Ananth Gopal

Research

PhD title: Growing cultures: cultivating culturally diverse ecological knowledge

Ananth’s research focuses on small and medium scale agriculture and wild food foraging. He is part of an ARC Discovery Project, ‘Sustainability and climate change adaptation: unlocking the potential of ethnic diversity’. Ananth is interested the intersection of cultural diversity and ecological knowledge. Methodologically, he prefers immersion and fine-grained qualitative methods. 

Publications

Gopal, A. 2018, Commoning Sense: Growing Food in Public Spaces, Permaculture Institute Press, Issue 10, pp. 30-33

Research Funding

ARC Discovery Project DP140101165, ‘Sustainability and climate change adaptation: unlocking the potential of ethnic diversity’. Investigators: Lesley Head, Natascha Klocker & Gordon Waitt

Awards

2015 – 2020 ARC, Discovery PhD Scholarship, University of Wollongong

2017 Institute of Australian Geographers Postgraduate Presentation Award