Join us for an insightful session from Associate Professor Owen Price and Associate Professor Sonia Graham as they delve into the realm of evidence-based practices and climate change.
Meet the researchers - Humans, bushfires and rising sea levels
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Wollongong Campus
Hybrid event, online and in-person (Bldg 32.G01)
About the event
Owen will discuss the connection between weather and record bushfires, and Sonia will present the social impacts of human adaptation to rising sea-levels.
The event is open to the general public and has been designed to be accessible for everyone.
High school students are encouraged to attend.
Doors open at 5.00 PM
Presentations commence at 5.30 PM
Light refreshments will be provided
Our researchers
Associate Professor Owen Price
Associate Professor Owen Price (School of Earth, Atmospheric and Life Sciences, SEALS) is the 
director of the Centre for Environmental Risk Management of Bushfire at the University of Wollongong and for 17 years has been researching the evidence of impacts of bushfires on biodiversity and building and the effectiveness of strategies to reduce bushfire risk.
Associate Professor Sonia Graham
Associate Professor Sonia Graham is a human geographer at the University of Wollongong
(Australian Centre for Culture, Environment, Society and Space (ACCESS). For over ten years, Sonia has been studying the social impacts of sea-level rise and associated adaptation policies. During her postdoctoral research, Sonia and her colleagues developed a method that enables policy makers to identify which social values are likely to be affected by climate change, and how to incorporate such values into adaptation plans.
Each presentation will last 15-20 minutes followed by an interactive Q&A session inviting the audience to engage with the researchers.
Don't miss this opportunity to hear about this research and its implications on the environment and climate change.
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