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Email

lesley.head@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Honorary (Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor Emeritus)
School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Education
Doctorate (Research)
Monash University
ORCID

0000-0002-5114-7614

Prof Lesley Head

Honorary (Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor Emeritus)
School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences

195 Scholarly works
9 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    Lisan Matters: Carbon forestry, embodied care and Indigenous governance norms in Timor-Leste
    DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2025.104529
  • 2023

    Journal article

    Anthropocene: Shrug, engage, or do new sorts of work?
    DOI: 10.1177/27539687231211937
  • 2023

    Journal article

    “Winga Is Trying to Get in”: Local Observations of Climate Change in the Tiwi Islands
    DOI: 10.1029/2022EF002808
  • 2022

    Journal article

    Scaling up qualitative research to harness the capacity of lay people in invasive plant management
    DOI: 10.1111/cobi.13929
  • 2021

    Research Grant

    Understanding Contested Human-Plant Geographies for Urban Greening Success
  • 2021

    Research Grant

    Young People at a Crossroads: Negotiations of Environmental Knowledges, Practices and Subjectivities in Immigrant Homes at a Time of Climate Crisis
  • 2019

    Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)

    Social Benefits of Market-Based Policy Instruments for Carbon and Water
Lesley Head

Latest Honours,
Awards and Fellowships


2021
University of Melbourne
2016
Distinguished Fellow of the Institute of Australian Geographers
2015
Vega Medal Swedish Society for Anthropology and Geography
2015
University of Melbourne

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2022

    Journal article

    The politics of evaporation and the making of atmospheric territory in Australia's Murray-Darling Basin
    DOI: 10.1177/25148486211038392
  • 2022

    Journal article

    Disruption of cultural burning promotes shrub encroachment and unprecedented wildfires
    DOI: 10.1002/fee.2395
  • 2022

    Journal article

    The state of Geography in Australian universities
    DOI: 10.1111/tran.12456
  • 2022

    Journal article

    Beyond Green: Human–environment geographies for the ‘new’ century
    DOI: 10.1177/26349825221082157
  • 2021

    Journal article

    Barriers to and enablers of sustainable practices: insights from ethnic minority migrants
    DOI: 10.1080/13549839.2021.1904856
  • 2020

    Journal article

    The everyday and the uncanny
    DOI: 10.1177/2043820620974906

RECENT PROJECTS

  • 2021

    Research Grant

    Understanding the Water Cultures of the Murray-Darling Basin
  • 2020

    Research Grant

    Food Insecurity Among International Students Within and Beyond Victoria, Australia.

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