Dr Raven Cretney
Postdoctoral Fellow
Qualifications: BA (Victoria University of Wellington, MEnvi (Victoria University of Wellington), PhD (RMIT)
About Raven
Raven's research focuses on the politics of disaster response and recovery, the theory and practice of effective citizen engagement and participation, and community led approaches to environmental management and conservation. Her work spans the disciplines of human geography and political science.
She is currently a postdoctoral fellow in environmental planning in the School of Social Sciences.
She has also taught in the areas of human geography, environmental studies, development studies, and environmental politics and policy.
Research Interests
Her research interests include: disaster politics; resilience; activism; citizen engagement and participation; conservation & participatory environmental management.
Recent Publications
Lobo, M., Duffy, M., Witcomb, A., Brennan-Horley, C., Kelly, D. L., Barry, K., . . . Wolifson, P. (2020). Practising lively geographies in the city: encountering Melbourne through experimental field-based workshops. Journal of Geography in Higher Education. doi:10.1080/03098265.2020.1712684
Munshi, D., Kurian, P., Cretney, R., Morrison, S. L., & Kathlene, L. (2020). Centering culture in public engagement on climate change. Environmental Communication, 14(5), 573-581. doi:10.1080/17524032.2020.1746680
Coffey, B., Bush, J., Mumaw, L., de Kleyn, L., Furlong, C., & Cretney, R. (2020). Towards good governance of urban greening: insights from four initiatives in Melbourne, Australia. Australian Geographer. doi:10.1080/00049182.2019.1708552
Barrett, P., Kurian, P., Simmonds, N., & Cretney, R. (2019). Community participation in the development of the Ōngātoro/Maketū Estuary project: The socio‐ecological dimensions of restoring an interconnected ecosystem. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. doi:10.1002/aqc.3048
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Keywords
Environment Issues; Environmental Policy and Politics; Environmental Politics; Geography; Human Geography
Disaster Politics; Resilience; Activism