Political Ecology Research Group
Environments, societies, and the global economy are changing faster than ever before. This affects the livelihoods of rural people and the politics of environmental management, as well as the condition of the natural resources themselves.
"Political ecology" is an approach to environment-society research that takes a fresh look at environmental issues previously considered to be simple technical questions. It is particularly concerned with how different groups of people struggle over the control of natural resources, and how such struggles are shaped by social institutions, global economic forces, ideas and ideologies about nature, and by the ecology of the resource itself.
The Political Ecology Research Group at Monash University's School of Geography and Environmental Science brings together staff and postgraduate students interested in such themes. Our research efforts, together and individually, address a wide variety of changing and contested environments in Australia and nearby regions (Indian Ocean rim and South East Asia).
Associated Staff
- Dr. Priya Rangan
- Dr. Craig Thorburn
- Dr. Christian Kull
- Dr. Bruce Missingham
- Dr. Sharron Pfueller