Vaughan Higgins

Vaughan Higgins is an Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Tasmania. Vaughan’s research focuses broadly on the governance and sustainability of Australian agriculture. Informed by post-realist analytical approaches – such as governmentality, actor network theory and assemblage thinking - his work is aimed at understanding how agricultural policy and programmes are implemented in practice, and the consequences for those who are the targets of governing. Vaughan has been involved in a number of government and industry-funded projects investigating topics such as the implementation of market-based instruments for sustainable land management, emergency animal disease and farm biosecurity practices, peri-urban biosecurity in the Sydney Basin, and the adoption of best practices for the management of Silverleaf Nightshade.