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Academic staff

David Bass


 

PhD, UNE, Lecturer
environmental weeds; soils; environmental change; biogeography; seed dispersal ecology; environmental management
david.bass@flinders.edu.au
Andrew Beer

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PhD, ANU, Professor
urban geography; regional environments; urban public policy; housing and geographical information systems
andrew.beer@flinders.edu.au

Simon Benger



PhD, ANU, Lecturer
GIS and remote sensing of environment, water resources, rivers and wetlands; GeoHealth

simon.benger@flinders.edu.au

John Browett


 

PhD, Witwatersrand, 1975, Professor
regional development; development theory; restructuring of global capitalism; southern Africa
john.browett@flinders.edu.au

Beverley Clarke



BA (Flinders), MA (Adelaide) Environmental Studies, PhD (Adelaide), Senior Lecturer
coastal management; environmental impact assessment
beverley.clarke@flinders.edu.au

Cecile Cutler

 

BA (Hons), Flinders, 1989, Research Associate and Tutor
historical geography; demography; environmental perception; southeast Asia; geographic education
cecile.cutler@flinders.edu.au
Gour Dasvarma

 

PhD, ANU, Senior Lecturer and Director of the Graduate Program in Population and Human Resources
mortality; women's health and child survival; fertility and family planning; population projections; population policies; south and southeast Asia; Australia
gour.dasvarma@flinders.edu.au
Stephen Fildes


 

MSISc, Adel, Spatial Information Analyst and Lecturer
remote sensing; geographic information systems; cartography
stephen.fildes@flinders.edu.au

Dean Forbes

 

PhD, Monash, 1979, Professor and Deputy Vice-Chancellor (International)
urban and regional development in Pacific Asia; Australia's Asian context; urban environments
dean.forbes@flinders.edu.au
Clive Forster

PhD, Hull, 1969, Associate Professor and Head of School
cities as human environments; urban policy; computing applications in geography
clive.forster@flinders.edu.au
Iain Hay

 

PhD, Washington, 1989, Professor
geographies of oppression and domination (exploitation, marginalisation, powerlessness, cultural imperialism, violence); cultural landscapes; geographies of the super-rich; media; professional development (including research ethics; professional communication); Australia, New Zealand and the United States.
iain.hay@flinders.edu.au
Mark Lethbridge

 

PhD, UniSA, GradDipEd, Adel, 1991, BAppSc(Uni SA), 1984, Lecturer (GIS)
application of GIS in population and ecological modelling, threat abatement, population viability analysis, crime analysis & modelling using GIS, spatial analysis & archaeology, semi-arid vegetation monitoring using remote sensing.
mark.lethbridge@flinders.edu.au
Meryl Pearce

 

PhD, Pt Eliz, 1997, Senior Lecturer
Water Supply and Use in Aboriginal Communities in South Australia
meryl.pearce@flinders.edu.au
Udoy Saikia

PhD (Flinders), MA Econ (GIPE India), MPopStudies (IIPS Bombay), MSc in Demography (London School of Economics)
Gender, Population and Environment, Development Studies, Sustainable Development, Globalisation, Women’s Empowerment, HIV/AIDS research and training, population policies, demographic and fertility analysis, Primary health care in developing countries
udoy.saikia@flinders.edu.au

Susanne Schech   

 

PhD, Durham, 1990, Associate Professor and Associate Director of the Centre for Development Studies
theories of development; culture and development; information technology in development; gender and development/geography; social constructions of whiteness
susanne.schech@flinders.edu.au

Jonathan Sobels

PhD (Charles Sturt), B.Sc. (Flinders), Grad. Dip. Business (Curtin)
Social science research: Social impact assessment of the drought. State-sponsored community participation. Defining the elements of social capital and its influence on organizational outcomes. Building social institutions and roles for NRM. Project management. Background in agribusiness. Commercialisation of IP.
jonathan.sobels@flinders.edu.au


Research fellows

Dr Emma Baker

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PhD, Adelaide, 2002, Research Fellow
Research focus on the relationship between housing and health, Housing, Wellbeing and residential satisfaction, Spatial Decision Support Systems and GIS, Residential mobility
emma.baker@flinders.edu.au
Dr Debbie Faulkner


PhD, Adelaide, 2005, Research Fellow and Director, Southern Research Centre, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI)
Research focus on Housing and ageing; Housing and disability; Housing careers; Population issues
debbie.faulkner@flinders.edu.au

Dr Peta Raftery
PhD, Flinders, 2007, Research Fellow
Research focus on Social inclusion; Housing; Wellbeing
peta.raftery@flinders.edu.au

Dr Selina Tually

Selina

PhD, Flinders, 2006, Research Fellow, Southern Research Centre, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI)
selina.tually@flinders.edu.au


Adjunct staff

Brian Caton MA, London, Senior Lecturer
coastal management
bcaton@senet.com.au
Jim Chalmers

BA, Simon Fraser, PhD, James Cook, Coordinator, Human Development Reports, United Nations Development Programme, Port Moresby, PNG
james.chalmers@flinders.edu.au

Paul Dare

Senior Lecturer
paul.dare@flinders.edu.au

Joe Flood  

Stewart Fraser


BSc, Honorary Fellow
biogeography and soils, environmental systems management, remote sensing

Paul Green


BSc (Hons), DipEd (Adelaide)
Vegetation ecology of the Mount Lofty Ranges, including responses to climate change; design and management of the reedbed components of constructed wetlands to improve the quality of urban stormwater.
paul.green@flinders.edu.au

 

Les Heathcote
PhD, Visiting Scholar
arid lands, historical geography of resource management, envrionmental perception, natural hazards, societal response to climate change, disaster relief policies

Andrew Lothian



PhD, Adelaide, Senior Lecturer
environmental policy, sustainability, greenhouse, State of Environment reporting, landscape quality, community environmental attitudes, environmental valuation, South Australian environmental issues
alothian@aapt.net.au


Alaric Maude


PhD, ANU, 1965, Associate Professor (semi-retired)
local and regional development; environmental sustainability; Australia
polymaude@ozemail.com.au
Anuradha Mundkur

PhD (Syracuse), MA (Annenbeerg), BA (Bombay). Research interests are in information and communication policy making in development, information technology in governance at the local, national, international and transnational level, and gender and ICTs. anuradha.mundkur@flinders.edu.au

Lisel O'Dwyer

BA (Flinders), Hons (Adelaide), PhD (Flinders)
Qualitative surveys, general social research, Demographic and quantitative analysis and
SPSS help
lisel.odwyer@flinders.edu.au


Mariastella Pulvirenti



m.pulvirenti@bigpond.com

 

Ross Steele

PhD, ANU, Lecturer
Graduate Program in Population and Human Resources
population studies; population mobility; urbanisation and development in southeast Asia
ross.steele@flinders.edu.au

 
Technical and general staff

Stephen Fildes Lecturer / Spatial Information Analyst 
Yvonne Haby Administrative Assistant
David Johnson Map Librarian
Robert Keane Computer Systems Officer
Julie Nixon Administrative Officer
Louise O'Loughlin School Secretary
 

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Updated 4 April 2008