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Dr Toni Darbas

Background: Teaching in School of Science and Technology Studies at university of NSW, PhD Scholarship at CRC for Waste Management and Pollution Control, PhD Topic on relationship of community consultation with representative democracy using the environmental degradation of the Hawkesbury Nepean Catchment by the urbanisation of Western Sydney as a regional case study, Research Associate at the Griffith University’s Urban Research Program

Organisation & Location: Social Scientist at CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems – Agricultural Landscapes Program, St Lucia, Brisbane

Current Activities: Social Scientist for ACIAR projects in Indonesia on use of forages for cattle fattening and ecological methods of rat control in lowland rice, National Land and Water Audit developing socio-economic and biophysical indicators for resilience in broad acre cropping communities using a livelihoods framework, Qld Murray Darling Committee project examining role of social networks for the uptake of Environmental Management Systems, Scoping project for Cotton CRC on degree of coordination of Natural Resource Management policies affecting cotton croppers.

Qualifications: BA Honours (1st Class) jointly in Schools of Sociology and Science and technology Studies, PhD in Political Sociology – both degrees awarded by UNSW

Expertise: Political Sociology, Rural Sociology, Sociology of Scientific Knowledge, Environmental Policy Analysis