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Email

mayre@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Associate Professor(Rural Innovation & Adaptation)
School of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences
Education
PhD
University of Melbourne
Bachelors Degree (Honours)
University of Melbourne
ORCID

0000-0001-7909-7391

A/Prof Margaret Ayre

Associate Professor(Rural Innovation & Adaptation)
School of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences

45 Scholarly works
24 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    Tracing young people's entry and retention in the Australian agriculture sector: A longitudinal analysis of rural employment pathways
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2026.104010
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Applying the IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology to classify, describe, and map ecosystems based on regional data and Indigenous knowledge
    DOI: 10.1111/cobi.70099
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Costs of transitioning the livestock sector to net-zero emissions under future climates
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-59203-5
  • 2025

    Research contracts (non-grants)

    Digital Irrigation Advisory Systems: Enabling Extension and Advisory Services for Agriculture's Digital Irrigation Transition
  • 2021

    Journal article

    Accounting for Yolgnu ranger work in the Dhimurru Indigenous Protected Area, Australia
    DOI: 10.5751/ES-12149-260124
  • 2020

    Research Grant

    NEXUS Project: Exploring Profitable, Sustainable Livestock Businesses in an Increasingly Variable Climate
  • 2017

    Research Grant

    Improving Smallholder Dairy and Beef Profitability by Enhancing Farm Production and Value Chain Management in Pakistan
Margaret Ayre

Latest Honours,
Awards and Fellowships


2019
Melbourne Excellence Award for Industry Engaged Research University of Melbourne
2010
Fellow of the Peter Cullen Trust

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2025

    Journal article

    Horse Activity Participants’ Perceptions About Practices Undertaken at Activity Venues, and Horse Welfare and Wellbeing
    DOI: 10.3390/ani15152182
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Composing, decomposing, and recomposing engagement in Indigenous-led research for land and sea management, Tiwi Islands, Australia
    DOI: 10.1177/11771801251334917
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Farm transformation in the context of climate change: Beyond the incremental-transformational divide
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2025.103628
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Digiwork: how agriculture 4.0 is changing work for farm advisers
    DOI: 10.3389/fsufs.2025.1542007
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Horses are worthy of care: Horse sector participants’ attitudes towards animal sentience, welfare, and well-being
    DOI: 10.1017/awf.2024.69
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Editorial: On-farm implementation of transformative technologies and practices for sustainability transitions in agriculture
    DOI: 10.3389/fsufs.2025.1616512
  • 2024

    Journal article

    Horse Sector Participants’ Attitudes towards Anthropomorphism and Animal Welfare and Wellbeing
    DOI: 10.3390/ani14172482

RECENT PROJECTS

  • 2025

    Research contracts (non-grants)

    Co-Developing New Services and Programs in Agricultural Land Management for Biodiversity Outcomes and Environmental Market Access in Remote Australia.

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