Assoc. Professor Angela Dean is a quantitative social scientist with diverse experience as both a researcher and practitioner in the areas of health, science communication, citizen science, and sustainable urban water management. Her research focuses on what drives environmental engagement across diverse communities, and how experience and interventions can influence social and environmental outcomes.

Dr Tracy Schultz is a behavioural scientist with expertise in delivering behavioural insights social research focused on pro-environmental contexts. Tracy achieves successful project outcomes by engaging with project partners and stakeholders to develop effective working relationships that build capacity to deliver stronger outcomes with positive environmental impacts.

Emily’s career goal is to develop conservation solutions that benefit both people and nature. Her research focuses on human–wildlife conflict, social equity, participatory decision-making, and great ape conservation. She leads a multidisciplinary collaboration developing the STEPS Framework, which translates evidence into practitioner-accessible tools for participatory decision-making in human–great ape coexistence contexts.

Konrad’s research focuses on people-nature interactions, aiming to further understand how ecological features and biodiversity within urban blue and green spaces can facilitate mental and physical health benefits for people. He also has a key interest in land restoration and social-ecological systems and further understanding motivations and barriers towards pro-environmental and stewardship behaviours amongst both the general public and private landholders.

Alicia is an environmental policy and project practitioner who has enjoyed a 25+ year career working across academia, governments and industries. She specialises in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, agriculture and urban land management, energy and water, with a lens of understanding community values and needs, to build lasting capacity for change. She is passionate about environmental conservation and supporting healthy communities, and works through a partnership approach with stakeholders and experts.

Abigail researches stakeholders’ values and perceptions of key stakeholders in the debate concerning the feasibility and acceptability of different management interventions to combat rhino poaching. Her work focuses on animal welfare, megafauna conservation, and the complexities of the illegal wildlife trade.

Emily researches ways to encourage responsible wildlife tourism behaviours that prioritise positive conservation and animal welfare outcomes. This includes the role of zoo-based experiences in driving conservation behaviours and examining ways to encourage pet cat containment and sustainable coffee consumption practices.

Eleanor’s research uses methods from linguistics and social science to research how practitioners negotiate different ways of Knowing and Doing in Australian land and sea management.

Poppy is an aspiring herpetologist interested in improving conservation outcomes for reptiles, a group often overlooked in research and policy. Her PhD builds on Honours work that combined urban ecology and social science to investigate drivers of snake removals in Southeast Queensland. She is particularly interested in bridging ecology and social science approaches to strengthen reptile conservation.

With a strong interest and background in science communication and connecting people to wildlife and wild places, Eleanor is currently exploring what makes scientific information relevant, credible and legitimate to different groups and what strategies may improve conservation stewardship around less visible challenges, such as cryptic species and pesticide water monitoring.

Tessa’s research focuses on exploring expert opinion on integrating wildlife welfare considerations into global conservation decisions. Using interdisciplinary stakeholder engagement combined with strategic research, her work intends to inform real world action.

Nisrina’s research explores the adoption of microgreens as a solution for food security and sustainability challenges in Indonesia. She examines the drivers, barriers, and interventions influencing their integration into local food systems, focusing on consumer perceptions, household adoption, and value chain dynamics.

Erica’s research analyses the social and environmental impacts of conservation initiatives in private lands, aiming to understand how to foster ongoing engagement and support people involved in conservation. She is passionate about building bridges especially between academia and practice.

John’s research explores the ways in which storytelling can be used to address challenges in climate change communication and encourage environmental action. He aims to explore the psychological mechanisms that help to make stories so compelling.

Sam’s research explores how historic and contemporary inequities – such as redlining and socioeconomic disparities – have shaped urban environments, contributing to present-day patterns of environmental injustice and urban ecology.

Nat’s research explores the adoption of carbon and other environmental income streams on grazing properties in Far North Queensland. She is particularly interested in how diversifying grazing businesses to include environmental income streams impacts communities, land management decisions and conservation goals.

David’s current research focuses on modelling the sustainability outcomes of “Food Forestry”— considering environmental, economic, and food security dimensions— in comparison to conventional industrial farming practices.

Emma is interested in the social dimensions of sustainability and conservation issues. Emma’s current research explores the influence of social capital on urban environmental stewardship. Emma enjoys working in multi-disciplinary teams, using applied research to tackle sustainability and conservation challenges.

Nita is an interdisciplinary researcher with a background in social psychology and evaluation. She is dedicated to spreading awareness of and creating effective methods for nature conservation, with applied research experience working with government, industry and not-for-profit partners to achieve sustainable outcomes.

Yolanda’s research explores pathways to engagement with reef-related (particularly climate related) pro-environmental behaviours within the context of the Great Barrier Reef. Yolanda is particularly interested in in the effects of educational and social experiences both above and below the water.

Christina is particularly interested in people-biodiversity interactions and applied conservation topics. Her current research aims to evaluate conservation interventions as part of social ecological systems to better manage conservation conflicts.

Xiongzhi (Jamin) is an environmental social scientist. His research focuses on how to promote broad-based public support and actions on climate change and nature conservation more broadly. With his research interests in environmental social psychology, climate policy, and climate change communication, he is keen to create positive changes for the natural environment and society.

Blake’s research interests are transdisciplinary, with a particular focus on the overarching effects of anthropogenic actions on ecological interactions and ecosystem function. He investigates how human behaviours impact social-ecological systems, and how we can change behaviours to produce positive and sustainable outcomes for people and nature.