Philip Wallis – The Conversation

Research Fellow, Monash Sustainability Institute, Monash University

Dr Philip Wallis is a Research Fellow with the Systemic Governance Research Program at the Monash Sustainability Institute. He participates in a number of research projects relating to climate change adaptation, water governance and social learning for natural resources management. In 2010 he became an inaugural Fellow of the Peter Cullen Trust.

Experience

2007–present

Research Fellow, Monash University

Education

2008

Monash University, PhD, Chemistry
2004

Monash University, Bachelor of Environmental Science (Hons)

Publications

2012

Institutional change in multi-scalar water governance regimes: a case from Victoria, Australia, The Journal of Water Law
2011

Mapping local-scale ecological research to aid management at landscape scales, Geographical Research
2011

Planning as performance: the Murray-Darling Basin Plan, In: Basin Futures: Water Reform in the Murray-Darling Basin, ANU ePress, pp.399-411,
2011

Appreciating institutional complexity in water governance dynamics: a case from the MDB, Australia, Water Resources Management
2011

Water governance in a climate change world: appraising systemic and adaptive effectiveness, Water Resources Management

Grants and Contracts

2012

Implementing tools to increase adaptive capacity in the community and NRM sectors

Role:

Primary researcher

Funding Source:

VCCCAR
2012

Guiding statutory and other institutional measures governing water management and carbon abatement

Role:

Chief Investigator

Funding Source:

NCCARF and ANU
2011

National Water Governance Research Initiative

Role:

Co-ordinator

Funding Source:

NCCARF
2011

Learning through action research within the Africa Food Security Initiative (AFSI) project

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Funding Source:

CSIRO

Research Areas

Environment Policy (160507)
Environmental Sociology (160802)

Honours

Fellow of the Peter Cullen Trust (2010)