The following publications, authored by members of the Sustainability Research Cluster, contribute to enhancing knowledge and practice across the themes of Climate Change, Sustainability Cities and Communities, and Social-Environmental Justice.
The publications listed are a small sample of the more than 4,000 publications produced by SRC members.
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| Authors | Journal | Article Title | DOI |
| Patrick D. Nunn | In: Bussey, M., et al. (eds) | To the Luckiest People in the World | N/A |
| Celermajer, D., Burke, A., Fishel, S., Winter, C. | Cambridge Elements in Earth System Governance | Institutionalising Multispecies Justice | 10.1017/9781009087114 |
| Pelizzon, A. | Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature (GARN) | Ecological Jurisprudence: The Law of Nature and the Nature of Law | Link |
| F Ackermann, J Clifton, M Burton, C Elrick-Barr, E Harvey, G Hill | Ocean & Coastal Management | Harnessing model-based group decision support systems for more effective stakeholder engagement: Reflections from the field | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2025.107658 |
| Elrick-Barr, C.E., Smith, T.F., Thomsen, D.C. | Ocean & Coastal Management | Practitioner Perspectives of Wellbeing in Rapidly Changing Australian Coastal Communities | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2025.107668 |
| Authors | Journal | Article Title | DOI |
| Thomsen, D; Smith T; Elrick-Barr, C | The Geographical Journal | The Anthropocene Obscene: Poetic Inquiry and Evocative Evidence of Inequality | 10.1111/geoj.12559 |
| A. Lathouras, P. Westoby | Journal of Transformative Ed. | We Make the Spiral in Circle: The Effectiveness of the Spiral Model in Community-Based Learning | 10.1177/15413446241296078 |
| Patrick D. Nunn, Roselyn Kumar, et al. | Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change | Traditional Knowledge for Climate Resilience in the Pacific Islands | 10.1002/wcc.789 |
| Marcus Bussey, L. Humble | Journal of Futures Studies | It's Time! | 10.1177/19467567241249717 |
| Athena Lathouras, Peter Westoby | Journal of Transformative Education | We Make the Spiral in Circle: The Effectiveness of the Spiral Model in Community-Based Learning | 10.1177/15413446241296078 |
| Nunn, P.D., Kumar, R., Barrowman, H., et al. | Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change | Traditional knowledge for climate resilience in the Pacific Islands | 10.1002/wcc.825 |
| Beazley, H., Bessell, S., Ennew, J., Waterson, R. | Children's Geographies | The right to be properly researched: Research with children in a messy, real world | 10.1080/14733280903352066 |
| Elrick-Barr, C.E., Thomsen, D.C., Smith, T.F. | Environmental Science & Policy | Governance innovations in the coastal zone: Towards social-ecological resilience | 10.1016/j.envsci.2023.103687 |
| Elrick-Barr, C.E., Smith, T.F., Thomsen, D.C. | Ocean & Coastal Management | Is 'hope' helpful or a hindrance? Implications for coastal governance | 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2023.106629 |
| Brincat, S. | E-International Relations | Dialectics in Mādhyamaka Buddhism and What It Can Teach International Relations | N/A |
| Ashford, T., Smith, N. | Thinking Space | Four arguments for the 'fixing' of the Olympics in the Anthropocene | 10.1080/14742837.2024.XXXXXX |
| Ashford, T., Kuzich, S., Gelves Gomez, F. | Journal of University Learning and Teaching Practice | Reflecting on practice in sustainable education classrooms: COVID-19 tales of hope | 10.53761/1.722 |
| Authors | Journal | Article Title | DOI |
| Carmen E. Elrick-Barr, et al. | Ocean & Coastal Management | Understanding Coastal Social Values through Citizen Science: The Example of CoastSnap in Western Australia | 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2023.106563 |
| Carmen E. Elrick-Barr, et al. | Climate and Development | Third-Generation Adaptive Capacity Assessment for Climate-Resilient Development | 10.1080/17565529.2023.2183947 |
| Thomsen, D.C., Smith, T.F., Elrick-Barr, C.E. | The Geographical Journal | The Anthropocene Obscene: Poetic inquiry and evocative evidence of inequality | 10.1111/geoj.12559 |
| Zimmerhackel, J.S., Clifton, J., Ackermann, F., Elrick-Barr, C.E., Harvey, E.S. | Marine Policy | A framework for the integrated assessment of social and economic values associated with man-made marine structures | 10.1016/j.marpol.2023.105308 |
| Pauli, N., Clifton, J., Elrick-Barr, C.E. | Marine Policy | Evaluating marine areas in Fiji | 10.1016/j.marpol.2023.105308 |
| Elrick-Barr, C.E., Clifton, J., Cuttler, M., Perry, C., Rogers, A.A. | Ocean & Coastal Management | Understanding coastal social values through citizen science: The example of Coastsnap in Western Australia | 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2023.106563 |
| Huddleston, P., Smith, T.F., White, I., Elrick-Barr, C.E. | Urban Climate | What influences the adaptive capacity of coastal critical infrastructure providers? | 10.1016/j.uclim.2023.101366 |
| Brunton, E.A., Ashford, T., Cristescu, R.H., Fishel, S., Ward, M. | Science | Australia's undeveloped land is not "empty" | 10.1126/science.adk9055 |
| Maher, J.H., Ashford, T., Verdonck, M., Burkhart, S. | Nutrition & Dietetics | Equipping nutrition graduates for the complex realities of practice: Using practitioner perspectives and experiences to inform authentic sustainability curriculum | 10.1111/1747-0080.12789 |
| Journal | Article Title | DOI | |
| J. Page, A. Pelizzon | The Geographical Journal | Of Rivers, Law and Justice in the Anthropocene | 10.1111/geoj.12442 |
| R.K. Yadav, M. Pawar | British Journal of Social Work | Decolonised and Developmental Social Work: A Model from Nepal | 10.1177/25166026221079430 |
| Carmen E. Elrick-Barr, et al. | Environmental Science & Policy | Man-Made Structures in the Marine Environment: A Review of Stakeholders’ Social and Economic Values and Perceptions | 10.1016/j.envsci.2021.12.005 |
| Bhullar, N., Davis, M., Kumar, R., Nunn, P.D., Rickwood, D. | The Lancet Planetary Health | Climate anxiety does not need a diagnosis of a mental health disorder | 10.1016/S2542-5196(22)00072-9 |
| Kusumaningrum, S., Siagian, C., Beazley, H. | Children's Geographies | Children during the COVID-19 pandemic: children and young people’s vulnerability and wellbeing in Indonesia | 10.1080/14733285.2022.2038140 |
| Smith, T.F., Elrick-Barr, C.E., Thomsen, D.C., Celliers, L., Le Tissier, M. | Cambridge Prisms: Coastal Futures | Impacts of tourism on coastal areas | 10.1017/cft.2022.5 |
| Elrick-Barr, C.E., Plummer, R., Smith, T.F. | Climate and Development | Third-generation adaptive capacity assessment for climate-resilient development | 10.1080/17565529.2022.2112070 |
| Huddleston, P., Smith, T.F., White, I., Elrick-Barr, C.E. | Environmental Science & Policy | Adapting critical infrastructure to climate change: A scoping review | 10.1016/j.envsci.2022.06.005 |
| Elrick-Barr, C.E., Smith, T.F. | Sustainability | Current Information Provision Rarely Helps Coastal Households Adapt to Climate Change | 10.3390/su14052904 |
| Elrick-Barr, C.E., Smith, T.F. | Environmental Science & Policy | Problem framing for Australian coastal management | 10.1016/j.envsci.2021.12.010 |
| Fishel, S. | Review of International Studies | The global tree: Forests and the possibility of a multispecies IR | 10.1017/S0260210521000734 |
| Carmen E. Elrick-Barr, et al. | Environmental Science & Policy | Man-Made Structures in the Marine Environment: A Review of Stakeholders’ Social and Economic Values and Perceptions | 10.1016/j.envsci.2021.12.005 |
| Bhullar, N., Davis, M., Kumar, R., Nunn, P.D., Rickwood, D. | The Lancet Planetary Health | Climate anxiety does not need a diagnosis of a mental health disorder | 10.1016/S2542-5196(22)00072-9 |
| Kusumaningrum, S., Siagian, C., Beazley, H. | Children's Geographies | Children during the COVID-19 pandemic: children and young people’s vulnerability and wellbeing in Indonesia | 10.1080/14733285.2022.2038140 |
| Smith, T.F., Elrick-Barr, C.E., Thomsen, D.C., Celliers, L., Le Tissier, M. | Cambridge Prisms: Coastal Futures | Impacts of tourism on coastal areas | 10.1017/cft.2022.5 |
| Elrick-Barr, C.E., Plummer, R., Smith, T.F. | Climate and Development | Third-generation adaptive capacity assessment for climate-resilient development | 10.1080/17565529.2022.2112070 |
| Huddleston, P., Smith, T.F., White, I., Elrick-Barr, C.E. | Environmental Science & Policy | Adapting critical infrastructure to climate change: A scoping review | 10.1016/j.envsci.2022.06.005 |
| Elrick-Barr, C.E., Smith, T.F. | Sustainability | Current Information Provision Rarely Helps Coastal Households Adapt to Climate Change | 10.3390/su14052904 |
| Elrick-Barr, C.E., Smith, T.F. | Environmental Science & Policy | Problem framing for Australian coastal management | 10.1016/j.envsci.2021.12.010 |
| Fishel, S. | Review of International Studies | The global tree: Forests and the possibility of a multispecies IR | 10.1017/S0260210521000734 |
| Authors | Journal | Article Title | DOI | |
| W. Xue, et al. | Climatic Change | Combining Threat and Efficacy Messaging to Increase Public Engagement with Climate Change | 10.1007/s10584-016-1668-5 | |
| L. Jacquot, et al. | Australian Planner | Australian Urban Design Guidelines: What Do We Know and What Can We Learn? | 10.1080/07293682.2021.1962930 | |
| E.O.L. Lantsoght, et al. | Frontiers in Psychology | Challenges and Opportunities for Academic Parents during COVID-19 | 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.645734 | |
| S. Fishel | Journal of Political Ecology | Can Climate Nationalism Save Us? | 10.2458/jpe.2959 | |
| Carmen E. Elrick-Barr, T.F. Smith | Ocean & Coastal Management | Policy is Rarely Intentional or Substantial for Coastal Issues in Australia | 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2021.105609 | |
| Patrick D. Nunn, T.F. Smith, Carmen E. Elrick-Barr | Frontiers in Environmental Science | Path Dependency and Future Adaptation of Coastal Cities: Examples from the Asia-Pacific | 10.3389/fenvs.2021.642385 | |
| Hidalgo, D.M., Nunn, P.D., Beazley, H. | Environmental Science & Policy | Challenges and opportunities for food systems in a changing climate: A systematic review of climate policy integration | 10.1016/j.envsci.2021.07.005 | |
| Gerber, D., Brincat, S. | Geopolitics | When Öcalan met Bookchin: The Kurdish Freedom Movement and the political theory of democratic confederalism | 10.1080/14650045.2020.1791021 | |
| Ashford, T. | Journal of Academic Ethics | App-centric students and academic integrity: A proposal for assembling socio-technical responsibility | 10.1007/s10805-020-09366-5 | |
| Fishel, S., Fletcher, A., Krishna, S., Voelkner, N. | Contemporary Political Theory | Politics in the Time of COVID | 10.1057/s41296-021-00461-2 | |
| Authors | Journal | Article Title | DOI |
| P. Cheevapattananuwong, et al. | Land | Social Capital in Community Organizing for Land Protection and Food Security | 10.3390/land9030069 |
| N.J. Stevens, S.G. Tavares | The Journal of Public Space | Exploring the Impact of COVID-19 on Public Spaces through a Systems Modelling Approach | 10.32891/jps.v5i3.1377 |
| McNamara, K.E., Clissold, R., Westoby, R., Kumar, R., et al. | Nature Climate Change | An assessment of community-based adaptation initiatives in the Pacific Islands | 10.1038/s41558-020-0813-1 |
| Nunn, P.D., Kumar, R., et al. | In: Nunn, P.D., McLean, R., Dean, A., et al. (eds). Adaptation to Climate Change: Contemporary Challenges and Perspectives | Chapter: Adaptation to Climate Change: Contemporary Challenges and Perspectives | N/A |
| Medina Hidalgo, D., Witten, I., Nunn, P.D., Burkhart, S., Bogard, J.R., Beazley, H., et al. | Regional Environmental Change | Sustaining healthy diets in times of change: linking climate hazards, food systems and nutrition security in rural communities of the Fiji Islands | 10.1007/s10113-020-01656-0 |
| Burke, A., Fishel, S. | In: Celermajer, D., Cochrane, A., Chatterjee, S., et al. (eds). Justice Through a Multispecies Lens | Chapter: Across Species and Borders: Political Representation, Ecological Democracy and the Non-Human | N/A |
| Authors | Journal | Article Title | DOI |
| P. Westoby, A. Lathouras, L. Shevellar | British Journal of Social Work | Radicalising Community Development within Social Work through Popular Education | 10.1093/bjsw/BCZ153 |
| R. Kumar, P.D. Nunn, et al. | Climate and Development | A Case Study from Viti Levu Island, Fiji | 10.1080/17565529.2019.1701972 |
| Peter Westoby, Athena Lathouras, Lynda Shevellar | The British Journal of Social Work | Radicalising Community Development within Social Work through Popular Education: A Participatory Action Research Project | 10.1093/bjsw/BCZ153 |
| Roselyn Kumar, Patrick D. Nunn, et al. | Climate and Development | A Case Study from Viti Levu Island, Fiji: Community-Based Adaptation to Climate Change | 10.1080/17565529.2019.1701972 |
| Beazley, H., Butt, L., Ball, J. | Children's Geographies | ‘Like it, don’t like it, you have to like it’: children’s emotional responses to the absence of transnational migrant parents in Lombok, Indonesia | 10.1080/14733285.2018.1497144 |
| Pascoe, S., Brincat, S., Croucher, A. | Global Environmental Change | The discourses of climate change science: Scientific reporting, climate negotiations and the case of Papua New Guinea | 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2018.12.004 |
| Clark, C., Emmanouil, N., Page, J., Pelizzon, A. | Ecology Law Quarterly | Can You Hear the Rivers Sing? Legal Personhood, Ontology, and the Nitty-Gritty of Governance | 10.15779/Z38QV3C17W |
| Pelizzon, A. | Ecology Law Quarterly | Stop Burying the Lede: The Essential Role of Indigenous Law(s) in Creating Rights of Nature | 10.15779/Z38QV3C17W |
| Authors | Journal | Article Title | DOI |
| Brincat, S. | Globalizations | Assembling the global polity: Processes of global democratization | 10.1080/14747731.2015.1130172 |
| Fishel, S. | International Political Sociology | The Microbial State: Global Thriving and the Body Politic | 10.1093/ips/olw003 |
| Pelizzon, A. | In: Law and Critique | Earth Jurisprudence and the Rights of Nature: The Role of Indigenous Law | 10.1007/s10978-016-9183-1 |
| Nunn, P.D. | Bloomsbury Publishing | The Edge of Memory: Ancient Stories, Oral Tradition and the Post-Glacial World | Link |
| Carson, M.T., Nunn, P.D. | Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology | Central Pacific Islands: Sea-Level Change and Sites | Link |
| Authors | Journal | Article Title | DOI |
| H. Beazley | Children's Geographies | Children's Emotional Responses to the Absence of Transnational Migrant Parents | 10.1080/14733285.2017.1407405 |
| Nunn, P.D., Kumar, R., Eliot, I., McLean, R.F. | Climate Change | Interpreting recent sea-level change in the Pacific Islands region: A critical review | 10.1007/s10584-015-1455-3 |
| Beazley, H., Bessell, S., Ennew, J., Waterson, R. | Children's Geographies | How are the human rights of children related to research methodology? | 10.1080/14733285.2015.1134601 |
| Brincat, S. | Globalizations | Assembling the global polity: Processes of global democratization | 10.1080/14747731.2015.1130172 |
| Fishel, S. | International Political Sociology | The Microbial State: Global Thriving and the Body Politic | 10.1093/ips/olw003 |
| Pelizzon, A. | In: Law and Critique | Earth Jurisprudence and the Rights of Nature: The Role of Indigenous Law | 10.1007/s10978-016-9183-1 |
| Tschakert, P., Barnett, J., Ellis, N., Lawrence, C., Tuana, N., New, M., Elrick-Barr, C., et al. | Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change | Climate change and loss, as if people mattered: values, places, and experiences | 10.1002/wcc.476 |
| Elrick-Barr, C., Thomsen, D.C., Preston, B.L., Smith, T.F. | Regional Environmental Change | Perceptions matter: household adaptive capacity and capability in two Australian coastal communities | 10.1007/s10113-016-1071-1 |
| Authors | Journal | Article Title | DOI |
| Nunn, P.D., Kumar, R., Eliot, I., McLean, R.F. | Climate Change | Interpreting recent sea-level change in the Pacific Islands region: A critical review | 10.1007/s10584-015-1455-3 |
| Beazley, H., Bessell, S., Ennew, J., Waterson, R. | Children's Geographies | How are the human rights of children related to research methodology? | 10.1080/14733285.2015.1134601 |
| Brincat, S. | Globalizations | Assembling the global polity: Processes of global democratization | 10.1080/14747731.2015.1130172 |
| Fishel, S. | International Political Sociology | The Microbial State: Global Thriving and the Body Politic | 10.1093/ips/olw003 |
| Pelizzon, A. | In: Law and Critique | Earth Jurisprudence and the Rights of Nature: The Role of Indigenous Law | 10.1007/s10978-016-9183-1 |