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Our people

Our Climate Change Adaptation Lab team, affiliate members, organisational partners, and national and internal university partnerships, work collaboratively to co-produce research.

Climate Change Adaptation Lab team

Name Position Telephone Email
Dr. Lisa de Kleyn Research Fellow Climate ChangeAdaptation 03 9479 1616 L.deKleyn@latrobe.edu.au
Dr. Todd Denham Snr Res Fellow Climate Change Adaptation 03 9479 1012 T.Denham@latrobe.edu.au
Dr. Steph Houghton Research Off Climate Change Adaptat Lab S.Houghton@latrobe.edu.au
Dr. Kirstin Kreyscher Casual Academic K.Kreyscher@latrobe.edu.au
Dr. Tegan Larin Casual Academic T.Larin@latrobe.edu.au
Kolaia Raisele Casual Academic K.Raisele@latrobe.edu.au
Professor Lauren Rickards Professor of Climate Change Adaptation 03 9479 1038 L.Rickards@latrobe.edu.au

Affiliates

Name Position Telephone Email
Professor Katie Holmes Director, Centre for Study Inland 03 9479 2427 K.Holmes@latrobe.edu.au
Dr. Rachel Winterton Senior Research Fellow 03 5444 7934 R.Winterton@latrobe.edu.au
Professor Lawrie Zion Theme Lead Social Change and Equity 03 9479 2961 L.Zion@latrobe.edu.au
Professor Raelene Wilding Head of Department, Social Inquiry 03 9479 2679 R.Wilding@latrobe.edu.au
Dr. Jo Adams Research Fellow VV Marshman Centre RHR 03 5444 7243 J.Adams2@latrobe.edu.au
Dr. Julia Dehm Senior Research Fellow 03 9479 2220 J.Dehm@latrobe.edu.au
Dr. Greg Dingle Senior Lecturer, Sport Management 03 9479 5743 G.Dingle@latrobe.edu.au
Dr. Melinda Hinkson Adjunct Professor M.Hinkson@latrobe.edu.au
Dr. Melissa Kennedy Lecturer,Community Planning&Development 03 5444 7563 M.Kennedy@latrobe.edu.au
Dr. Lilian Pearce Lecturer - Environmental Humanities 03 9479 3436 L.Pearce@latrobe.edu.au
Dr. Emma Robertson Head of Department, Archaeology & History 03 5444 7612 Emma.Robertson@latrobe.edu.au
Dr. Catherine Trundle Senior Lecturer, Public Health 03 9479 5576 C.Trundle@latrobe.edu.au
Dr. Brooke Wilmsen Associate Professor 03 9479 6693 B.Wilmsen@latrobe.edu.au

Academic partnerships

  • University of Freiburg, Germany
  • Sheffield Hallam University, UK
  • RMIT University, Australia
  • University of Sydney, Australia
  • Southern Cross University, Australia

Dr. Simon Schaupp is postdoc in Sociology at the University of Basel (Switzerland) and at the Institute for Social Research in Frankfurt (Germany). Simon’s research focuses on the transformation of the world of work, digitalization and the ecological crisis.

Prof. Mikael Granberg is Professor of Political Science and a Senior Research Fellow at The Centre for Societal Risk Research at Karlstad University (Sweden). Mikael’s research focuses on political processes, and in relation to the challenges from climate change, how institutionalised political practices and norms facilitate or hinder collective action.

Doctoral researchers

  • Tenzin Fox
  • Samantha Hall
  • Oliver Frick
  • Merry Jean Caparas

Research Assistants

  • Amanda Mehegan

Hosted academic visitors

  • Dennis Fila, University of Freiburg, Germany (2024)
  • Alexandra Speidel, University of Freiburg, Germany (2024)