Teaching and learning interests
I have teaching and learning interests in the areas of: critical and feminist economic geographies, critical development studies, social science perspectives on climate change, adaptation and vulnerability, and political ecologies in the Anthropocene. All my teaching and learning objectives require interdisciplinary and relational thinking and prioritize critical thinking and analysis.
Past teaching
GEOG312 Climate Change: Science and Society (Summer 2015, University of British Columbia)
Key questions of this course included: How can – and should – science inform these responses to climate change? Through what kinds of science and social science have we come to understand climate change, and our responses to climate change? Is there a politics of climate change science and social science, and does this matter? What are our options for responding to climate change, and how do we know that they will work? During this course, we will explore these questions. In this course, students will grasp some of the foundations of the causes of climate change, the impacts of climate change, and the challenges of responding to climate change through mitigation and adaptation. The course is structured around three modules. Module 1 unpacks the relations between science and society, in theoretical and practical terms. Module 2 is devoted to the evolution of the science of the climate system. Module 3 examines how we might respond to the climate challenge, investigating predicted climate impacts, historical climate changes and societal responses, and political and policy solutions
ENST90034 Adapting to Climate Change (Semester 1 2015, University of Melbourne)
This subject focuses on climate change adaptation, and in particular its environmental, political, social and policy dimensions. Drawing examples from the Australia and Asia Pacific region, it explores the ways which climate change poses risks to human wellbeing, and the ways these risks can be managed. The key themes of the course include: knowledge, complexity, and uncertain, the relations between science and policy, trading values, decisions, costs and benefits between different parties, and governance.
I have teaching and learning interests in the areas of: critical and feminist economic geographies, critical development studies, social science perspectives on climate change, adaptation and vulnerability, and political ecologies in the Anthropocene. All my teaching and learning objectives require interdisciplinary and relational thinking and prioritize critical thinking and analysis.
Past teaching
GEOG312 Climate Change: Science and Society (Summer 2015, University of British Columbia)
Key questions of this course included: How can – and should – science inform these responses to climate change? Through what kinds of science and social science have we come to understand climate change, and our responses to climate change? Is there a politics of climate change science and social science, and does this matter? What are our options for responding to climate change, and how do we know that they will work? During this course, we will explore these questions. In this course, students will grasp some of the foundations of the causes of climate change, the impacts of climate change, and the challenges of responding to climate change through mitigation and adaptation. The course is structured around three modules. Module 1 unpacks the relations between science and society, in theoretical and practical terms. Module 2 is devoted to the evolution of the science of the climate system. Module 3 examines how we might respond to the climate challenge, investigating predicted climate impacts, historical climate changes and societal responses, and political and policy solutions
ENST90034 Adapting to Climate Change (Semester 1 2015, University of Melbourne)
This subject focuses on climate change adaptation, and in particular its environmental, political, social and policy dimensions. Drawing examples from the Australia and Asia Pacific region, it explores the ways which climate change poses risks to human wellbeing, and the ways these risks can be managed. The key themes of the course include: knowledge, complexity, and uncertain, the relations between science and policy, trading values, decisions, costs and benefits between different parties, and governance.