Nerida is a Research Fellow (Environmental Psychology) with interests in the human dimensions of natural resource management and forest management. Her work has application for understanding social and psychological responses to rural landscape change.
Her current research combines ecological modelling with social and environmental psychology to incorporate social values for forests within indicators for forest management. In her PhD Nerida investigated factors influencing the social acceptability of plantation forestry in Tasmania, looking in particular at the way evaluations of plantation forestry were related to different perceptions of rural landscapes and place meanings attributed to those landscapes. Other research has examined social and psychological factors associated with urban water use. With a background in the agricultural sector, Nerida has a particular interest in human-environment interactions in rural and regional areas. Nerida has contributed to teaching in the area of natural environments, human behaviour and environment, and sustainable governance and leadership.
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Exploring multiple dimensions of values and valuing: a conceptual framework for mapping and translating values for social-ecological research and practice
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Planting timber forests on Australian farms
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Core values underpin the attributes of forests that matter to people
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Psychological values and cues as a basis for developing socially relevant criteria and ind..
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Contested beliefs about land-use are associated with divergent representations of a rural ..
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The VALS: A new tool to measure people's general valued attributes of landscapes
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Community perceptions of plantation forestry: The association between place meanings and s..
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Credentials
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Positions
Research Fellow (Forest Plantations, Social)
Ecosystem And Forest Sciences
Education
Education
Doctor of Philosophy
University of Melbourne
Bachelor of Resource Management (hons)
University of Melbourne
Diploma in Audiology
University of Melbourne
Bachelor of Arts
University of Melbourne