Allan Curtis

Professor of Integrated Environmental Management, Charles Sturt University

Research by Professor Allan Curtis into landcare is the largest and most comprehensive body of work of its kind in any developed economy.

He has been at the forefront of international efforts to assess and sustain the contribution of local organisations to natural resource management for many years.

He will be applying his extensive research background in the social dimensions of catchment management in his role with NCGRT.

Professor Curtis has been appointed to lead the social research components of the centre and will contribute to integrated projects as required.

Some of his recent research includes exploring adaptive management, triple bottom line reporting, preparing socio-economic profiles of catchment communities and assessments of the socio-economic impact of changes in land use and resource access.

He has also gained international prominence through his work on integrating social and economic data with biophysical data to improve decision-making for regional catchment management authorities in Australia.

Professor Curtis is currently one of the leading researchers examining adoption of new technologies in agriculture and conservation.

Chief Investigator Program 5. Email Allan Curtis