News
NOTE: THIS WEBSITE IS NOT BEING UPDATED ON A REGULAR BASIS. PLEASE VISIT MY UNIVERSITY WEBSITE INSTEAD.
June 2012: New, slightly passionate rant on "Academia's obsession with quantity" published in Trends in Ecology & Evolution.
Early 2012: Human Behavior and Sustainability (Frontiers in Ecology & the Environment), available for download here.
BLOG: Visit (and follow) our blog on "Ideas for sustainability"; you can also follow it via Twitter.
February 2012: I have set up a new website with advice on writing journal articles.
December 2011: I was interviewed by Thomson Reuters -- here's the link.
Welcome to my website
I am an ecologist with interests in biodiversity conservation in human-modified landscapes. I am also particularly interested in interdisciplinary approaches to sustainability research. My research is solution-oriented, with an emphasis on real-world problems rather than curiosity-driven science. Since November 2010, I have been based at Leuphana University Lueneburg (Germany); before then I worked at the Australian National University. My background, interests and research philosophy are described in detail here.
Current projects
Fostering sustainable development in Eastern Europe: A case study of ancient agricultural landscapes in Central Romania. Please visit the project website. It includes regular project updates.
Past projects (selected)
2007-2010: 'Sustainable Farms' (an interdisciplinary project on tree regeneration in Australia's temperate grazing zone)
2006/2007: Should agricultural policies encourage 'land-sparing' or 'wildlife-friendly farming'?
2005-2006: Review of “habitat fragmentation”
2003 ongoing: Conceptual landscape models
2002-2004: Reptiles in an Australian plantation landscape
2001-2003: Reptiles and birds in an Australian grazing landscape