FENNER SCHOOL OF ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIETY T: +61 2 6125 2579 Building No. 141 F: +61 2 6125 0746 The Australian National University E: [email protected] Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia http://fennerschool.anu.edu.au/ 5 April 2013 RESEARCH INTERESTS AND OUTPUTS OF FENNER SCHOOL ACADEMIC STAFF This 199-page document is a compilation, in alphabetic order by surname, of 50 substantive entries of the Fenner School of Environment and Society’s academic staff in the ANU Researchers database, https://researchers.anu.edu.au/, as accessed via the webpage of Fenner academics, http://fennerschool.anu.edu.au/people/academic, in early April 2013. Using keywords to search this document is a much faster way of discovering what research is being or has recently been done by Fenner academics than checking each academic’s page. The document is intended mainly for: potential Higher Degree Research (MPhil/PhD) students who wish to find a potential supervisor. However, not all academics listed below are able and willing to supervise research students, as an academic may have no spare capacity, be on short-term appointments, or be away from Fenner School on long-term leave. Only contacting the academic directly will find out if they’re in a position to supervise, and if so on what topics; current research students wishing to find additional members for their supervisory panel; any researchers wishing to collaborate with Fenner School academics. As an example, “Murray-Darling” can be found of the pages of seven different academics, each with a different research interest in the Murray-Darling basin. A closer reading of each academic’s webpage will show which one is of most interest. Dr Jack Pezzey Associate Director (Higher Degrees by Research), Fenner School /1ad/FennerAcademicsResearch5Apr2013.doc CRICOS Provider No. 00120C Judith Ajani - Fenner School of Environment and Society - ANU http://fennerschool.anu.edu.au/people/judith-ajani Fenner School of Environment & Society ANU College of Medicine, Biology & Environment Home » People » Judith Ajani Judith Ajani Visiting Fellow About +61 2 6125 4760 [email protected] Building coherent policy frames for agricultural commodity industries Judith is an economist, graduating with honours from the School of Economics, University of Melbourne (1978) and a PhD in resource and environmental management from ANU (2002). She has worked in the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Bureau of Industry Economics, Port of Melbourne Authority and the Victorian industry department where she managed manufacturing policy for the Victorian wood based industries. Since entering ANU in 1996, Judith has concentrated her research on building environmentally and economically coherent policy frames for the agricultural sector (notably wood production) recognising the cost-cutting nature of commodity production. Her work is deeply integrative - history, ecology, economics, politics, institutional analysis and policy. Judith used integration to investigate why, despite the existence of a pragmatic solution, Australia has not resolved its forest conflict. Her findings are presented in 'The Forest Wars' (MUP 2007). She is currently working with colleagues on how best to integrate forests in Australia's climate change mitigation policy. Judith is a strong advocate for communicating university research and analysis to enhance public policy debates. Selected Publications Ajani, J. (Feb 2011) Australia's Wood and Wood Products Industry - Situation and Outlook - Working Paper, Fenner School of Environment and Society, The Australian National University. See 1 of 3 4/04/2013 11:29 AM Judith Ajani - Fenner School of Environment and Society - ANU http://fennerschool.anu.edu.au/people/judith-ajani PDF of working paper (639kb, pdf) Ajani J. (2011) The global wood market, wood resource productivity and price trends: an examination with special attention to China, Environmental Conservation, doi:10.1017/S0376892910000895 http://journals.cambridge.org /repo_A79MEoV2 - Conditions for URL link Ajani J. (2011) Submission to the Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency on the Carbon Farming Initiative. Fenner School of Environment and Society, The Australian National University. See PDF of submission paper (123kb, pdf) Ajani J. (2010) 'Climate change policy distortions in the wood and food market', contributed paper to the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society National Conference 2010. See PDF of paper (220kb, pdf) Ajani J. (2008) 'Australia's transition from native forests to plantations: the implications for woodchips, pulpmills, tax breaks and climate change', Agenda: A Journal of Policy Analysis and Reform, 15(3), 2008. Wood P.D. and Ajani J. (2008) Submission (plus addendum) to the Commonwealth Government on the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Green Paper. Ajani J. (2007) 'Gunns' double-barrelled dilemma', The Age Opinion & Analysis, 11 October 2007, p. 14. Ajani J. (2007) 'Ending the forest wars', Australian Review of Public Affairs election 2007 publication. Ajani J. (2007) 'Rudd's forest policy sees him right alongside the PM', Opinion The Canberra Times 25 July 2007, p. 13. Ajani J. (2007) The Forest Wars, Melbourne University Press. Ajani (formerly Clark) J. (2004) 'Forest policy for sustainable commodity wood production: an examination drawing on 2 of 3 4/04/2013 11:29 AM Judith Ajani - Fenner School of Environment and Society - ANU http://fennerschool.anu.edu.au/people/judith-ajani the Australian experience', Ecological Economics 50, 219-232. Ajani (formerly Clark) J. (2003) 'A new forest and wood industry policy framework for Australia', Chapter 11 in David Lindenmayer & Jerry Franklin (eds) Towards Forest Sustainability, CSIRO Publishing. Ajani (formerly Clark) J. (2003) 'Western Australia's forest industry policy: a stocktake', presentation to the Western Australian Cabinet Standing Committee on Protecting Our Old Growth Forests Policy, Perth, Western Australia, 14 April 2003. Ajani (formerly Clark) J. (2002) The Introduction of Agriculture for Wood Production in Australia: Public Policy Lessons From the Softwood Planting Program, PhD Thesis, The Australian National University. Ajani (formerly Clark) J. (2001) 'The global wood market, prices and plantation investment: an examination drawing on the Australian experience', Environmental Conservation 28 (1): 53-64. UPDATED: 13 February 2013/ RESPONSIBLE OFFICER: Director, Fenner School of Environment and Society / PAGE CONTACT: Media Officer 3 of 3 4/04/2013 11:29 AM Professor Xuemei Bai - Researchers - ANU https://researchers.anu.edu.au/researchers/bai-x Researchers ANU Research Professor Xuemei Bai B. Sci (Peking University), M. Engineering (The University of Tokyo), PhD (The University of Tokyo), Professor of Urban Environment and Human Ecology, Fenner School of Environment and Society ANU College of Medicine, Biology and Environment E: [email protected] T: +61 2 61257825 Flag this profile Areas of expertise Environmental Science And Management 0502 Ecological Applications 0501 Land Use And Environmental Planning 120504 Urban Analysis And Development 120507 Regional Analysis And Development 120505 Research interests Professor Bai's research focuses on several frontiers of urban-industrial ecology and urban sustainability science, including: Understanding the structure, function and processes of urban social ecological system Drivers and impacts of urbanization, including impact of landscape urbanization on food production Urban environmental evolution Urban metabolism- urban energy, water, food, and material flows and social economic determinants Cities and climate change Urban policy and governance Urban resilience and cities as complex system Low carbon, eco-city development Sustainability transition in Asia Concept and method development for cross-case analysis of sustainability practices Regional development and environmental policy in China Biography Prior to joining ANU in 2011, Professor Bai worked as a Senior Principal Research Scientist at CSIRO, a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Global Environmentl Strategies in Japan, a visiting professor at Yale School of Forestry&Environmental Studies, and a research scientist at the Japanese Center for International Studies in Ecology. She is an Adjunct Professot at the Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Professor Bai authored/coauthored over 100 publications, and served as a Lead Author for Millennium Ecosystem Assessment and a Lead Author for Global Energy Assessment. Since 1998, Professor Bai 1 of 4 4/04/2013 11:30 AM Professor Xuemei Bai - Researchers - ANU https://researchers.anu.edu.au/researchers/bai-x participated over 50 international conferences/workshops/science meetings, many as invited keynote speaker, plenary speaker and panelist. She delivered invited lectures/seminars at many academic and research institutions, including Harvard Unviersity, Yale University, United Nations University. Professor Bai is an appointed member of the Scientific Committee of the International Human Dimensional Program for Global Environmental Change (IHDP); an elected Board Member for Sustainable Urban Systems Chapter of International Society of Industrial Ecology, Foreign Expert Member of Task Force for Western Region Development under China Council for International Cooperation for Environment and Development. She served on the Science Steering Committee of IHDP Industrial Transformation Core Project, National Academies (USA) Study Committee on Electricity