Research | Rangahau

International Collaborations

CSAFE has long term research relationships with groups in Australia, facilitated by the Agri-Food Research Network. Research on organic agriculture has long term links to the University of Central Queensland, Griffith University and the University of Queensland.

W. Maurice Young Centre for Applied Ethics, University of British Columbia

Hugh Campbell has developed a research collaboration with Prof Mike Burgess at the University of British Columbia through his participation in the GELS ARC project which is studying the social, economic, environmental, ethical and legal implications of new genomic technologies. CSAFE provides much of the GELS research on agri-food systems and, more specifically, salmon.

CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems: Systems modeling for improved Social-Ecological resilience

Henrik Moller and Hugh Campbell are collaborating with Dr Cameron Fletcher and Dr David Hilbert to build socio-ecological resilience models of New Zealand ecological systems. A Postdoctoral Fellow will be co-mentored by the CSIRO and CSAFE teams.

CSIRO Land & Water: Partnerships and Understanding Towards Targeted Implementation

The ARGOS team from CSAFE is building a collaboration with the rural sociologists from this team (Dr Lorraine Bates, Blair Nancarrow) about facilitating farming community change primarily around issues of water use and soil quality management.

University of Manitoba, Natural Resource Institute: Social-ecological resilience, Co-management and Traditional Ecological Knowledge of Maori and Canadian First nations

Henrik Moller is collaborating Prof. Fikret Berkes on comparative studies of Canadian and New Zealand experience with social-ecological resilience, environmental co-management and the interface of science and Traditional Ecological management.

United States collaborations for the Kia Mau Te Titi Mo Ake Tonu Atu research project

Henrik Moller and team are collaborating with

• Dr John Takekawa (US Geological Survey)
• 'Tagging of Pacific Pelagic', funding a collaboration with University of California Santa Cruz (Dr Scott Shaffer), CEBC - CNRS France (Dr Henri Weimersckirch)
• Oikonos, California (Hannah Nevins and Dr Josh Adams)
• Claremont Colleges, California (led by Dr Cheryl Baduini).