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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Climate Change: Managing the Unavoidable, Avoiding the Unmanageable was the topic of the sold-out 2020 Flinders University Investigator Lecture. The annual lecture is an important part of Flinders University’s public education program and contribution to Read more…
All South Australian coastal councils are exposed to changing climatic conditions. Some are already directly responding to the effects of enhanced erosion and flooding. The challenges faced by SA’s coastal councils vary considerably. There also Read more…
A number of papers from the Geostrategic Futures symposium will soon be available in a peer-reviewed open-access book. CASPR has also produced a series of videos highlighting the insights of polar policy experts. They are freely available below, and on CASPR's YouTube channel.
Research degrees with CASPR will give you the opportunity to work with academic experts across a vast range of climate resilience and policy topics. We are currently hosting a number of PhD and Honours research Read more…
By Lincoln Bennett At the end of 2019 I was encouraged to apply for an internship opportunity at Flinders University. Having taken a keen interest in environmental law and policy throughout my undergraduate degrees, I Read more…
By Ros Wong I am obsessed with neoliberalism, creative financial processes and capitalism, and the gendered dynamics they reproduce. Financialisation was a process that incorporated all three with direct and indirect effects. Thus, financialisation grounded Read more…
.@thecasprgroup are offering five $1000/4 week policy research internships in February 2021. Apply today! #climate #sustainability #internship
Addressing a Climate of Insecurity: @thecasprgroup's A/Prof @cassandra_star's research features on the @Flinders BRAVE MINDS research page #climatechange
Addressing a climate of insecurity
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Auckland City Council's Climate Plan includes: Climate Adaptation and preparation based on the potential risks to the city’s infrastructure and residents. #climateadaptation
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Auckland City Council’s Climate Plan - Climate Adaptation Platform
The Auckland Council launched the website, "Auckland’s Climate Plan" featuring its long-term climate action approach...
climateadaptationplatform.com
Why CASPR's Geostrategic Futures work is so important: An ocean like no other: the Southern Ocean's ecological richness and significance for global climate via @ConversationEDU http://www.thecaspr.org/geostrategic-futures/
An ocean like no other: the Southern Ocean's ecological richness and significance for global climate
The Southern (Antarctic) Ocean is our planet's primary storage of heat and carbon, and it's home to extraordinary ...
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Local governance and service delivery challenges: an investigation into waste management Policy in Sri Lanka
Exploring policy for energy governance in Indonesia
Effectiveness of NGO influence on policy formation - a case study of women's organisations and domestic violence policy
Understanding the role of indigenous engagement in marine park management: a case study from Indonesia
Sustainable materialism, farmers markets and alternative food systems
The governing of unsustainability: The corporate capture of sustainable development
Formulating policy in Indonesia: perceptions of key stakeholders on the conditions for the introduction of a carbon tax
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)
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
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
