Teaching & Advising

Current PhD students

Dr. Sharolyn Anderson – Primary supervisor

Research Topic: Impact of light pollution on ecosystems and their services 


Tianchu Lu – Secondary supervisor

Research Topic: Agricultural modelling towards a more sustainable food systems

Former PhD students

Dr. Haojie Chen (2022) – Committee member

Dissertation title: Valuing ecosystem services: An essential tool to assess land use trade-offs associated with protected areas in China
Current position: Post-doc at the United States Department of Agriculture


Dr. Teemu Koskimäki (2022) – Primary supervisor

Dissertation title: Expert perspectives on achieving global sustainability with targeted transformational change
Current position: Researcher at the University of Eastern Finland


Dr. A. Rifaee Rasheed (2023) – Primary supervisor

Dissertation title: Human Well-being and Marine Protected Area Planning: The Case Study of South Ari Marine Protected Area, Maldives
Current position: Associate research fellow in the School of Life & Environmental Sciences at Deakin University


Dr. Mitzi Bolton (2020) – Committee member

Dissertation title: Factors influencing public sector decisions and the achievement of sustainable development in the State of Victoria, Australia
Current position: Research Fellow at Monash Sustainable Development Institute


Courses (modules) taught

University College London

  • Regeneration and Ecology (BGLP0016 – Graduate level) — Spring 2023
  • Prototyping Planetary Prosperity (BGLP0017 – Graduate level) — Spring 2023

Australian National University

  • Development and Environment in the Anthropocene (EMDV 8013 – Graduate level) — Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019
  • Environmental Assessment (EMDV 8103 – Graduate level) — Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Winter 2017
  • Research in Climate Change Policy and Economics (EMDV 8014 – Graduate level) — Fall 2020
  • Ecological Economics and Policy (EMDV 8012 – Graduate level) — Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2014
  • Special Topics in Environmental Management and Development: Scenario Planning in Australia (EMDV 8041 – Graduate level) — Fall 2016, Spring 2014, Spring 2013
  • Special Topics in Environmental Management and Development: Measuring Sustainable Human Well-Being (EMDV 8041 – Graduate level) — Fall 2015
  • Measuring societal wellbeing: insights for policymakers (Executive Education) — April 2015
  • Government, Markets, and Global Change (CRWF 8000 – Graduate level) — Spring 2014, Spring 2013

Portland State University

  • Measuring Human Well-Being (ESM 404/504 – Undergraduate & graduate level) — Spring 2012
  • Solutions Seminar Series (ARCH 407/507 – Undergraduate & graduate level) — Fall 2010