Simon Batterbury
Simon Batterbury | |
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UK | |
Known for | Research in political ecology, environmental studies, Indigenous peoples and mining, dryland livelihoods in Africa |
Title | Professor of Environmental Studies at the University of Melbourne; Visiting Professor at Lancaster University |
Awards | British Academy Fellowship, 2024; James Martin Fellow, University of Oxford, 2007 |
Website | http://simonbatterbury.net |
Simon Batterbury (born 1963) is a British-Australian geographer, Professor of Environmental Studies at the University of Melbourne,[1] Australia and a visiting professor at Lancaster University, UK.
Background
Born in
At the University of Melbourne, he directed the Office for Environmental Programs[5] and the unique interdisciplinary Master of Environment degree with 370 students,[6] and from 2023, the Melbourne Climate Futures Academy for PhD students and early career researchers.[7]
Contributions
Batterbury was an early adopter of cross-scale political ecology when working with a development program in Burkina Faso offering soil conservation through diguettes, showing how local environmental changes/erosion resulted from adverse national and international political economic forces, networks of power, and inequality.[8]
A large interdisciplinary investigation of land use change and livelihoods in South West Niger with Andrew Warren followed, funded by the UK-based ESRC. The work showed the adaptability of peasant farmers to drought, poverty, and inequality in access to resources through 'productive bricolage' and diversification of livelihoods.[9] Empirical studies of desertification in the Sahel found strong local adaptability to uncertain rainfall,[10] with little use of Western agricultural inputs or seed varieties.[11]
A comparative study of World Bank relationships with NGOs in Bangladesh, Burkina Faso and Ecuador with David Lewis and Tony Bebbington resulted in several articles.[12]
Since 2010 he has worked in the undecolonised South Pacific settler economy
Research on
Open Access
Batterbury has co-edited the Journal of Political Ecology since 2003.[20] Editing this zero-budget OA journal led to strong support for Diamond Open Access non-commercial scholarly publishing including an Open Access Manifesto and media work.[21][22][23]
Awards
- British Academy fellowship, 2024[24]
- Best PhD/Graduate supervisor, University of Melbourne, 2019[25]
- COSMOPOLIS fellow, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, 2015
- James Martin Fellow, ECI, University of Oxford, 2007
Selected Publications
- Kowasch M. and Batterbury, S.P.J. (eds.). 2024. Geographies of New Caledonia-Kanaky: environments, politics and cultures. Springer. (19 chapters) http://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-49140
- Batterbury S.P.J. and I. Vandermeersch. 2016. Bicycle justice: community bicycle workshops and "invisible cyclists" in Brussels. In A. Golub, M.L. Hoffmann, A.E.Lugo & G.F. Sandoval (eds.). Bicycle justice and urban transformation: biking for all? Routledge. 189-202.
- Reynolds J.F., D.M. Stafford-Smith, E. Lambin, B.L. Turner II, M.J Mortimore, S.P.J Batterbury, T.E. Downing, H. Dowlatabadi, R.J. Fernandez, J.E. Herrick, E. Huber-Sannwald, H. Jiang, R. Leemans, T. Lynam, F. Maestre, B. Walker, and M. Ayarza. 2007. Global desertification: building a science for dryland development. Science. 316 (May 11): 847-851. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1131634
- Batterbury, S.P.J. (ed.) 2006. Rescaling governance and the impacts of political and environmental decentralization. World Development 34(11): 1851-1995. (8 articles)
- Batterbury, S.P.J & A. Warren (eds.) 2001. The African Sahel 25 years after the Great Drought. Global Environmental Change 11(1): 1-96. (8 articles).
References
- ^ "Academic staff". 2 January 2024.
- ^ "The Home Page of Simon PJ Batterbury". simonbatterbury.net. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
- ^ Simon Batterbury Find an Expert
- ^ "Simon Batterbury".
- ^ Dorey, Nathan (20 February 2024). "Office for Environmental Programs". Office for Environmental Programs. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
- ^ Batterbury S.P.J. and M. Toscano. 2018. Seeking justice through interdisciplinary environmental education at postgraduate level: lessons from Melbourne, Australia. International Journal of Education for Social Justice / Revista Internacional de Educación para la Justicia Social (RIEJS) 7(1): 141-156.
- ^ "MCF Academy". 30 January 2024.
- ^ "ORCID".
- ^ Batterbury, S.P.J. 2001. Landscapes of diversity: a local political ecology of livelihood diversification in south-western Niger. Cultural Geographies 8(4): 437-464
- ^ Reynolds J.F., D.M. Stafford-Smith, E. Lambin, B.L. Turner II, M.J/ Mortimore, S.P.J Batterbury, T.E. Downing, H. Dowlatabadi, R.J. Fernandez, J.E. Herrick, E. Huber-Sannwald, H. Jiang, R. Leemans, T. Lynam, F. Maestre, B. Walker, and M. Ayarza. 2007. Global desertification: building a science for dryland development. Science. 316 (May 11): 847-851
- ^ Batterbury, S.P.J. 1996. Planners or performers? Reflections on indigenous dryland farming in Northern Burkina Faso. Agriculture & Human Values 13(3):12-22
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- ^ Sciences, Dr Simon Batterbury, University of Melbourne and Dr Matthias Kowasch, University College of Teacher Education, Austria and Inland Norway University of Applied (10 December 2021). "New Caledonia referendum: A flashpoint for decolonisation". Pursuit. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
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- ^ Batterbury SPJ, M. Kowasch and S. Bouard. 2020. The geopolitical ecology of New Caledonia: territorial re-ordering, mining, and Indigenous economic development. Journal of Political Ecology 27: 594-611. https://doi.org/10.2458/v27i1.23812
- ^ "European Green Deal". miningbeyondhotair.org. Archived from the original on 8 March 2024. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
- ^ Batterbury SPJ, Uxo, C., Nurse, S. & M. Abord de Chatillon. (2023). On Mutual Bicycle Aid: Community bike workshops in Australia Green Agenda Journal 1. 25 March 2023
- ^ "WeCycle". WeCycle. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
- ^ "The House of Wellness TV 2023 - Season 7, Episode 19". 23 June 2023.
- ^ "Journal of Political Ecology".
- ^ Simon Batterbury (24 October 2020). "Open but Unfair- The role of social justice in Open Access publishing". lse.ac.uk. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
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- ^ "Dr Simon Batterbury".
- ^ "Faculty of Science staff celebrated with 2019 Melbourne Excellence Awards". 2 February 2024.