We are experts in interdisciplinary social sciences, drawing on human ecology, political economy, gender studies and the political sciences to understand the human dimensions of food systems.
- We are supporting the Pacific Community in advancing an Integrated Programme on Food Systems and Health, drawing from latest food systems transformations concepts and engaging with different Pacific experts
- Our project with Fisheries Queensland allowed us to explore the historical drivers that have influenced engagement between commercial fishers and the state government. Through extensive consultation, surveys, interviews, and field visits, we produced a series of recommendations to increase the involvement of commercial stakeholders in fishery reform processes.
- Our research into transformations towards climate adaptive landscapes has allowed us to explore how communities in Australia and internationally will manage change under different pathways.
- Our transdisciplinary food and nutrition security workshop design has allowed us to understand how different research and policy actors throughout Southeast Asia frame smallholder agriculture solutions.
- We have assessed the impact of forestry projects funded by the Australian government in Vanuatu since 2002, identifying the economic and social benefits of sandalwood projects to rural economies through a mixed methods approach.
- We have undertaken analysis of systems thinking tools for biodiversity research for the Biodiversity Revisited global project.
- Collaborating with Australian Government and United Nations agencies, we are undertaking a three-year study into improving gender outcomes in agriculture and water systems in Myanmar through building capacities in systems and nexus thinking.