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Disaster in relation to attachment, loss, grief and recovery...
Dr David Barton
RMIT University
Planning for Bushfires on the Rural-Urban Interface: An anal...
Sonja Maree van Nieuwenhoven
University of Melbourne
No Ordinary Moments: Improving the response to disasters by...
Communication and warnings
Karen Bradley
Queensland University of Technology
Land use planning treatment of flood risk in cities
Flood and coastal management
Jessica Hellier
University of Melbourne
Improved approaches to natural hazard disaster risk reductio...
Economics and strategic decisions
Evangeline Moore
University of Adelaide
Urban planning and resilience to bushfires
Economics and strategic decisions
Dr Constanza Gonzalez Mathiesen
University of Melbourne
Understanding the nature of abrupt regional shifts in a chan...
Economics and strategic decisions
Dr James Ricketts
Victoria University
Pre-disaster flood damage assessment in urban areas
Economics and strategic decisions
Dr Roozbeh Hasanzadeh Nafari
University of Melbourne
Changes to urban planning's bushfire risk management ap...
Economics and strategic decisions
Lucy Ockenden
University of Melbourne
The role of urban planning in urban fire mitigation
Economics and strategic decisions
Aye Thandar Phyo Wai
University of Melbourne
Economic evaluation of prescribed fire as a bushfire risk mi...
Economics and strategic decisions
Martyn Eliott
University of the Sunshine Coast
Economic analysis of prescribed burning
Economics and strategic decisions
Dr Veronique Florec
University of Western Australia
Flood risk reduction in a dynamic urban context exploring th...
Economics and strategic decisions
Saimum Kabir
University of Melbourne
Improved calibration of spatially distributed models to simu...
Economics and strategic decisions
Dr Charles Newland
University of Adelaide
We have not lived long enough: sensemaking and learning from...
Economics and strategic decisions
Dr Graham Dwyer
University of Melbourne
Improving disaster risk communication in various disaster sc...
Economics and strategic decisions
Dr Prananda Navitas
Queensland University of Technology
Flooding in South Australia - improved approaches for flood...
Economics and strategic decisions
Eike Hamers
University of Adelaide
Methods to develop long term, efficacious risk mitigation po...
Economics and strategic decisions
Dr Graeme Riddell
University of Adelaide
What human capacity demands should inform the development an...
Emergency management capability
Russell Dippy
Charles Sturt University
Defining and assessing movement capacities associated with m...
Emergency management capability
Alex Redshaw
University of South Australia
Development of an occupational fitness evaluation – the iden...
Emergency management capability
Joel Dunstan
University of South Australia
Flood management in a changing climate: integrating effectiv...
Governance and institutional knowledge
Dr Caroline Wenger
Australian National University
Whole of government and crisis management: understanding coo...
Governance and institutional knowledge
Dr George Carayannopoulos
University of Sydney
Restor(y)ing fire-adapted landscapes: landscape change, Indi...
Governance and institutional knowledge
Sarah Dickson-Hoyle
University of British Columbia
Implementing policy to enable disaster resilience in the Aus...
Governance and institutional knowledge
Dr Sue Hunt
Planning for bushfire risk at the urban bushland interface:...
Governance and institutional knowledge
Simone Ruane
Curtin University
Taking fire: the historical and contemporary politics of Ind...
Governance and institutional knowledge
Dr Daniel May
Australian National University
Planning for bushfire protection: maintenance of bushfire pr...
Governance and institutional knowledge
Catherine Ryland
University of Wollongong
Seismic retrofit of unreinforced masonry building facades wi...
Built environment
Nouman Khattak
Queensland University of Technology
Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) for 3D bushfire mapping
Bushfire predictive services
Nina Homainejad
University of New South Wales
The viability of shared responsibility in relation to wildfir...
Prescribed burning and catchment management
Belinda Young
University of Melbourne
Modelling the impact of lifeline infrastructure failure duri...
Scenarios and loss analysis
Dr Emma Singh
Macquarie University
Analysis and simulation of surface wind fields during landfa...
Scenarios and loss analysis
Dr Thomas Kloetzke
University of Queensland
A study on the key design factors that improve the experienc...
Scenarios and loss analysis
Aeen Ashkani
Swinburne University
An evaluation of Youth Justice Conferencing for youth misuse...
Communication and warnings
Dr Kamarah Pooley
Queensland University of Technology
Animal emergency management in New Zealand
Communication and warnings
Stephen Glassey
University of Otago, New Zealand
Parenting after a disaster - experiences since Black Saturda...
Communication and warnings
Dr Lauren Kosta
University of Melbourne
Household decision making in bushfire self evacuation
Communication and warnings
Dr Ken Strahan
RMIT University
Enhancing multiagency collaboration for animal welfare emerg...
Communication and warnings
Hayley Squance
Massey University, New Zealand
Preparing for the big one: Disaster risk reduction for morbi...
Communication and warnings
Lesley Gray
University of Otago, New Zealand
Comprehensive school safety: a participatory approach to sch...
Communication and warnings
Matthew Henry
CQUniversity
A mixed methodological evaluation of the effectiveness of Ke...
Communication and warnings
Andrew Clarke
CQUniversity
Teacher-delivered, child participatory disaster resilience e...
Communication and warnings
Dr Mayeda Rashid
CQUniversity
Effective communication of household wildfire risk through W...
Communication and warnings
Dr Cathy (Yinghui) Cao
University of Western Australia
Agency experts supporting bushfire disaster resilience educa...
Communication and warnings
Tony Jarrett
CQUniversity
Connecting communities: Integration of disaster preparedness...
Communication and warnings
Dr Avianto Amri
Macquarie University
Coping with disasters by children and families who live in p...
Communication and warnings
Dr Revathi Nuggehalli Krishna
Monash University
An investigation of spontaneous volunteers' social medi...
Communication and warnings
Sumayyah Ahmad
Curtin University
Web 2.0 in disaster and emergency: a risk assessment of tort...
Communication and warnings
Dr Melanie Baker-Jones
Queensland University of Technology
Cultural drivers of disaster response behaviour and their cr...
Communication and warnings
Steve Sutton
Charles Darwin University
The persistent past: flood, fire and migrant memories of nat...
Communication and warnings
Gretel Evans
University of Melbourne
How risk informs natural hazard management: a study of the i...
Communication and warnings
Miles Crawford
Massey University, New Zealand
Advancing public health in the context of natural hazards: n...
Communication and warnings
Dr Rachel Westcott
Western Sydney University
Sleep restriction across a simulated firefighting deployment...
Emergency management capability
Dr Alex Wolkow
Monash University
The impact of individual factors and operational organisatio...
Emergency management capability
Dr Heather Bancroft
University of Melbourne
Health system emergency preparedness, resilience and respons...
Emergency management capability
Alex Thompson
University College London
Fighting the fires within: breaking down the barriers to men...
Emergency management capability
Wavne Rikkers
University of Western Australia
Sleep and stress in on-call fire and emergency service worke...
Emergency management capability
Dr Sarah Hall
Deakin University
Simulated self-paced wildfire suppression work in different...
Emergency management capability
Dr Brianna Larsen
Griffith University
The roles of pharmacists in disaster health management in na...
Emergency management capability
Dr Kaitlyn Watson
Queensland University of Technology
Network Enabled Agility: A model for filling the strategic v...
Emergency management capability
Bruce Hankinson
Queensland University of Technology
Spanning boundaries to support effective multi-agency coordi...
Emergency management capability
Dr Steven Curnin
University of Tasmania
Fighting fires and fatigue
Emergency management capability
Dr Grace Vincent
CQUniversity
Seismic assessment of reinforced concrete walls in Australia
Built environment
Dr Ryan Hoult
University of Melbourne
Wind induced internal pressures in industrial buildings
Built environment
Dr Mitchell Humphreys
James Cook University
Domestic architecture and the perception of risk in bushfire...
Built environment
Dr Douglas Brown
University of Sydney
Effects of masonry in flat-slab structures
Built environment
Sonam Dorji
Queensland University of Technology
Fragility and resilience of bridge structures subjected to e...
Built environment
Dr Ismail Qeshta
RMIT University
The exposure of emergency service personnel to asbestos
Built environment
Darryl Dixon
Charles Sturt University
Synthetic damage curves for concrete girder bridges under fl...
Built environment
Dr Farook Kalendher
RMIT University
Seismic assessment of reinforced concrete buildings in Austr...
Built environment
Dr Anita Amirsardari
University of Melbourne
Quantifying the seismic and site amplification characteristi...
Built environment
Dr Bambang Setiawan
University of Adelaide
Fire resilience of existing composite steel plate girder bri...
Built environment
Amila Dissanayake
RMIT University
The structural response and progressive failure of batten to...
Built environment
Dr Korah Parackal
James Cook University
Prediction of scour on bridge piers under flood loading
Built environment
Zeinab Yazdanfar
RMIT University
Investigation into the behaviour of a U-slab bridge due to f...
Built environment
Dr Maryam Nasim
RMIT University
Collapse behaviour of limited ductile high-strength reinforc...
Built environment
Dr Saim Raza
Swinburne University
Sprinkler systems for the protection of buildings from wildf...
Built environment
Dr Alan Green
University of Wollongong
Giving voice to our givers: A phenomenological study address...
Sustainable volunteering
John Mason
Monash University
Enhancing public information practice in Tasmania’s emergenc...
Sustainable volunteering
Peter Middleton
Charles Sturt University
Community volunteering and disaster recovery
Sustainable volunteering
Dr Fiona Jennings
RMIT University
Spontaneous volunteers in the emergency management sector
Sustainable volunteering
Gemma Gray
University of Melbourne
Volunteered geographic information, community engagement and...
Sustainable volunteering
Dr Billy Haworth
University of Sydney
The impact of leadership development on organisational citiz...
Sustainable volunteering
Nicholai Popov
University of Wollongong
Valuing volunteers: better understanding the primary motives...
Sustainable volunteering
Bill Calcutt
University of Wollongong
Developing leadership to retain volunteers in emergency serv...
Sustainable volunteering
Dr Vivien Forner
University of Wollongong
Post-disaster recovery following recent natural hazard event...
Sustainable volunteering
Dr Tetsuya Okada
Macquarie University
Savanna fire management, resources, methods and effectivenes...
Understanding and enhancing resilience
Jay Evans
Charles Darwin University
Women caring for Waanyi and Garawa country
Understanding and enhancing resilience
Kate van Wezel
Charles Darwin University
Integrated response as a process for enhancing emergency man...
Understanding and enhancing resilience
Dr Dolapo Fakuade
University of Canterbury
Long-term impact of disasters on school children
Understanding and enhancing resilience
Greg Ireton
University of Melbourne
The post-disaster city: Urban crisis politics and social cha...
Understanding and enhancing resilience
Dr Raven Cretney
RMIT University
Towards fire-adaptive communities in Australia
Understanding and enhancing resilience
Zoe D'Arcy
RMIT University
Prioritisation strategy for seismic retrofitting of reinforc...
Understanding and enhancing resilience
Bin Xing
University of Melbourne
Community engagement in the post-disaster landscape
Understanding and enhancing resilience
Zoe D'Arcy
RMIT University
Post-disaster housing reconstruction as a means of enhancing...
Understanding and enhancing resilience
Dr Mittul Vahanvati
RMIT University
Why do people decide to drive through floodwater? Utilising...
Understanding and enhancing resilience
Shauntelle Benjamin
University of New England
Effects of prenatal bushfire stress on life history traits i...
Understanding and enhancing resilience
Dr Megan O'Donnell
Australian National University
Precarious places, precarious knowledges: A comparative anal...
Understanding and enhancing resilience
Liberty Pascua
University of Sydney
Coexisting with fire: Integrating resilient landscape design...
Understanding and enhancing resilience
Ben Ollington
University of Melbourne
Fire and heavy metals: when wild and controlled fires transf...
Dr Joji Abraham
Federation University
Developing a flash flood warning system for short duration c...
Flood and coastal management
Kim Robinson
University of Tasmania
Improving flood forecast skill using remote sensing data (Ph...
Flood and coastal management
Dr Ashley Wright
Monash University
What is the acceptable risk in the coastal zone: perspective...
Flood and coastal management
Tom Fitzgerald
University of Sydney
Improving adaptation planning for future sea level rise and...
Flood and coastal management
Dr Timothy Ramm
University of Tasmania
Disaster risk communication the new media landscape: an expl...
Communication and warnings
Rifka Sibarani
Charles Darwin University
Seismic retrofitting of RC beam-column joints using metallic...
Built environment
Dr Alireza Zabihi
Swinburne University
Measuring the social, environmental and economic consequence...
Built environment
Dr Akvan Gajanayake
RMIT University
An investigation of the psychosocial factors that influence...
Built environment
Dr Mitchell Scovell
James Cook University
Improving decision support tools for conservation of fire-ad...
Bushfire predictive services
Sean Walsh
University of Melbourne
Multi resolution, high temporal fire monitoring and intensit...
Bushfire predictive services
Dr Chathura Wickramasinghe
RMIT University
The impacts of catastrophic wildfire on ecological interacti...
Bushfire predictive services
Hannah Etchells
Ecosystems Research Group
Modelling forest fuel temporal change using LiDAR
Bushfire predictive services
Dr Yang Chen
CSIRO
The utility of point clouds to estimate fuel hazards
Bushfire predictive services
Sam Hillman
RMIT University
Remote sensing applied to bushfire
Bushfire predictive services
Dr Andrea Massetti
Monash University
Investigating the effect of soil moisture, temperature and p...
Bushfire predictive services
Dr Alex Holmes
Monash University
Remote sensing of fire severity in Australian dry sclerophyl...
Bushfire predictive services
Dr Vaibhav Gupta
RMIT University
Understanding spatial patterns of wildfire occurrence in sou...
Bushfire predictive services
Dr Yang Zhang
University of New South Wales
Physical and fire behaviour characterisation of bushland fue...
Bushfire predictive services
Sergio Zarate
University of Queensland
Methods for background temperature estimation in the context...
Bushfire predictive services
Dr Bryan Hally
RMIT University
Development of an integrated method to predict bushfire haza...
Bushfire predictive services
Sami Shah
Australian National University
Changing fire regimes of the Great Sandy Region of south eas...
Bushfire predictive services
Dr Philip Stewart
University of Queensland
How does remotely sensed degree of curing and fuel load vary...
Bushfire predictive services
Dr Wasin Chaivaranont
University of New South Wales
Remote sensing of fuel to improve fire behaviour predictions
Bushfire predictive services
Simeon Telfer
RMIT University
Physics based simulations of grassfire propagation in patchy...
Bushfire predictive services
Jasmine Innocent
Victoria University
Impact of bushfire on water quality
Bushfire predictive services
Dr Gabriela Raducan
RMIT University
Towards a comprehensive data assimilation framework for oper...
Bushfire predictive services
Dr Antara Dasgupta
Monash University
Spatially forecasting coupled litter and root moisture dynam...
Bushfire predictive services
Li Zhao
Australian National University
Through the flames - quantitative analysis of strategic and...
Bushfire predictive services
Dr Greg Penney
Edith Cowan University
Development of a stochastic fire effect model in predicting...
Bushfire predictive services
Shahriar Rahman
Macquarie University
Models for lightning-caused wildfire ignition
Bushfire predictive services
Dr Nicholas Read
University of Melbourne
Development of an interface using penalisation method for im...
Severe and high impact weather
Sesa Singha Roy
Victoria University
Sensitivity of the Empirical Mode Decomposition and its appl...
Severe and high impact weather
Dr Mona (Fatemeh) Ziaeyan Bahri
University of New South Wales
An investigation of the dynamics of fire-fire interactions u...
Severe and high impact weather
Dr Christopher Thomas
University of New South Wales
How do wet eucalypt forests burn? Managing Tasmania’s most d...
Severe and high impact weather
Dr James Furlaud
University of Tasmania
Impact of fires on temperate rainforests in northern New Sou...
Severe and high impact weather
Kate Simmonds
University of Melbourne
Parameterisation for a simplified short-range firebrand mode...
Severe and high impact weather
Matthew Kyng
Victoria University
Statistical characterisation of wind fields over complex ter...
Severe and high impact weather
Dr Rachael Quill
University of Adelaide
Refinement and validation of the pyrolysis and firebrand tra...
Severe and high impact weather
Dr Rahul Wadhwani
Victoria University
A multilevel approach to fire severity using remote sensing,...
Severe and high impact weather
Dr Dario Rodriguez Cubillo
University of Tasmania
The 2013 Forcett-Dunalley fire: A geospatial analysis of fir...
Severe and high impact weather
Mercy Ndalila
University of Tasmania
Empirical analysis of spot fire and ember behaviour during e...
Severe and high impact weather
Michael Storey
University of Wollongong
Remote sensing of tree structure and biomass in north Austra...
Prescribed burning and catchment management
Dr Grigorijs Goldbergs
Charles Darwin University
Effects of Sydney coastal dry sclerophyll forest litter on f...
Prescribed burning and catchment management
Angela Gormley
University of Sydney
Are prescribed fire intervals maintaining fauna habitat?
Prescribed burning and catchment management
Jane Williamson
Australian Catholic University
Investigating bird responses to fire in the Heathy Dry Fores...
Prescribed burning and catchment management
Dr Diana Kuchinke
Federation University
Approaches for investigating fire impacts on catchment hydro...
Prescribed burning and catchment management
Dr Mengran Yu
University of Sydney
Dynamics of litterfall and fine fuels after fire in scleroph...
Prescribed burning and catchment management
Veronica Quintanilla Berjon
University of Sydney
Accurate location of buildings and its importance in bushfir...
Prescribed burning and catchment management
Amanda Chong
University of Melbourne
Initiation of biomass smouldering combustion in bushfires
Prescribed burning and catchment management
Dr Houzhi Wang
University of Adelaide
Voxel-based approach to estimate the volume of fuel load fro...
Prescribed burning and catchment management
Saadmann Eusuf
University of New South Wales
Ardity index as a predictor of the hydrogeomorphic response...
Prescribed burning and catchment management
Dr Rene Van der Sant
Melbourne Water
Locating gendered knowledge and practices in Aboriginal fire...
Prescribed burning and catchment management
Jane Urquhart
La Trobe University
Productivity and effectiveness of suppression resources and...
Prescribed burning and catchment management
Heather Simpson
University of Wollongong
Developing a spatial approach to model sediment transfer in...
Prescribed burning and catchment management
Sean Morling
RMIT University
Assessment framework for the evaluation of wildfire risk red...
Prescribed burning and catchment management
Nicolas Borchers Arriagada
University of Tasmania
Community engagement for disaster risk reduction through emb...
Scenarios and loss analysis
Heidi Chappelow
University of Newcastle