Mr Michael Forsyth
PhD Student, Australian Centre for Agriculture and Law
Contact
| Email: | mforsyt4@une.edu.au |
| Room: | Agricultural Economics 1 (W37) AgLaw Centre |
Research for my thesis is an integrated part of the AgLaw Centre’s Next Generation Rural Landscape Governance Research project. In the preliminary stages of this project, I am endeavouring to identify the existence of semi-discrete groups of landowners whose participation in sustainable NRM practices would be most beneficial. This is being accomplished by detailed analysis of previously commissioned research data (for example from ABARES), and planned dedicated surveys.
I anticipate that this research will yield demographic and typological information valuable in targeting pro-sustainability innovations or social interventions.
Research interests
Promoting the conservation of native Australian flora and fauna; Australian rural culture; farmer/grazier attitudes and values; use of advanced statistical methods in research design; social-psychology models for understanding behaviour.