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Environment and Society

Some of the hottest topics in both science and politics at the moment are climate change and other environmental issues. These changes are driven by many complex interacting factors - some biological, some physical, and some created by humans. We believe the best way to tackle such a multifaceted problem is with a multidisciplinary approach. Our research brings together economists, hydrologists, historians, ecologists, anthropologists and climatologists working side-by-side, day-by-day towards common objectives. We see human factors such as sociology and economics as inseparable from climate issues, and by including these factors in our models, hope to offer practical and implementable solutions.

 

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Student Profile: Lisa Vlahos

PhD in Visual Science

"You get to see a different side to the ANU that you do not get to see as an undergraduate. Doing this summer scholarship has also helped me decide that I do want to have some sort of research career..."

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Fenner School of Environment and Society
The Fenner School is unique in Australia. There are very few places in the world where economists and hydrologists, historians and ecologists, foresters, geographers and climatologists work together towards common objectives.

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Research School of Earth Sciences
The Research School of Earth Sciences is a centre of excellence for teaching and research and mobilises a wide range of geological, geochemical and geophysical techniques and expertise to try to understand the nature of the Earth and its environment. RSES is one of the top ten university based Geoscience programs in the world and a research leader in the physics, chemistry, material properties and environmental conditions of the earth.

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Research School of Biology
This new School combines all aspects of biology associated with teaching and research into one administrative unit, where students can undertake both undergraduate and graduate degrees. Undergraduates generally enroll in the Bachelor Degrees of Science, Medical Science, Biotechnology or Genetics. Our research spans the themes of evolution, ecology and sustainable environments; genetics and genomics; global change; infection and immunity; neuroscience and cognition; and plant science.

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