Dr. Brian Coffey |
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| Position | Casual Academic |
| brian.coffey@deakin.edu.au | |
| Area | School of Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Phone | N/A |
| Campus | Burwood |
| Role and profile | Research Fellow |
| Research interests | My research interests focus on the policy dimensions of sustainability and the uptake of science in coastal zone management. For my PhD I investigated the politics of 'sustainability', using recent experience in Victoria as a case study. In this I explored how the discourses of neoliberalism and ecological modernisation shaped sustainability policy making in ways that constrained the potential for transformative change. I previously worked for 17 years in a variety of environmental policy and planning roles within the Victorian public sector. |
| Current research projects | My current research focuses on investigating the uptake of science in coastal management, as part of a national project funded by the CSIRO. |
| Qualifications |
Bachelor of Science (Griffith University) Graduate Diploma (University of New England) Master of Social Science (RMIT University) PhD (University of Queensland) |
| Memberships |
Australian Political Studies Association Institute of Australian Geographers Institute for Public Administration Australia |
| Research link | View Deakin associated research data |
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22nd April 2013