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Research paper thumbnail of ‘Transformations towards Sustainability’. Emerging Approaches, Critical Reflections, and a Research Agenda

This paper aims to advance understanding of transformations towards sustainability, recognising i... more This paper aims to advance understanding of transformations towards sustainability, recognising it as both a normative and an analytical concept. We firstly review existing concepts of transformation in global environmental change literature, and the role of governance in relation to it. We then propose a framework or understanding and critically analysing transformations towards sustainability.

Research paper thumbnail of Destination and Enterprise Management for a Tourism Future

Tourism Management, Jan 1, 2009

Research paper thumbnail of Reporting on the Seminar - Risk Interpretation and Action (RIA): Decision Making Under Conditions of Uncertainty

Australasian Journal of Disaster and Trauma Studies, Vol. 18 (1):27-37

The paper reports on the World Social Science (WSS) Fellows seminar on Risk Interpretation and A... more The paper reports on the World Social Science (WSS)
Fellows seminar on Risk Interpretation and Action (RIA),
undertaken in New Zealand in December, 2013. This
seminar was coordinated by the WSS Fellows program of
the International Social Science Council (ISSC), the RIA
working group of the Integrated Research on Disaster
Risk (IRDR) program, the IRDR International Center of
Excellence Taipei, the International START Secretariat
and the Royal Society of New Zealand. Twenty-five
early career researchers from around the world were
selected to review the RIA framework under the theme
of ‘decision-making under conditions of uncertainty’, and
develop novel theoretical approaches to respond to and
improve this framework. Six working groups emerged
during the seminar: 1. the assessment of water-related
risks in megacities; 2. rethinking risk communication;
3. the embodiment of uncertainty; 4. communication
in resettlement and reconstruction phases; 5. the
integration of indigenous knowledge in disaster risk
reduction; and 6. multi-scale policy implementation for
natural hazard risk reduction. This article documents
the seminar and initial outcomes from the six groups
organized; and concludes with the collective views of
the participants on the RIA framework.

Research paper thumbnail of Destination and enterprise management for Australian tourism to 2020

Research paper thumbnail of Process, practice and priorities — key lessons learnt undertaking sensitive social reconnaissance research as part of an (UNESCO-IOC) International Tsunami Survey Team

Earth-Science Reviews, 2011

This article appeared in a journal published by Elsevier. The attached copy is furnished to the a... more This article appeared in a journal published by Elsevier. The attached copy is furnished to the author for internal non-commercial research and education use, including for instruction at the authors institution and sharing with colleagues.

Research paper thumbnail of Learning from Indigenous knowledge for improved natural resource management in the Barmah-Millewa in a changing and variable climate

Research paper thumbnail of Indigenous voices in climate change adaptation: Addressing the challenges of diverse knowledge systems in the Barmah-Millewa

Research paper thumbnail of Transforming conventional research practice for natural resource policy and management. Experiences from the Yorta Yorta “Learning from Indigenous Knowledge” program, Australia

Research paper thumbnail of Process, practice and priorities — key lessons learnt undertaking sensitive social reconnaissance research as part of an (UNESCO-IOC) International Tsunami Survey Team

Earth-Science Reviews

The 29 September 2009 South Pacific tsunami has had a lasting impact upon local coastal villages ... more The 29 September 2009 South Pacific tsunami has had a lasting impact upon local coastal villages and global collaborative research efforts. Locally, the impact of the tsunami is one of the most severe disasters Samoa has experienced in the last several decades. Within one week of the event, 143 people died. Approximately 6000 traumatized men, women and children – terrified of the sea – refused to return to live or work in their rural, coastal villages, which in turn has had broad consequences for humanitarian emergency relief distribution networks and early recovery planning efforts.Researchers came from all over the world to participate in the UNESCO International Oceanographic Commission (IOC) Samoa International Tsunami Survey Team (ITST). Focusing on the need for interdisciplinary research, for the first time, a social impact assessment team (SIT) was expressly invited to participate. Within days of the tsunami, a group of Australian, New Zealand, American, Fijian, and Japanese ...

Research paper thumbnail of Developing draft base maps of the Barmah-Millewa for integration of Indigenous and conventional knowledge. A report from the Victorian Centre for Climate Change Adaptation Research (VCCCAR) project Learning from Indigenous Natural Resources Management in the Barmah-Millewa

Research paper thumbnail of Process, practice and priorities — key lessons learnt undertaking sensitive social reconnaissance research as part of an (UNESCO-IOC) International Tsunami Survey Team

Earth-Science Reviews, 2011

Research paper thumbnail of ‘Transformations towards Sustainability’. Emerging Approaches, Critical Reflections, and a Research Agenda

This paper aims to advance understanding of transformations towards sustainability, recognising i... more This paper aims to advance understanding of transformations towards sustainability, recognising it as both a normative and an analytical concept. We firstly review existing concepts of transformation in global environmental change literature, and the role of governance in relation to it. We then propose a framework or understanding and critically analysing transformations towards sustainability.

Research paper thumbnail of Destination and Enterprise Management for a Tourism Future

Tourism Management, Jan 1, 2009

Research paper thumbnail of Reporting on the Seminar - Risk Interpretation and Action (RIA): Decision Making Under Conditions of Uncertainty

Australasian Journal of Disaster and Trauma Studies, Vol. 18 (1):27-37

The paper reports on the World Social Science (WSS) Fellows seminar on Risk Interpretation and A... more The paper reports on the World Social Science (WSS)
Fellows seminar on Risk Interpretation and Action (RIA),
undertaken in New Zealand in December, 2013. This
seminar was coordinated by the WSS Fellows program of
the International Social Science Council (ISSC), the RIA
working group of the Integrated Research on Disaster
Risk (IRDR) program, the IRDR International Center of
Excellence Taipei, the International START Secretariat
and the Royal Society of New Zealand. Twenty-five
early career researchers from around the world were
selected to review the RIA framework under the theme
of ‘decision-making under conditions of uncertainty’, and
develop novel theoretical approaches to respond to and
improve this framework. Six working groups emerged
during the seminar: 1. the assessment of water-related
risks in megacities; 2. rethinking risk communication;
3. the embodiment of uncertainty; 4. communication
in resettlement and reconstruction phases; 5. the
integration of indigenous knowledge in disaster risk
reduction; and 6. multi-scale policy implementation for
natural hazard risk reduction. This article documents
the seminar and initial outcomes from the six groups
organized; and concludes with the collective views of
the participants on the RIA framework.

Research paper thumbnail of Destination and enterprise management for Australian tourism to 2020

Research paper thumbnail of Process, practice and priorities — key lessons learnt undertaking sensitive social reconnaissance research as part of an (UNESCO-IOC) International Tsunami Survey Team

Earth-Science Reviews, 2011

This article appeared in a journal published by Elsevier. The attached copy is furnished to the a... more This article appeared in a journal published by Elsevier. The attached copy is furnished to the author for internal non-commercial research and education use, including for instruction at the authors institution and sharing with colleagues.

Research paper thumbnail of Learning from Indigenous knowledge for improved natural resource management in the Barmah-Millewa in a changing and variable climate

Research paper thumbnail of Indigenous voices in climate change adaptation: Addressing the challenges of diverse knowledge systems in the Barmah-Millewa

Research paper thumbnail of Transforming conventional research practice for natural resource policy and management. Experiences from the Yorta Yorta “Learning from Indigenous Knowledge” program, Australia

Research paper thumbnail of Process, practice and priorities — key lessons learnt undertaking sensitive social reconnaissance research as part of an (UNESCO-IOC) International Tsunami Survey Team

Earth-Science Reviews

The 29 September 2009 South Pacific tsunami has had a lasting impact upon local coastal villages ... more The 29 September 2009 South Pacific tsunami has had a lasting impact upon local coastal villages and global collaborative research efforts. Locally, the impact of the tsunami is one of the most severe disasters Samoa has experienced in the last several decades. Within one week of the event, 143 people died. Approximately 6000 traumatized men, women and children – terrified of the sea – refused to return to live or work in their rural, coastal villages, which in turn has had broad consequences for humanitarian emergency relief distribution networks and early recovery planning efforts.Researchers came from all over the world to participate in the UNESCO International Oceanographic Commission (IOC) Samoa International Tsunami Survey Team (ITST). Focusing on the need for interdisciplinary research, for the first time, a social impact assessment team (SIT) was expressly invited to participate. Within days of the tsunami, a group of Australian, New Zealand, American, Fijian, and Japanese ...

Research paper thumbnail of Developing draft base maps of the Barmah-Millewa for integration of Indigenous and conventional knowledge. A report from the Victorian Centre for Climate Change Adaptation Research (VCCCAR) project Learning from Indigenous Natural Resources Management in the Barmah-Millewa

Research paper thumbnail of Process, practice and priorities — key lessons learnt undertaking sensitive social reconnaissance research as part of an (UNESCO-IOC) International Tsunami Survey Team

Earth-Science Reviews, 2011

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