Keri is the Senior Research Fellow on 'Living Lightly Locally: Smarter and Stronger through Citizen Science' and the Course Coordinator for Sustainable Engineering Practice with An De College in China and Sustainable Development: A Global Perspective at the University of South Australia (UniSA). Before re-joining UniSA she founded Dream Awake: Research Education and Design (DARED), a regenerative research and education consultancy dedicated to inspiring people to create change for a better world. DARED was established in 2018, after Keri completed her work as Head of Program for the first full degree Permaculture Program at CQUniversity from 2015-2018. Prior to this she lectured in Social and Community Planning and ... Read more
About me
Keri is the Senior Research Fellow on 'Living Lightly Locally: Smarter and Stronger through Citizen Science' and the Course Coordinator for Sustainable Engineering Practice with An De College in China and Sustainable Development: A Global Perspective at the University of South Australia (UniSA). Before re-joining UniSA she founded Dream Awake: Research Education and Design (DARED), a regenerative research and education consultancy dedicated to inspiring people to create change for a better world. DARED was established in 2018, after Keri completed her work as Head of Program for the first full degree Permaculture Program at CQUniversity from 2015-2018. Prior to this she lectured in Social and Community Planning and coordinated Sustainable Development: A Global Perspective at UniSA. She holds a doctorate in Anthropology/Social Inquiry from the University of Adelaide (2008).
About me
Doctor of Philosophy The university of Adelaide
Graduate Diploma in Social Science (Rehabilitation) University of South Australia
Bachelor of Arts with First Class Honours (Anthropology) The University of Adelaide
Keri has a background in cultural anthropology and social science and a passion for research in alternative/regenerative futures, social movement studies, counter-development theory, and activating change for a better world.
Research
Excludes commercial-in-confidence projects.
Living Lightly Locally: Smarter and Stronger through Citizen Science, Green Adelaide Board, 28/06/2021 - 07/09/2024
Research
Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. Some long-standing staff members may have older outputs included. To see earlier years visit ORCID, ResearcherID or Scopus
Open access indicates that an output is open access.
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2018 |
11
1
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2018 |
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2013 |
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2011 |
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2023 |
Open access
1
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2021 |
13
12
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2018 |
Open access
35
30
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2017 |
Open access
11
10
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2015 |
85
42
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2015 |
149
116
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2013 |
3
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2012 |
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2011 |
9
7
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2011 |
6
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2015 |
Open access
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2014 |
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2013 |
Open access
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2013 |
Open access
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2013 |
Open access
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2013 |
Open access
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2013 |
Open access
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2012 |
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2012 |
Open access
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2011 |
Open access
6
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2011 |
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Research
Keri has a background in cultural anthropology and social science and a passion for research in alternative/regenerative futures, social movement studies, counter-development theory, and activating change for a better world.
Keri has been working with the international 52 Climate Actions project since it was founded in 2018. She is a qualified 'Green Educator', 'Water Sensitive SA', 'Living Smart', 'Retrosuburbia' and permaculture facilitator, as well as an experienced tertiary educator and community activist. She is also an Australian Red Cross 'Climate Ready Champion' and has been involved with organising large events in this space including the 'Climate Ready Forum' in 2019 and the inaugural 'Festival of Climate Action' in 2021. She has been a long-standing supporter of and speaker at the Transition Film Festival in Adelaide, member of Transition Adelaide Hills since 2012 and is a founding member of the Hills Climate Collective. She is also a member of WeALL (the Wellbeing Economy Alliance) Australia, NENA (the New Economy Network Australia) Adelaide, the SA Urban Food Network, and Permaculture SA. In 2012 she participated in the Dialogue Days for the drafting of the Sustainable Development Goals at the Rio +20 Earth Summit.
External engagement & recognition
Organisation | Country |
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Central Queensland University | AUSTRALIA |
Deakin University | AUSTRALIA |
Flinders University | AUSTRALIA |
Guangzhou University | CHINA |
University of Adelaide | AUSTRALIA |
University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
Teaching & student supervision
Supervisions from 2010 shown
Thesis title | Student status |
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Changing the world for good? Mapping the long-term impacts of adult environmental education programs in South Australia | Current |
Limits to circularity in ¿The Growth State¿: Exploring visions of a circular economy in South Australia | Current |
Enhancing the performance of waste management practices through a cultural shift in Australian construction project teams | Completed |