Research projects
Researchers at Fenner School lead a range of projects available for potential Honours, Masters and PhD Students, as well as projects of interest to external institutions, groups, researchers, media, and policy makers. To find out more about a project, or how you can be involved, please email contact or the lead researcher in the project team.
Displaying 1 - 15 of 30 project(s).
First Nations people have legal interests to greater than 57% of Australia’s land mass yet their participation in primary industries is minimal. The baseline study addresses several aspects and issues associated with growing First Nations primary production across Australia.
Theme
- Food, soil, water & agriculture
- Indigenous people & the environment
People
- Anna Normyle, Researcher
- Associate Professor Bruce Doran, Researcher
- Dr M Ejaz Qureshi, Researcher
- Dr Michael Vardon, Researcher
- Prof Peter Yu, First Nations Portfolio - Principal Investigator
- Mr Russell Barnett - Honorary Associate Professor, First Nations Portfolio
- Dr Lorrae McArthur - Senior Projects Officer, First Nations Portfolio
- Mr Brian Stacey, Professor of Practice, First Nations Portfolio
- Mr Bruce Gorring, Director, National Indigenous Business Development Hub, First Nations Portfolio
Researchers undertake projects to study biodiversity and the impacts of fire and invasive animal and plant control on mammals, birds and reptiles inhabiting a range of vegetation types.
Theme
- Biodiversity & conservation
- Forests & fire
- Indigenous people & the environment
- Integrative Methods & Application
- Urban Systems & Sustainability
Student intake
Open for Bachelor, Honours, Masters, PhD students
People
- Professor David Lindenmayer, Director
The Centre for Water and Landscape Dynamics (WALD) sits within the Fenner School of Environment & Society, and combines satellite observations, field data and prediction models to measure, monitor and forecast natural hazards, natural resources and the environment.
Theme
- Biodiversity & conservation
- Climate & energy
- Food, soil, water & agriculture
- Forests & fire
- Indigenous people & the environment
- Integrative Methods & Application
- Urban Systems & Sustainability
Student intake
Open for Bachelor, Honours, Masters, PhD students
People
- Associate Professor Marta Yebra, Researcher
- Dr Luigi Renzullo, Researcher
- Professor Albert Van Dijk, Director
Climate History Australia is a landmark initiative to reconstruct Australian climate over past centuries using historical records.
Theme
- Climate & energy
- Integrative Methods & Application
This project focuses on southern greater glider ecology and conservation. The research will include field, laboratory, and captive animal studies and have a strong component of nutritional ecology and animal physiology. This project is open to PhD students.
Theme
- Biodiversity & conservation
This research looks at options for more effective conservation of freshwater ecosystems for the benefit of people and nature.
Theme
- Biodiversity & conservation
- Climate & energy
- Food, soil, water & agriculture
- Indigenous people & the environment
- Integrative Methods & Application
Widespread death of eucalypts has been observed in forested landscapes across Australia, including the alpine regions of Victoria, NSW and the ACT.
Theme
- Biodiversity & conservation
- Forests & fire
- Integrative Methods & Application
Student intake
Open for Bachelor, Honours, Masters, PhD students
People
- Dr Matthew Brookhouse, Director
Developing machine learning algorithms to identify forest structural characteristics from earth observation data on a regional scale, Australia
Theme
- Climate & energy
- Forests & fire
- Integrative Methods & Application
The Difficult Bird Research Group (DBRG), led by Prof. Rob Heinsohn at the Fenner School, ANU, seeks to promote understanding of the ecology and conservation of Australia’s rarest and most elusive threatened bird species. Such species are often hard to find, occur in wild and rugged terrain, and move around the landscape, and are consequently put in the ‘too hard basket”; however the DBRG develop new cutting edge techniques that address the challenges posed by these species, and apply the knowledge gained to manage them more effectively.
People
- Dr Dejan Stojanovic, Researcher
- George Olah, Researcher
- Giselle Owens, Researcher
- Professor Rob Heinsohn, Researcher
The Fenner School has a number of projects that examine bushfires – how it behaves, its effects on the landscape and ecosystems, and how we can monitor and manage it in natural and built environments.
Theme
- Climate & energy
- Forests & fire
- Integrative Methods & Application
Student intake
Open for Bachelor, Honours, Masters, PhD students
People
- Associate Professor Marta Yebra, Principal investigator
- Professor David Lindenmayer, Principal investigator
- Professor Geoff Cary, Principal investigator
- Professor Philip Gibbons, Principal investigator
Bees are crucial for the function of many of our crops, and part of the system of producing food such as apples, almonds, berries, beans, eggplants and pumpkins.
Theme
- Biodiversity & conservation
- Food, soil, water & agriculture
It's crucial that we as a society communicate the huge importance of this system, celebrate its majestic wonder - and continue efforts to preserve and encourage river stewardship for future generations.
Theme
- Biodiversity & conservation
- Food, soil, water & agriculture
People
- Dr Sara Beavis, Supervisor
- Ms Meredith Hope, Researcher
- Xavier Anderson
- Jason MacQueen
- Meredith Hope
- Dr Sara Beavis
- Dr Alec Hunter
A PhD candidate at the ANU Fenner School is conducting research to find ways that will reduce the risk mature eucalypts pose to people and infrastructure in urban environments. One part of this study will calculate how many potentially dangerous branches are dropped by mature eucalypts over the period of a year.
Theme
- Forests & fire
Student intake
Open for Bachelor, Honours, Masters, PhD students
People
- Cara Parsons, Principal investigator
- Professor Philip Gibbons, Supervisor
- Professor Saul Cunningham, Supervisor
A range of post-grad projects that can be formulated to suit Honours, Masters or PhD. These will cover areas such as farm productivity, hydrology, ecological function, and social capital.
Theme
- Biodiversity & conservation
- Food, soil, water & agriculture
The Mapping for Mob team works with Indigenous organisations to deliver Geographic Information Systems (GIS) software training to over 30 Indigenous professionals around Australia.
Theme
- Indigenous people & the environment
Student intake
Open for students
People
- Anna Normyle, Researcher
- Associate Professor Bruce Doran, Principal investigator
- Dr Michael Vardon, Researcher
- Kyamara Kelly, Collaborator
- Sam Provost, Researcher