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Research Centre Australia

About the Research Centre

Research Centre Australia is coordinated by the Centre for Deliberative Democracy and Global Governance at the University of Canberra, though it involves researchers at other institutions, such as the Australian National University, University of Sydney, and University of Melbourne. Australia has a large community of people working on environmental governance and sustainability, coming from a variety of disciplinary backgrounds.

We have hosted one Earth System Governance Annual Conference (in 2015) and several smaller workshops. Our interests are wide-ranging, particular emphases include climate governance, ecological democracy, and environmental justice.

Recent publications

Sustaining Development in Small Islands: Climate Change, Geopolitical Security, and the Permissive Liberal Order

The viability of small island developing states (SIDS) is threatened by three distinct processes – a backlash against globalisation; rising…

Institutionalising Multispecies Justice

Multispecies Justice (MSJ) is a theory and practice seeking to correct the defects making dominant theories of justice incapable of…

Collaborative Ethnography of Global Environmental Governance: Concepts, Methods and Practices

Environmental mega conferences have become the format of choice in environmental governance. Conferences of the Parties (COPs) under the climate…

Learning for Environmental Governance: Insights for a More Adaptive Future

Learning is critical for our capacity to govern the environment and adapt proactively to complex and emerging environmental issues. Yet,…