Stephanie Lavau is a Lecturer in Interdisciplinary Environmental Practice. Her research and teaching focus on social and cultural aspects of environment management, knowledge and governance, particularly in relation to water management and biodiversity conservation.
Stephanie's research interests include:
- policy-practice relations
- contemporary and historical nature-cultures
- knowledge practices
Stephanie's research is primarily qualitative and ethnographic, and is situated at the intersection of science and technology studies, human geography, and environmental sociology. She has studied sustainable river management in Australia (funded by an APA and CSIRO); the extension of biosecurity policy into food production and environmental management in Britain (funded by ESRC); the socio-technical challenges of biological control for crop protection in Britain (funded by Plymouth University); the role of biological indicators in lay and expert apprehensions of environmental change (funded by ISSR); and community engagement in waterways management (funded by Melbourne Water).
Stephanie leads the "Community participation in waterways management" research theme and is a member of the Research Management Committee for the Melbourne Waterway Research-Practice Partnership. She convenes the Water Futures network for the Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute.
Stephanie returned to Australia from the UK in 2016, where she was a Postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Exeter and then a Lecturer in Human Geography at Plymouth University. She has previous professional experience in science communication and science policy in government and not-for-profit organisations.
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FEATURED Journal article
Informal learning for sustainability in higher education institutions
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Community participation in waterway protection and restoration
Research Contracts
Hacking the Anthropocene IV - DIT - Do It Together
Curated Exhibition, Event or Festival
E3 SCM Effectiveness: Long-term effectiveness of WSUD assets on private land
Research Contracts
Implementation as more than installation: a case study of the challenges in implementing g..
Journal article
Indigenous perspectives and practices in the management of Melbourne’s waterways
Research Contracts
Accumulating goods: Valuing practices in the production of insects for crop protection
Book Chapter
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Projects
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Research Contracts
Additional Information
2019. Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute, Climate Transformation Cluster Seed Funding, Hacking the Anthropocene
2015. Institute for Sustainability Solutions Research Collaborative Award, Signs of life: Lay and expert apprehensions of environmental change and uncertain ecological futures, Principal investigator, with Dr Simon Rundle and Dr Debbie Robinson (Plymouth University) 2013. Plymouth University Pump Priming Grant, Bugs in the system
2012. Open Innovation Platform – Link Fund, Research and Knowledge Transfer, University of Exeter, for Biosecurity: Asking the right questions workshop
Scholarly Works
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Honours, Awards and Fellowships
Award for Excellence in Education for Sustainability
Ian Langham Prize
CSIRO Postgraduate Scholarship
Australian Postgraduate Award
Hermon Slade Foundation – Chevening Scholarship in Science Communication
Provasoli Prize
University of Melbourne
Credentials
Positions
Positions
Senior Lecturer
Science
Member
People and Nature Alliance
Fellow
Higher Education Academy (UK)
Member
Royal Geographical Society (UK)
Member
Society for Social Studies of Science (US)
Member
European Association for Studies of Science and Technology
Education
Education
Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice
The University of Plymouth
Doctor of Philosophy
University of Melbourne
Master of Science (Science in Society)
University of Melbourne
Bachelor of Science (Honours)
University of Melbourne