Dr Meg Sherval
Senior Lecturer
School of Environmental and Life Sciences (Geography and Environmental Studies)
- Email:meg.sherval@newcastle.edu.au
- Phone:61 2 4921 6809
Career Summary
Biography
Meg Sherval is a legal and environmental geographer who works in the Discipline of Geography and Environmental Studies and the Centre for Urban and Regional Studies at the University of Newcastle.
Meg's research interests revolve around constructs of nature, resource use and the social, cultural, legal and political impacts of environmental change. At the core of her research is a desire to understand and explain the spatial and temporal dynamics of natural resource development. She is interested in the economic processes and cultural practices through which nature and the environment are visualised and enacted as resources for utilisation by humankind. She is also interested in what transitions need to be made when resource stocks begin to decline and communities are faced with an uncertain future. This includes changes required through the decarbonisation of Industry. As a result, her work problematises the treatment of the environment and the commodification of nature within modern economic development.
Research Expertise
Community engagement, Energy development, Environmental law and ethics, Governance, Impacts of resource depletion, Land-use transformation, Mining impacts, Remoteness, Resource contestation, Resource nationalism, Rurality, Social, cultural and economic impacts of climate change.
Teaching Expertise
Environmental Ethics, Geopolitics, Land-use transformation, Legal Geography, Rural, Resource & Energy Geography, Sustainability.
Administrative Expertise
Head of Discipline {2024]. Acting Head of Discipline [2018 and 2023]. Course Convenor - ENVS 1004 - Social Development and the Environment. Course Convenor - ENVS 2002 - Environmental Legislation and Planning. Course Convenor - ENVS 1003 - Environmental Values and Ethics [2009-2018]. Discipline of Geography and Environmental Studies Representative on the Program Management Committee for the B.A. Degree; B.Soc Sci Degree; B.Sci Degree and the BESM Degree. Discipline of Geography and Environmental Studies Research Higher Degree Coordinator.
Collaborations
Meg's geographic research interests are place-based and revolve around issues of land-use change and development of new and emerging energy sources both locally and internationally. In researching these issues, she seeks to understand the complicated dynamics associated with energy development - how it is framed materially and discursively, the strategic decision-making around it and the contestation that exists over access to, and use of it and other resources and the natural environment more generally. The focus of her research therefore, is on furthering understanding of the intricacies involved in transition (particularly in rural and remote regions) and dealing with uncertainty, vulnerability and risk which remain important as communities grapple with the effects of climate change, land-use transformation and contested ideas around governance and the use of nature, resources and spaces in the globalizing world.
Her research therefore aims to answer the following over-arching questions: - How does contestation over resources and territory manifest itself? - How is effective governance of energy development to be achieved? Is obtaining a social license to operate the key to acceptance of mining, CSG & Shale gas projects in rural & remote regions? - How do communities communicate their sense of place in a world where place erasure is becoming the norm? - What does the future hold for agriculturally-based industries and food security in Australia & elsewhere? - Is it possible to make the transition towards increasing climate extremes without enhancing more cumulative effects? - What might a move towards a sustainable, decarbonised future entail and can this be achieved in a world where energy security remains paramount?
Qualifications
- PhD, Macquarie University
- Master of Environmental Science, Macquarie University
Keywords
- Climate Change Impacts
- Community engagement
- Energy Development
- Environmental Decision-Making
- Environmental Ethics
- Environmental Legislation (NSW)
- Goverance
- Land-use transformation
- Legal Geography
- Mining
- Resource and Environmental Geography
- Rural Geography
- Sustainability
Fields of Research
Code | Description | Percentage |
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440604 | Environmental geography | 20 |
440609 | Rural and regional geography | 60 |
489999 | Other law and legal studies not elsewhere classified | 20 |
Professional Experience
UON Appointment
Title | Organisation / Department |
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Senior Lecturer | University of Newcastle School of Environmental and Life Sciences Australia |
Academic appointment
Dates | Title | Organisation / Department |
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21/8/2017 - | Vice-President | Geographical Society of New South Wales Australia |
15/2/2016 - 15/2/2020 | External Supervisor - Griffith University Graduate Research School | Griffith University Griffith School of Environment Australia |
1/1/2013 - | Membership - Corporate Governance and Sustainability International Group (CGSIG) | Corporate Governance and Sustainability International Group (CGSIG) Australia |
1/1/2013 - | Membership - International Society for Environmental Ethics | International Society for Environmental Ethics Australia |
1/1/2012 - | Membership - The National Institute for Rural and Regional Australia | The National Institute for Rural and Regional Australia Australia |
1/7/2011 - 1/8/2016 | Convener | Rural Geography Study Group Institute of Australian Geographers Australia |
1/1/2010 - | Membership - Social, Economic and Institutional Dimensions of Adaptation to Climate Change (SEI) Network | Social, Economic and Institutional Dimensions of Adaptation to Climate Change (SEI) Network Australia |
1/1/2010 - | Membership - International Arctic Social Sciences Association | International Arctic Social Sciences Association Australia |
1/7/2007 - 1/7/2009 | Lecturer B | Macquarie University Department of Environment and Geography Australia |
1/1/2003 - 1/12/2003 | Associate Lecturer A | Macquarie University Department of Human Geography Australia |
1/1/2000 - | Membership - Institute of Australian Geographers | Institute of Australian Geographers Australia |
Membership
Dates | Title | Organisation / Department |
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13/7/2018 - | Councillor on the board of the Institute of Australian Geographers | Institute of Australian Geographers Australia |
1/1/2018 - 31/12/2025 |
Member The network aims at bringing together researchers interested in social aspects of energy issues to provide them a platform for information exchange, discussion and development of collaborations across countries, including on international collaborative research projects in this field. |
European Energy and Society Network United Kingdom |
1/10/2017 - 6/1/2025 | Member | Royal Geographical Society - Institute of British Geographers United Kingdom |
1/2/2016 - 6/1/2025 | Member | Regional Studies Association United Kingdom |
Professional appointment
Dates | Title | Organisation / Department |
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9/7/2021 - 6/1/2025 | Co-Convener of the Legal Geography study group of the Institute of Australian Geographers | Institute of Australian Geographers Australia |
Awards
Award
Year | Award |
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2023 |
Fellow of the Institute of Australian Geographers Institute of Australian Geographers |
2016 |
2016 Visiting Academic Fellowship - St. Mary's College, Durham University, UK Durham University |
Distinction
Year | Award |
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2020 |
The Deputy Vice-Chancellor's (Academic) Merit List for Teaching and Learning Excellence Office of the DVC (A), The University of Newcastle, Australia |
Teaching Award
Year | Award |
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2018 |
The Vice Chancellor's Award for Teaching Excellence and Contribution to Student Learning (Science) The University of Newcastle |
2018 |
Faculty of Science Staff Teaching Excellence Award The University of Newcastle |
2011 |
2011 Teaching and Learning Award University of Newcastle |
Invitations
Committee Member
Year | Title / Rationale |
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2023 | Invited Representative on the committee for Geographical Sciences - Australian Academy of Sciences, Canberra |
External Examiner
Year | Title / Rationale |
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2012 |
Fostering Climate-Change Adaptation in Rural Alaska through Boundary Spanning Collaborations and Knowledge-sharing Networks Organisation: The National Science Foundation Description: As a researcher on the impacts of Arctic climate change, I was asked to review a proposal submitted to the interagency Arctic Science, Engineering, and Education for Sustainability (ArcSEES) grant scheme, which is part of a new NSF intiative to encourage and support interdisciplinary scientific perspectives on the long-term sustainability of our planet. |
PhD Examiner
Year | Title / Rationale |
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2022 |
Commoning in the Anthropocene -The University of Copenhagen, Denmark Oral thesis examination |
Speaker
Year | Title / Rationale |
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2012 |
'A Sustainable Agricultural Future for the Hunter Valley - Fact or Fiction?' Organisation: The National Institute for Rural and Regional Australia |
Teaching
Code | Course | Role | Duration |
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ENVS 2002 |
Environmental Legislation and Planning The University of Newcastle |
Course Convenor | 25/2/2013 - 24/6/2025 |
ENVS 1003 |
Environmental Values and Ethics University of Newcastle |
Course Convener | 27/7/2009 - 1/12/2018 |
ENVS1004 |
Social Development and the Environment Faculty of Science | University of Newcastle |
Course Convener | 25/2/2019 - 24/6/2025 |
Publications
For publications that are currently unpublished or in-press, details are shown in italics.
Book (1 outputs)
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2009 | Sherval M, The Geopolitics of Gold - Narratives of Globalisation and Remote Resource Economies, VDM Verlag, Saarbruecken, Germany, 425 (2009) [A1] |
Chapter (5 outputs)
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2021 |
Sherval M, 'Activating rural spaces in the pursuit of unconventional energy and justice', Handbook on Space, Place and Law, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, UK 142-155 (2021) [B1]
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2020 | Sherval M, ''Energising the Law - Greening of Fossil Fuels and the Rise of Gendered Political Subjects'', Legal Geography Perspectives and Methods, Routledge, London 240-257 (2020) | ||||
2019 |
Sherval M, 'Unlikely Alliances in the Battle for Land and Water Security: Unconventional Gas and the Politics of Risk in NSW, Australia', Land Use - Assessing the Past, Envisioning the Future, IntechOpen, Croatia 287-304 (2019) [B1]
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2014 |
Askew LE, Sherval M, McGuirk PM, ''Not just drought'. Drought, Rural Change and More: Perspectives from Rural Farming Communities.', Rural Change in Australia: Population, Economy, Environment, Ashgate, Farnham 235-253 (2014) [B1]
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Journal article (27 outputs)
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2024 |
Egan M, Sherval M, Wright S, 'The emotional geographies of a coal mining transition: a case study of Singleton, New South Wales, Australia', Australian Geographer, 55 1-21 (2024) [C1] The transition required to remove coal from the global energy mix will have major implications across coal producing regions. There is limited work, however, that explores how thi... [more] The transition required to remove coal from the global energy mix will have major implications across coal producing regions. There is limited work, however, that explores how this transition is being received by communities with multi-generational connections to the industry. This paper explores understandings and responses to transition in the Australian community of Singleton. Located 145 km north of Sydney in the Upper Hunter Valley, the local area has been a site of coal mining activity since the 1850s¿helping foster a strong connection between industry and place. Using an emotional geographies framework, we uncover various local feelings associated with the prospect of a future without coal. While these emotional responses can stem from the anticipated material losses of mines and jobs, they have also been found to stem from the mutually imbricated threats posed by a ¿hidden dimension of loss¿. This dimension of loss positions mining as much more than an emotionless economic activity. Instead, it is uncovered as an activity¿a tradition¿that can define understandings of place. Whilst set in Australia, this study holds relevance for mining communities internationally faced with the disruption of existing ways of life, identities, and understandings of place as the energy transition unfolds.
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2023 |
Sherval M, 'Community resistance and the role of justice in shale gas development in the United Kingdom', GEOGRAPHICAL RESEARCH, 61 222-233 (2023) [C1]
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2020 |
Ey M, Mee K, Allison J, Caves S, Crosbie E, Hughes A, et al., 'Becoming Reading Group: reflections on assembling a collegiate, caring collective', Australian Geographer, 51 283-305 (2020) [C1]
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2019 |
Farrugia D, Hanley JE, Sherval M, Askland HH, Askew MG, Coffey JE, Threadgold SR, 'The local politics of rural land use: Place, extraction industries and narratives of contemporary rurality', JOURNAL OF SOCIOLOGY, 55 306-322 (2019) [C1]
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2018 |
Sherval M, Askland H, Askew M, Hanley J, Farrugia D, Threadgold SR, Coffey J, 'Farmers as modern-day stewards and the rise of new rural citizenship in the battle over land use', Local Environment: the international journal of justice and sustainability, 23 100-116 (2018) [C1]
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2018 |
Threadgold SR, Farrugia D, Askland H, Askew M, Hanley J, Sherval M, Coffey J, 'Affect, risk and local politics of knowledge: changing land use in Narrabri, NSW', Environmental Sociology, 4 393-404 (2018) [C1]
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2018 |
Coffey J, Threadgold SR, Farrugia D, Sherval M, Hanley J, Askew M, Askland H, ' If you lose your youth, you lose your heart and your future : Affective figures of youth in community tensions surrounding a proposed Coal Seam Gas project', Sociologica Ruralis, 58 665-683 (2018) [C1]
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2017 |
Ey M, Sherval M, Hodge P, 'Value, Identity and Place: unearthing the emotional geographies of the extractive sector', AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHER, 48 153-168 (2017) [C1]
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2016 |
Ey M, Sherval M, 'Exploring the minescape: Engaging with the complexity of the extractive sector', Area, 48 176-182 (2016) [C1] This paper introduces the concept of the minescape as a conceptual and imaginative tool through which to integrate and represent growing shifts in the way natural resource extract... [more] This paper introduces the concept of the minescape as a conceptual and imaginative tool through which to integrate and represent growing shifts in the way natural resource extraction is understood. In recent years, traditional perceptions of extractive processes as 'natural' and purely economic in nature have been increasingly challenged by new developments within the fields of human geography and anthropology. Likewise, growing insights into the multifaceted socio-cultural terrain of extractive operations, and burgeoning work on the interplay of materiality and discourse within the extractive sector, have also transformed the way that extractive processes (and their potentialities) are being conceptualised. The concept of the minescape aims to draw together significant insights concerning the extractive sector, which are increasingly being deployed when representing extractive spaces. Appropriating the term from its current use in fine art, the minescape joins a number of recent appropriations of the 'scapes' suffix to capture the expanding analytical scope of extractive sector inquiry. In essence, the minescape stands as a representational tool that underscores the intricate ways in which extractive processes are imbued with complex socio-cultural dynamics, and powerful material and discursive elements.
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2015 |
Sherval M, 'Canada's oil sands: The mark of a new 'oil age' or a potential threat to Arctic security?', The Extractive Industries and Society, 2 225-236 (2015) [C1]
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2014 |
Sherval M, Hardiman K, 'Competing Perceptions of the Rural Idyll: responses to threats from coal seam gas development in Gloucester, NSW, Australia.', Australian Geographer, 45 185-203 (2014) [C1]
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2013 |
Sherval M, Graham N, 'Missing the Connection: How SRLU Policy fragments landscapes and communities in NSW', Alternative Law Journal, 38 176-180 (2013) [C1]
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2013 |
Sherval M, 'Arctic Alaska's role in future United States energy independence', Polar Geography, 36 305-322 (2013) [C1] For decades, Arctic Alaska has provided US mainland states with plentiful oil supplies. As reserves in the Prudhoe Bay fields decrease, however, the USA has been forced to conside... [more] For decades, Arctic Alaska has provided US mainland states with plentiful oil supplies. As reserves in the Prudhoe Bay fields decrease, however, the USA has been forced to consider new options to guarantee the nation's energy security. While debates continue to rage about its reliance on foreign oil, increased prices, consumption levels, and climate change, the USA is now contemplating whether predicted new discoveries might actually allow it to become an exporter rather than importer of oil and gas in the near future. This paper considers the role Arctic Alaska might play in helping secure future US energy security and independence. It also considers what other options exist for securing the State of Alaska's own future post-Prudhoe Bay. © 2013 Taylor & Francis.
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2013 |
Bartel R, Graham N, Jackson S, Prior JH, Robinson DF, Sherval M, Williams S, 'Legal geography: An Australian perspective', Geographical Research, 51 339-353 (2013) [C1] Law is a powerful influence on people and place. Law both creates and is created by the relationship between people and place, although it rarely acknowledges this. Law frequently... [more] Law is a powerful influence on people and place. Law both creates and is created by the relationship between people and place, although it rarely acknowledges this. Law frequently operates as if space does not matter. Law and legal processes, therefore, deserve greater attention from geographers. Legal geography is an emerging field of inquiry that facilitates much-needed attention to the interrelationships among the environment, people and social institutions, including formal laws but also informal rules, norms and lore. Legal geographers seek to make the invisible visible: to bring the law into the frame of geography, and space and place into focus for the law. Both critical and applied in approach, legal geography offers descriptive, analytical and normative insight into economics, justice, property, power, geopolitics, governance and scale. As such it can enrich most areas of geographic inquiry as well as contribute to current policy debates about the regulation of space and place. Legal geography is a way for enlarged appreciations of relationality, materiality, multiscalarity and agency to be used to interrogate and reform the law. This introduction to a special 'themed paper' section of Geographical Research provides a window on legal geography scholarship, including its history, contribution and ambition. The papers in the collection explore issues grounded in the legal geographies paradigm, variously analysing matters empirically detailed while engaging in broader, theoretical debates and using both Australian and international case studies. © 2013 Institute of Australian Geographers.
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2012 |
Sherval M, Greenwood A, ''Drought-proofing' regional Australia and the rhetoric surrounding Tillegra Dam, NSW', Australian Geographer, 43 253-271 (2012) [C1]
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2012 |
Sherval M, Askew LE, 'Experiencing 'drought and more': Local responses from rural Victoria, Australia', Population and Environment, 33 347-364 (2012) [C1]
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2012 |
Askew LE, Sherval M, 'Short-term emergency or recurring climatic extreme: A rural town perspective on drought policy and programs', Australian Journal of Public Administration, 71 290-302 (2012) [C1]
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2011 | Sherval M, 'Steering Sustainability in an Urbanizing World: Policy, Practice and Performance (Book review)', Geographical Research, 49 444-446 (2011) [C3] | ||||||||||
2009 | Sherval M, 'Report on the Particles in the Atmosphere - Upper Hunter Workshop - 14 August 2009 - Singleton, NSW', Air Quality and Climate Change, 43 11-12 (2009) [C3] | ||||||||||
2007 |
Sherval M, 'Regional development and government reforms in the Chinese gold mining industry', AusIMM Bulletin, 56-59 (2007) [C2] For decades Western companies desired access to China's lucrative markets and its expansive resource base, imagining the large profits to be made and the increased internatio... [more] For decades Western companies desired access to China's lucrative markets and its expansive resource base, imagining the large profits to be made and the increased international reputations that could be established. More recently, through a series of economic liberalisation moves, China itself has sought to open its doors and to engage more fully with the globalising economy. One industry where this has been most apparent is the fledgling gold mining industry which over the past decade has grown from strength to strength. |
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Review (2 outputs)
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2014 | Sherval M, Askew LE, McGuirk PM, 'The Human Cost of Drought (2014) [D2] | ||
2014 | Sherval M, Askew LE, McGuirk PM, 'Manifestations of Drought (2014) [D2] |
Conference (21 outputs)
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2023 |
Sherval M, Askland HH, 'The ongoing Legacy of mine voids A New South Wales Hunter Valley perspective', No, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia. (2023)
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2023 |
Askland H, Sherval M, 'A Roadmap for Restoration: Re-imagining the Future in the Hunter Valley, Australia', Ljubliana, Slovenia (2023)
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2023 |
Askland H, Sherval M, Clifton E, 'Filling the void: imagining post-mining landscapes in the Hunter Valley', University College Dublin (2023)
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2015 | Sherval M, 'Territorial nationalism or everyday polar geopolitics? Merits of a flexible approach to achieving Arctic governance.', Institute of Australian Geographers, Australian National University, Canberra (2015) [O1] | ||||
2014 |
Asaduzzaman M, Momtaz S, Sherval M, 'Climate change impact on Women's Livelihood in Bangladesh: Vulnerabilities versus Adaptabilities.', Climate Adaptation 2014 - Future Challenges. Program & Abstracts, Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre, Gold Coast Australia (2014) [E3]
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2013 | Sherval M, Graham N, 'Strategic Regional Land Use Planning in the Hunter Valley: Protection or Erosion of Hunter Place Values?', Multi-Speed Planet: Multi Speed Geographies? Proceedings of the 2013 Institute of Australian Geographers Conference, Perth, W.A. (2013) [E3] | ||||
2011 |
Kiem AS, Askew LE, Sherval M, Verdon-Kidd DC, Clifton C, Austin EK, et al., 'Drought and resilience: A case study of two rural communities in regional Victoria', Greenhouse 2011: The Science of Climate Change Conference Handbook, Cairns (2011) [E3]
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2011 | Sherval M, ''Drought and more' hindering barriers to development in rural Victorian towns', Institute of Australian Geographers Conference 2011 Abstracts, Wollongong (2011) [E3] | ||||
2011 |
Fisher K, Baker T, Instone LH, Mee KJ, McGuirk PM, Sherval M, et al., 'Kitchen stories: An introduction to the Situated Knowledge Production Sessions', Institute of Australian Geographers Conference Abstracts, Wollongong (2011) [E3]
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2011 |
Lewis N, Baker T, Instone LH, Mee KJ, McGuirk PM, Sherval M, et al., 'Journeying towards propositions about situated knowledge practices', Institute of Australian Geographers Conference Abstracts, Wollongong (2011) [E3]
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2010 |
Kiem AS, Askew LE, Sherval M, Verdon-Kidd DC, Clifton C, Austin EK, et al., 'Drought and the future of small inland towns', 2010 International Climate Change Adaptation Conference. Conference Handbook, Gold Coast, QLD (2010) [E3]
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2010 |
Kiem AS, Askew LE, Sherval M, Verdon-Kidd DC, Clifton C, Austin EK, et al., 'Drought impacts and adaptation in regional Victoria, Australia', Southern Exposure. Australia-New Zealand Climate Forum 2010. Conference Handbook, Hobart, TAS (2010) [E3]
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Other (1 outputs)
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2014 |
Sherval M, Phelan L, 'Opinion: Clever Country Dreams Fade', ( pp.19-19). Newcastle: Newcastle Herald (2014)
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Report (2 outputs)
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2016 |
Askland HH, Askew M, Hanley J, Sherval M, Farrugia D, Threadgold S, Coffey J, 'Local Attitudes to Changing Land Use - Narrabri Shire', NSW Departmment of Primary Industries, 113 (2016)
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2010 |
Kiem AS, Askew LE, Sherval M, Verdon-Kidd DC, Austin EK, McGuirk PM, Berry HL, 'Drought and the future of rural communities: Drought impacts and adaptation in regional Victoria, Australia. Report for the National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility, Gold Coast, Australia', NCCARF: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility, 122 (2010) [R1]
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Grants and Funding
Summary
Number of grants | 7 |
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Total funding | $466,425 |
Click on a grant title below to expand the full details for that specific grant.
20222 grants / $337,993
Mining voids and just transition: reimagining post-mining landscapes$327,993
Funding body: ARC (Australian Research Council)
Funding body | ARC (Australian Research Council) |
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Project Team | Doctor Hedda Askland, Doctor Hedda Askland, Doctor Meg Sherval |
Scheme | Discovery Projects |
Role | Investigator |
Funding Start | 2022 |
Funding Finish | 2025 |
GNo | G2001366 |
Type Of Funding | C1200 - Aust Competitive - ARC |
Category | 1200 |
UON | Y |
Draft Hunter Restoration Roadmap: finding pathways for a community-led transformation$10,000
Funding body: College of Human and Social Futures | University of Newcastle
Funding body | College of Human and Social Futures | University of Newcastle |
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Project Team | Dr Hedda Askland (lead), Dr Meg Sherval, Dr Liam Phelan |
Scheme | CHSF - Matched Funding |
Role | Investigator |
Funding Start | 2022 |
Funding Finish | 2022 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | N |
20151 grants / $25,000
Attitudes to Changing Land Use - the Narrabri Shire$25,000
Funding body: NSW Department of Primary Industries
Funding body | NSW Department of Primary Industries |
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Project Team | Doctor Hedda Askland, Doctor David Farrugia, Doctor Meg Sherval, Doctor Julia Coffey, Associate Professor Steven Threadgold, Dr MICHAEL Askew |
Scheme | Research Grant |
Role | Investigator |
Funding Start | 2015 |
Funding Finish | 2015 |
GNo | G1401491 |
Type Of Funding | C2400 – Aust StateTerritoryLocal – Other |
Category | 2400 |
UON | Y |
20111 grants / $9,555
Perceived risks to potential organic crop production from coal-seam gas exploration$9,555
Funding body: University of Newcastle
Funding body | University of Newcastle |
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Project Team | Doctor Meg Sherval |
Scheme | Early Career Researcher Grant |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2011 |
Funding Finish | 2011 |
GNo | G1101149 |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | Y |
20103 grants / $93,877
Drought and the future of small inland towns$80,000
Funding body: NCCARF (National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility)
Funding body | NCCARF (National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility) |
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Project Team | Associate Professor Anthony Kiem, Doctor Meg Sherval, Professor Garry Willgoose, Prof PAULINE McGuirk, Conjoint Associate Professor Helen Berry, Doctor Danielle Verdon-Kidd |
Scheme | Synthesis and Integrative Research Programme |
Role | Investigator |
Funding Start | 2010 |
Funding Finish | 2010 |
GNo | G0900227 |
Type Of Funding | Other Public Sector - Commonwealth |
Category | 2OPC |
UON | Y |
Strategic support to enhance collaborations and grants performances$10,000
Funding body: University of Newcastle
Funding body | University of Newcastle |
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Project Team | Prof PAULINE McGuirk, Associate Professor Jenny Cameron, Doctor Lesley Instone, Associate Professor Kathleen Mee, Doctor Meg Sherval, Professor Sarah Wright |
Scheme | Internal Research Support |
Role | Investigator |
Funding Start | 2010 |
Funding Finish | 2010 |
GNo | G1000678 |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | Y |
Evolving environmental geopolitics - territorialisation of the Arctic through increased resource nationalism$3,877
Funding body: University of Newcastle
Funding body | University of Newcastle |
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Project Team | Doctor Meg Sherval |
Scheme | New Staff Grant |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2010 |
Funding Finish | 2010 |
GNo | G1000626 |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | Y |
Research Supervision
Number of supervisions
Current Supervision
Commenced | Level of Study | Research Title | Program | Supervisor Type |
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2023 | PhD | Climate Change - Denial, Deception, Disinformation and Delay | PhD (Human Geography), College of Engineering, Science and Environment, The University of Newcastle | Co-Supervisor |
2022 | PhD | Legacy, Stewardship and Place Attachment: Elder Land and Landscape Protection at the Mine Frontier | PhD (Sociology & Anthropology), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Co-Supervisor |
2022 | PhD | Hinduism and Buddhism in Australia: Study on Generational Differences on Religious Beliefs and Attitudes and Behaviours towards Environmental Issues | PhD (Human Geography), College of Engineering, Science and Environment, The University of Newcastle | Co-Supervisor |
Past Supervision
Year | Level of Study | Research Title | Program | Supervisor Type |
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2023 | Honours | The role of Justice in the case of Offshore Wind. | Human Geography, School of Environmental & Life Sciences - Faculty of Science & IT - The University of Newcastle | Australia | Principal Supervisor |
2022 | Honours | The Emotional Geographies of a Coal Mining Transition: A case study of Singleton, NSW | Human Geography, School of Environmental and Life Sciences, Faculty of Science, The university of Newcastle, Australia | Co-Supervisor |
2021 | PhD | ‘When you come here, you understand’: Tracing Women’s Resistance to Natural Resource Extraction in NSW, Australia | PhD (Human Geography), College of Engineering, Science and Environment, The University of Newcastle | Principal Supervisor |
2021 | Honours | The Circular Economy: Changing the Shape of Society | Human Geography, Faculty of Science and Information Technology, The University of Newcastle | Australia | Co-Supervisor |
2018 | Honours | Red Zone Lives Matter: Exploring Environmental Justice through the Williamtown Contamination | Human Geography, Faculty of Science and Information Technology, The University of Newcastle | Co-Supervisor |
2018 | PhD | Evaluating EIA Effectiveness in Laos in the Context of Sustainability and Hydropower Development | PhD (Human Geography), College of Engineering, Science and Environment, The University of Newcastle | Principal Supervisor |
2016 | PhD | Livelihood Vulnerability of Women in the Context of Climate Change Impacts: Insights from Coastal Bangladesh | PhD (Sustainable Res Mngt), College of Engineering, Science and Environment, The University of Newcastle | Co-Supervisor |
2013 | Honours | Implementation of sustainable transport policy: Multi-level decision-making on cycling in Inner Sydney and Melbourne | Human Geography, The University of Newcastle | Co-Supervisor |
2013 | Honours | Rurality and Risk: A Case study of Gloucester NSW | Human Geography, The University of Newcastle | Co-Supervisor |
2013 | Honours | The Good Neighbour? Australia's Contemporary Relationship with Timor-Leste and the Asia-Pacific | Human Geography, Faculty of Science and Information Technology The University of Newcastle | Principal Supervisor |
2011 | Honours | Correcting the 'Failure of Humanity' or Repeating Old Mistakes? Humanitarian Intervention and the Responsibility to Protect | Human Geography, The University of Newcastle | Co-Supervisor |
2010 | Honours | Responses to Climate Change in the Torres Straits | Human Geography, The University of Newcastle | Sole Supervisor |
2010 | Honours | 'Hydro-politics' - localising and interpreting the rhetoric behind 'drought-proofing' in regional New South Wales | Human Geography, The University of Newcastle | Co-Supervisor |
2009 | Honours | Competing Geographic Scales: The Australian Philippines Banana War | Human Geography, The University of Newcastle | Co-Supervisor |
2008 | Honours | Understanding the Commonwealth Intervention in Aboriginal Communities in the Northern Territory | Human Geography, Macquarie University | Co-Supervisor |
Research Projects
Local Attitides to Changing Land Use in Narrabri Shire 2015 - 2016
This is a collaborative research project between the University of Newcastle's Centre for Social Research in Energy and Research, Centre for Urban and Regional Studies and the NSW Department of Primary Industries. The project analyses attitudes to changing land use in the Narrabri Shire and considers how such attitudes align with various socioeconomic variables and historical experiences of land use and land use change. Recommendations are made on how governments might further their support of regional communities in the context of future and ongoing land use changes.
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Dr Meg Sherval
Position
Senior Lecturer
CURS
School of Environmental and Life Sciences
College of Engineering, Science and Environment
Focus area
Geography and Environmental Studies
Contact Details
meg.sherval@newcastle.edu.au | |
Phone | 61 2 4921 6809 |
Fax | (02) 4921 5877 |
Office
Room | SR297 |
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Building | SR (Social Sciences) 297. |
Location | Callaghan University Drive Callaghan, NSW 2308 Australia |