About me

I specialise in environmental policy and planning, with a particular focus on water resources, biodiversity, local and regional transport, and energy. Research areas include the role of cost-benefit analysis and environmental analysis, public participation and stakeholder involvement, as well as transboundary problems.

On the other hand, I maintain a strong interest in regulatory impact assessment and other forms of ex-ante policy appraisal, including the important role of regulatory oversight bodies. I study these topics with a focus on Australia, the European Union, the Indo-Pacific region as well as the United Kingdom.

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Organisational Affiliations

School of Environmental and Conservation Sciences, Murdoch University

Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, Research Group ‘Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services’ (BIOECOS), Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), Leipzig, Germany (2019-2023)

Past Affiliations

Non-Resident Fellow, Department of Political Science, University College London, United Kingdom (2019-2020)

Erasmus Mundus Visiting Fellow, Department of Biology and Ecology, University of Novi Sad, Serbia (2013-2014)

Lecturer, School of Geography & water@leeds, University of Leeds, United Kingdom (2013-2018)

Lecturer, Department of Politics & Environment and Sustainability Institute, University of Exeter, United Kingdom (2012-2013)

Research Fellow, Department of Politics, University of Exeter, United Kingdom (2010-2012)

Visiting Researcher, Sustainability Research Institute, University of Leeds, United Kingdom (10/2009)

Visiting Researcher, Department of Politics, University of Exeter, United Kingdom (2009)

Marie Curie Research Fellow, Department of Environmental Science, Working Group ‘Policy Analysis’, Aarhus University, Denmark (2007-2010)

Marie Curie Visiting Fellow, School of Politics, Keele University, United Kingdom (2006-2007)

Research Fellow, Institute of Environmental Systems Research, University of Osnabrück, Germany (2005-2007)

Education

Environmental Social Science
Ph.D., Aarhus University, Denmark
Political Science
M.A., University of Leipzig, Germany
Political Science
Study abroad, Stockholm University, Sweden