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Rebecca Colvin

Associate Professor; Environment, Resources & Development

Qualifications

Bachelor of Environmental Management, Honours 1, Valedictorian, 2012, The University of Queensland

PhD (Environmental Management), “The Social Identity Approach to Understanding Stakeholder Conflict in Environmental and Natural Resources Management”, 2017, The University of Queensland

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Authored popular and media articles:

In a puzzling trend, concern about climate change has plateaued, The Interpreter: https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/puzzling-trend-concern-abo...

As varied as the weather: How public attitudes shape climate policy, The Interpreter: https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/varied-weather-how-public-...

If 80% of Australians care about climate action, why don’t they vote like it?, The Conversation, with Prof Frank Jotzo: https://theconversation.com/if-80-of-australians-care-about-climate-acti...

New polling shows 79% of Aussies care about climate change. So why doesn’t the government listen?, The Conversation: https://theconversation.com/new-polling-shows-79-of-aussies-care-about-c...

Changing the narrative of climate change, The Interpreter: https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/changing-narrative-climate...

COVID-19, climate change, and crisis: does our policy weave threads that unite or divide us?, Crawford blog: crawford.anu.edu.au/news-events/news/17369/covid-19-climate-change-and-crisis-does-our-policy-weave-threads-unite-or

What Australia’s COVID-19 Panic-Buying Tells Us About Climate Change, New Matilda: https://newmatilda.com/2020/06/08/what-australias-covid-19-panic-buying-...

Our social identity shapes how we feel about the Adani mine – and it makes the energy wars worse, The Conversation: https://theconversation.com/our-social-identity-shapes-how-we-feel-about...

New UN report outlines ‘urgent, transformational’ change needed to hold global warming to 1.5°C, The Conversation, with Lamis Kazak, Prof Mark Howden: https://theconversation.com/new-un-report-outlines-urgent-transformation...

Climate scientists and policymakers need to trust each other (but not too much), The Conversation, with Dr Chris Cvitanovic, Dr Justine Lacey, Prof Mark Howden: https://theconversation.com/climate-scientists-and-policymakers-need-to-...

Extreme weather leads to public health crises – so health and climate experts must work together, The Conversation, with Dr Aparna Lal: https://theconversation.com/extreme-weather-leads-to-public-health-crise...

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