Lauren is a critical human geographer working on climate change issues, notably adaptation and mitigation implications for the agricultural and water sectors. At RMIT University, she is a Professor in sustainability at the School of Global Urban and Social Studies, co-leader of the Centre for Urban Research's research program on Climate Change Transformations and Interim Director of the cross-university Urban Futures Enabling Capability Platform.
Before joining RMIT, Lauren was a Research Fellow at the Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute (where she remains an Associate), an Associate Partner at RM Consulting Group, and Vice-Principal of University of Melbourne academic college Janet Clark Hall. Lauren has a D.Phil. and MSc. from the University of Oxford, where she was a Rhodes Scholar. She is co-convenor of the Institute of Australian Geographers' Nature, Risk and Resilience study group and 2010-2017 was Deputy Chair of the federal Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network.
Experience
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2015–presentSenior lecturer, School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University
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2011–2014Research fellow, University of Melbourne
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2006–2009Associate Partner and Senior Consultant, RM Consulting Group
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2004–2005Vice-Principal, Janet Clarke Hall, University of Melbourne
Education
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2006University of Oxford, D.Phil./Human Geography
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2000University of Oxford, MSc. Environmental Change and Management
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1998University of Melbourne, BSc.(Hons)/Physical Geography
Professional Memberships
- Institute of Australian Geographers
Research Areas
- Environmental Politics (160605)
- Natural Resource Management (050209)
- Social And Cultural Geography (160403)
- Rural Sociology (160804)
Honours
Rhodes Scholarship (Australia-at-Large, 1999)
- Melbourne, Australia
- Website
- @LaurenARickards
- Article Feed
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For media enquiries,
email - ORCID
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