Media & outreach

Selection of media coverage, interviews and outreach.

Links to source articles, videos and social media are embedded in text under images.

ABC Southern QLD breakfast with David Iliffe interview on the importance of hands on ecological field trips in environmental studies (2:33:00-2:46) [13 min] (2026)

From screens to greens: Why field-based learning matters in a digital age (2026)

‘The process of writing forces the writer to be present’. Times Higher Education (2026)

A group of our Environmental Science students recently got out into nature as part of their Residential Schools for Applied Freshwater Ecology and Applied Terrestrial Ecology (2025)

National Science Week webinar (2025)

Ecology Matters: A podcast shining a light on the importance of ecologists and their work (2024)

Pint of Science talk and CourierMail coverage (2024)

New Scientist article commentary (2024)

Master’s student to unearth lantana impacts on Darling Downs. University of Southern Queensland (2023)

From the ashes: Project to test growth in fire-affected soils. University of Southern Queensland (2023)

Revitalised Ravensbourne: Field studies centre to strengthen teaching and research. University of Southern Queensland (2023)

ESA Plant-Soil Ecology Research Chapter: the past, the present, the future. Ecological Society of Australia (2023)

Online Forum – Unravelling the underground: new insights into plant-soil ecology from diverse fields. Ecological Society of Australia (2023)

Hide and Squeak: Team to investigate threatened mouse species. University of Southern Queensland (2023)

Soil microbiome in blue carbon ecosystems: opportunities and challenges for coastal wetland restoration via belowground microbiome. Ecological Society of Australia (2022)

Restoring connections within nature. University of Southern Queensland (2022)

Soil abounds with life – and supports all life above it. But Australian soils need urgent repair. The Conversation (2022)

Understanding plant-microbe- soil interactions to improve plant conservation and restoration outcomes. Centre for Crop Health, University of Southern Queensland (2022)

From Little Things, Big Things Grow. AQ: Australian Quarterly (2022)

Meet the Scientist. Introduction to Dr Christina Birnbaum. Ecological Society of Australia Plant-Soil Ecology Research Chapter series (2021)

What is climate change doing to the soil? Interview with disruptr: A Deakin University research-centred platform (2020)

We built a network of greenhouses and rain shelters to simulate what climate change will do to soils. The Conversation (2019)

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