Student 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 27 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
- Bruce Doran, Researcher
- M Ejaz Qureshi, Researcher
- 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
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
- Albert Van Dijk, Director
- Luigi Renzullo, Researcher
- Marta Yebra, Researcher
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
- 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 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
- David Lindenmayer, Principal investigator
- Geoff Cary, Principal investigator
- Marta Yebra, Principal investigator
- 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
- Meredith Hope, Researcher
- Sara Beavis, Supervisor
- 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
- Philip Gibbons, Supervisor
- 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
Mulligans Flat Woodland Sanctuary provides a safe haven where reintroduced species can thrive.
Student intake
Open for Honours, Masters, PhD students
People
- Adrian Manning, Principal investigator
- Belinda Wilson, Researcher
- Brittany Brockett, Researcher
- Shoshana Rapley, Researcher
- Tim Andrewartha, Researcher
A variety of projects that can explore the genetics; growth and survival; or management of a wide range of rare and endangered tree species (including Wollemi Pine).
Theme
- Biodiversity & conservation
- Forests & fire
Student intake
Open for Honours, Masters, PhD students
People
- Cris Brack, Supervisor
- Cris Brack, Principal investigator
- Matthew Brookhouse, Researcher
- Peter Kanowski, Researcher
- Philip Gibbons, Researcher
Are you a student looking for an outstanding PhD opportunity? Are you an industry professional who is open to undertaking a PhD project while retaining employment and salary benefits?
Theme
- Climate & energy
- Food, soil, water & agriculture
An opportunity exists for a PhD scholar to join and work on an awarded ARC linkage project.
Theme
- Climate & energy
- Urban Systems & Sustainability
Student intake
Open for PhD students
People
- Xuemei Bai, Principal investigator
- Yuan Peng, Researcher