Meet two more of our speakers at this year’s NESS Forum “Impact pathways for evidence in a post-truth world”:
Professor Kerrie Wilson is an Australian Research Council Future Fellow and Professor in the School of Biological Sciences at The University of Queensland. Kerrie is Director of the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions and a key personnel of the National Environmental Science Program Threatened Species Recovery Hub. Kerrie has a particular interest in applied conservation resource allocation problems, such as where to invest limited resources to protect or restore biodiversity. Her research requires an understanding of both the ecological and socio-economic context and has led to the development of frameworks and decision support tools to inform how funds should be allocated between different activities to maximise conservation outcomes. Her research program also focuses on the analysis of uncertainty (with a particular focus on institutional and socio-political factors that influence investment success), landscape dynamics.
Dr Chris Cvitanovic is an Interdisciplinary Research Fellow specialising in knowledge exchange, stakeholder engagement and the governance of marine resources. In doing so Chris draws on almost ten years of experience working at the interface of science and policy for the Australian Government Department of Environment, and then as a Knowledge Broker in CSIROs Climate Adaptation Flagship. Previously Chris’ research has also focused on understanding the mechanisms underpinning the resilience of coral reef systems, primarily herbivory and water quality
