Dr Graham is a rural, environmental geographer with a mathematical bent. Combining these two skill sets, she uses social science methods and computer modelling to understand how the relationships between individuals and institutions affect the management of natural resources.
Dr Graham has been researching the nature of collective action in weed management for over a decade. Previously she has worked at the University of Melbourne, the University of New South Wales and the Autonomous University of Barcelona. Her other research has investigated the social and equity outcomes of adaptation to sea-level rise.
Experience
2020–present
Associate professor, UOW
2015–2019
Senior lecturer, UNSW
2017–2019
Postdoctoral fellow, UAB
Education
2012
Charles Sturt University, PhD / Sociology
2002
University of Sydney, Bachelor of Science (Adv) Hons
Publications
2023
An interdisciplinary framework for navigating social-climatic tipping points, People and Nature
2018
Local values and fairness in climate change adaptation: insights from low income communities in regional Australia, World Development
2015
Towards fair local outcomes in adaptation to sea-level rise, Climatic Change
2014
Local values for fairer adaptation to sea-level rise: A typology of residents and their lived values in Lakes Entrance, Australia, Global Environmental Change
2013
The effects of climate and socio-demographics on direct household carbon dioxide emissions in Australia, Geographical Research
2013
The social values at risk from sea-level rise, Environmental Impact Assessment Review
2009
Effects of management techniques on the establishment of eucalypt seedlings on farmland: A review, Agro-forestry systems
2009
Irrigators' attitudes towards environmental flows for wetlands in the Murrumbidgee, Australia, Wetlands Ecology and Management
2008
Climatic drivers of revegetation management practices in Australia: Analysis of a social survey, Small-scale Forestry
2006
Nurturing relationships: The gardens of Greek and Vietnamese migrants in Marrickville, Sydney, Australian Geographer
2006
Modelling the role of intracolonial genetic diversity on regulation of brood temperature in honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) colonies, Insectes Sociaux
Grants and Contracts
2020
Catalysing collective action for effective weed management
Role:
Chief Investigator
Funding Source:
Australian Research Council
2019
Managing Wild and Weedy Australia across Boundaries and Disciplines