Vanclay F. 1994 'Hegemonic landcare', Rural Society 4(3/4): 45-47.

Vanclay F. 1994  'A crisis in agricultural extension', Rural Society 4(1): 10-13.

Vanclay F. 1992 'Barriers to adoption: A general overview of the issues', Rural Society 2(2): 10-12.
 

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Memberships of Professional Associations

Rural Sociological Society
European Society for Rural Sociology

Agri-Food Research Network
The Australian Sociological Association
Australian and Oceanic Network for rural social research and community development
Australian Association for Social Research
Australian Association for Natural Resource Management
Australasian Pacific Extension Network
Environment Institute of Australia
Institute of Australian Geographers - Rural Study Group
 

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Government Committes

Citizen Values Assessment Unit,   Netherlands Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management
(International Advisor)
 

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Career Highlights

• Elected President of the International Rural Sociology Association (IRSA) 2000-2004.

 
• Awarded the inaugural research excellence award for the Faculty of Arts by Charles Sturt University in 1996.

 
• Designated as a University Key Researcher for 1999 to 2000 and provided with discretionary funding ($20,000) to enable me to take a leading research role in Charles Sturt University.

 
• As Publications Chair, International Association for Impact Assessment (IAIA), in 1997 I successfully commercialised the Association’s journal, Impact Assessment, and negotiated its merger with the journal, Project Appraisal, to form a new journal, Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal.

 
• As a Director of IAIA, successfully chaired a Constitutional revision process, and a committee restructuring process that led to major reform in the structure and functioning of IAIA (1998-2000).

 
• Commissioned to write a briefing paper on social impact assessment (SIA) for the World Commission on Dams. Have also had other international consulting experience on SIA in The Netherlands, Portugal and Australia.

 
• Selected by Charles Sturt University to participate in the CSIRO Business Higher Education Roundtable (BHERT) Leadership in Innovation: Achievement through Teams program.

 
• Awarded PhD from Wageningen Agricultural University, The Netherlands.

The Sociology of the Australian Agricultural Environment.

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