Biography
I am an environmental scientist working on questions related to ecology, conservation and society. In particular, I am most interested in: i) how concern for Animals informs environmental values and practice, ii) the environmental potential of transitioning to plant-based agriculture, and iii) more critical approaches to how the sciences consider Animals. I want to leveraged research to help created a better future for Animals, the environment and humans.
If any of this sounds interesting to you please feel free to reach out and get in touch.
Read more on Adam's profileCareer highlights
2019 Deakin Univeristy Award for Teaching Excellence (Team award)
Award for Excellence in Learning - Teaching in the Cloud Campus (Individual award; School of Life and Environmental Sciences, 2019)
Research interests
My predominant research interest is in how our relationship with non-human Animals shapes science, the environment and society. I like to imagine how these things might change if we gave more consideration to the claims of other Animals. Specifically I am interested in:
- Perceptions of Animals and their use in science and society.
- Compassionate conservation.
- Agricultural transitions to plant-based agriculture.
Teaching interests
- Environmental Science
- Science communication
- Science and society
- Animals and science
- Design and development of online active learning
Units taught
Current
- SLE200 - Communicating Science Ideas
- SLE209 - Science and society
- SLE341 - Ecology and Conservation Genetics
Past
- SLE209 - History and Philosophy of Science
- STP301 - Industry Based Learning Placement
- STP010 - Introduction to Work Placements
- EES200 - Communicating Science
- SLE103 - Ecology and the Environment
- STP301 - Industry Based Learning Placement
- STP381 - STEM Placement
- STP341 - Career Placement
- STP010 - Introduction to Work Placements
Media appearances
Host of Freedom of Species (3CR Community Radio)
Publications
A Multispecies Right to the City? Reimagining the Speculative Narratives of Urban Sustainability
Z Sutton, A Cardilini, K Hall
(2024), Vol. Part F2475, pp. 275-295, Palgrave Studies in Animals and Literature, B1
"Horrendous": People's Experience of their Dog's Death from 1080 Baiting
Melissa Zeven, Adam Cardilini, Alexa Hayley, William Borrie
(2023), pp. 1-18, Anthrozoos: a multidisciplinary journal of the interactions of people and animals, London, Eng., C1
E Camprasse, M Klapperstueck, A Cardilini
(2023), Vol. 15, pp. 1-22, Diversity, Basel, Switzerland, C1
Listen to Us: Perceptions of Animal Voice and Agency
Anja Thomsen, Bill Borrie, Kelly Miller, Adam Cardilini
(2023), Vol. 13, pp. 1-26, Animals, Basel, Switzerland, C1
N Hofmeister, K Stuart, W Warren, S Werner, M Bateson, G Ball, K Buchanan, D Burt, A Cardilini, P Cassey, T De Meyer, J George, S Meddle, H Rowland, C Sherman, W Sherwin, W Vanden Berghe, L Rollins, D Clayton
(2023), pp. 1-16, Molecular Ecology, London, Eng., C1
A critical review of the compassionate conservation debate
S Coghlan, A Cardilini
(2022), Vol. 36, pp. 1-15, Conservation Biology, London, Eng., C1
A Cardilini, D Lees, D Roche, P Dann, M Weston
(2022), Vol. 163, pp. 531-537, Journal of Ornithology, C1
Genetics and Plasticity Are Responsible for Ecogeographical Patterns in a Recent Invasion
K Stuart, W Sherwin, A Cardilini, L Rollins
(2022), Vol. 13, Frontiers in Genetics, Switzerland, C1
T Gunning, X Conlan, P Collins, A Bellgrove, K Antlej, A Cardilini, C Fraser
(2022), Vol. 19, International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education, C1
Action-research approach: Building capacity and enhancing work-integrated learning curricula
Karen Young, Karen Hermon, Adam Cardilini, Clare Binek
(2022), Vol. 23, pp. 445-461, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF WORK-INTEGRATED LEARNING, C1
Opportunities with Slippy Maps for Terrain Visualization in Virtual and Augmented Reality
Shaun Bangay, Adam Cardilini, Nyree Raabe, Kelly Miller, Jordan Vincent, Greg Bowtell, Daniel Ierodiaconou, Tanya King
(2022), Vol. 1, pp. 139-146, GRAPP 2022 : Proceedings of the 17th International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications, [Virtual Event], E1
A Cardilini, A Risely, M Richardson
(2021), pp. 1-15, Higher education research and development, Abingdon, Eng., C1
K Stuart, A Cardilini, P Cassey, M Richardson, W Sherwin, L Rollins, C Sherman
(2021), Vol. 30, pp. 1419-1434, Molecular Ecology, England, C1
Test set verification is an essential step in model building
T Quinn, V Le, A Cardilini
(2021), Vol. 12, pp. 127-129, Methods in Ecology and Evolution, C1
D Lees, A Cardilini, C Sherman, P Dann, M Weston
(2021), Vol. 48, pp. 361-365, Wildlife Research, C1
Foundational-WIL for employability awareness: A faculty- wide approach
Karen Young, Adam Cardilini, Karen Hermon
(2021), Vol. 22, pp. 445-461, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF WORK-INTEGRATED LEARNING, C1
Recognizing animal personhood in compassionate conservation
A Wallach, C Batavia, M Bekoff, S Alexander, L Baker, D Ben-Ami, L Boronyak, A Cardilin, Y Carmel, D Celermajer, S Coghlan, Y Dahdal, J Gomez, G Kaplan, O Keynan, A Khalilieh, H Kopnina, W Lynn, Y Narayanan, S Riley, F Santiago-Ávila, E Yanco, M Zemanova, D Ramp
(2020), Vol. 34, pp. 1097-1106, Conservation Biology, United States, C1
M Berg, S Beebe, J Komdeur, A Cardilini, R Ribot, A Bennett, K Buchanan
(2020), Vol. 10, Scientific Reports, England, C1
A Cardilini, D Lees, P Dann, M Weston
(2019), Vol. 136, pp. 96-100, Victorian naturalist, Blackburn, Vic., C1
A Cardilini, C Sherman, W Sherwin, L Rollins
(2018), Vol. 2018, PeerJ, United States, C1
Environmental Influences on Neuromorphology in the Non-Native Starling Sturnus vulgaris
A Cardilini, S Micallef, V Bishop, C Sherman, S Meddle, K Buchanan
(2018), Vol. 92, pp. 63-70, Brain, Behavior and Evolution, Switzerland, C1
M Weston, K Ekanayake, S Lomas, H Glover, R Mead, A Cribbin, L Tan, D Whisson, G Maguire, A Cardilini
(2017), Vol. 64, pp. 476-491, Bird study, Abingdon, Eng., C1
Tests of ecogeographical relationships in a non-native species: what rules avian morphology?
A Cardilini, K Buchanan, C Sherman, P Cassey, M Symonds
(2016), Vol. 181, pp. 783-793, Oecologia, Germany, C1
D Roche, A Cardilini, D Lees, G Maguire, P Dann, C Sherman, M Weston
(2016), Vol. 556, pp. 189-195, Science of the Total Environment, Netherlands, C1
Pitfall trapping does not reliably index the diet or prey resources of Masked Lapwings
D Roche, D Lees, A Cardilini, G Maguire, P Dann, M Weston
(2016), Vol. 123, pp. 16-20, Wader study, Thetford, Eng., C1
P Bolton, A West, A Cardilini, J Clark, K Maute, S Legge, J Brazill-Boast, S Griffith, L Rollins
(2016), Vol. 11, pp. 1-19, PloS one, San Francisco, Calif., C1
WIL-fully flipping online: a novel pedagogical approach in STEM
J Willems, K Young, A Cardilini, S Teychenne
(2016), pp. 656-665, ASCILITE 2016: Show Me The Learning : Proceedings of the 33rd International Conference on Innovation, Practice and Research in the Use of Educational Technologies in Tertiary Education, Adelaide, South Australia, E1
A Cardilini, M Weston, P Dann, C Sherman
(2015), Vol. 127, pp. 730-733, Wilson Journal of Ornithology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
A Cardilini, M Weston, D Nimmo, P Dann, C Sherman
(2013), Vol. 115, pp. 72-80, Landscape and urban planning, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
Swooping in the suburbs : parental defence of an abundant aggressive urban bird against humans
D Lees, C Sherman, G Maguire, P Dann, A Cardilini, M Weston
(2013), Vol. 3, pp. 754-766, Animals, Basel, Switzerland, C1
Little Ravens 'Corvus mellori' hunt, kill and eat individuals of two species of shorebird
A Cardilini, K Ekanayake, M Weston
(2012), Vol. 129, pp. 22-24, Victorian naturalist, Blackburn, Vic., C1
Funded Projects at Deakin
Australian Competitive Grants
Building resilience in at-risk rural communities through improving Media Communication on Climate Change Policies
A/Prof Xiao Liu, Dr Hilya Mudrika Arini, Dr Ming Liu, Dr Fitri Trapsilawati, A/Prof Chathu Ranaweera, A/Prof Kevin Lee, A/Prof Hassan Vally, Dr Anna Klas, Dr Adam Cardilini, Dr Yun Mulyani, Dr Arif Nurwidyantoro, Dr Yunita Sari, Prof Catherine Bennett, Dr Justin Lawson, Dr Gabi Mocatta
KONEKSI Australia-Indonesia Research Collaboration Grants
- 2023: $175,000
Other Public Sector Funding
Connecting Communities to Better Understand and Support Management of MPAS.
Dr Adam Cardilini, A/Prof Daniel Ierodiaconou, A/Prof Tanya King, A/Prof Kelly Miller, Dr Shaun Bangay
Department of Agriculture and Water Resources
- 2022: $68,200
- 2021: $172,565
- 2020: $104,365
Apollo Marine Park habitat mapping, biodiversity assessment, and capacity building in Indigenous marine country management
A/Prof Daniel Ierodiaconou, Dr Mary Young, Dr Adam Cardilini
DAWE Our Marine Parks Round 3
- 2023: $50,000
- 2022: $248,844
Industry and Other Funding
The role of environmental messaging on Australia's attitudes, intentions, and behavious towards cultivated seafood.
Dr Adam Cardilini, Dr Alexa Hayley, Dr Prue Francis
Cellular Agriculture Australia Ltd
- 2022: $5,000
Supervisions
Davita Coronel
Thesis entitled: Learning to Live with Flying-foxes: an Argument for Feminist and Indigenous Ethics of Care
Doctor of Philosophy, School of Humanities and Social Sciences