Welcome to my home page. Over numerous years, I have come to dwell in the borderlands of cultural geography and political ecology. The journey has been immensely rewarding and I have been privileged to work with most gifted colleagues, research higher degree candidates and students. My commitment to higher education is underpinned by a desire to contribute to thinking and action which fosters the creation of virtuous spaces - generous, compassionate and inclusive domains in which the human and more-than-human may thrive.
Career Summary
For a comprehensive overview of my career path, please see my curriculum vita.
Engagement and outreach
At UTAS, I am a member of various administrative and academic committees, including the Community Engagement Reference Group.
I also
serve as a member of the International Geographical Union Commission on Islands
am on the Executive of the International Small Islands Studies Association
have membership of the Board of the Global Islands Network
have corporate membership of the Planning Institute of Australia
serve on the Tasmanian Resource Management and Planning Appeals Tribunal
and
have membership of the Tasmanian Auditor General's Advisory, Audit and Review Committee.
A current highlight of my community engagement activities is Fresh!, an exciting joint project with Tasmanian Regional Arts funded by Arts Tasmania and exploring young islanders sense of resilience in the face of climate change. We have engaged lead artist Nicholas Low and his work with us and Tasmanian communities will culminate in a ground-breaking installation at the 2010 national regional arts conference in Launceston.
Research Interests
My current thinking centres on various cultural, political and ecological puzzles - both theoretical and empirical. These relate to environmental planning, community, cultural expression, and governance in island places. Such pursuits are informed by an inevitable interest in climate change, as is my second current focus on home sustainability. I often use qualitative methods to elicit people's stories of place, since these illuminate much that is otherwise hidden or undervalued. I invite you to see my research page for a comprehensive summary and access to my publications.
I am always delighted to hear from scholars and students interested in
(a) comparative studies of planning regimes on islands
(b) island sense of place and identity
(c) baseline studies of Australia's island geographies
(d) the relationship between island sense of place, the visual and performing arts, and environmental education and
(e) best methods to ensure fairness and equity in relation to climate change adaptation and mitigation.
Over the period 2008-10, I am also working on:
(a) an Australian Research Council Linkage Grant entitled Community Engagement for Productive Ageing: Models to support rural healthy ageing through the maintenance of community involvement and contributions; the team led by Professor Judi Walker is in partnership with the Tasmanian Council of Social Services and the Department of Health and Human Services Tasmania
(b) home sustainability assessment research in partnership with a consortium of six universities led by the Centre for Design at RMIT.
Research training is a significant element of my work day, and I advise a significant number of research higher degree, masters coursework and honours candidates in geography and environmental studies in cross-cutting, interdisciplinary and collegial projects. A small selecttion of those projects is listed below. See also Completed Works.
I am also privileged to be Deputy Editor of the Island Studies Journal and serve on the Editorial Board of Urban Policy and Research.
Teaching
My teaching includes Human Geography, which focuses on social, economic, political and cultural geographic problems and debates, and uses both quantitative and qualitative research methods to examine them.
Planning for Sustainable Land Use Outcomes is a graduate level unit required for Environmental Planning, and co-taught with Mr Kerry Boden from the Resource Planning and Development Commission. It embraces conceptual, legislative and regulatory, and applied work, including original case study research.
Selected Publications:- Lockwood. M., Davidson, J., Curtis, A., Stratford, E., Griffith, R. , 2009, 'Governance principles for natural resource management
', Society and Natural Resources, in press
- Stratford, E., 2009, 'Belonging as a resource: the case of Ralph's Bay, Tasmania', Environment and Planning A, 41(4), pgs. 796-810
- Stratford, E. and Wells, S., 2009, 'Spatial anxieties, geographies of belonging and the changing landscape of an Australian airport', Australian Geographer, 40(1), pgs. 69-84
- Burges-Watson, D, STRATFORD, E, 2008, 'Feminizing risk at a distance: critical observations on the constitution of a preventive technology for HIV/AIDS', Social and Cultural Geography , in press
- STRATFORD, E, 2007, 'Islandness and struggles over development: a Tasmanian case study', Political Geography , in press and online September
- Davidson, J, STRATFORD, E, 2007, 'Engendering the debate about water’s management and care – views from the Antipodes', Geoforum, 38 (5), pgs. 815-27
- STRATFORD, E, Davidson, JL, Griffith, R, Lockwood, M, Curtis, A , 2007, 'Sustainable Development and Good Governance: The ‘Big Ideas’ Influencing Australian NRM', School of Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart , Report No. 3 of the Project Pathways to good practice in regional NRM governance
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