Current members:

Pippi Lawn, Co-Supervisor, University of Tasmania, PhD, 2022 – ongoing

Thesis title: The Upside of Depressions Ecological value of geomorphic pit features in rare grassland ecosystems

Edith Shum, Primary Supervisor, University of Tasmania, PhD, 2022 – ongoing

Thesis title: Species as Place Makers: Narrating the role of place in light of climate change and social mobility

Daniel Hackett, Primary Supervisor, University of Tasmania, PhD, 2021 – ongoing

Thesis title: Investigating Theoretical and Policy Frameworks Behind the Mapping, Designation and Management of Wild Places and Soundscapes as Wilderness

Natasha Stoudmann, Primary Supervisor, University of Tasmania, PhD, 2020 – ongoing

Thesis title: Incorporating Human Dimensions into Wildlife Conservation Under Climate Change

Anne Boothroyd, Primary Supervisor, University of Tasmania, PhD, 2020 – ongoing

Thesis title: Marine Spatial Planning in Dynamic Environments

Malcolm Johnson, Primary Supervisor, University of Tasmania, PhD, 2020 – ongoing

Thesis title: Changing Coastalscapes: mapping values, relations, and adaptive trajectories along the coasts of Southern Tasmania

Dimuthu Jayakody, Primary Supervisor, University of Tasmania, PhD, 2020 – ongoing

Thesis title: Living With Change: Understanding the role of place

Nina Rogers, Co-Supervisor, University of Tasmania, PhD, 2020 – ongoing

Thesis title: Exploring the politics in municipal climate change adaptation planning and implementation

Rowan Alden, Co-Supervisor, University of Tasmania, PhD, 2020 – ongoing

Thesis title: Linking Environment with Production in Agricultural Landscapes

Completed students:

PhD students:

Kaylan Carrlson, Co-Supervisor, James Cook University, Thesis in review: “Sharpening the skein: improving the efficiency of conservation planning foundations”

Carley Fuller, Co-Supervisor, University of Tasmania, PhD, 2018-2022: “Land-Use Change and Biodiversity”

Adelina Latinovic, Primary Supervisor, University of Tasmania, PhD, 2018-2022: “Management of pollination services in the Tasmanian Midlands: Native and crop floral associations between scent, pollen, and insect visitors”

Stephen Kearney, Co-Supervisor, University of Queensland, PhD, 2016-2022: “Improving Australia’s response to the biodiversity crisis”

Victoria Graham, Co-Supervisor, Macquarie University, PhD, 2017-2021 “Evaluating the effectiveness of protected areas for conserving nature”

Stephanie Hernandez, Co-Supervisor, James Cook University, PhD, 2016-2020: “Integrating impact evaluation with systematic planning: a case study from Queensland, Australia”

Kerrie Fraser, University of Queensland, PhD, 2014-2018: “Evaluating policy efficacy and impact in conserving biodiversity”

Master and Honours:

Daniel Hackett, University of Tasmania, Masters by coursework, 2020: “Incorporating overflight-derived wilderness soundscape impacts into the revised National Wilderness Inventory system”

Lykke Otzen, University of Tasmania, Masters by coursework, 2020: “Conservation beyond protected areas: Tasmanian Land for Wildlife as potential OECMs?”

Thorsteinn Cameron, University of Tasmania, Masters by coursework, 2020: “How do incentives and barriers affect participation in private land conservation?”

Noelle Nemeth, University of Tasmania, Masters by coursework, 2019: “Analysing the preparedness of overnight hikers in Tasmanian Alpine National Parks”

Dimuthu Jayakody, University of Tasmania, Masters by coursework, 2019: “Marine Spatial Planning and Strategies for Multiple Species and Multiple Threats in the Northern Marine Bioregion”

Ashlea Ostwald, University of Tasmania, Honours Geography, 2019: “Threat mapping strategies for environmental management in the Northern Marine Bioregion”

Yee Xin Tong, University of Tasmania, Masters by coursework, 2018: “Vegetation change detection and comparison of NDVI in different land uses”

Stephanie Hernandez, James Cook University, Masters by coursework, 2015: “Modelling potential outcomes for Queensland’s regional ecosystems under former and current renderings of the Vegetation Management Act, 1999”

Tomoko Okazaki, Charles Darwin University, Masters of Tropical Environmental Management, 2014: “Sensitivity analysis of three parameters in modelling the distribution of invasive grass species”

Casper van de Geer, James Cook University, Masters by coursework, 2012: “Accounting for opportunity costs and other social factors in the Moreton Bay marine zoning plan”