Change agents and sustainability transformations in the water sector. The pursuit of sustainable development is a major challenge for Australian communities. System transformations are urgently needed, not just incremental change. While we know much about how to incubate local innovation, how innovation can be scaled to transform systems is not well understood. This project aims to understand how change agents can influence system transformations and how their actions can be enabled and constrai ....Change agents and sustainability transformations in the water sector. The pursuit of sustainable development is a major challenge for Australian communities. System transformations are urgently needed, not just incremental change. While we know much about how to incubate local innovation, how innovation can be scaled to transform systems is not well understood. This project aims to understand how change agents can influence system transformations and how their actions can be enabled and constrained by local conditions and governance arrangements. Its focus is on change agents working to promote urban water innovations and system change. We hope to develop new knowledge on the capabilities and resources that local governments and other actors must deploy to achieve sustainability transformations in Australia.Read moreRead less
Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE220101339
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$453,969.00
Summary
Ecological grief, wellbeing and resilience in the Great Barrier Reef . Adaptation to environmental change is a critical societal challenge that increasingly involves psycho-social factors such as ecological grief – the distress caused by loss of important environments. This project aims to understand how social factors such as place attachment and environmental values interact with broader environmental and institutional changes to shape community resilience to ecological grief in the Great Barr ....Ecological grief, wellbeing and resilience in the Great Barrier Reef . Adaptation to environmental change is a critical societal challenge that increasingly involves psycho-social factors such as ecological grief – the distress caused by loss of important environments. This project aims to understand how social factors such as place attachment and environmental values interact with broader environmental and institutional changes to shape community resilience to ecological grief in the Great Barrier Reef region. This will be the first comprehensive, interdisciplinary study to understand how ecological grief influences community wellbeing and identify local adaptation responses. The project will provide a basis for policy making that seeks to foster strong and resilient communities in Australia and globally.Read moreRead less
Coastal governance. This project aims to discover coastal governance approaches that embrace vulnerability and change. Current coastal management approaches are failing as existing threats intensify and new threats emerge. This project expects to generate knowledge on diverse vulnerabilities, with insights advancing the disciplines of human geography and public policy through improved understanding of the relationships between people, place and change. This is expected to support ongoing economi ....Coastal governance. This project aims to discover coastal governance approaches that embrace vulnerability and change. Current coastal management approaches are failing as existing threats intensify and new threats emerge. This project expects to generate knowledge on diverse vulnerabilities, with insights advancing the disciplines of human geography and public policy through improved understanding of the relationships between people, place and change. This is expected to support ongoing economic, environmental, social and cultural benefits that are derived from the Australian coast.
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