Managing 'the environment' is more about the management of people, understanding human values, and development of appropriate institutions. The Fenner School researches and educates in a range of social science and humanities areas crucial to sustainability, covering social, economic, cultural and policy dimensions. Graduates are prepared for academic and professional lives engaging with the integration of environmental, social and economic values and imperatives, where multiple values and knowledge systems interact in rapidly changing policy settings. Ethics, values and perceptions towards nature Environmental policy, law, economics and institutions Human ecology Participatory approaches to knowledge generation

Projects

• Websites

  • ANU WildCountry Research and Policy Hub (ANUWCHUB)
  • ANU Economics and Environment Network (EEN)
  • Sustainable Farms: Pathways for Rural Landscape

• Policy integration for sustainable NRM: joint research and policy learning
• Capacity building of NRM Boards to improve regional planning
• CSIRO Energy Transformed Flagship - Engineering Sustainable Energy Solutions Program: Capacity Building for a sustainable Energy future
• Regulatory design for water quality management in urban catchments
• Local Capacity Regulation: Facilitation Participatory Environmental Policy
• Internal Regulation: Overcoming the Disconnect between Corporate Objectives and Safety  Health  Environmental and Community Performance.
• The Regulation of Indigenous Rights Through Environmental Legislation
• Collaboration in Science  Technology  Planning  Education and Training
• Forest Modelling for the NCAS
• Learning from the Development and Implementation of Australia's National Indigenous Forestry Strategy
• Generating livelihood opportunities in desert Australia: Strategies and structures to support Indigenous natural resource management through community ranger programs - a case study in Yuendumu
• Gambling participation by Temporary residents and local Impacts: An Exploratory Study of the Sunshine Coast
• Urban Food Systems Research and Analysis for Canberra
• Review of Portable Sawmills in the Pacific: Identifying the Factors for Success
• Value-adding to PNG agroforestry systems
• Sustainable Dairy Catchment - System Classification and Identification of Regional Priorities

People

• R.M. Baker BA(Hons)(ANU), PhD(Adel)
• S.R. Dovers BAppSc (Canberra) BLett, PhD (ANU)
• D.C. Dumaresq BA(Qld)
• R.A. Dyball BA(Hons)(ANU), DPhil (ANU)
• N. Gunningham LLBHons(Sheffield), PhD (ANU), Solicitor Eng. and Wales
• K. Hobson BA(Hons), MPhil(Cambridge), PhD(London)
• P.J. Kanowski BScForHons(ANU), DPhil(Oxon)
• B.G. Mackey BAppSci(Canberra), MEnvSt, PhD(ANU)
• J.C.V. Pezzey BA (Cantab), MSc(London), PhD (Bristol)
• Libby Robin BA(Hons), BSc, Dip Ed, PhD (Melb)
• J. Schirmer BEc(ANU), BScForHons(ANU), PhD (ANU)