We draw from social and environmental sciences to address local and global sustainability challenges and the impacts of rapid environmental change on contemporary surface and near-subsurface processes. It is our aim to produce exemplary interdisciplinary research in areas relevant to the theory, practice and governance of societal and environmental change.
Our research is organised into three broad research themes:
Research Themes and Clusters
Research Institutes and Collaborations
The Department is home to the Northern Rivers Institute, which delivers internationally leading catchment science to help underpin sustainable water management.
We also collaborate extensively on research and joint PhD supervision with local, national, and international partners. We have formal links with institutes and agencies such as: