Sustainability

Research Centre

Newsletter

Research in the Arctic with

Dr Tristan Pearce

Winter 2015

Featured staff member Sarah Connor The SRC is pleased to welcome Sarah Connor, who joined the centre on 1 June 2015 as

Network Coordinator to support the Social, Economic and Institutional Dimensions Research

Network (SEI Network) of the National Climate Change

Adaptation Research Facility (NCCARF).

A consortium of research partners is embarking on the

2nd phase of the SEI Network (previously hosted by the

University of Melbourne), including the University of the

Sunshine Coast (host), University of Adelaide, University

of Canberra, Girringun Aboriginal Corporation, Murdoch

University, and Swinburne University of Technology. The

consortium is funded for 2 years through NCCARF and

the Australian Government.

The goals of the SEI Network are to: maintain national

adaptation research capability; and strengthen the

capacity of end-users in Australia to use adaptation

research outputs. (for more details on the network see page 4)

Sarah is appropriately qualified for the role with more than fifteen years experience in the

field of environmental science, natural resource management programs and community

based natural resource management. Sarah has worked in many locations around Australia,

particularly in Northern Australia, and is passionate about linking the science world with all

stakeholders.

New Healthy Waterways Executive Scientific Advisory Committee Prof Tim Smith has been appointed to the new Healthy Waterways Executive Scientific

Advisory Committee. This committee will provide high level scientific advice across

environmental, social and economic disciplines, to inform and improve waterway

management actions.

Inside this issue

Community resilience research .. 2

SRC in the media ........................ 2

1 Million Women attendees ....... 3

HDR stories ................................. 4

Hawaiian style for PNG ............... 5

Recent publications .................... 6

Canadian Artic research ............. 8

Special points of interest

New research grants

Congratulations to our HDR students

New film on the Mary River

Research engagement

Recent publications

Sarah Connor

Think Tank Sessions

Prof Mike Hefferan, Prof Tim

Smith and Dr Dana Thomsen

have presented at Think Tank

sessions initiated by the

Sunshine Coast Business

Council to explore ways to

grow the Sunshine Coast’s

economy sustainability. The

sessions include developers,

environmentalists, academics

and local government.

New Film on the Mary River

Film director, Dr Lila Singh-

Peterson, documented how

agriculture is under threat as a

result of local and global

pressures to the Mary River

catchment. The film, produced

with funding from the

Foundation for Rural and

Regional Renewal, features

local Mary Valley food

producers discussing changes

to agriculture and their

concerns about the future. The

film is an excellent case study

of both the challenges faced by

agriculture and the strategies

that can be put in place to

address these challenges.

Professor Patrick Nunn’s research on Aboriginal stories of sea-level rise has gained a lot

of publicity, particularly for USC. The publicity stemmed initially from a piece Patrick

and fellow linguist colleague wrote in January of this year for The Conversation at

http://theconversation.com/ancient-aboriginal-stories-preserve-history-of-a-rise-in-sea-

level-36010

It had 18,244 reads.

USC is also specifically named in the following media reports –

The Conversation http://theconversation.com/land-ownership-just-the-start-in-foreign-investment-

debate-37517 Scientific American at http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/ancient-sea-rise-tale-

told-accurately-for-10-000-years/ In the Smithsonian Magazine at http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/

australian-stories-capture-10000-year-old-climate-history-180954030/?no-ist

UK Daily Mail (newspaper) at http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2929775/Aboriginal-folklore-oldest-accurate-oral-history-world-Stories-ancient-sea-level-rise-survived-10-000-years.html

US Climate Central at http://www.climatecentral.org/news/tales-of-sea-level-rise-told-for-10000-years-18586

Also in the following newspapers:

Sydney Morning Herald on 14 February 2015

The Times of London on 29th January 2015

Patrick’s research on myths has also received BBC publicity through http://

www.bbc.com/earth/story/20150318-why-volcano-myths-are-true

The SRC makes its presence known in the media

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Community resilience research funding

Dr Chris Jacobson has led a successful APN (Asia Pacific Network for Global Change Research)

proposal as part of the Climate Adaptation Fund. The project (Optimising climate change

adaptation through enhanced community resilience) has been funded to the value of $59,588 and

will run over 12 months.

The partners include:

USC: Dr Chris Jacobson (lead), Prof Patrick Nunn, Prof Tim Smith

Vietnam: Dr Phong Tran (Institute for Social and Environmental Transitions) and Dr Tuan Tran

(Hue University of Agirculture and Forestry)

Cambodia: HE Emtotim Sieng (Rector, University of Battambang) and HE Kim Nong (Deputy

Director, Ministry of Environment)

This project aims to address the following policy research questions through the development and

testing of a toolkit for rapid appraisal of community resilience in rural communities in Cambodia

and Vietnam: (1) What is the relationship between community resilience and climate change

vulnerability?; (2) How can community resilience best be strengthened in rural communities?; and

(3) How can community resilience assessments be used to inform national and subnational

adaptation planning?

Dr Christine Jacobson

'Building Capacity through Connectivity and Knowledge'

The Australasian Consortium of

Humanities Research Centres

hosted a regional workshop in

April this year entitled 'Building

Capacity through Connectivity

and Knowledge'.

Prof Tim Smith was invited to

give the keynote address

relating to sustainability and

collaboration. The two-day

workshop, held on the

Toowoomba campus of the

University of Southern

Queensland, built on last year's

very successful regional event

at Federation University, which

identified clear areas of need

for humanities researchers

outside metro centres.

The aim of this year's

workshop was to build capacity

for humanities research in

regional universities, where

researchers face particular

challenges in relatively small

departments. This was an

opportunity to build

connections between

institutions, increase

participants' knowledge, and

initiate cross-institutional

research.

Up close with Christiana Figueres

In May 2015, SRC Honours & Masters students, Rachele Wilson & Evelyn H. Rodriguez

took the opportunity to listen to Christiana Figueres, Secretariat for the UNFCCC, talk

about the upcoming COP21 and how the new framework will work. She spoke at an

event organised by 350.org and 1 Million Women at the Sydney Theatre Company.

They were welcomed by the Sydney Theatre Company, where the venue’s spokeswoman

explained how the theatre was happy to host such an event due to their shared concern

for climate change action, describing their recent 40% GHG emissions reductions from

2010 to 2014. A Wiradjuri woman, Aunty Millie, welcomed them to Gadigal country and

explained her personal belief that all Australians are custodians of this country, that

through our connections to the land we are united and must act as such when making

decisions that impact our environment. The host organisations gave their welcomes as

well and introduced Christiana, who outlined what the UNFCCC are trying to do in Paris

this December through posing and answering seven questions:

Q1. Are we trying to stunt or accelerate growth (in the context of developing countries

and resource-rich countries like Australia)?

Answer This aims to protect and support the existing wave of development, on

renewables. It’s about positioning us for a new stage of growth.

Q2. Is it about “solving” climate change in Paris?

Answer We are not going to solve climate change in Paris. We’re going to construct a

long term framework and establish a pathway for different countries through Internal

National Carbon Management Plans (INCMP). For example, China announced it will peak

emissions in 2030 and phase out coal usage by 2050. We’re acknowledging that we’re

going to be taking everyone to peak emissions before reductions.

Q3. Is this a bottom-up approach? Or a top-down approach that responds to science?

Answer It’s both. Bottom-up, based on what countries will put in through those INCMPs,

but top-down in that we must reach that long term, collective goal. Progress towards

targets will be monitored through an international monitoring system that requires

nations to report regularly. (continued on back page)

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HDR students Rachele Wilson and Evelyn Rodriguez at 1 Million Women event.

SRC involved with NCCARF’s SEI Network

SRC is part of a new Social,

Economic and Institutional

dimensions of adaptation (SEI)

network with the National

Climate Change Research

Facility (NCCARF). The SEI-

network is a large, inclusive

and diverse community of

researchers, practitioners and

decision makers from

universities, government, the

private sector and civil society.

The SEI-network is driving

thinking across sectors and

disciplines in the complex

social, economic and

institutional dimensions of

climate adaptation. An

understanding of these

dimensions will allow decision

makers to develop more

effective adaptation measures.

Congratulations Latif , Sabiha and Graham

HDR student, Troy Street has been fortunate enough to be selected for a generous

scholarship at Latrobe University in Melbourne. His research is part of an Australian

Research Council project on Australian mining history lead by Dr Clare Wright and

entitled: Red Dirt Dreaming: Re-Imagining the History of Mining in Australia. He is thriving

in the freedom to direct his research according to his passionate interests. The topic he

has developed is entitled: Decaying Reaction: Gauging the Half-life of Australian

Resistance to Uranium Mining. The intention is to apply an environmental history lens to

Australian uranium mining to better understand the recent collapse of anti-uranium

legislation in Australia.

Latrobe University has a strong history department and the culture is very supportive,

interactive, and friendly. He has two excellent supervisors and a diverse range of

colleagues. He says with confidence that his experience in completing his Masters by

research at the SRC has prepared him well for the task of writing a PhD thesis as he has

received positive feedback on his progress since enrolling in late February, 2015. He has

many fond memories of USC and would certainly not rule out returning to contribute to

historical studies if the opportunity presents itself.

Doctor of Philosophy

Dr Latif Siddique (Supervisors – Associate

Professor Bill Carter (Principal), A/Prof

Claudia Baldwin, Dr Russ Babcock,

Professor Tim Smith)

Thesis Title: Co-learning in marine

protected area management

Dr Sabiha Zafrin – (Supervisors – Associate

Professor Johanna Rosier (Principal), A/Prof

Claudia Baldwin)

Thesis Title: Towards adaptive coastal

governance: An improved framework for

planning

Also, congratulations to academic staff

member, Dr Graham Ashford who

graduated with a doctorate degree.

Graham's PhD research work focused on

the application of objective-oriented

partial crediting policies to improve

economic, environmental and social

outcomes in the Kyoto Clean Development

Mechanism.

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Andrew Venning’s climate change study

Scholarship for HDR student, Troy Street

HDR candidate, Andrew Venning’s study on climate

change, explores affordable housing in three SEQ built

environments in a theme of law and policy, in light of

climate change vulnerability. The research is viewed in a

socioecological perspective.

Using a legal conceptual model, his work explores what

legal adjustments and constraints are in place that

inhibits the desired achievements of Queensland

affordable housing.

Legal adjustments, framed as adaptive instruments or

adaptive laws when combined in a legal framework, will

lead to suggestions and aligned appropriate measures that may enhance the QAHP’s

desired outcomes.

Andrew Venning

Dr Sabiha Zafrin and Dr Latif Siddique

Rachele Wilson recently completed her Bachelor of Science (Honours) research,

which investigated the roles, challenges and opportunities for Indigenous land

management in urban and peri-urban landscapes through a case study of Bunya Bunya

Country Aboriginal Corporation (BBCAC) on the Sunshine Coast.

Rachele and co-researchers from BBCAC found that Indigenous land managers fulfil a

variety of roles, particularly when partnering with other land user groups to manage

complex environmental issues. Significant challenges to their work include the effects of

urban development and population growth/change, poor cross-cultural engagement with

decision-makers, and barriers to appropriate, long-term funding and resources. There are

several opportunities to overcome these challenges through existing programs such as the

Indigenous Ranger Program, decolonised decision-making tools and sustainable enterprises

that draw on public, private, and customary economies.

Rachele achieved Class I Honours for her research with BBCAC and is currently working

on publishing her thesis through academic and popular media channels.

To the left is a group photo of BBCAC members discussing local cultural values at

Koala Park, Nambour.

“Indigenous land managers fulfil a variety of roles, particularly when partnering with other land user groups to manage complex environmental issues.”

Surfers in Papua New Guinea are going back to basics and learning the traditional Hawaiian

techniques of timber surfboard building thanks to the training of renowned Australian

surfboard shapers Bryan Bates, and HDR student, Tom Wegener. The training enables local

surfers to capitalise on the balsa wood timber that is in abundance in the jungles of Papua

New Guinea. This gives the locals the opportunity not only to surf but also to sell their

productions to tourists, raising money for their respective families.

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Class I Honours for her research

DIY boards, Hawaiian style for Papua New Guinea surfers

Tom Wegener and young PNG surfers

Tom teaching traditional shaping

Bridgette, Craig and Genevieve

(back); the Petrie Creek Reveg

Coordinator - Greg (front); and

Rachele

Recent Publications

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Book chapters:

Elrick-Barr, C., Glavovic, B. and Kay, R. (2015). A Tale of Two Atoll Nations: A

Comparison of Risk, Resilience and Adaptive Response of Kiribati and the Maldives.

In: Climate Change and the Coast: Building Resilient Communities, Glavovic, B., Kay,

R., Kelly, M. and Travers, A (eds), CRC Press. http://routledge.com/books/

details/9780415464871/

Travers, A. and Elrick-Barr, C. (2015). Mainstreaming Climate Change Adaptation

with Existing Coastal Management for the Mediterranean Coastal Region. In: Climate

Change and the Coast: Building Resilient Communities, Glavovic, B., Kay, R., Kelly, M.

and Travers, A (eds), CRC Press. https://www.crcpress.com/product/

isbn/9780415464871

Smith, E. F., & Pritchard, B. (2015). Australian agricultural policy: The pursuit of

efficiency. In A. Hogan & M. Young (Eds.) Rural and Regional Futures. Abingdon,

Oxon: Routledge. (pp. 58-70). http://routledge-ny.com/books/

details/9781138025073/

Smith, T.F., Low Choy, D., Thomsen, D.C., Neumann, S., Crick, F., Sano, M., Richards, R., Harman, B., Baum, S., Myers, S., Sharma, V., Bussey, M., Matthews, J., Roiko, A. and Carter, R.W. (2015). Adapting Australian coastal regions to climate change: A case study of South East Queensland, In Glavovic, B., Kay, R., Kelly, M. And Travers, A. (eds.) Climate Change and the Coast: Building Resilient Communities. Taylor and Francis. http://routledge.com/books/details/9780415464871/

Journal articles:

Berrang-Ford, L., Pearce, T. and Ford, J. (2015). Systematic Review Approaches for

Climate Change Adaptation Research. Regional Environmental Change. Vol. 15 (5),

:755-769. http://yc4xn7uy3r.search.serialssolutions.com/?

genre=article&isbn=&issn=14363798&title=Regional%20Environmental%

20Change&volume=15&issue=5&date=20150601&atitle=Systematic%20review%

20approaches%20for%20climate%20change%20adaptation%

20research.&aulast=Berrang-Ford,%20Lea&spage=755&sid=EBSCO:GreenFILE&pid=

Duggan, M.S., Smith T.F. and Thomsen D.C. (2015). Organizational Approaches to the

Facilitation of Education for Sustainability: An Interpretive Case Study, Sustainability,

7, 7011-7030. http://mdpi.com/2071-1050/7/6/7011

Elrick-Barr, C.E., Smith, T.F., Thomsen, D.C., Preston, B.L. (2015). Perceptions of Risk

among Households in Two Australian Coastal Communities. Geographical Research

53 (2):145-159. doi:10.1111/1745-5871.12106 http://research.usc.edu.au/vital/

access/manager/Repository/usc:15573

Elrick-Barr, C., Smith, T.F., Thomsen, D.C. and Preston, B.L. (2015). Perceptions of risk

among households in Australian coastal communities. Geographical Research, 53

(2):145-159. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1745-5871.12106/

Ferreira, J-A., Ryan, L., Davis, J. (2015). Developing knowledge and leadership in pre-

service teacher education systems. Australian Journal of Environmental Education 1-

14. Doi: 10.1017/aee.2015.24 http://journals.cambridge.org/

repo_A96mSCTrvcBUMU

CSIRO funding

Prof Roy Sidle has received grants from the CSIRO ($380k) to support a post-doctoral researcher for 2 ½ years to develop models that capture the important hydrological processes governing erosion from ‘hot spots’ in rangelands up to small to moderate-sized catchments. This grant is part of collaborative research project between the Sustainability Research Centre and CSIRO with the post-doc primarily stationed at the joint CSIRO/James Cook University research facility in Townsville, Queensland. This research will elucidate how land use in upper catchments draining in the Great Barrier Reef alters storm runoff and sediment production, with an emphasis on adopting improved management practices and evaluating their effectiveness on reducing runoff and improving water quality. A related grant from the CSIRO supports a top-up for a PhD student at USC who will work on sediment issues associated with this collaborative project.

New Adjunct appointments

Dr Dana Thomsen and Prof Tim Smith were recently appointed as Adjunct Professors at Brock University, Canada where they are currently exploring an MOU that is hopeful will lead to future research collaboration between USC and Brock University. It was owing to recent collaboration with Brock University that Prof Ryan Plummer was appointed as Adjunct of USC.

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Grant, B., Baldwin, C., Lieske, S.N., Martin, K. (2015). Using participatory visual methods for information exchange about climate risk in canal

estate communities. Australian Journal of Maritime & Ocean Affairs 7(1):23–37. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/

abs/10.1080/18366503.2015.1014012?journalCode=ramo20

Lieske, S.N., Hamerlinck, J.D., (2015). Integrating Planning Support Systems and Multicriteria Evaluation for Energy Facility Site Suitability

Evaluation. Journal of the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association 26(1):13–24. Evaluation. Journal of the Urban and Regional

Information Systems Association. http://www.urisa.org/resources/urisa-journal/

Lieske S.N., Martin K, Grant B. and Baldwin C. (2015). Visualization methods for linking scientific and local knowledge of climate change

impacts. In Planning Support Systems and Smart Cities. Geertman S., Stillwell J., Ferreira J. and Goodspeed R. (eds) Springer. pp. 373-389.

http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-319-18368-8_20#page-1

Lieske, S.N., McLeod, D.M., Coupal, R.H. (2015). Infrastructure Development, Residential Growth and Impacts on Public Service Expenditure.

Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy 1–18. doi: 10.1007/s12061-015-9140-8 http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12061-015-9140-8

Nunn, P.D. (2015). Research Report on shoreline change in the Federated States of Micronesia: Phase 1 – Reconnaissance survey of the coasts of

islands in Pohnpei and Yap States. Maroochydore: University of the Sunshine Coast, 24 p. http://research.usc.edu.au/vital/access/manager/

Repository/usc:15236?exact=sm_publisher%3A%22University+of+the+Sunshine+Coast%22

Nunn, P.D. and Carson, M.T. (2015). Sea-level fall implicated in profound societal change about 2570 cal yr BP (620 BC) in western Pacific island

groups. Geo: Geography and Environment, 1(1). http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/geo2.3/

abstract;jsessionid=2526E8E3A5DBE205733393991AA3740E.f03t02

Nunn, P.D. and Carson, M.T. (2015). Collapses of island societies from environmental forcing: does history hold lessons for the future? Global

Environment, 8: 109-131. http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/whp/ge/2015/00000008/00000001/art00006

Nunn, P.D. and Reid, N. (2015). Ancient Aboriginal stories preserve history of a rise in sea level. The Conversation, published online 13 January

2015. http://theconversation.com/ancient-aboriginal-stories-preserve-history-of-a-rise-in-sea-level-36010

Nunn, P.D., Kumar, L., Eliot, I. and McLean, R.F. (2015). Regional Coastal Susceptibility Assessment for the Pacific Islands: Technical Report.

Canberra: Australian Government and Australian Aid, 123 p. http://research.usc.edu.au/vital/access/manager/Repository/usc:15342

Nursey-Bray, M., Harvey, N. and Smith, T.F. (in press). Learning and local government in coastal South Australia: towards a community of practice framework for adapting to global change. Regional Environmental Change. (published online 02 April 2015) DOI: 10.1007/s10113-015-0779-0

Singh-Peterson, L., Salmon, P., Goode, N., & Gallina, J. (2015). An assessment of community disaster resilience for small, high-risk

communities on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australian Journal of Emergency Management. Vol. 30(1):1-40. https://

ajem.infoservices.com.au/items/AJEM-30-01-11

Singh-Peterson, L., Salmon, P., Baldwin, C., Goode, N. (2015). Deconstructing the concept of shared responsibility for disaster resilience: a Sunshine Coast case study, Australia. Natural Hazards. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11069-015-1871-y Smith, E.F., Keys, N., Lieske, S.N., & Smith, T.F. (in press). Assessing Socio-economic Vulnerability to Climate Change Impacts and Environmental Hazards in New South Wales and Queensland, Australia. Geographical Research.

Smith, E. F. (2015). Truck journeys and land parcels: Understanding the socio-economic organization of family farming through farm life

histories. The Professional Geographer. Vol. 67(3):464-471. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00330124.2015.1028501

Treml, Eric A., Fidelman, Pedro I.J., Kininmonth, Stuart, Ekstrom, Julia A., Bodin, Örjan. (2015). Analyzing the (Mis)fit between Institutional

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Q4. Is this going to be facilitative or purgative?

Answer We know from Kyoto that legal, strict structures are neither effective, nor

predictable. Therefore we will use incentives, which will open up broader participation.

Q5. Is this going to be an agreement of the major emitters (i.e. the top 20 countries)?

Answer There is not one country that has been, or will be further, affected by climate

change. Therefore, everyone is invited to the table. We have a moral obligation to those

countries most vulnerable to climate change impacts, particularly small island developing

states (SIDS).

Q6. Is it about mitigation? Or adaptation?

Answer Both. Because the greater the time spent on mitigation, the greater the cost of

adaptation.

Q7. Is this about what Federal Governments have to do? Or what everyone has to do?

Answer Both. Governments have to put the framework together, but this issue involves

everyone, from governments to investors, communities and industries. If we’re going to

transform the system we’re all embedded in, everyone has to participate. We need to

transform our technology, but to do that we need the people to demand low-carbon

technologies. The power of the individual and every level of the system is crucial. This

will be the first intentional transformation of our time (as the previous two, the industrial

revolution and information age, were market driven) because the alternative is

unacceptable.

At question time, Evelyn asked “how are you planning to involve developing countries in

the framework?” Christiana responded that the real question is how are we going to

support those 130 nations of the “G77” group? As an example, she explained how 50% of

the world’s women currently spend most of their day sourcing food over long distances

and cooking it on an open fire, which collectively contributes to those nations’ GHG

emissions. She said if each of those women were given a cook stove, not only would this

reduce emissions but those women would then have more spare time for other things

and be safer as many women experience attacks when going to collect firewood or

water. http://www.usc.edu.au/connect/research/research-and-development/

sustainability-research-centre/contact-sustainability-research-centre#researchers

Two new research grants for work in the Canadian Arctic

Dr Tristan Pearce together with a team of

international research colleagues have

been successful with two new research

grants for work in the Canadian Arctic. The

projects are three years in duration and are

funded by ArcticNet, a Network of Centres

of Excellence of Canada.

1. Knowledge Co-Production for Beluga

Whale Conservation in the Beaufort Sea

($291,086)

The aim of this program is to document

local knowledge about the behaviour and

ecology of beluga whales among Inuit in

Ulukhaktok, NWT, Canada. Due to climate

changes, beluga whales have appeared in

the waters around Ulukhaktok, and Inuit

have shifted their subsistence strategies

significantly to hunt these animals. Our

interest in documenting local knowledge

(sometimes called “Traditional Ecological

Knowledge”) is to understand the

development of knowledge and hunting

practice focused around a novel (to Inuit

hunters) species. This information will

contribute to a larger discussion on the

development of indicators for the Beaufort

Sea ecosystem.

2. Community Vulnerability, Resilience and

Adaptation to Climate Change in the Arctic

($387,484)

The overarching goal of this research

program is to develop a dynamic

understanding of the processes and

conditions affecting community

vulnerability, resilience and adaptation to

climate change. The research program will

build on completed vulnerability, resilience

and adaptation research to develop and

validate a longitudinal community-based

monitoring approach.

The Sustainability Research Centre

Our niche area for Sustainability

Research Centre (SRC) is societal

adaptation – more specifically,

understanding the social dimen-

sions of environmental change.

We contribute knowledge to a

range of sustainability issues such

as coastal management, climate

change, and water management

(recognised as significant at local

through to international scales).

The SRC includes over 60 research-

ers (including 30 PhD students).

Link to members: http://

www.usc.edu.au/connect/

research/research-and-

development/sustainability-

research-centre#researchers

Further information

Gail Wilkins Tel: +61 7 5459 4891

Email: gwilkin2@usc.edu.au

www.usc.edu.au/sustainability

Dr Tristan Pearce