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Email

brian.cook@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Associate Professor (Geography)
School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Education
Doctorate (Research)
Durham University
Masters (Research)
University of Western Ontario
Bachelors Degree (Honours)
University of Victoria
ORCID

0000-0002-5618-1395

A/Prof Brian Cook

Associate Professor (Geography)
School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences

67 Scholarly works
14 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    Becoming agricultural extensionists: the social production of career aspirations among agricultural graduates in Northwest Cambodia
    DOI: 10.1007/s10460-025-10834-w
  • 2026

    Journal article

    From little things big things flow: the drivers of flood risk adaptation
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2026.134931
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Community Engagement for Disaster Risk Reduction (CEDRR): A Novel Community-Engaged Mixed Methods Approach for Measuring Impacts and Spillover Effects
    DOI: 10.1177/15586898261442658
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Learning, action, and behaviour change: effective Forum Theatre design for smallholder farmers
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.128306
  • 2024

    Research grants (other domestic)

    Integrated Solutions for Bushfire-Adaptive Homes
  • 2020

    Research grants (other domestic)

    Next Generation Agricultural Extension: Social Relations for Practice Change
  • 2017

    Research grants (other domestic)

    ASEM 2013/003 Uptake of Agricultural Technologies and Best Practice Amongst Farmers in Battambang and Pailin Provinces, Cambodia
Brian Cook

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    A Hero's Journey to Systemic Change: Developing Expertise in Agricultural Development
    DOI: 10.1002/sd.70851
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Smallholder decision-making and its misalignment with sustainable development goal 2 (Zero Hunger)
    DOI: 10.1007/s10460-025-10769-2
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Bridging extreme climate risks, financial precarity, and adaptation gaps: Advancing inclusive adaptation in rainfed agricultural systems
    DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2025.103073
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Reshaping agricultural production systems: Trade-offs and implications for sustainable intensification and environment management
    DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2025.104484
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Team photo-diaries: Making places, people, and power more visible
    DOI: 10.1111/1745-5871.70020
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Settlement, inequality and wellbeing: Settled social structures and the creation of inequality and low life satisfaction in Northwest Cambodia
    DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2025.107112

RECENT PROJECTS

  • 2026

    Research grants (other domestic)

    Measuring the Diffusion of Bushfire Adaptation Through Social Networks
  • 2026

    Research grants (other domestic)

    Community Engagement for Disaster Risk Reduction (Circular Economy)

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