Delene is a social scientist who focuses on the human dimensions of environmental management. In addition to teaching both undergraduate and postgraduate students, Delene enjoys an active research role at UniSA.
Her research includes work on the benefits we derive from green space and how we can engage the wider community in more sustainable practices.
Current projects include:
About me
Delene is a social scientist who focuses on the human dimensions of environmental management. In addition to teaching both undergraduate and postgraduate students, Delene enjoys an active research role at UniSA.
Her research includes work on the benefits we derive from green space and how we can engage the wider community in more sustainable practices.
Current projects include:
About me
About me
Doctor of Philosophy The University of Queensland
Master of Science Southern Illinois University
Research
Excludes commercial-in-confidence projects.
Living Lightly Locally: Smarter and Stronger through Citizen Science, Green Adelaide Board, 28/06/2021 - 07/09/2024
Public perceptions and benefits of urban blue space under different amenity levels, City of Salisbury, 01/05/2020 - 30/04/2021
What should I study? Improving tertiary pathways by improving support for prospective students, OLT-Grants - Innovation & Development, 25/09/2015 - 31/01/2018
Bushfires and Biodiversity: Optimising conservation outcomes in peri-urban areas at risk, Eyre Peninsula Natural Resources Management Board (EPNRM), 01/01/2014 - 30/06/2016
Bushfires and Biodiversity: Optimising conservation outcomes in peri-urban areas at risk, Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges Natural Resources Management Board, 01/01/2014 - 30/06/2016
Bushfires and Biodiversity: Optimising conservation outcomes in peri-urban areas at risk, SA Dept of Environment Water and Natural Resources, 01/01/2014 - 30/06/2016
Identifying and mapping the values and benefits of public lands in victoria, Parks Victoria, 08/11/2013 - 30/11/2014
Research
Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. To see earlier years visit ORCID or Scopus
Open access indicates that an output is open access.
Year | Output |
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2011 |
Open access
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2009 |
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Year | Output |
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2022 |
Open access
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2021 |
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2021 |
1
2
1
|
2021 |
Open access
|
2021 |
1
1
21
|
2020 |
Open access
11
10
|
2019 |
3
2
|
2019 |
Open access
32
29
33
|
2019 |
11
7
28
|
2018 |
12
11
1
|
2018 |
8
6
|
2018 |
8
8
2
|
2018 |
Open access
8
6
4
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2017 |
Open access
18
21
5
|
2016 |
Open access
6
4
|
2015 |
26
24
13
|
2015 |
29
57
|
2015 |
34
33
1
|
2014 |
152
148
25
|
2014 |
66
61
3
|
2014 |
1
16
|
2013 |
38
37
1
|
2013 |
35
34
|
2012 |
83
76
|
2012 |
Open access
27
26
|
2012 |
47
|
2011 |
171
158
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2010 |
409
367
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2010 |
56
25
|
2008 |
5
5
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2017 |
Open access
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2017 |
Open access
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2016 |
Open access
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2015 |
Open access
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2012 |
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2012 |
Open access
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2012 |
Open access
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2011 |
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2011 |
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2010 |
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2010 |
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2017 |
Open access
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2014 |
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2014 |
Open access
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2012 |
Open access
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2010 |
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2009 |
Open access
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Research
External engagement & recognition
Organisation | Country |
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Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges Natural Resources Management Board | AUSTRALIA |
Central Washington University | AUSTRALIA |
Curtin University | AUSTRALIA |
Deakin University | AUSTRALIA |
Department of Environment and Natural Resources | AUSTRALIA |
Department of Environment Water and Natural Resources | AUSTRALIA |
Eyre Peninsula Natural Resources Management Board | AUSTRALIA |
Flinders University | AUSTRALIA |
Nanyang Technological University | SINGAPORE |
North Carolina State University - Raleigh | UNITED STATES |
Parks Victoria | AUSTRALIA |
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences | SWEDEN |
Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research | SWITZERLAND |
University of Adelaide | AUSTRALIA |
University of Melbourne | AUSTRALIA |
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities | UNITED STATES |
University of Queensland | AUSTRALIA |
University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
Victoria University | AUSTRALIA |
External engagement & recognition
Engagement/recognition | Year |
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Citations for Outstanding Contributions to Student LearningDepartment of Education and Training, Australian Government |
2017 |
MemberIUCN Commission on Communication and Education |
2017 |
MemberNational Association for Interpretation |
2017 |
MemberNaracoorte Caves World Heritage Area - DEWNR |
2017 |
Teaching & student supervision
Teaching & student supervision
Supervisions from 2010 shown
Thesis title | Student status |
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A study of the application of Immersive Virtual Environments (IVEs) in promoting bushfire preparedness | Current |
Automated detection of objects in low contrast and high clutter environments | Current |
Changing the world for good? Mapping the long-term impacts of adult environmental education programs in South Australia | Current |
Narratives from the urban Roma ghetto | Current |
Reading the rocks: integrating palaeontology, Adnyamathanha Aboriginal knowledge and geological interpretations in the Flinders Ranges | Current |
Different kinds of worth: a practical investigation into the productivity, resource efficiency and social value of urban agriculture | Completed |
Effects of cattle grazing on the biodiversity of cracking-clay gibber-gilgai systems in the arid South Australian rangelands | Completed |
Learning to support Year 12 student university study choice | Completed |
The 'citizen' in citizen science: the research, education and engagement of a program based on local wildlife species in South Australia | Completed |
The influence of human values, place attachment, beliefs and norms on the planting of native vegetation in rural South Australia | Completed |
The influence of nature-based activities on pro-environmental behaviours, nature connection and wellbeing: an exploratory study | Completed |
The nature of health: understanding the nuanced relationship between biodiversity and human wellbeing | Completed |