Professor Melissa Nursey-Bray
Professor, Deputy Director ISER
School of Social Sciences
Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Economics
Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.
Current roles
- Professor and ARC Future Fellow, Human Geography
- Deputy Director, Institute of Sustainability, Energy and Resources
- Coordinator, FAME Sustainability Strategy
Research Overview
My research investigates the connection between people and the environment. I focus on how to engage communities to be part of environmental decision making, particularly in the context of climate change and biodiversity protection. I have worked with Indigenous, ports, local government and fishing communities on a range of projects. These projects have examined how conflict, social and cultural values, knowledge, social learning and perceptions affect how people become involved in or help drive environmental sustainability.
My most recent work explore how different communities can adapt to climate change. This has included developing adaptation strategies for Indigenous peoples, looking at how urban areas can be ‘greened’ and the ways in which fisheries can be made more resilient and responsive to climate threats.
I am currently working on an ARC Future Fellowship that investigates how different knowledges can work together to address biodiversity and climate change impacts.
I welcome inquiries from Masters and PhD candidates interested in: urban ecology, Indigenous resource management, climate change adaptation, co-management, and fisheries/marine management.
- My Research
- Career
- Publications
- Grants and Funding
- Teaching
- Supervision
- Professional Activities
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My current projects include:
- ARC Future Fellowship: : Incorporating Indigenous knowledge into biodiversity and adaptation policy
The goal of this project is to discover Indigenous knowledge innovations at the science-policy interface that will create transformative benefits for biodiversity and climate change adaptation and socially just conservation outcomes for the people living within regions of outstanding cultural and ecological value such as the Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre Basin, Australia.
- Indigenous Climate Adaptation
This research program considers the barriers and opportunities facing Indigenous peoples in relation to climate change. It explores how climate change impacts on and the community driven responses to climate change across the world. In particular the program examines the role of traditional knowledge in informing Indigenous adaptation, and the ways in which Indigenous ways of doing can be incorporated within wider policy frameworks both on Indigenous country and in cities.
- Community engagement and environmental change
This is a research program that undertakes a range of projects that explore the ways in which communities engage with the issue of climate change and biodiversity, in order to strengthen policy and management. The project examines the role of conflict, social learning, knowledge, risk, values and perception in influencing community behaviour about and towards environmental issues. Examples of studies undertaken include a perception study about climate change for the rock lobster fishery, understanding how marine stakeholders feel about the relationship between sharks and aquaculture, and projects on community gardens and trees in cities.
- Adaptation, Community Environment (ACE)
I am the Director of a research group called Adaptation, Community Environment (ACE) that aims to undertake applied research and work with stakeholders and community groups on project they want undertaken on adaptation or environmental management. Examples include consultancy work (a recent one on the social impact of alcohol restrictions on the NT is an example), conduct of research training workshops for local community groups, implementation of citizen science projects (i.e. on marine pollution or climate change, see REDMAP), an annual adaptation seminar series that includes industry and community presentations and the establishment of an artist in residence program on art and public space.
This project considers the ways in which different groups can work together for a common goal. It also aims to develop a strong partnership between academia and the community, so that project results can be useful to and used by communities to guide their own day to day business. The establishment of ACE creates opportunities for applied research that involves and has positive impacts on community. ACE aims to work with and for not on communities.
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Appointments
Date Position Institution name 2021 - ongoing Professor University of Adelaide 2019 - 2021 Interim Head of School University of Adelaide 2015 - ongoing Associate Professor University of Adelaide 2010 - 2014 Senior Lecturer University of Adelaide 2005 - 2009 Lecturer and Senior Lecturer Australian Maritime College, UTAS 2004 - 2005 Senior Research Officer CSIRO, Centre for Sustainable Ecosystems -
Awards and Achievements
Date Type Title Institution Name Country Amount 2022 Research Award Future Fellowship Australian Research Council University of Adelaide Australia $1,038,892 2020 Teaching Award Elder Cole Award for Excellence in HDR Supervision University of Adelaide Australia $8,000 2017 Award Beacon Commendation for Excellence in HDR Supervision University of Adelaide Australia $2000 2017 Recognition Australian Ambassador for Regional Studies Association Regional Studies Association United Kingdom - 2017 Achievement Handling Editor, Australian Journal of Environmental Management University of Queensland Australia - 2017 Award Co-winner best paper award World Symposium on Climate Change Communication Australia - 2016 Recognition Chief Editor, Journal of the Royal Geographical Society, South Australia Royal Geographical Society, South Australia Australia - 2016 Award Co-winner of Pete Hay Environmental Award for best paper Australian Political Studies association Australia - 2012 Award White Paper Award Faculty of Arts, University of Adelaide Australia - 2011 Research Award ECR Award for Research Excellence Faculty of Arts, University of Adelaide Australia - 2009 Award Office of Learning and Teaching Citation Universiyt of Tasmania Australia - 2009 Fellowship Honorary Tyndall Fellow Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research United Kingdom - 2008 Award Vice Chancellors Award for Outstanding Contribution to Teaching and Learning University of Tasmania Australia - 2001 Fellowship Winston Churchill Fellowship James Cook University Australia $30,000 -
Education
Date Institution name Country Title 2008 University of Tasmania Australia Graduate Certificate in Teaching and Learning 2006 James Cook University Australia PhD 1992 University of Adelaide Australia Masters Degree in Environmental Studies 1989 University of Adelaide Australia Bachelor of Arts (Hons) -
Research Interests
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Journals
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Books
Year Citation 2022 Nursey-Bray, M., Palmer, R., Chischilly, A. M., Rist, P., & Yin, L. (2022). Old ways for New Days: Indigenous Survival and Agency in Climate Changed Times (1 ed.). Online: Springer.
DOI2008 Nursey-Bray, M., & Palmer, R. (2008). Walk the talk : strengthening indigenous participation in the management of Australia’s oceans. Germany: Verlag Dr. Muller. 2008 Nursey-Bray, M. (2008). Socially just conservation : towards collaborative hunting management of green turtles and dugongs in the Great Barrier Reef world heritage area, Australia. Germany: Verlag Dr. Muller. 2007 Nursey-Bray, M., Attwater, C., Witte, E., & Stute, E. (2007). Climate change and coastal management: a literature review. Tasmania, Australia. -
Book Chapters
Year Citation 2025 Nursey-Bray, M., Yoneyama, S., Szorenyi, A., Grage, A., Hill, C., Gienger, A., & Storp, V. (2025). Situated ecologies of attention as a pathway for socially just climate policy. In H. Mahmoudi, & K. Seaman (Eds.), Global Climate Crisis (pp. 91-117). Edward Elgar.
DOI2025 Nursey-Bray, M., Yoneyama, S., Szorenyi, A., Grage, A., Hill, C., Gienger, A., & Storp, V. (2025). Situated ecologies of attention as a pathway for socially just climate policy. In H. Mahmoudi, & K. Seaman (Eds.), Global Climate Crisis: Seeking Environmental Justice and Climate Equality (pp. 91-117). Edward Elgar Publishing.
DOI2024 Parsons, M., & Nursey-Bray, M. (2024). Rethinking environmental governance. In K. Dombrovskis, M. Goodwin, J. Qian, A. Williams, & P. Clarke (Eds.), Introducing Human Geographies (Fourth ed., pp. 1-13). Routledge.
DOI2024 Cattonar, L., Suh, J., & Nursey-Bray, M. (2024). Exploring Coal Dust Pollution and Social Acceptance in Singleton, New South Wales: Implications for the Social License to Operate through Risk Society Theory. In G. Wood, J. Górski, & G. Mete (Eds.), The Palgrave Handbook of Social License to Operate and Energy Transitions (Vol. 1, 1 ed., pp. 1-20). Palgrave.
DOI2024 Nursey-Bray, M. (2024). Fay Gale. In W. Prest, K. Round, & C. Fort (Eds.), The Wakefield Companion to South Australian History - ebook: pdf (2 ed.). Adelaide: Wakefield Press. 2024 Nursey-Bray, M., & Smith, T. (2024). Reframing Integrated Coastal Zone Management: Towards Conflict Informed Approaches in a Time of Change and Turbulence. In B. Glavovic (Ed.), Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences (Treatise on Estuarine and Coastal Systems ed., pp. 295-306). Elsevier.
DOI2023 Nursey-Bray, M., Korerura, S., Fui, M., Lui, S., Masale, P., Mariner, A., . . . Ronneberg, E. (2023). Adapting to Change? Traditional Knowledge and Water. In A. Dansie, H. Alleway, & B. Boer (Eds.), The Water, Energy, and Food Security Nexus in Asia and the Pacific (pp. 229-247). Springer.
DOI2023 Marsh, J., Daniel-Mayes, S., Sehlin MacNeil, K., & Nursey-Bray, M. (2023). Learning Through an Undisciplined Lens: The Centring of Indigenous Knowledges and Philosophies in Higher Education in Australia and Sweden. In S. Weuffen, J. Burke, A. Goriss-Hunter, & S. Emmett (Eds.), Inclusion, Equity, Diversity, and Social Justice in Education
A Critical Exploration of the Sustainable Development Goals. Singapore: 981-19-5008-7 Publisher Springer Singapore.
DOI2023 Marsh, J. K., Daniels-Mayes, S., MacNeil, K. S., & Nursey-Bray, M. (2023). Learning Through an Undisciplined Lens: The Centring of Indigenous Knowledges and Philosophies in Higher Education in Australia and Sweden. In Z. Romano, & R. Ballard (Eds.), Sustainable Development Goals Series (Vol. Part F2750, pp. 57-75). Springer Nature Singapore.
DOI Scopus12023 Nursey-Bray, M. (2023). Building Collaborative Models for Change: Engaging Indigenous People and Country into in Socially just Conservation. In C. Baldwin, & S. van Bommel (Eds.), Rural Development for Sustainable Social-ecological Systems
Putting Communities First (Vol. 1, 1 ed., pp. 209-227). Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave MacMillan.
DOI2021 Nursey-Bray, M., & Marsh, J. (2021). Co-management and Conservation Below Water in Australia. In W. F. Fihlo, A. M. Azul, L. Brandli, A. L. Salvia, & T. Wall (Eds.), Life Below Water (1 ed., pp. 1-11). Geneva: Springer Nature.
DOI2021 Atampugre, G., Nursey-Bray, M., & Rudd, D. (2021). Micro-level Dynamics of Climate Risks Adaptation in a Semi-arid Agroecology. In Handbook of Climate Change Management: Research, Leadership, Transformation (Vol. 2, pp. 997-1024). Springer International Publishing.
DOI Scopus12021 Atampugre, G., Nursey-Bray, M., Kamal, M., & Nyarko, B. (2021). Assessing farm-households' vulnerability to climate change risks in semi arid Ghana. In M. G. Alam, O. Erdiaw-Kwasie, G. Nagy, & W. Leal Fihlo (Eds.), Climate Vulnerability and Resilience in the Global South: Human Adaptations for Sustainable Futures. (pp. 527-553). https://link.springer.com/: Springer Link.
DOI Scopus62021 Kidane, R., Wanner, T., & Nursey-Bray, M. (2021). Understanding the Climatic and Non-climatic Drivers of Livelihood Vulnerability in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia. In M. Alam, M. Erdiaw-Kwasie, G. Nagy, & W. Leal Fihlo (Eds.), Climate Vulnerability and Resilience in the Global South (pp. 279-296). Switzerland: Springer Nature.
DOI Scopus22021 Nursey-Bray, M., & Parsons, M. (2021). Indigenous Peoples and Climate Change: Australia and New Zealand. In W. L. Fihlo, A. M. Azul, L. Brandii, P. G. Özuyar, & T. Wall (Eds.), Climate Action. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. (pp. 1-12). Online: Springer Nature.
DOI2021 Atampugre, G., Nursey-Bray, M., & Rudd, D. (2021). Micro-level dynamics of climate risks adaptation in a semi-arid agroecology. In W. Leal Fihlo (Ed.), Handbook of Climate Change Management (pp. 1-28). Cham, Switzerland: Springer.
DOI2021 Nursey-Bray, M., & Muecke, S. (2021). Paying attention to the spaces in between: the social production of space and Indigenous presence in cities. In R. Bartel, & J. Carter (Eds.), Handbook on Space, Place and Law (1 ed., pp. 196-207). Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar.
Scopus12020 Nursey-Bray, M. J. (2020). Community Engagement: What Is It?. In D. Hes, & C. Hernandez-Smith (Eds.), Placemaking Fundamentals for the Built Environment (pp. 83-105). Singapore: Palgrave McMillan.
DOI Scopus52020 Feng, H., & Nursey-Bray, M. (2020). Adaptation by herders on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau in response to climate change and policy refroms: the implications for carbon sequestration and livelihoods. In Z. Shang, A. Degen, M. Rafiq, & V. Squires (Eds.), Carbon Management for Promoting Local Livelihood in the Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH) Region (pp. 281-297). Cham, Switzerland: Springer.
DOI2020 Nursey-Bray, M. J. (2020). The ART of engagement placemaking for nature and people in cities. In D. Hes, & C. Hernandez-Santin (Eds.), Placemaking Fundamentals for the Built Environment (pp. 305-326). Singapore: Palgrave McMillan.
DOI Scopus42019 Nursey-Bray, M. (2019). Moving with Mobiles – Using IT in the Classroom as Against Online: Comparative Reflection from South Australia. In A. Zhang (Ed.), Handbook of Mobile Teaching and Learning (pp. 741-751). Springer-Verlang. 2019 Nursey-Bray, M. J., & Palmer, R. (2019). Adapting to Change: A reflective history of an online graduate certificate and its implications for teaching geography. In A. Zhang (Ed.), Handbook of Mobile Teaching and Learning (pp. 15 pages). Online: Springer-Verlag.
DOI2019 Nursey-Bray, M. (2019). Mobiles, Online Learning, and the Small Group Discovery Classroom: Reflections from South Australia. In Y. A. Zhang, & D. Cristol (Eds.), Handbook of Mobile Teaching and Learning (pp. 977-990). Singapore: Springer Nature.
DOI2018 Nursey-Bray, M., & Beer, A. (2018). Urban Planning and Indigenous Peoples. In N. Snipe, & K. Vella (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Urban and Regional Planning (1st ed., pp. 16 pages). Online: Routledge.
DOI Scopus12017 Nursey-Bray, M., Nicholls, R., Vince, J., Harvey, N., & Day, S. (2017). Public participation, coastal management and climate change adaptation. In D. Green, & J. Payne (Eds.), Marine and Coastal Resource Management: Principles and Practice (pp. 223-239). Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge.
DOI Scopus72015 Nursey-Bray, M. (2015). Moving with mobiles: using IT in the classroom as against online: a comparative reflection from South Australia. In A. Zhang (Ed.), Handbook of Mobile Teaching and Learning (1 ed., pp. 741-751). Berlin: Springer.
DOI2015 Nursey-Bray, M., Fergie, D., Arbon, V., Rigney, L., Palmer, R., Tibby, J., . . . Stuart, A. (2015). Indigenous adaptation to climate change: the Arabana. In J. Palutikof, S. Boulter, J. Barnett, & D. Rissik (Eds.), Applied studies in climate adaptation (Vol. 9781118845011, 1 ed., pp. 316-325). West Sussex: John Wiley & Sons.
DOI Scopus22015 Nicholls, R., Dawson, R., Day, S., Walker, D., Mimura, N., Nursey-Bray, M., . . . Zanuttigh, B. (2015). International opportunities for broad scale coastal simulation. In R. Nicholls, R. Dawson, & S. Day (Eds.), Broad Scale Coastal Simulation: New Techniques to Understand and Manage Shorelines in the Third Millennium (Vol. 49, 1 ed., pp. 325-347). Dordrecht: Springer.
DOI Scopus12015 Nursey-Bray, M. (2015). Gender, governance, and climate change adaptation. In Handbook of Climate Change Adaptation (pp. 1077-1090). Springer Berlin Heidelberg.
DOI Scopus32015 Nursey-Bray, M. (2015). Moving with Mobiles: Using IT in the Classroom as Against Online: A Comparative Reflection from South Australia. In Handbook of Mobile Teaching and Learning (pp. 1-9). Springer Berlin Heidelberg.
DOI2014 Nursey-Bray, M. (2014). Gender, governance and climate change adaptation. In W. Leal Filho (Ed.), Handbook of climate change adaptation (Online ed., pp. 1-13). Germany: Springer.
DOI2013 Nursey-Bray, M., & Harvey, N. (2013). Bridging the science-policy divide in the coastal zone: is there a role for learning processes?. In E. Moksness, E. Dahl, & J. Stottrup (Eds.), Global challenges in integrated coastal zone management (pp. 218-228). United Kingdom: John Wiley & Sons.
DOI Scopus42012 Myers, S., Thomsen, D., Tarte, D., Dutra, L., Ellis, N., Thebaud, O., . . . Smith, T. (2012). Adaptive learning and coastal management in South-east Queensland, Australia. In R. Kenchington, L. Stocker, & D. Wood (Eds.), Sustainable Coastal Management and Climate Adaptation: Global Lessons from Regional Approaches in Australia (1 ed., pp. 157-176). Australia: CSIRO Publishing. 2012 Nursey-Bray, M., & Miller, A. (2012). Ports and climate change: building skills in climate change adaptation, Australia. In W. Filho (Ed.), Climate Change and the Sustainable Use of Water Resources (1 ed., pp. 273-282). Germany: Springer.
DOI Scopus82012 Nursey-Bray, M. J., & Table, M. (2012). Observed and projected changes in some climate change observations and their likely impact on the port sector. In Dowling, A. Carew, & R. Hadgraft (Eds.), Engineering Your Future (2nd ed., pp. 672). 2011 Nursey-Bray, M. (2011). Indigenous Peoples, Marine Protected Areas and Ecologically Sustainable Development. In W. Gullett, C. Schofield, & J. Vince (Eds.), Marine Resources Management (1 ed., pp. 239-251). Australia: Reed International Books Australia. 2009 Nursey-Bray, M., & Ferrier, T. (2009). Risk assessment and local government, Tasmania: Applying an interdisciplinary approach to climate change adaptation. In Interdisciplinary aspects of climate change, 2009 (pp. 245-263). Peter Lang. 2009 Nursey-Bray, M. (2009). Climate change, coastal communities and governance: developing solutions for change in Australia. In E. Dahl, E. Moksness, & J. Stottrup (Eds.), Integrated Coastal Zone Management (pp. 306-317). United Kingdom: Wiley.
DOI Scopus22009 Nursey-Bray, M. (2009). Australia at a discursive crossroads: Climate change and foreign policy. In P. G. Harris (Ed.), Climate Change and Foreign Policy: Case Studies from East to West (pp. 18-35). Routledge.
DOI Scopus12007 Smajgl, A., Nursey-Bray, M., Vella, K., & Herr, A. (2007). Building Institutional Incentives in Dying Communities. In A. Smajgl, & S. Larson (Eds.), Sustainable resource use: institutional dynamics and economics (pp. 220-239). United Kingdom: Earthscan.
DOI2006 Anderson, K., & Spahni, P. (2006). Globalization. In Oxford companion to wine, 2006 (pp. 316-317). Oxford University Press.
DOI- Dombroski, K., Goodwin, M., Qian, J., Williams, A., & Cloke, P. (n.d.). Introducing Human Geographies. Routledge.
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Conference Papers
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Report for External Bodies
Year Citation 2023 Myers, B., Ahammed, F., Barratt, R., Bradley, M., Chesterfield, C., Crase, L., . . . Shanafield, M. (2023). Future urban water management options for a vibrant and resilient Adelaide (22/16). Adelaide: Goyder Institute for Water Research, South Australia. 2021 Nursey-Bray, M. (2021). Communicating climate change impacts on Australian coastal and marine environments to their human communities (1). Melbourne. 2021 Nursey-Bray, M., Lam, C., & Kamal, M. (2021). Remarkable Southern Flinders Ranges Project - A SWOT Analysis (1). Clare. 2021 Future, E. A. (2021). Sustainable Oceans and Coasts National Strategy 2021-2030. Canberra. 2021 Lam, C., & Nursey-Bray, M. (2021). Wellbeing Gap Analysis: Legatus Group Northern Councils Report (1). Clare: Legatus Group and University of Adelaide. 2021 National Academy of Sciences. (2021). The risks to Australia of a 3°C warmer world. 2020 Nursey-Bray, M., Gienger, A., Amegavi, G., & Murgatroyd, S. (2020). Reconciliation Action Planning Northern and Yorke Region SA (1). Clare: Legatus Group and University of Adelaide. 2020 Nursey-Bray, M., Kamal, M., & Di Giacomo, M. (2020). Building a Culture for Encouraging Regional Youth into Volunteering (1). Clare: Legatus Group and University of Adelaide. 2020 Woodward, E., Hill, R., Harkness, P., & Archer, R. (2020). Our Knowledge Our Way in caring for Country: indigenous-led approaches to strengthening and sharing our knowledge for land and sea management. Best Practice Guidelines from Australian experiences (1). Cairns, Australia: CSIRO and NAILSMA. 2019 Tanner, J., Bailleul, F., Bryars, S., Doubell, M., Foster, N., Gaylard, S., . . . Ward, T. (2019). Potential social, economic and ecological indicators for integrated ecosystem assessment of Spencer Gulf (19/32). Adelaide, South Australia. 2019 Reinhold, S. -L., Hemming, S., Holland, S., Nursey-Bray, M., Rogers, P., & Sutherland, L. (2019). Marine Sciences and Meeting Indigenous Research Priorities Workshop (978-0-646-80061-5). 2019 Goldsworthy, S., Bailleul, F., Nursey-Bray, M., Mackay, A., Oxley, A., Reinhold, S. -L., & Shaughnessy, P. (2019). Assessment of the impacts of seal populations on the seafood industry in South Australia (FRDC Assessment of the impacts of seal populations on the seafood industry in South Australia). Australian Capital Territory: Fisheries and Research Development Corporation and South Australian Research and Development Institute. 2017 Nursey-Bray, M. J., Bicknell, N., Sullivan, A., Magnusson, A., Morisson, J., & Magnusson, M. (2017). Isolating social and economic objectives within multiple stakeholder fisheries: a case study of the South Australian Marine Scale Fishery (2015-2020). Australian Capital Territory: FRDC. 2015 Jorgensen, B., Martin, J., & Nursey-Bray, M. J. (2015). Women, executive careers and local government (2014.38). Centre for Housing, Urban and Regional Planning, University of Adelaide. 2015 Nursey-Bray, M. J., & Arabana Aboriginal Corporation. (2015). The Arabana people, water and developing cultural indicators for country (15/29). Adelaide: Goyder Institute for Water Research. 2013 Nursey-Bray, M., Fergie, D., Arbon, V., Rigney, L., Palmer, R., Tibby, J., . . . Hackworth, L. (2013). Community based adaptation to climate change: The Arabana, South Australia (92/13). Australia: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility. -
Original Creative Works
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Theses
Year Citation 2023 Gienger, A. (2023). Participation to Partnerships: An Exploration of Reconciliation, Co-management and their Interconnection in the South Australian Context. (PhD Thesis, University of Adelaide).
| Date | Project Name/ Number | Investigators | Funding Body | Amount |
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| 2023 - 2025 | Toys for Turtles, Dhimurru, NT. | Wootton, N, Nursey-Bray, M. and Gillanders, B. | DCCEEW | $279,755 |
| 2023 - 2025 | Project-level blue carbon ecosystem restoration benefits measurement, verification and accounts | Jones, A. Tanner, J (SARDI), Wheeler, S., Nursey-Bray, M., Carnell, P (Deakin) | DCCEEW | $1,146,729.10 |
| 2022 - 2032 | One Basin CRC Governance Theme Leader/program | Nursey-Bray, M and Aldridge K | One Basin CRC | TBD/Ongoing |
| 2022 - 2023 | Blue Carbon Framework Accounting | Nursey-Bray, M and Mandingalbay Yidinji Corporation | Department of Climate Change Energy, Environment and Water | $275,000 |
| 2021 - 2023 | Caring for Country: Sea Country Planning | Nursey-Bray, M | Country Needs People | $150,000 |
| 2022 | SEQ Water Climate Risk Assessment | Westra, S and Nursey-Bray, M | SEQ Water | $26,000 |
| 2022 | National Park City Adelaide consultation | Nursey-Bray, M. | Green Adelaide | $8000 |
| 2022 - 2026 | Pathways for Indigenous and Western knowledge into environmental policy | Nursey-Bray, M | Australian Research Council | $1,038,892 |
| 2021 | Climate communications to marine and coastal communities, Victoria | Nursey-Bray, M | Victorian Coastal and Marine Coastal Council | $7500 |
| 2021 | Wellbeing in regions | Nursey-Bray, M | Legatus Group | $15,000 |
| 2021 | Normalising climate change communications for coastal communities, Victoria | Nursey-Bray, M | Coast ans Marine Planning Group, State Government, Victoria | $7500 |
| 2021 | Southern Remarkable Tourism Project | Nursey-Bray, M | Legatus group | $15,000 |
| 2020 - 2022 | Finding the Fab Five! Enhancing community values and marine protected areas | Nursey-Bray, M, Gillanders, B., Lange, J | Commonwealth government, MPA Program | $278,000 |
| 2020 | Reconciliation in Regions | Nursey-Bray, M | Legatus Group | $15,000 |
| 2019 | Youth Volunteering in regions | Nursey-Bray, M | Legatus Group | $16,000 |
| 2018 | Social Impact Assessment, Indigenous Supermarkets Alice Springs | Nursey-Bray, M | BDO Consulting | $15,000 |
| 2018 | More than providing a microphone: Establishing a research cluster for public engagement with STEM research and policy | Ankeny R; Braunack-Mayer A; Bray H; Brown H; Burton R; Conduit J; Falkner K; Grutzner F; Michell D; Musgrave I, Nursey-Bray, M, Plewa, C and Street, J | FND000166: University of Adelaide - Interdisciplinary Research Funding Scheme | $65,000 |
| 2018 | Humanitarian Emergencies in a Digital World: big data, human networks and the role of situational awareness | Skuse A; Nursey-Bray M; Kakare C; Birzer C; Brown H; Szabo C | FND000166: University of Adelaide - Interdisciplinary Research Funding Scheme | $30,000 |
| 2017- 2019 | Placemaking and Tactical Urbanism Program | Kellett J; Palazzo E; Worrall J; Nursey-Bray M | Myers Foundation | $132,000 |
| 2017- 2019 | Goyder Project HE 17 01: Socio ecological assessment of the ecosystems, industries and communities of Spencer Gulf | B. Gillanders, P. Cassey & M. Nursey-Bray | Goyder Institute | $300,000 |
| 2017- 2018 | Social Impact Assessment, Sea Port, Kangaroo Island | Nursey-Bray, M | Environmental Projects | $27,000 |
| 2017- 2018 | Academic Plane Travel | M Nursey-Bray, R Palmer, T Wanner, C Birzer | Ecoversity (UoA) | $13,000 |
| 2016- 2018 | Developing social indicators to improve social license to operate for the Marine Scale fishery | Nursey-Bray, M. & Bicknell, N | FRDC | $52,000 |
| 2015- current | William and Mary College, Teaching Sustainability | Nursey-Bray, M | Environmental Projects | $27,000 annually |
| 2015- 2017 | Climate Change Adaption Research Network (Vulnerable communities including human health) | Bi,P., Hanson-Easy, S., Nitscke, M. Nursey-Bray, M., Pisaniello, D., Tan, Y., Weinstein, P., Zhanh, Y., Hansen, A & Williams, S | ORG119308: NCCARF Research Network | $300,000 |
| 2015- 2017 | NCCARF SEI Project | Nursey-Bray, M | NCCARF SEI | $365,000 |
| 2015 | Application of tracking technologies to understand space-time explicit patterns of movement, residency and habitat use of pelagic sharks in Spencer Gulf | Nursey-Bray, M | FRDC | $23,000 |
| 2014- 2015 | Assessing perception of the economic impact of seal-fisher interactions | Nursey-Bray, M | FRDC | $20,000 |
| 2014- 2015 | Women in Leadership Project | Martin, J., Jorgensen, B & Nursey-Bray, M | Local Government Association, SA | $35,000 |
| 2014- 2015 | Task 3: Cultural Indicators Project Goyder | Lewis, M., White, D. & Nursey-Bray, M | SARDI/Goyder Institute | $366,581 |
| 2014 | AW NRM Grant | Nursey-Bray, M | AW NRM Grant | $20,000 |
| 2014 | FRAGS Community Gardens | Nursey-Bray, M, Ankeny, R, Rudd & Bray, H | University of Adelaide, Faculty of Arts | $4,500 |
| 2014 | FRAGS Adaptive Capacity | Nursey-Bray, M | University of Adelaide, Faculty of Arts | $4,500 |
| 2014 | Teaching and Learning Grant: Developing Online Excel Training for Globalisation | Nursey-Bray, M | University of Adelaide, Faculty of Arts | $2,500 |
| 2013- 2015 | USC/APN Project on co-management and adaptive capacity (fisheries) | Fidelman, P, & Nursey-Bray, M | Asia/Pacific Network for Global Research | $50,000 |
| 2013 | SANTS evaluation contract | Nursey-Bray, M | SANTS | $5,000 |
| 2013 | Subcontract-Eyes-on-the-water:Inspiring Australians through participation in science-A123926 | Nursey-Bray, M | Inspiring Australia | $25,000 |
| 2013 | Coastal Fisheries Workshop, Vietnamese Officials | Nursey-Bray, M | University of Sunshine Coast | $2,000 |
| 2012- 2013 |
India-Australia Strategic Research Grant |
Frusher, S., Hobday, A., Van Putten, I., Pecl, G., Haward, M. & Nursey-Bray, M | India-Australia Strategic Grant Scheme | $120,000 |
| 2012 | Local Government Workshops on climate change adaptation /vulnerability for the Mount Lofty NRM Board (internal) | Clarke, B. and Nursey-Bray, M | ML NRM | $10,000 |
| 2012 | External masters supervision (requested engineering) | Nursey-Bray, M | University of Adelaide, Faculty of Engineering, Computer & Mathematical Sciences | $3,000 |
| 2012 | Hosting/coordination of social inclusion and climate change workshop, for Professor Carol Johnson (Politics) | Nursey-Bray, M | University of Adelaide, Faculty of Arts | $5,000 |
| 2012 | Fay Gale monies for leading theme activities | Nursey-Bray, M | University of Adelaide, Faculty of Arts | $1,000 |
| 2012 | White paper prize | Nursey-Bray, M | University of Adelaide, Faculty of Arts | $500 |
| 2012 | Bottom Drawer Fellowship Fay Gale | Nursey-Bray, M | University of Adelaide, Faculty of Arts | $1,000 |
| 2011- 2013 | NCCARF Climate Change Arabana project | Nursey-Bray, M, Fergie, D., Arbon, V., Rigney, L., Tibby, J., Palmer, R., & Harvey. N. |
NCCARF IC11 08 |
$248,900 |
| 2011- 2012 | Winter schools transfers (Internal) | Nursey-Bray, M | University of Adelaide, Faculty of Arts | $11,000 |
| 2011 | UTAS consultancy (delivering block course for UTAS) (external) | Nursey-Bray, M | University of Tasmania, AMC | $7,100 |
| 2010- 2014 | CSIRO Coastal Cluster project: I was listed PI in the knowledge (UTAS) and adaptive learning (USC) themes (Cat 1) | Nursey-Bray, M & 40 researchers across five universities | CSIRO |
$4,000,000 across Australia |
| 2010 | Final payment for the DCCE Climate Change Project (External) | Nursey-Bray, M | UTAS/DCC | $30,000 |
| 2010 | UTAS consultancy (delivering block course for UTAS) (external) | Nursey-Bray, M | UTAS | $7,100 |
| 2010 | FRAGS Grant on community vulnerability | Nursey-Bray, M | University of Adelaide, Faculty of Arts | $5,000 |
| Date | Course Title | Course Level / Code |
|---|---|---|
| Introduction to Geography, Environment and Population | Level 1, GEOG 1104 | |
| Geographies of Globalisation | Level 1, GEOG 1101 | |
| Environmental Ethics | Level 2, GEOG 2156 | |
| Space and Society | Level 2, GEOG 269 | |
| Indigenous Peoples and The Environment | Level 2, GEOG 2150 | |
| Introduction to Environmental Impact Assessment | Level 3, GEOG 3921 | |
| Coasts, Conflict and Community Development | Level 3, GEOG 2159 | |
| Introduction to Urbanisation | Masters, GEOG 5093 | |
| Engaging Communities/Community Engagement | Masters, GEOG 5095/ GEOG 5005 | |
| Sustainable Futures | Winter school |
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Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)
Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name 2025 Principal Supervisor Blue Carbon Communities: Integrating local perceptions and input into Blue Carbon Development Projects within Indonesia. Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Mathew O'Brien 2025 Co-Supervisor How can innovation be effectively utilised and adapted to achieve sustainable economic outcomes in remote Pacific communities? Master of Philosophy Master Full Time Mr Zac David Horbelt 2025 Principal Supervisor A more effective use of the mining industry value chain and effective Strategies for sustainable local development: Concepts for a framework and Policy approach Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Namatai Arcdon Ruswa 2025 Principal Supervisor Climate Adaptation in Indonesian Industrial Estate Development Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mrs Raisa Savitri Ramadhani 2024 Co-Supervisor What strategies can local government and non-government bodies implement in the Adelaide region to further support and develop food sovereignty in the local food system? Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Kahlia Clarke 2023 Principal Supervisor Co-management of national parks in South Australia, between the State and Aboriginal groups Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Antoinette Margeaux Hennessy 2023 Principal Supervisor Acclimatising to new futures: government paternalism and reimagining climate action as social change Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Amelia McFarlane 2023 Principal Supervisor Negotiating empowerment inside the Indigenous Rangers Program in the Lake Eyre Basin (Australia). Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Maria Cristina Enjuto Crespo 2022 Principal Supervisor Climate Change Adaptation in Agriculture in Bangladesh: The Connectivity and Missing Links of Formal Institutions Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Md Torikul Islam 2021 Principal Supervisor Women's Adaptation to Climate Change in Food Security and Sustainable Development in Bangladesh Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Snigdha Roy -
Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)
Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name 2020 - 2024 Co-Supervisor Coal Dust Risks, Community Disempowerment, and Unwillingness to Pay for a Hypothetical Coal Dust Reduction: Paradoxical Tensions in Coal-Dependent Regional Australia Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Laura Anne Cattonar 2020 - 2023 Principal Supervisor Participation to Partnerships: An Exploration of Reconciliation, Co-management and their Interconnection in the South Australian Context Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Dr Ariane Sophia Gienger 2020 - 2024 Principal Supervisor Decent exposure? Decision makers influence nature connection by shaping the urban landscape Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Celeste Kylie Hill 2019 - 2023 Principal Supervisor The Human-Nature Relationship in Germany: Nature Connections and Disconnections in Urban and Rural Areas Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Vera Theresa Storp 2019 - 2020 Co-Supervisor State Power and Environmental NGOs in South Australia: Moving Towards a Sustainable Society? Master of Philosophy Master Full Time Mrs Meagan Rosaghna Magnusson 2019 - 2024 Principal Supervisor The Policy Implementation Gap: Revisiting Water Governance in the Swan Canning River System Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mrs Daisy Ofori 2019 - 2023 Principal Supervisor Resilience Planning to Climate Change in Ghana: Community Participation and Social Equity Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr George Babington Amegavi 2018 - 2023 Principal Supervisor Management of Climate-Stressed Wetlands to Create Climate Resilience of Bangladeshi Wetland Communities Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Syed Mohammad Aminur Rahman 2016 - 2019 Principal Supervisor Exploring the Nexus Between Corporate Environmental Responsibility and Regulatory Oversight in Ghana's Upstream Petroleum Industry Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Derrick Martin Adjei Sowa 2016 - 2019 Principal Supervisor Mining, Power and Sustainable Development: Micro-Politics of Benefits Sharing in Ghana Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Jerome Jeffison Yaw Ofori 2016 - 2021 Principal Supervisor Grassroots Social Resistance Movements: The Influence of Conflict Narratives in Relation to Mining Policy Development in Australia and the United Kingdom Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Bridie Meyer-McLean 2016 - 2019 Principal Supervisor Building Adaptive Capacity to Climate Change Through NGO-Initiated Community-Based Adaptation: Insights from Southeast Coastal Communities in Bangladesh Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Masud Kamal 2015 - 2019 Co-Supervisor Smallholder Farmers' Perceptions of Climate Change, Vulnerability and Adaptation in the Context of Multiple Factors in the Tigray region of Ethiopia Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Rahwa Gebremedhine Kidane 2015 - 2016 Co-Supervisor Migration from South Africa to Australia Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Dr Romy Wasserman 2015 - 2019 Principal Supervisor Climate Variability and Farm-households in the Sudan Savannah Zone of Ghana Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Gerald Atampugre 2015 - 2023 Principal 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 2013 - 2017 Principal Supervisor Gender Vulnerability to Climate Change and Livelihood Security in Urban Slum Communities in Accra, Ghana Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Mensah Owusu 2012 - 2016 Principal Supervisor Staying on the Map: An Analysis of the Immediate Outcomes OF Amalgamation of Palestinian Local Government in the West Bank Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Majida Awashreh 2011 - 2013 Co-Supervisor "Challenges and opportunities for an integrated coastal management (ICM) approach in Jakarta Bay, Indonesia Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mrs Evi Siti Sofiyah 2011 - 2013 Co-Supervisor An Integrated Approach to Sustainable Management of Reef-Based Scuba Dive Tourism: A Case Study of Koh Tao, Thailand Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Dr Panwad Wongthong 2011 - 2016 Co-Supervisor ARTISAN FISHERS’ PERCEPTIONS OF, AND ADAPTATION TO, CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE SOUTHEAST COAST OF BANGLADESH Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Dr Zaheed Hasan 2011 - 2017 Co-Supervisor Risky Environments: Governance and Adaptation for Future Flood Risk Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Miss Rhiannon Niven 2010 - 2017 Co-Supervisor Challenges for Integrated Coastal Management in the Australian Federation Understanding Intergovernmental Tension: A Case Study of South Australia Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Ms Nicole Sheree Pelton
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Board Memberships
Date Role Board name Institution name Country 2020 - ongoing Board Member Stretton Institute Advisory Board University of Adelaide Australia 2018 - 2021 Member The Wilderness Society Management Board The Wilderness Society Australia 2016 - ongoing Council Royal Geographical Society of South Australia RGSA Australia 2013 - 2013 Board Member Conservation Council of South Australia CCSA Australia -
Committee Memberships
Date Role Committee Institution Country 2024 - ongoing Member Scientific Advisory Panel: Lake Eyre Basin Lake Eyre Basin Secretariat Australia 2022 - 2026 Member Marine Estate Knowledge Expert Panel NSW Government Australia 2022 - 2026 Member Academic Board, Elected member (level D/E) University of Adelaide Australia 2021 - ongoing Chair Sustainability Strategy Steering Committee University of Adelaide Australia 2021 - 2021 Board Member K’gari World Heritage Advisory Committee Queensland Government Australia 2021 - 2022 Member Urban Water Expert Panel Goyder Institute for Water Research Australia 2020 - 2022 Chair Animal Ethics Committee University of Adelaide Australia 2020 - ongoing Member Ocean and Coasts Expert Working Group Future earth, National Academy of Sciences Australia 2020 - ongoing Member Sustainability Advisory Committee Legatus Group, South Australia Australia 2019 - ongoing Advisory Board Member North-West Australian Marine Park Advisory Committee Australian Government Australia 2019 - ongoing Member South West Marine Protected Are Committee (SWMPAC) DCCEEW, Australian Government Australia 2019 - ongoing Board Member South West Marine Park Management Committee Commonwealth Government Department of Environment, Australia Australia 2019 - ongoing Member State of Victoria Marine and Coastal Advisory Committee State Government of Victoria, Australia Australia 2018 - ongoing Member University Enrolment Policy Working Group University of Adelaide Australia 2018 - ongoing Member Marine Biosecurity Forum SA Deprtament of Primary Industries Australia 2018 - 2018 Member Faculty of Arts Research Committee, Social Sciences Representative University of Adelaide Australia 2018 - ongoing Member World Commission Protected Areas UNWCPA Belgium 2018 - ongoing Member Marine Biosecurity Taskforce Collaboration across States Australia 2018 - ongoing Director SA Board, The Wilderness Society Wilderness Society Australia 2016 - ongoing Member College of Reviewers Teaching and Learning University of Adelaide Australia 2016 - ongoing Advisory Board Member Executive Committee, NCCARF Vulnerable Communiites Network University of Adelaide Australia 2015 - ongoing Member School of Social Sciences Teaching and Learning Committee University of Adelaide Australia 2014 - ongoing Advisory Board Member Advisory Board, Masters of Planning University of Adelaide Austria 2013 - ongoing Chair REDMAP Communiyt Engagement Committee University of Tasmania Australia 2013 - 2013 Member Management Board Conservation Council of South Australia 2011 - 2013 Member Management Committee Australia HERDSA Australia -
Memberships
Date Role Membership Country 2018 - ongoing Director Adaptation, Community, Environment (ACE) Research Group Australia 2015 - ongoing Member Regional Stiudies Association Australia 2014 - ongoing Member Royal Geographical Society Australia 2010 - ongoing Member Institute of Australian Geographers Australia -
Consulting/Advisories
Date Institution Department Organisation Type Country 2016 - ongoing Other Environmental Conservation Measures (OECMs) Taskforce IUCN Conservation and environment Switzerland 2015 - 2016 Oxfam Environment/Indigenous section Civil rights activities Australia 2015 - 2016 Griffith University NCCARF Conservation and environment Australia 2010 - ongoing World Conservation Protecetd Areas (WCPA) WCPA Conservation and environment Australia -
Editorial Boards
Date Role Editorial Board Name Institution Country 2021 - ongoing Associate Editor PLOS Climate PLOS, California United States 2021 - ongoing Board Member Ocean and Coastal Management, Elsevier Elsevier Press United States 2018 - ongoing Associate Editor Sustainability MDPI Publishing Australia 2018 - ongoing Associate Editor Australian Journal of Environmental Management Environment Institute of Australia and New Zealand Australia 2015 - ongoing Editor Royal Geographical Journal of South Australia - Australia 2015 - ongoing Associate Editor Helyion - Australia 2012 - ongoing Associate Editor GEOView: Online Undergraduate Review of
Geography and Environmental Studies- Australia 2008 - ongoing Associate Editor Journal of Research Practice - - -
Offices Held
Date Office Name Institution Country 2023 - ongoing Theme Leader Sustainable Governance, Adelaide-Nottingham Research Alliance University of Nottingham Australia 2022 - 2024 Vice President Elect Institute of Australian Geographers Australia 2021 - 2022 Deputy Dean Research, Faculty of Arts University of Adelaide Australia 2019 - 2022 Interim Head of School, Social Sciences University of Adelaide Australia 2019 - 2022 Convenor, Animal Ethics Committee University of Adelaide Australia 2019 - ongoing Expert Member Victorian Marine and Coastal Coast Council, Victoria Australia 2019 - 2022 Deputy Director, Fay Gale Centre for Research in Gender University of Adelaide Australia 2014 - ongoing Head of Department, Geography, Environment and Population University of Adelaide Australia
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