CASPR is committed to advancing evidence-based policymaking for issues concerning the environment and sustainability. Our work supports decision-makers and practitioners in a variety of domains and applications, including defence, climate resilience, disaster risk reduction and climate adaptation in the Indo-Pacific. Systematic and well-focused evidence-based policy research responds to rapid social and environmental change, which is crucial for good practice.
Based at Flinders University in South Australia, our group assists government and private sector stakeholders to achieve greater accountability, effectiveness and innovation locally, nationally and globally.
Dr Sutton’s research is focussed on human-animal studies, with a particular interest in the attitudes and structures that influence interactions between humans, other animals and the environment. She has a background in social research and policy evaluation, specialising in qualitative research methods.
Shani is CASPR's professional and project manager and research assistant. She has a diverse background in sustainability practice and teaching, environmental policy, sustainable architecture and permaculture.
Kristin’s role at CASPR is project manager. She has a diverse background in positions in the not for profit, university and government sectors.
Prae has a consulting and research background across sustainability, coastal management and adaptation, and waste management and resource recovery. She has worked in international organisations, research institutes and local government. Her research interests include coastal adaptation, sustainability strategy and social dimension of ecosystem management.
Carla’s research focus lies on human-environment interactions amidst environmental change. She has almost a decade of experience working with urban poor communities in participatory contexts as a local community development facilitator in the Philippines. Her research interests include community engagement (participation), climate adaptation, disaster risk reduction, and environmental politics and policy.
Anthony J. Langlois is a critical human rights theorist. He has a keen interest in the way in which rights language is used for politics, policy and theory, including how this applies to environmental and sustainability concerns.
Sabine’s expertise lies in coastal ecosystem ecology, restoration and Blue Carbon. She is working closely at the interface between research and environmental management, through translation of research outcomes into scientific advice to achieve ecosystem health and conservation outcomes.
Josh is a political scientist, currently researching the ways institutions, public attitudes, and state response to crises link to democratic resilience. He is recognised for his work on elections management, green politics, and parties and party systems.
Alessandro is an environmental historian who works on polar and oceanic environments in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. He is interested in how environmental knowledge is formed in a variety of institutional contexts at national and global scales, how environmental knowledge is acted upon to preserve or exploit the Earth, and how communities build affective and ethical relationships with remote and extreme environments.
Claire joined CASPR in 2019 after working in the community sector and in academic publishing. She has experience in community development, health promotion and policy, and brings expertise in social research, research translation and communication. Her research interests are in environmental social movements, urban environments and food systems. Her book, Community Gardening as Social Action, was published by Routledge in 2016.
Kirstin’s research is focussed on the way the environment affects human health. This includes pathogens and toxins in our water and wastewater, waste, and built environments. She is interested in community engagement on these issues, and is particularly interested in the effect of climate change on human health.
Dr Helen McLaren is motivated by research that can be applied to building healthier environments, stronger communities and improvements to people’s lives. Recent projects are focused on climate and disaster resilience, the future of sustainable development goals in the context of climate change and Covid-19, and allied health worker secondary trauma and resilience related to climate and drought.
Kirstie is a human geographer with a decade of experience conducting research in the Pacific. Her research interests include migration, guestworker schemes, urbanisation and development.
Cobi has more than a decade of experience working at the intersection of environmental governance, science communication and disaster response. She has worked in organisations from the UN in Geneva to state environment and disaster response agencies. Cobi has been Visiting Scholar at Melbourne Law School and has experience with Aid-funded programs in Asia and the Pacific.
Matt conducts research and supports practical projects that strengthen the quality and legitimacy of policy and law through citizen participation. As Deputy Chief of Staff to a South Australian Premier he led work on the government's internationally-recognised democratic reform program, helped craft a strategic policy agenda, and advised on climate policy and the state’s participation in the Paris Climate Summit.
CASPR PhD students Paige and Elizabeth recently attended the Flinders University College of Business, Government and Law (CBGL) Higher Degree Research (HDR) workshop, and have plenty of positive reflections on the day. “On Monday 20th September, I attended the annual HDR Workshop hosted by Biggles, the CBGL HDR Association. Attending Read more…
As part of their outreach program, CASPR hosts undergraduate and Honours student interns every year. In winter 2021, Issy assisted with research that kicked off an up-coming collaborative project with the SA Department for Environment Read more…
As part of their outreach program, CASPR hosts undergraduate and Honours student interns every year. In winter 2021, four enthusiastic students successfully completed research projects with CASPR’s lead academics. Georgia worked on a project with Associate Professor Cassandra Star: “As Read more…
Associate Professor Cassandra Star and Dr. Josh Holloway have been awarded one of eleven prestigious Climate Obstruction Research grants from the Climate Social Science Network (CSSN), headquartered at Brown University. The internationally-competitive grant will contribute toward research examining attribution of bushfires and Read more…
On 29 July 2021 Associate Professor Beverley Clarke delivered a keynote address ‘The changing prominence of coastal Natural Resource Management in Australia’ at the 15th Coast to Coast National Conference—Australia’s biennial national coastal management event. Read more…
In June 1972, 114 nations gathered in Stockholm for the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment. A landmark event, it was the first major international conference dealing with the subject of ‘the environment’. In Read more…
CASPR HDR students @paigefletch_ and @Elizabeth_4est reflect on the learnings from the @HDRBiggles HDR workshop - and the equally important peer support. @flindersbgl @Flinders
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Climate security in the Indo-Pacific: a...
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2)Indo-Pacific climate security depends on these factors - we need to take them seriously. More research is needed! [15/16]
This research matters because 1)these challenges can be particularly tough for vulnerable communities. Those struggling to cope with climate extremes/disasters can be less able to deal with these over time-they never fully recover from each event.[14/16]
We’re almost there! Final theme: Managing path dependency. This means that policy decisions can start governments down a road that makes it tricky to change course and do something different. [13/16]
Local governance and service delivery challenges: an investigation into waste management Policy in Sri Lanka
Effectiveness of NGO influence on policy formation - a case study of women's organisations and domestic violence policy
Sustainable materialism, farmers markets and alternative food systems
Sustainable Development and Climate Change: How Sustainable is Sustainable Development?
Understanding the role of indigenous engagement in marine park management: a case study from Indonesia
The governing of unsustainability: The corporate capture of sustainable development
The politics of democratic innovation
An Analysis of Food Waste Management Habits in Local Food Service Businesses
Actors, implementation and implications of China’s climate-related energy policies: analyses of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and the Energy Conservation and Emission Reduction Scheme (ECERS)
Formulating policy in Indonesia: perceptions of key stakeholders on the conditions for the introduction of a carbon tax
Identifying operational mechanisms for the mainstreaming of climate change adaptation in Nepal
The effect of financial crisis and global recession on climate change policy as explained by ecopolitical theory
Exploring policy for energy governance in Indonesia
Big business and sustainable development
Understanding household recycling attitudes and practices in the City of Mitcham
Municipal solid waste management in a rapidly urbanising area in Thailand: Barriers and recommendations
Improving the efficiency of the management and operation of small and medium irrigation systems with Participatory Irrigation Management (PIM) in Vietnam.
A cross disciplinary study on formulating
child health policy with a focus on the
social determinants of health - an Australian perspective
Fatally flawed public policies - The cruel optimism of self-employed women’s retirement planning
The conforming power of neoliberal violence in youth and hyper-governed young people’s stories of resistance
Global Justice: A Rawlsian Perspective
