Theme Leader
Prof Tim Smith is the Director of the Sustainability Research Centre at the University of the Sunshine Coast.  His research interests lie in the area of sustainability science, coastal management, social and institutional dimensions of climate change, adaptive capacity and community engagement. His role as Communities Theme Leader of the Network incorporate all aspects of his research interest.




Co-theme Leader
Dr Melissa Nursey-Bray (University of Tasmania - Australian Maritime College) is a lecturer at the National Centre for Marine Conservation and Resource Sustainability. Her research foci is in investigating how communities can participate in environmental decision making. Her current work includes development of risk assessment tools for local government so as to build adaptive capacity, development of curriculum and training packages in climate change adaptation for professionals and various projects that focus on how to build social-ecological resilience within Indigenous and non Indigenous fisheries. She is also Director of the Social Science for Climate Change Research Network (SSCCRN).