Matthew Campbell-Ellis
BA(VA) BRegResMgnt BA(Hons) (Public Policy)  


Phronetic Regional Scientist

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.

 

Services

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

Sustainable Development Platform Methods for Constructing Innovation and Managing Common Pool Resources

(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

Policy Design for Common Pool Resources Management: Sustainable Development Platform Methods in the Fleurieu Group of Islands, Tasmania

A Review of Community Involvement in the Management of the Arthur-Pieman Conservation Area

H2O20: Sustainably Managing Australia's Water

Learning-based Horizontal Governance and Direct Engagement to Increase Participation in Non-Government Organisations: A case study

Deliberative Democracy in NRM (Waves article)

A multi-sector approach to developing sustainable competitive advantage in the Tarkine

Relations of tree presence and topography to soil moisture levels across a montane valley, Bronte Park, Tasmania

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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