
Guy Robinson
Adjunct Professor
School of Social Sciences
Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Economics
Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.
Guy Robinson is a human geographer with over 40 years experience of teaching and researching in universities in Australia, the UK, Canada and New Zealand. He has published eight books and over 200 papers in journals/book chapters and participated in numerous research projects. He holds degrees from the Universities of London and Oxford and has held positions at the Universities of Oxford, Edinburgh, Kingston London and South Australia as well as being an official visitor at 14 different institutions. He joined the University of Adelaide as an Adjunct in June 2015. He has edited the international journal, Land Use Policy, for nine years.
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Appointments
Date Position Institution name 2015 - ongoing Adjunct Professor University of Adelaide 2012 - 2014 Director University of South Australia 2010 - 2014 Director University of South Australia 2008 - 2015 Director University of South Australia 1994 - 2008 Professor Kingston University London 1979 - 1994 Lecturer/Senior Lecturer University of Edinburgh 1977 - 1978 Met Observer/Demonstrator University of Oxford -
Language Competencies
Language Competency French Can read, write and understand spoken Spanish; Castilian Can read -
Education
Date Institution name Country Title 1973 - 1977 University of Oxford United Kingdom DPhil (Oxon) 1970 - 1973 University of London UK BSc (London)
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Journals
Year Citation 2023 Ziafati Bafarasat, A., Oliveira, E., & Robinson, G. M. (2023). Re-introducing statutory regional spatial planning strategies in England: Reflections through the lenses of policy integration. Planning Practice and Research, 38(1), 6-25.
2022 Mitchell, G., Chan, F. K. S., Chen, W. Y., Thadani, D. R., Robinson, G. M., Wang, Z., . . . Chau, P. Y. K. (2022). Can green city branding support China's Sponge City Programme?. Blue-Green Systems, 4(1), 24-44.
Scopus12022 Song, B., Robinson, G. M., & Bardsley, D. K. (2022). Multifunctionality and path dependence: Farmer decision-making in the peri-urban fringe. Journal of Rural Studies, 96, 64-77.
2022 Zhou, Z., Liu, X., Zheng, B., Robinson, G. M., & Song, B. (2022). Agricultural Transformation and Its Impact on Ecosystem Services and Human Well-Being in Peri-Urban Areas: The Case of Xi’an, China. Land, 11(1), 110.
Scopus1 WoS12022 Bao, H. X. H., & Robinson, G. M. (2022). Behavioural land use policy studies: Past, present, and future. Land Use Policy, 115, 1-9.
Scopus4 WoS42022 Song, B., Robinson, G. M., & Bardsley, D. K. (2022). Hobby and part-time farmers in a multifunctional landscape: Environmentalism, lifestyles, and amenity. Geographical Research, 60(3), 480-497.
Scopus1 WoS12021 Bardsley, D. K., Bardsley, A. M., Moskwa, E., Weber, D., & Robinson, G. M. (2021). Challenges to the co-management of biodiversity in a reflexive modernity. Geographical Research, 59(3), 362-377.
Scopus2 WoS22021 Robinson, G. M. (2021). Routledge handbook of food waste.. GEOGRAPHICAL RESEARCH, 59(3), 489-491.
2021 Mukwada, G., Mazibuko, S. M., Moeletsi, M., & Robinson, G. M. (2021). Can famine be averted? A spatiotemporal assessment of the impact of climate change on food security in the Luvuvhu river catchment of South Africa. Land, 10(5), 1-16.
Scopus2 WoS42021 Macintosh, K. A., McDowell, R. W., Wright-Stow, A. E., Depree, C., & Robinson, G. M. (2021). National-scale implementation of mandatory freshwater farm plans: a mechanism to deliver water quality improvement in productive catchments in New Zealand?. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems, 120(2), 121-129.
WoS12021 Bardsley, A. M., Bardsley, D. K., Conedera, M., Pütz, M., Robinson, G. M., & Weber, D. (2021). Wildfire, environmental risk and deliberative planning in the Locarnese region of Switzerland. Environmental Management, 68(6), 785-801.
Scopus1 WoS12021 Waudby, H. P., Smith, B. P., Robinson, G. M., Petit, S., & Earl, G. (2021). Applying a social-ecological system framework to diagnose drivers of dingo management practices. Australian Zoologist, 41(3), 550-567.
Scopus12021 Robinson, G. M., Hardman, M., & Matley, R. J. (2021). Using games in geographical and planning-related teaching: Serious games, edutainment, board games and role-play. Social Sciences & Humanities Open, 4(1), 100208.
2020 Chisengantambu-Winters, C., Robinson, G. M., & Evans, N. (2020). Developing a decision-making dependency (DMD) model for nurse managers. Heliyon, 6(1), 10 pages.
Scopus4 WoS52020 Robinson, G. M. (2020). Handbook on the geographies of globalization. GEOGRAPHICAL RESEARCH, 58(3), 318-322.
2020 Li, L., Bao, H. X. H., & Robinson, G. M. (2020). The return of state control and its impact on land market efficiency in urban China. Land Use Policy, 99, 12 pages.
Scopus12 WoS112020 Song, B., & Robinson, G. M. (2020). Multifunctional agriculture: Policies and implementation in China. Geography Compass, 14(11), 21 pages.
Scopus10 WoS102020 Song, B., Robinson, G. M., & Bardsley, D. K. (2020). Measuring multifunctional agricultural landscapes. Land, 9(8), 30 pages.
Scopus16 WoS172019 Robinson, G. M., & Song, B. (2019). Rural transformation: Cherry growing on the Guanzhong Plain, China and the Adelaide Hills, South Australia. Journal of Geographical Sciences, 29(5), 675-701.
Scopus7 WoS72019 Zhou, Z., Robinson, G. M., & Song, B. (2019). Experimental research on trade-offs in ecosystem services: The agro-ecosystem functional spectrum. Ecological Indicators, 106, 13 pages.
Scopus9 WoS92019 Fordham, A. E., & Robinson, G. M. (2019). Identifying the social values driving corporate social responsibility. Sustainability Science, 14(5), 1409-1424.
Scopus14 WoS112019 Robinson, G. M. (2019). Geography: History and Concepts. GEOGRAPHICAL RESEARCH, 57(3), 368-370.
2019 Weber, D., Moskwa, E., Robinson, G., Bardsley, D. K., Arnold, J., & Davenport, M. A. (2019). Are we ready for bushfire? Perceptions of residents, landowners and fire authorities on Lower Eyre Peninsula, South Australia. Geoforum, 107, 99-112.
Scopus14 WoS122019 Robinson, G. M. (2019). Research in Globalization: Editor-in-Chief's introduction. Research in Globalization, 1, 100001.
Scopus12019 Petrescu-Mag, R. M., Petrescu, D. C., & Robinson, G. M. (2019). Adopting Temperance-Oriented Behavior? New Possibilities for Consumers and Their Food Waste. Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics, 32(1), 5-26.
Scopus12 WoS82019 Pobric, A., & Robinson, G. M. (2019). Recent urban development and gentrification in post-Dayton Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Cities, 89, 281-295.
Scopus13 WoS72018 Robinson, G. M. (2018). New frontiers in agricultural geography: Transformations, food security, land grabs and climate change. Boletin de la Asociacion de Geografos Espanoles, 2018(78), 1-48.
Scopus8 WoS62018 Robinson, G. (2018). Globalization of Agriculture. Annual Review of Resource Economics, 10(1), 133-160.
Scopus28 WoS212018 Robinson, G. M., & Song, B. (2018). Transforming the Peri-Urban fringe in China: The example of Xi'an-Xianyang. Sustainability (Switzerland), 10(11), 17 pages.
Scopus11 WoS112018 Bardsley, D., Moskwa, E., Weber, D., Robinson, G., Waschl, N., & Bardsley, A. (2018). Climate change, bushfire risk, and environmental values: examining a potential risk perception threshold in peri-urban South Australia. Society and Natural Resources, 31(4), 424-441.
Scopus15 WoS142018 Fordham, A., Robinson, G., & Van Leeuwen, J. (2018). Developing community based models of Corporate Social Responsibility. Extractive Industries and Society, 5(1), 131-143.
Scopus17 WoS162018 Fordham, A., & Robinson, G. (2018). Mechanisms of change: stakeholder engagement in the Australian resource sector through CSR. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, 25(4), 674-689.
Scopus14 WoS122018 Robinson,, G., Bardsley, D., Raymond, C., Underwood, T., Moskwa, E., Weber, D., . . . Bardsley, A. (2018). Adapting to climate change: lessons from farmers and peri-urban fringe residents in South Australia. Environments, 5(3), 40-1-40-16.
Scopus112018 Fordham, A. E., Robinson, G. M., Blackwell, B. D., & Cleary, J. (2018). Contributing to sustainable community livelihoods: corporate social responsibility programmes of resource companies. Rural Society: the journal of research into rural and regional social issues in Australia, 27(3), 1-21.
Scopus42018 Fordham, A. E., Robinson, G., Cleary, J., Blackwell, B. D., & van Leeuwen, J. (2018). Use of a multiple capital framework to identify improvements in the CSR strategies of Australian resource companies. Journal of Cleaner Production, 200, 704-730.
Scopus8 WoS62018 Moskwa, E., Bardsley, D. K., Robinson, G. M., & Weber, D. (2018). Generating narratives on bushfire risk and biodiversity values to inform environmental policy. Environmental Science and Policy, 89, 30-40.
Scopus11 WoS112018 Moskwa, E., Bardsley, D., Weber, D., & Robinson, G. (2018). Living with bushfire: Recognising ecological sophistication to manage risk while retaining biodiversity values. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 27, 459-469.
Scopus8 WoS72018 Chisengantambu, C., Robinson, G., & Evans, N. (2018). Nurse managers and the sandwich support model. Journal of Nursing Management, 26(2), 192-199.
Scopus7 WoS8 Europe PMC42017 Song, B., Robinson, G. M., & Zhou, Z. (2017). Agricultural transformation and ecosystem services: A case study from Shaanxi Province, China. Habitat International, 69, 114-125.
Scopus20 WoS162017 Fordham, A., Robinson, G., & Blackwell, B. (2017). Corporate social responsibility in resource companies – opportunities for developing positive benefits and lasting legacies. Resources Policy, 52, 366-376.
Scopus34 WoS312017 Robinson, G. M. (2017). The Oxford Handbook of Environmental Political Theory. ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES, 26(4), 532-534.
2017 Williams, S., Hanson-Easey, S., Robinson, G., Pisaniello, D., Newbury, J., Saniotis, A., & Bi, P. (2017). Heat adaptation and place: experiences in South Australian rural communities. Regional Environmental Change, 17(1), 273-283.
Scopus5 WoS52016 Raymond, C., Reed, M., Bieling, C., Robinson, G., & Plieninger, T. (2016). Integrating different understandings of landscape stewardship into the design of agri-environmental schemes. Environmental Conservation, 43(4), 350-358.
Scopus21 WoS212016 Moskwa, E., Ahonen, I., Santala, V., Weber, D., Robinson, G., & Bardsley, D. (2016). Perceptions of bushfire risk mitigation and biodiversity conservation: a systematic review of fifteen years of research. Environmental Reviews, 24(3), 219-232.
Scopus8 WoS62016 Liu, Z., & Robinson, G. (2016). Residential development in the peri-urban fringe: the example of Adelaide, South Australia. Land Use Policy, 57, 179-192.
Scopus41 WoS382016 Robinson, G., & Carson, D. (2016). Resilient communities: transitions, pathways and resourcefulness. Geographical Journal, 182(2), 114-122.
Scopus552016 Robinson, G. M., & Robinson, S. R. (2016). Improving landscape or improving the Picturesque? Historic rural landscapes in the English Midlands. Belgeo : Revue Belge de Géographie, 2016(4), 1-18.
Scopus12015 Pobric, A., & Robinson, G. (2015). Population ageing and low fertility: recent demographic changes in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Journal of Population Research, 32(1), 23-43.
Scopus42015 Bardsley, D., Weber, D., Robinson, G., Moskwa, E., & Bardsley, A. (2015). Wildfire risk, biodiversity and peri-urban planning in the Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia. Applied Geography, 63, 155-165.
Scopus29 WoS272015 M. Robinson, G., & Liu, Z. (2015). Greening and “un”greening Adelaide, South Australia. AIMS Environmental Science, 2(3), 511-532.
2014 Robinson, G. (2014). Lottery and Landscape: Rural development through re-creation of historic landscapes - Examples from the English West Midlands. Journal of Rural and Community Development, 8(3), 198-214. 2014 Sarsour, A. K., Omran, A., Abid, Y., & Robinson, G. M. (2014). Evaluation of an environmental health awareness program in the Gaza Strip, Palestine. Journal of Environmental Management and Tourism, 5(2), 249-268. 2013 Tan, M., Robinson, G. M., Li, X., & Xin, L. (2013). Spatial and temporal variability of farm size in China in context of rapid urbanization. Chinese Geographical Science, 23(5), 607-619.
Scopus322013 Pierce, J., & Robinson, G. (2013). Oysters thrive in the right environment: the social sustainability of oyster farming in the Eyre Peninsula, South Australia. Marine Policy, 37, 77-85.
2013 Waudby, H., Petit, S., & Robinson, G. (2013). Pastoralists’ knowledge of plant palatability and grazing indicators in an arid region of South Australia. Rangeland Journal, 35(4), 445-454.
2013 Williams, S., Bi, P., Newbury, J., Robinson, G., Pisaniello, D., Saniotis, A., & Hansen, A. (2013). Extreme heat and health: Perspectives from health service providers in rural and remote communities in South Australia. International Journal of Research and Public Health, 10(11), 5565-5583.
Scopus23 WoS23 Europe PMC102013 Raymond, C., & Robinson, G. (2013). Factors affecting rural landholders' adaptation to climate change: insights from formal institutions and communities of practice. Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions, 23(1), 103-114.
Scopus652013 Meyer, W. S., Bryan, B., Fisher, A., Crossman, N., & Lewis, M. (2013). Applying landscape science to natural resource management. Ecology and Society: a journal of integrative science for resilience and sustainability, 18(1), 32-1-32-11.
Scopus11 WoS82013 Barr, S., Guilbert, S., Metcalfe, A., Riley, M., Robinson, G., & Tudor, T. (2013). Beyond recycling: an integrated approach for understanding municipal waste management. Applied Geography, 39, 67-77.
Scopus52 WoS442012 Waudby, H., Petit, S., & Robinson, G. (2012). Pastoralists' perceptions of biodiversity and land management strategies in the arid Stony Plains region of South Australia: Implications for policy makers. Journal of Environmental Management, 112, 96-103.
2012 Metcalfe, A., Riley, M., Barr, S., Tudor, T., Robinson, G., & Guilbert, S. (2012). Food waste bins: bridging infrastructures and practices. The Sociological Review, 60(Suppl. S2), 135-155.
WoS342012 Chapman, P., & Robinson, G. M. (2012). Trust in the trust! basin reforms and the renmark irrigation trust. WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment, 168, 495-507.
2011 Tudor, T., Robinson, G., Riley, M., Guilbert, S., & Barr, S. (2011). Challenges facing the sustainable consumption and waste management agendas: Perspectives on UK households. Local Environment, 16(1), 51-66.
Scopus302011 Tan, M., Guy, M. R., & Li, X. (2011). Urban spatial development and land use in Beijing: Implications from London’s experiences. Journal of Geographical Sciences, 21(1), 49-64.
2011 Hawkins, H., Sacks, S., Cook, I., Rawling, E., Griffiths, H., Swift, D., . . . Askins, K. (2011). Organic Public Geographies: “Making the Connection”. Antipode, 43(4), 909-926.
2011 Gant, R., Robinson, G., & Fazal, S. (2011). Land-use change in the 'edgelands': Policies and pressures in London's rural-urban fringe. Land Use Policy, 28(1), 266-279.
Scopus1092011 Raymond, C., Brown, G., & Robinson, G. (2011). The influence of place attachment, and moral and normative concerns on the conservation of native vegetation: A test of two behavioural models. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 31(4), 323-335.
Scopus1332010 Raymond, C., Fazey, I., Reed, M., Stringer, L., Robinson, G., & Evely, A. (2010). Integrating local and scientific knowledge for environmental management. Journal of Environmental Management, 91(8), 1766-1777.
Scopus679 Europe PMC562010 Robinson, G. M. (2010). Remaking the Tasman World. JOURNAL OF IMPERIAL AND COMMONWEALTH HISTORY, 38(4), 664-666.
2009 Robinson, G. M. (2009). Towards sustainable agriculture: Current debates. Geography Compass, 3(5), 1757-1773.
Scopus22- Azadi, H., Robinson, G., Barati, A. A., Goli, I., Moghaddam, S. M., Siamian, N., . . . Janečková, K. (n.d.). Smart Land Governance: Towards a Conceptual Framework. Land, 12(3), 600.
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Books
Year Citation 2015 Robinson, G., & Carson, D. (Eds.) (2015). Handbook on the Globalisation of Agriculture. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited.
Scopus212015 Robinson, G., & Carson, D. (Eds.) (2015). Handbook on the Globalisation of Agriculture. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited.
Scopus212011 Robinson, G. M., & Molinero, F. (Eds.) (2011). Changing European Rural and Agricultural Landscapes. Valladolid, Spain: University of Valladolid. -
Book Chapters
Year Citation 2022 Robinson, G. M., Song, B., & Xu, Z. (2022). Agricultural Transition in Rural China: Intersections of the Global, National and Local. In Rural Transformations: Globalization and Its Implications for Rural People, Land, and Economies (pp. 53-70). Routledge.
2019 Robinson, G. M. (2019). Statistics, Overview. In International Encyclopedia of Human Geography, Second Edition (pp. 29-48). Elsevier.
2019 Robinson, G. M. (2019). Time Series Analysis. In International Encyclopedia of Human Geography, Second Edition (pp. 291-300). Elsevier.
Scopus12019 Robinson, G. M. (2019). Green Belts, edgelands, and urban sprawl: Reconsiderations of Green Belt concepts. In International Housing Market Experience and Implications for China (pp. 88-104). Routledge.
2019 Robinson, G. (2019). Sustainable and resilient ruralities. In M. Scott, N. Gallent, & M. Gkartzios (Eds.), The Routledge Companion to Rural Planning (pp. 56-67). United Kingdom: Routledge.
Scopus22015 Robinson, G., & Carson, D. (2015). The globalisation of agriculture: introducing the Handbook. In G. Robinson, & D. Carson (Eds.), Handbook on the Globalisation of Agriculture (pp. 1-28). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing. 2015 Robinson, G., & Carson, D. (2015). The globalisation of agriculture: introducing the Handbook. In G. Robinson, & D. Carson (Eds.), Handbook on the Globalisation of Agriculture (pp. 1-28). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing. 2015 Robinson, G., & Carson, D. (2015). The globalisation of agriculture: introducing the Handbook. In G. Robinson, & D. Carson (Eds.), Handbook on the Globalisation of Agriculture (pp. 1-28). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited.
Scopus42015 Zadawa, A., Omran, A., & Robinson, G. (2015). Challenges in developing and threshold countries to facilitate the NSP: Innovative sustainable solid waste management in Nigeria. In O. Schwarz-Herion, & A. Omran (Eds.), Strategies Towards the New Sustainability Paradigm: Managing the Great Transition to Sustainable Global Democracy (pp. 157-169). Switzerland: Springer.
2014 Robinson, G. M. (2014). Agricultural sustainability: global challenges in a local context. In M. Cawley, A. M. D. S. M. Bicalho, & L. Laurens (Eds.), The sustainability of rural systems: global and local challenges and opportunities (pp. 15-26). Galway: CSRS, IGU and Whitaker Institute, NUI Galway. 2013 Chapman, J., Skinner, N., & Searle, S. (2013). Working towards sustainability: Exploring the workplace as a site for pro-environmental behaviour change. In Motivating Change: Sustainable Design and Behaviour in the Built Environment (pp. 56-70). Routledge.
Scopus22012 Robinson, G. M., & Harris, F. (2012). Food Production and Supply. In Global Environmental Issues, Second Edition (pp. 131-165). Wiley.
Scopus12011 Robinson, G. M., Gant, R. L., & Fazal, S. (2011). Neglected landscapes: a study of land-use change in the rural-urban “edgelands”. In G. M. Robinson, & F. Molinero (Eds.), Changing European Rural and Agricultural Landscapes. Valladolid, Spain: University of Valladolid. 2011 Robinson, G. M., Gant, R. L., & Fazal, S. (2011). Neglected landscapes: a study of land-use change in the rural-urban “edgelands”. In G. M. Robinson, & F. Molinero (Eds.), Changing European Rural and Agricultural Landscapes. Valladolid, Spain: University of Valladolid. 2011 Robinson, G. M. (2011). Settlement, Society and Field Systems: The Modern Era’. In A. Fenton, & K. Veitch (Eds.), Compendium of Scottish ethnology, volume 2: farming and the land (pp. 198-228). Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. -
Conference Papers
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Report for External Bodies
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Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)
Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name 2022 Co-Supervisor Farmers' Satisfaction of Rural Land Acquisition Compensation in the Process of Urbanization in China Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Zhongqi Feng 2020 Co-Supervisor Multifunctional Agriculture and Climate Change Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Bingjie Song -
Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)
Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name 2021 - 2022 Co-Supervisor The changing water quality of New Zealand’s lakes in response to anthropogenic activities Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Julia Elizabeth Short 2016 - 2023 Co-Supervisor Who is Best Placed to Make What Decisions? Multilevel Governance and Adaptation to Climate Change – Some Observations from South Australia. Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Barry Garth Lincoln -
Other Supervision Activities
Date Role Research Topic Location Program Supervision Type Student Load Student Name 2014 - ongoing Principal Supervisor Corporate Social Responsibility in the Australian mining industry University of South Australia - Doctorate Full Time Anne Fordham
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Editorial Boards
Date Role Editorial Board Name Institution Country 2018 - ongoing Board Member Geographical Research Institute of Australian Geographers Australia -
Offices Held
Date Office Name Institution Country 2007 - ongoing Editor Land Use Policy Netherlands
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