Alfred Deakin Professor of Global Change, Environment, and Society @Deakin | @DeakinCIE. Geographer, modeller of sustainable human and natural systems.

Burwood, Melbourne
Joined September 2011
Turns out that a type of deep learning model called short long-term memory does a great job of predicting the spatial and temporal dynamics of groundwater recharge and identifying influential drivers @leigao17 @brettabryan @deakinresearch @CSIRO doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.20…
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Come do a postdoc with us at Planet-A. Loads of topics available: land and food, climate change, biodiversity, natural capital, ecosystem services, air/water quality. Loads of methods too: futures, machine learning, modelling, knowledge co-production, etc. deakin.edu.au/research/suppo…
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New modelling framework expands current capabilities of large-scale land-change models and provides a first-of-its-kind multiclass land forecast for Australia that can inform land policy at multiple scales in Australia @AlboClimate @CSIRO @deakinresearch doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.20…
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Constructed wetlands and sand filtration are cheaper and lower environmental impact ways to upgrade China's wastewater treatment plants to meet strict new water quality standards @deakinresearch doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.20…
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Trending in #Geography: ooir.org/index.php?field=Soc… 1) Human-natural systems under uncertainty (@GEC_Journal) 2) Anthroposea: Future ecologies in wetscapes (@SocietyandSpace) 3) Accessibility of public services & political trust (@pol_geog_jl) 4) Surviving a cis discipline
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Government responses to the COVID-19 pandemic have reduced overall progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals by 8.2% between 2020 and 2023 @wangzpku @_Planet_A @brettabryan nature.com/articles/s43247-0…
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The @_Planet_A and @BlueCarbonLab are running a joint writing workshop this week for HDRs on paper writing 📝 If anyone has any good tips or resources, please share below 👇
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Our new paper on sustainability trade-offs in the beef industry shows that current global beef production is inefficient (in terms of costs & emissions) we could reduce emissions 34–85% without increasing costs. Led by Adam Castonguay @naturesustainab nature.com/articles/s41893-0…
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Vast efforts combatting desertification have greened China's deserts but at a cost of further impoverishing vulnerable people and diminishing food security. Epic work by Xunming Wang, Fahu Chen and team @NatureComms @_Planet_A @DeakinSEBE @deakinresearch doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-3…
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It's finally out! The MOO-GAPS model optimises global livestock production to efficiently reduce GHG emissions. Such great work by Adam Castonguay, Eve McDonald-Madden, @MattHHolden , @iamMarioHerrero , and all. @deakinresearch, @DeakinSEBE doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.20…
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The people you bump into at the Boxing Day Test! 👍⁦@brettabryan⁩, Damien and Xavier
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New paper led by @pdlamichhane found that drivers of climate change adaptation included efficacy, know-how, and cost and differed between agroecosystems, demanding targeted policy @_Planet_A @DeakinCIE @MHadjikakou @kellykmiller11 authors.elsevier.com/c/1gCNv…
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🗣️📰Nuevo artículo:"There’s no best model! Addressing limitations of land-use scenario modelling through multi-model ensembles" de @RichardJ_Hewitt, Majid Shadman Roodposhti and @brettabryan Disponible en: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.… ¡Enhorabuena!🎉🤓👏
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🚨 New paper alert🚨 @brettabryan, @MHadjikakou, and I from @_Planet_A assessed the shared responsibilities and opportunities for reducing global water stress of agri-food consumption. #CIEresearch @DeakinSEBE @deakinresearch @Deakin @deakinmedia doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.20…
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I am honoured to be awarded the highest academic degree - A phD. Special thanks to my supervisors @brettabryan and @MHadjikakou, @_Planet_A lab mates, parents and family! This couldn’t have been possible without you!
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Congratulations Dr. SHAIKH! Graduating today ⁦@smabdullah1⁩ ⁦@MHadjikakou⁩ ⁦⁦@_Planet_A⁩
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Today I am Tweeting (and MCing 😳) from the @DeakinCIE conference! I am very excited to hear from the HDRs about their research! #DeakinCIE22
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Collaboration between @SUSTechSZ @HKUniversity @UCPH_Research @DeakinCIE and others presents GLAKES, a new hi-res global lakes dataset, and reveals the outsized role of small lakes in global biogeochemical cycles inc climate change @_Planet_A @NatureComms doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-3…
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In a review of models for analysing future scenarios for poverty, Liu et al identify the need for comprehensive, integrated multi-sector models for understanding the interactions, synergies, and trade-offs between poverty and other #SDGs authors.elsevier.com/c/1foOU…
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Custodio et al identified 3 new social foundations of sustainability: Family and Relationships, Perception of Self, and Social Security which can make the SDGs, doughnut economics, and the safe & just space more comprehensive and inclusive @_Planet_A authors.elsevier.com/a/1fo1X…
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