Current Research Projects
2012
| Research Topic | Contact |
|---|---|
| Adaptive environmental management, including aspects of social learning, particpatory natural resource management, evaluation and instituional processes and governance. Water management is a current focus, but also native vegetation and soils. | Catherine Allan |
| Dr Rosemary Black has research interests in human dimensions of natural resource management, sustainable tourism, environmental communication, tour guiding, sustainability, outdoor and environmental education and gender issues in natural resource management. | Rosemary Black |
| Spatial Science, particularly remote sensing and GIS for understanding and improving environmental and agricultural systems. | Remy Dehaan |
| The socio-psychological aspects of water management and conservation behaviour. Including behavioural change, attitudes, how people value water and the effectiveness of different policy instruments. | Jonathon Howard |
| Ecology of fish and rivers: contemporary and historical | Paul Humphries |
| Ecosystem services (particularly contribution of native ecosystems/organisms to service provision), fauna conservation in human-dominated landscapes (particularly urban and agricultural landscapes and studies conducted from interdisciplinary perspectives) | Gary Luck |
| Vegetation and disturbance ecology; ecosystem restoration; native grassland and woodland ecology; long-term changes in Australian ecosystems. | Ian Lunt |
| Wildlife ecology, including landscape and climate change influences on species distributions and studies of alpine fauna. | Alison Matthews |
| Cultural Heritage Management / Historic Preservation in Australia and the Pacific Heritage Futures: Documenting and Preserving emergent Technologies |
Dirk HR Spennemann |
| Vegetation, landscape & road ecology; specifically anthropogenic disturbance regimes, plant composition, structure, and dispersal processes. | Peter Spooner |
| Social science: Community/environment interactions in Australia and less developed countries; sustainable development; ecotourism, community based tourism and community development; communities and landscape change; climate change perceptions and responses. | Rik Thwaites |
| River and floodplain ecology, specifically ecosystem and species responses to flow and flooding regimes | Robyn Watts |