Matthew Campbell-Ellis
BA(VA) BRegResMgnt BA(Hons) (Public Policy)
PhD Candidate, Institute for Regional Development (UTAS)
Providing regional and fine scale community solutions
to construct advantages and sustainably manage natural resources
325 Old Port Rd, Montagu Tasmania 7330 mattce@gmail.com 0409 742 568 ABN: 6303 750 2401
Overview Matthew Campbell-Ellis is a Regional Scientist and Ph.D. candidate with the Institute for Regional Development, University of Tasmania. Matthew is an emerging leader in the fields of innovation, resource management and public policy. Matthew has worked as a consultant to government and non-government organisations and has advised elected officials and political parties on resource management decisions and public policy. Matthew has received numerous honors and awards, including the W.A. Townsley Honours Prize and the William Fletcher Trust Award, as well as a 'Local Hero' LandCare Award. Before returning to the University of Tasmania to undertake his Ph.D., Matthew worked on protecting the Tarkine wilderness from unsustainable logging practices and developing new methods for creating local economic opportunities for remote regional communities.

Social and natural sciences research - Policy design and analysis - Community engagement
Sustainable Development Platforms - Constructing advantage - Project management
Current Projects
Community-based economic development for primary industries and others, applying the Sustainable Development Platform Method and working with the North West Rural Strategy Group, Smithton.
Growing the Future workshop notes and participant worksheet
Power and Collaboration: Globalism, regional innovation and sustainable development (PhD project)
Supervisors: Dr Tony McCall and Dr Robyn Eversole at the Institute for Regional Development, University of Tasmania, Cradle Coast Campus
Published Work and Other Articles
(Conference paper presented at the 34th Annual Conference of the Australia New Zealand Regional Science Association International, Melbourne, 2010)
Overlap in Resource Use Between Commercial and Recreational Rock Lobster Fishers
(poster presented to the Australian National Network in Marine Sciences (ANNiMS) 2nd Conference, Townsville, 2010)
Rice Grass and Sea Spurge Community-based Control Strategy, Smithton Area, Northwest Tasmania
Tasmania's Tarkine, Community Involvement, and the Sustainable Development Platform Method
(paper presented at the Tarkine Tourism and Heritage Forum, 26-27th Nov 2009, Tall Timbers, Smithton)
The Sustainable Development Platform Method: An Outline
A Review of Community Involvement in the Management of the Arthur-Pieman Conservation Area
H2O20: Sustainably Managing Australia's Water
Deliberative Democracy in NRM (Waves article)
A multi-sector approach to developing sustainable competitive advantage in the Tarkine
The National Water Initiative and regional development in Tasmania
Extent of Euphorbia paralias in identified Neophema chrysogaster feeding grounds in the APCA
Research and General Interests
Human-ecosystem relationships - Innovation and constructed advantage - Social Reference Points
Sustainable Development Platforms - Phrenological research - Cultural heritage
Visual arts - Wildlife - Wild places - Public policy - Deliberative democracy - Common Pool Resources
My CV
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