Jon Barnett

Jon Barnett "is an Australian Research Council Fellow in the School of Social and Environmental Enquiry at the University of Melbourne. Prior to this he was a Senior Lecturer in Development Studies at Melbourne University, and a New Zealand Science and Technology Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Canterbury. He was awarded a PhD from the Australian National University in 1999.

"Jon is a human geographer whose research concerns the impacts of environmental change on social systems. This includes research on climate change, environmental security, and water. His research draws on and contributes to a range of disciplines and fields of study including geography, development studies, environmental studies, and political science. In recent years he has conducted fieldwork in the South Pacific, China, and East Timor.

"His ARC Discovery project aims to identify the risks climate change poses to social systems in the Pacific Islands, including examining their capacity to manage these risks. He is also engaged in research with colleagues at Melbourne University on the causes of and solutions to water problems in Northern China.

"Jon serves on the editorial boards of Global Environmental Change, Journal of Human Security, Geography Compass, and Pacific Ecologist."


 * Scientific Steering Committee, Global Environmental Change and Human Security