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Ms Melinda Young

Faculty: Arts,Design & Architecture
Fields of Research (FoR): Crafts, Visual arts, Design, Human geography, Design anthropology
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The Creative Arts (incl. Graphics and Craft)

The creative arts

Expanding Knowledge through Studies of Human Society

Keywords:

contemporary jewellery

Melinda Young's studio-based craft & research practice spans jewellery, textiles, installation and interactive public art projects.

Dr Balamurugan Soundararaj

Faculty: Arts,Design & Architecture
Fields of Research (FoR): Urban and regional planning, Geoscience data visualisation, Geospatial information systems and geospatial data modelling, Spatial data and applications, Spatial statistics, Cartography and digital mapping, Human geography, Information visualisation

Dr Balamurugan Soundararaj is a Research Fellow at City Futures Research Centre.

Professor Krishna Shrestha

Faculty: Arts,Design & Architecture
Fields of Research (FoR): Human geography, Development studies, Environmental geography, Development geography
Keywords:

human geography

climate change adaptation

disaster risk reduction

indigenous knowledge

developing countries in asia

Professor Matthew Benjamin Kearnes

Faculty: Arts,Design & Architecture
Fields of Research (FoR): Sociology and social studies of science and technology, Cultural geography, Human geography
Keywords:

social and cultural geography

human geography

science and technology studies

environmental humanities

I am the Deputy Head of School (Research), of the School of Humanities and Languages, UNSW.

Dr Cobi Calyx

Faculty: Arts,Design & Architecture
Fields of Research (FoR): Sociology and social studies of science and technology, Law, science and technology, Human geography, Environmental law, Research, science and technology policy, Planning and decision making, Environment policy, Health promotion, Decision making, Social change, Communication technology and digital media studies, Information systems for sustainable development and the public good, Public policy
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Sustainability Indicators

Law, Politics and Community Services

Social Impacts of Climate Change and Variability

Public Services Policy Advice and Analysis

Political science and public policy

Information and Communication Services

Keywords:

participatory action research

citizen participation

public engagement

sustainable development

disaster risk reduction

human geography

emergency preparedness

environmental communication

deliberative democracy

community engagement

health promotion

healthy public policy

forest governance

social change

access to information

citizen science

Dr Cobi Calyx joined UNSW from government to catalyse a collaboration between the Centre for Social Impact and UNSW Science about

Professor Hazel Easthope

Faculty: Arts,Design & Architecture
Fields of Research (FoR): Urban and regional planning, Human geography, Sociology
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Urban Planning

Keywords:

apartments

home

private rental housing

housing

strata title

Dr Hazel Easthope Deputy Director, City Futures Research Centre, UNSW Australia PhD (University of Tasmania), BA(Hons) (University of Sydney)

Dr Sophie Marie Adams

Faculty: Engineering
Fields of Research (FoR): Human geography, Sociology and social studies of science and technology
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Expanding Knowledge through Studies of Human Society

I am a human geographer and Science and Technology Studies scholar, and currentl

Dr Marilu Melo Zurita

Faculty: Arts,Design & Architecture
Fields of Research (FoR): Human geography, Urban geography, Disaster and emergency management, Environmental geography, Political geography, Human Geography, Anthropology, Urban and Regional Planning
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Natural Hazards in Urban and Industrial Environments

Health Protection and/or Disaster Response

Natural Hazards

Urban Planning

Housing

Forest and Woodlands Water Management

Dr Marilu Melo is part of the Environment and Society Group the University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney.

Dr Charlie Gillon

Faculty: Arts,Design & Architecture
Fields of Research (FoR): Human geography, Urban and regional planning
Keywords:

housing

home

Dr Charlie Gillon Research Associate, City Futures Research Centre, UNSW Australia PhD (University of Wollongong), BSci (Adv Hons Class I) (University of Wollongong)

Associate Professor Tema Milstein

Faculty: Arts,Design & Architecture
Fields of Research (FoR): Environmental communication, Environment and culture, Communication and media studies, Cultural studies, Human geography, Cultural geography
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Environmental education and awareness

Socio-cultural issues

Expanding Knowledge through Studies of Human Society

Expanding Knowledge in Languages, Communication and Culture

Environmental Management Systems

Keywords:

environmental communication

ecocultural studies

environment & society

environmental knowledges

environmental studies

cultural studies

intercultural studies

Tema Milstein is an internationally recognised leader in the field of environmental communication, a transdisciplinary field that understands communication as having far-reaching effects at a