Geography Staff
Geographers joined the Melbourne School of Land and Environment from the Faculty of Arts in January 2008. They continue to teach undergraduate degrees in Environments, Arts, and Science; contribute to the Master of Environment (http://www.environment.unimelb.edu.au) and offer research Masters supervision and PhDs in : water management, hydrology, physical geography and geomorphology, environmental history, ecology, critical human geography, natural hazards and vulnerability, environment and development, environmental management and sustainability, international development studies, urban studies and planning.
Dr Jon Barnett - Development studies, global environmental politics, climate change and human security, Oceania.
Dr Doug Bardsley - An honorary fellow in biodiversity
Dr Simon Batterbury - Senior lecturer in Environmental Studies - Environmental studies, geography, development studies (especially political ecology and environmental policy). Francophone West Africa, Melanesia, western cities.
Professor Neal Enright - Biogeography, plant ecology
Professor Ruth Fincher - urban and social geographer
Associate Professor Brian Finlayson - Environmental hydrology, fluvial geomorphology, karst geomorphology
Alena Glaister - research fellow in Aquatic ecology
Dr Christopher Gippel - honorary fellow in hydrology
Dr James Grove - honorary senior fellow in hydrology and geomorphology
Dr Rachel Hughes - Undergraduate Coordinator - Human and cultural geography
Dr Geoff Lacey - works on hydrology and ecology
Dr Fraser MacDonald - Cultural and historical geography
Dr Fiona Miller - political ecology, water management, social vulnerability and poverty
Dr Saffron O'Neill - Climate change, adaptation and global environmental politics
Dr Lisa Palmer - Lecturer in Environmental Studies - Natural and cultural resource management in Australia, the politics of heritage, tourism and conservation in Australia, settler states, south-east Asia.
Dr Paul Reich - Honorary Fellow in ecology
Dr Lauren Rickards - Honorary Fellow in human geography
Associate Professor Ian Rutherfurd - Fluvial geomorphology, water resources management, stream restoration
Dr Remy Sietchiping - Honorary Fellow in planning and GIS
Dr Wayne Stephenson - Postgraduate Coordinator - Coastal geomorphology, Quaternary coastal environments, coastal management
Dr Ian Thomas -- Palaeoecology, plant ecology, Quaternary research
Associate Professor Mark Wang - Honours coordinator - Urban geography, China and Asia development
Dr Chris Walsh - Research Fellow in water management
Dr Angus Webb - Aquatic ecology, ecological modelling
Professor Michael Webber - Economic Geography and development studies. Industrial restructuring and development, China, Australia, Canada.
Dr Steve Wealands - Research Fellow, land and water management
Associate Professor Ray Wyatt - Human geography and urban planning. Geocomputation, computer-aided policymaking.