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A/Professor Tony Sorensen
Head of School, School of Human and Environmental Studies
Qualifications
BA(Hons), PhD (Newcastle(UK)), MPIA
Contact
| Email: | asorense@une.edu.au |
| Room: | E4 |
| Phone: | 02 6773 2880 (or +61 2 6773 2880 overseas) |
| Fax: | 02 6773 3030 |
Like many a geographer, Tony is something of a disciplinary nomad floating in his case somewhere between Geography, Economics, Urban Planning and Public Policy.
Affiliations
Having been Convenor of the Institute of Australian Geographer's Rural Studies group for several years, he has joined an international task force on sustainable rural business operated by the International Geographical Union Commission on Sustainable Rural Systems. Tony is also Past President of the Australian and New Zealand Regional Science Association which is the premier academic and practitioner organisation concerning regional conditions, processes and policy. He established and edited for 7 years one of the Association's journals: Regional Policy and Practice.
Research interests
His geographer side acknowledges that place is a crucial determinant of people's economic and social well-being. This has been one of Tony's major research themes over the years, especially in respect of rural and regional Australia. Another related focus of Tony's research concerns the largely economic processes that drive rural and regional development and appropriate public policy responses. He has recently conducted, with Roger Epps, research into the links between community leadership and economic development in Central Queensland and is also interested in projecting rural economic and social futures. Other recent studies have focused on the political issues of regional advocacy and One Nation electoral support.