We analyse how policy, regulation, and governance shape environmental outcomes, including how policies are designed, implemented, and coordinated in practice. This includes evaluating policy settings, identifying gaps, and supporting practical responses across Australia, the Indo-Pacific, and beyond.
Working closely with government, industry and NGO partners, we contribute to policy development and decision-making processes, and support responses that are grounded in existing institutional contexts and feasible to implement.
We also examine the human dimensions of these challenges, including how rules, norms, and decision-making processes shape behaviour and equity. This work recognises that environmental outcomes depend on the interaction between people, governance arrangements, and the environment. Our research covers several interconnected areas:
To commission research or find out more, please contact Theme Lead Associate Professor Pedro Fidelman.
Current & Recent Projects
- Agri-Inputs and One Health in Cambodia: pathways to enhanced agricultural resilience
- ARC Hub for Sustainable Crop Protection
- Blue Economy CRC
- Future Fuels CRC - Policy pathways to advance Australia’s biomethane sector: learning policy lessons from international jurisdictions
- Development of a governance monitoring framework, applying the framework in the Richmond River Catchment NSW
- De-risking nature repair activities in Australian coastal and marine ecosystems
- The Past, Present and Future of Indigenous Ethnobotanical Knowledge (ARC Discovery Indigenous)
- Reef Restoration and Adaptation Program (RRAP)
- Identifying and overcoming barriers to coastal and marine habitat restoration and Nature based Solutions in Australia (NESP project)
- Developing a Sustainability Framework
- Crown of Thorns Starfish Control Innovation Program