BIOGRAPHY - Geoffrey Lawrence

Title:	Dr
Full Name:	Geoffrey Lawrence
Email:	g.lawrence@uq.edu.au
Work Phone:	07 3365 3152
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City:	Brisbane
State:	QLD
Country:	Australia
Working Details
Institution:	University of Queensland
Department:	School of Social Science
Position:	Professor of Sociology
Participation
Participation:	Participation in the Network's Paradigm and Applications Working Group (select the appropriate options) Paradigm Working Groups Socio-spatial theory Methodologies, tools and techniques Scenarios and forecasting Sources, data quality and data integration Application Working Groups National and regional socio-economic change Population, economic and information flows Social and economic networks Regional development and community capacity building Behaviour and well-being in socio-spatial settings
Project Involvement

Publication History
Publications:	Publication 1: Lawrence, G et al 2005 \'The environmental enigma: why do farmers professing stewardship continue to practice poor natural resource management? Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning, 6, 3/4: 251-270 Publication 2: Lawrence, G 2005 The regional approach to natural resource management in Australia, 11th International Symposium on Society and Resource Management, Ostersund, Sweden, June 16-19 Publication 3: Higgins, V. and Lawrence, G. eds. 2005 Agricultural Governance: Globalization and the New Politics of Regulation, Routledge, London Publication 4: Lawrence, G. 2004 Promoting sustainable development: the question of governance, plenary address, XI World Congress of Rural Sociology, Trondheim, Norway, 25-30 July Publication 5: Almas, R. and Lawrence, G. (eds) 2003 Globalization, Localization and Sustainable Livelihoods, Ashgate, Aldershot Publication 6: Lawrence, G., Higgins, V. and Lockie, S. (eds) 2001 Environment, Society and Natural Resource Management, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham Publication 7: Hindmarsh, R. and Lawrence, G. (eds) 2003 Recoding Nature, UNSW Press, Sydney. Publication 8: Gray, I. and Lawrence, G. 2001 A Future for Regional Australia, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. Publication 9: Lockie, S., Lyons, K. and Lawrence G. 2006 forthcoming, Going Organic, UQP, Brisbane Publication 10: Cheshire, L., Higgins, V. and Lawrence, G. (eds) 2006 forthcoming International Perspectives on Rural Governance, Routledge, London.
Current Research Interests
Current Research:	Current Research 1: The sociology of natural resource management Current Research 2: sustainable development in farming Current Research 3: foods, supermarkets and food regimes Current Research 4: the governance of regional social space Current Research 5: organics - politics, organisation, etc