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Email

jbarn@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Professor
School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Education
PhD
The Australian National University
Masters (Coursework & Research)
University of Melbourne
Bachelors Degree
University of Melbourne
ORCID

0000-0002-0862-0808

Prof Jon Barnett

Professor
School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences

262 Scholarly works
19 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    A method for tracking national progress towards climate change adaptation
    DOI: 10.1016/j.crm.2026.100800
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Best Practice in Climate Change Adaptation
    DOI: 10.1002/wcc.70051
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Local observations of impacts and responses to climate change in the Marshall Islands
    DOI: 10.1007/s10584-025-04069-1
  • 2022

    Research grants (other domestic)

    NESP2 Climate Systems Hub Project CS2.1 Enabling Best Practice Adaptation
  • 2021

    Journal article

    Contingent communality and community-based adaptation to climate change: Insights from a Pacific rural atoll
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2021.08.026
  • 2019

    Research grants (other domestic)

    Future Islands: Catalysing Solutions to Climate Change in Low-Lying Islands
  • 2017

    Research Grant

    The Technopolitics of China's South - North Water Transfer Project
Jon Barnett

Latest Honours,
Awards and Fellowships


2019
Australian Research Council
2019
Australian Research Council Laureate Fellow
2018
British Academy Visiting Fellow
2016
Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia (FASSA)

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2025

    Journal article

    Health risks of migration in a heating world
    DOI: 10.1136/bmj.r2043
  • 2025

    Book Chapter

    The role of policy networks in adapting to sea level rise: the case of Victoria, Australia
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Improving the effectiveness of climate change adaptation measures
    DOI: 10.1007/s10584-024-03838-8
  • 2025

    Dataset

    Australian Adaptation Database
    DOI: 10.26188/29208161
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Migration as Adaptation? The Falepili Union Between Australia and Tuvalu
    DOI: 10.1002/wcc.924
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Reducing social vulnerability to climate change: the role of microfinance organisations
    DOI: 10.1080/14693062.2024.2305762
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Hope as an enabler of climate change adaptation
    DOI: 10.1038/s44271-025-00291-w

RECENT PROJECTS

  • 2025

    Research grants (other domestic)

    The Climate Resilient Education Project: Strengthening Disaster Resilience and Empowering Adaptation

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