Biography
I develop theory and tools to make complex environmental problems tractable for decision-making. My key themes are forecasting change in biodiversity through scenario modelling, conservation planning, and global biodiversity policy, including the IUCN Red List of Ecosystems.
For more on my research and me, please visit my personal website: https://emilynicholson.wordpress.com/
And our group website – Deakin Conservation Science: www.conservationscience.org.au
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Funded Projects at Deakin
Australian Competitive Grants
Red listing ecosystems - testing the new global standard for conservation
Prof David Keith, Prof Richard Kingsford, Prof Mark Burgman, Prof Emily Nicholson, Dr Tony Auld, A/Prof Jon Rodriguez, Dr Tracey Regan, Dr Philip Pisanu, Prof Rebecca Lester
ARC Linkage - Projects
- 2016: $5,940
- 2015: $6,120
- 2014: $5,940
Optimal management of coastal ecosystems for blue carbon sequestration
Prof Peter Macreadie, Prof Emily Nicholson, A/Prof Daniel Ierodiaconou, Prof Catherine Lovelock
ARC Linkage - Projects
- 2019: $53,916
- 2018: $115,775
- 2017: $116,128
- 2016: $53,392
Biodiversity indicators for better conservation decisions
Prof Emily Nicholson, Dr Elizabeth Fulton, Dr Simon Ferrier, Dr Tim Newbold
ARC - Discovery Projects
- 2019: $136,124
- 2018: $121,013
- 2017: $152,257
Planning for economic development and biodiversity on the Tiwi Islands
Prof Emily Nicholson, Ms Kate Hadden, Dr Brett Murphy, Dr Margaret Ayre, Dr Jane Elith, Gurutzeta Guillera-Arroita, Alan Anderson, Prof Brett Bryan, Prof Tom Kompas
ARC Linkage - Projects
- 2020: $170,864
- 2019: $109,713
- 2018: $77,563
Ecosystem risk assessment: new solutions to the global biodiversity crisis
Prof David Keith, Prof Emily Nicholson, Prof Rebecca Lester, Dr Susanna Venn, Dr Lucie Bland, Mr Mark Tozer
ARC Linkage - Projects
- 2021: $17,687
- 2020: $68,250
- 2019: $33,250
Linking risks to ecosystems with risks to human well-being
Prof Emily Nicholson
ARC Fellowships - Future Fellowships
- 2021: $68,166
- 2020: $240,182
- 2019: $118,477
Other Public Sector Funding
Optimal management of coastal ecosystems for blue carbon sequestration
Prof Peter Macreadie, Prof Emily Nicholson, A/Prof Daniel Ierodiaconou, Prof Catherine Lovelock
- 2018: $20,000
- 2017: $40,000
ARC Multi-inst Agreement student scholarship - Simone Stevenson
Prof Emily Nicholson, Ms Simone Stevenson
- 2017: $17,500
Ecosystem risk assessment: new solutions to the global biodiversity crisis
Prof David Keith, Prof Emily Nicholson, Prof Rebecca Lester, Dr Susanna Venn, Dr Lucie Bland, Mr Mark Tozer
- 2019: $15,000
Local SDGs: A general framework for charting pathways to sustainability to future-proof local communities.
Prof Brett Bryan, Prof Rebecca Lester, Prof Euan Ritchie, A/Prof Kelly Miller, A/Prof Robert Faggian, Prof Emily Nicholson, Dr Asef Nazari, Dr Don Gunasekera, Dr Timothy Neale, Dr Michalis Hadjikakou
- 2019: $15,000
Assessing risk to Alpine Ecosystems under Climate Change
Prof Emily Nicholson
- 2020: $20,000
Industry and Other Funding
Quantifying the connection between risks to ecosystems and risks to ecosystem services
Prof Emily Nicholson
- 2020: $18,675
- 2019: $36,000
- 2018: $36,000
- 2017: $22,192
- 2016: $22,192
Optimal management of coastal ecosystems for blue carbon sequestration
Prof Peter Macreadie, Prof Emily Nicholson, A/Prof Daniel Ierodiaconou, Prof Catherine Lovelock
- 2018: $37,823
- 2017: $132,900
Mapping on Ocean Wealth: Developing an economic framework for valuing Australia's Great Southern Seascapes
A/Prof Daniel Ierodiaconou, Prof Peter Macreadie, Prof Emily Nicholson
- 2019: $75,651
- 2018: $75,651
- 2017: $147,048
- 2016: $142,789
Ecosystem risk assessment: new solutions to the global biodiversity crisis
Prof David Keith, Prof Emily Nicholson, Prof Rebecca Lester, Dr Susanna Venn, Dr Lucie Bland, Mr Mark Tozer
- 2021: $9,484
- 2020: $37,939
- 2019: $51,122
Local SDGs: A general framework for charting pathways to sustainability to future-proof local communities.
Prof Brett Bryan, Prof Rebecca Lester, Prof Euan Ritchie, A/Prof Kelly Miller, A/Prof Robert Faggian, Prof Emily Nicholson, Dr Asef Nazari, Dr Don Gunasekera, Dr Timothy Neale, Dr Michalis Hadjikakou
- 2020: $190,000
- 2019: $205,909
- 2018: $195,000
Strengthening the Evidence Base for Integration and Application of the IUCN Red List of Ecosystems (RLE) into Decision-making - P02687.
Prof Emily Nicholson, Dr Kate Watermeyer
- 2019: $15,162
Supervisions
Jessica Rowland
Thesis entitled: Indicators of ecosystem change for effective biodiversity conservation
Doctor of Philosophy (Life & Env), School of Life and Environmental Sciences
Holger Janes
Thesis entitled: Values of coastal ecosystems from fish and fisheries
Doctor of Philosophy (Life & Env), School of Life and Environmental Sciences