Vitae

Education

  • PhD, University of Wollongong, Australia
  • MSc, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
  • BSc (Hons I), Federal University of Rio Grande, Brazil

Research interests

  • Environmental policy and governance
  • Policy and institutional analysis
  • Governance, policy and regulatory innovation
  • Policy and governance of emerging technologies
  • Marine and coastal social-ecological systems, climate change adaptation and natural resource management

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Academic appointments

  • Associate Professor and Principal Research Fellow (2022-present)
  • Acting Director, Centre for Policy Futures, The University of Queensland, Australia (2021)
  • Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Policy Futures, The University of Queensland, Australia (2018-2021)
  • Research Fellow (casual), School of Government and International Relations, Griffith University, Australia (2016-2017)
  • Adjunct Senior Fellow, Sustainability Research Centre, University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia (2015-2021)
  • Research Fellow, Sustainability Research Centre, University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia (2012-2015)
  • Research Fellow, Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Australia (2008-2011)
  • Postdoctoral Fellow, ITA Institute of Technology, Brazil (2008)
  • Postdoctoral Fellow, Centre for Sustainable Development, University of Brasilia, Brazil (2007-2008)
  • Research Associate, Watermark Project, Brazil (2007-2008)

Honours

Awards and grants (selected)

  • Blue Economy Cooperative Research Centre, 2022, Code of Practice for Aquaculture Vessels, A$228,000 (Shearer et al.)
  • Great Barrier Reef Foundation, 2021-2023, Regulatory and Policy Environment – Reef Restoration and Adaptation Program, A$1.24 million (Fidelman et al.)
  • Queensland Department of Environment and Science, 2021-2022, Indicators for tracking environmental condition and trend in Queensland, A$220,000 (Maron, Fidelman, Head & MacKenzie)
  • Australian Research Council, 2020-2024, ARC Research Hub for Sustainable Crop Protection, A$10 million (Mitter et al.)
  • Blue Economy Cooperative Research Centre, 2020-2022, Risks and Opportunities for the Blue Economy, A$613,000 (Fulton et al.)
  • Blue Economy Cooperative Research Centre, 2020-2021, Mapping and analysis of blue economy policy and legislative arrangements, A$177,000 (Fidelman et al.)
  • Blue Economy Cooperative Research Centre, 2020, Developing a policy and regulatory research plan for Australia’s emerging Blue Economy, A$50,000 (Rissik, Fidelman et al.)
  • QUEX Institute, 2019-2020, Global Gene Drive Governance for Climate Adaptation and Conservation, A$50,000 (Hartley, Fidelman et al.)
  • Great Barrier Reef Foundation, 2019, Reef Restoration and Adaptation Program Regulatory Approvals and Developmental Evaluation, A$142,000 (Hussey & Fidelman)
  • Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research, 2013-2014, Supporting governance institutions for adaptive capacity to environmental change in Cambodia, Viet Nam and Australia, US$45,000 (Fidelman et al.)
  • WWF-US, Coral Triangle Support Partnership, 2013, Identifying the alignments and misalignments between the policy networks and ecological networks of the Coral Triangle, US$10,000 (Treml, Bodin, Fidelman)
  • National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility (NCCARF) Marine Adaptation Network, Research Synthesis grant, 2012, Climate change adaptation and long-term resilience of the Great Barrier Reef, A$7,000 (Fidelman et al.)
  • Research Futures Collaborative Research Network/University of the Sunshine Coast, 2012-2013, Understanding multilevel relations in regional governance, A$20,000 (Fidelman et al.)
  • NCCARF, 2010-2011,  Limits to climate change adaptation in the Great Barrier Reef: Scoping ecological, institutional and economic limits, A$100,000 (Evans, Fidelman et al.)
  • Brazilian Research Council Postdoctoral Fellowship (2007-2008)

Teaching

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Professional associations

  • Australian Political Studies Association
  • International Political Science Association
  • International Association for the Study of the Commons
  • Political Ecology Society

Service & engagement (selected)

  • Coordinating Lead Author (Oceans and Coasts) for the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Global Environment Outlook 7 (2023-present)
  • Member of the Australia-India Indo Pacific Oceans Initiative Partnership (AIIPOIP) Taskforce for Indo-Pacific Economy, Security and Sustainability (2022-present)
  • Member of the editorial board for PLOS Climate (2021-present)
  • Associate editor for Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation (2020-present)
  • Theme co-leader  (Coastal and Marine Governance)  for the Centre for Marine Socioecology (2019-2021)
  • Member of the expert working group and expert writing group for Future Earth Australia ‘Sustainable Oceans and Coasts National Strategy 2021-2030‘
  • Lead Author (Oceans and Coastal Policy) for the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Global Environment Outlook 6 (2018-2019)
  • Focus point for the Nairobi Work Programme on impacts, vulnerability and adaptation to climate change under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (2012-2018)
  • Reviewer of journal manuscripts for: AMBIO, Australasian Journal of Environmental Management, Conservation and Society, Coastal Management, Ecology and Society, Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, Environmental Science and Policy, F1000 Research, Global Environmental Change, International Journal of the Commons, International Environmental Agreements, International Journal of Climate Change, Journal of Environmental Management, Journal of Integrated Coastal Zone Management, Land Use Policy, Local Environment, Natural Resources Forum, Ocean and Coastal Management, Pacific Conservation Biology, Policy Studies Journal, and Weather, Climate and Society
  • Reviewer of submissions for the Earth System Governance Conference series: 2022 (Toronto), 2021 (Bratislava), 2019 (Mexico), 2018 (Utrecht), 2017 (Lund),  2015 (Canberra),  2014 (Norwich), 2012 (Lund), 2011 (Colorado) and 2009 (Amsterdam)
  • Assessor of research proposals for: the Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research, Australian Research Council, Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research, Natural Environment Research Council (UK), and National Science Foundation (USA)

Publications

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