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The initiator of the clothing brand Julian Red took a radical decision. They have grown immensely and sell their collection of clothes in cities like Paris, New York and Stockholm. But their head office is not found in one of these international metropolis. It's placed in a small village about a two-hour drive north of Göteborg. To get there you get off the main highway and drive on narrow bumpy roads through the province of Dalsland until the village of Fengersfors turn up behind some trees. It was the people, the initiator Mattias Lind told us. What made them take the decision to move from the big city was the people forming the artistic group Not Quite and the milieu they created in the old paper mill.
When Not Quite moved to Fengersfors, it was a dying village. Young people moved away, houses were empty, and the only food-store was about to shut down. The future looked dark and the municipality had no solutions. It was really a coincident and a very open-minded owner of the run-down paper mill that made it possible. The artistic group Not Quite was formed in 2003, moved into the mill and started renovation, created ateliers, started a café with hardly a penny in their pocket. Today it's an attraction and within just a few months three hundred visitors have been there to get inspired and learn from their example. Babies are born, people move in, artistic work is produced, exhibitions run, projects formed and the food-store is an important node in the area. How did they create this meeting-place in the outskirts of any reasonable big city?
Good meeting-places have the capacity to draw people to it. In Fengersfors you find sculptors together with photographers, visual artists together with a clothing brand. With people come initiative and new ideas. How are interesting meeting-places formed? What are the components? How do you draw ideas to a place?
The questions were put forward by participants in the project Art & Politics, led by the artist Jörgen Svensson. It's a group of artists and politicians within culture in the region of Västra Götaland that meet five or six times a year to discuss the situation for artists in the region, ideas of development and to reach a better understanding of each other's work. On May 26-27 the meeting was placed in Fengersfors, organised by Not Quite, as a case study of entrepreneurship in the region.
Categories: Artistic practice Blogg Creative Industries Creative spaces Cultural Policy Innovation Konst&Politik Network Performance Seminar
Etiketter:Art & Politics, Artistic practice, Creativity, Cultural economy, Cultural Policy, Cultural Project, Development, Employment, Entrepreneur, Fengersfors, Flexibility, Innovation, New economy, Not Quite, Renewal, Västra Götaland
28 maj, 2008
In Sånga-Säby, a small village on the countryside outside Stockholm, around eighty participants from cultural life gathered to discuss local initiatives meeting global influences. Two full and intense days on May 20-21 with experiences of how to make change happen, the challenges of renewal, living the network, leadership and plenty of examples of local intiatives. One of the glimmering moments were when Rasoul Nejadmehr, Multicultural Consultant from the Region of Västra Götaland, told a good-night story. It was the real story of his life as a nomad, born somewhere in the borders around Afghanistan to his today life in Sweden. "The grass is always greener somewhere else", he said when reflecting on his childhood. A nomad is always looking for greener grass and a better spot. It's always somewhere else, it's always changing. A woman in the audience made the reflection that in the Swedish farming land, you stick with your land and it's a sign of discontent or envy to look for where the "grass is greener". Two opposite perspectives on life.
Global influences came from organisations like Raqs Media Collective and Sarai from New Dehli, British Council in London and Labforculture in Amsterdam. We listened to the experiences of Intercult and Swedish Travelling Exhibitions. The Artist Jörgen Svensson talked about his project Public Safety and the artistic work he did in Stavanger, the Cultural Capital of 2008. The work in Stavanger includes a website for confessions, found at www.skriftestol.se.
Have a look at the programme: sanga-saby_programme.pdf. The seminar was arranged by The Foundation for the Future of Culture.
Nätverkstan arranged last year a conference in cooperation with the network Encatc under the topic "On Entrepreneurship and Education in Cultural Life" which very well relate to the same topic as this one. The documentation is possible to download here or from Encatc or Nätverkstan webpages. Nätverkstans contribution to this seminar is found in the following pdf culturalleader08.pdf.
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Etiketter:Creative Industries, Cultural economy, Cultural Policy, Cultural Project, Development, Entrepreneurship, India, International exchange, pedagogical, Research
22 maj, 2008
"What blocks do you remove to make it easier to start initiatives?" Mr McNulty from Partners of Livable Community looks at us intensively and repeats. "What blocks does your society need to remove to welcome people?" Immigrants will form forty percent of all small businesses in US, he tells us. "Who will welcome these people? Probably Art and Culture". Anne L'Ecuyer from Americans for the Arts concluded her speech by saying that the role of structures to let innovation take place, is to make sure of two things. Get out of the way. And get rid of the blocks.
Three interesting seminars was arranged by the Region of Västra Götaland and University of Göteborg in Washington on May 10-13 2008 on "Mutual Benefits", "Building on Thin Air?" and "Artistic Entrepreneurship". The seminar took place at the House of Sweden and several interesting initiatives, organisations and Universities from both USA and Sweden discussed Art and culture as a resource for social transformation, new partnership building and the need for interdisciplinary environments, Art Universities and how they should deal with entrepreneurship and much more.
You can download the speech held by Nätverkstan here: natverkstan.pdf
An article in Swedish about the event is also found at the website University of Göteborg.
Partners for Livable Community
The John F Kennedy Center for Performing Arts
National Children's Museum of America
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Etiketter:Education, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, immigrants, Policy for Global Development, Renewal, USA, Västra Götaland, Washington
19 maj, 2008
The fly of the day is to use business knowledge and models to solve the difficulties in culture. Artists have a hard time surviving. So they should become entrepreneurs. Cultural institutions struggle with problems, so they should be reorganised and run as companies.
The latest in a row of such efforts is when the world-wide known firm KPMG was asked to do the evaluation of the Museum of World Culture in Göteborg recently. KPMG has a lot of respected knowledge specifically within areas such as auditing, taxes and counselling. But have they ever run a cultural organisation? The results of their evaluation are not surprising. The Museum does not fulfil their goals. The old collection of heritage is packed in boxes and not shown for the public. Someone who does not have knowledge of the cultural field in general and museums in specific can only say this. Most museums with old collections of objects struggle with their identity and the question of how they should handle objects of which many was collected or stolen from other countries during the Western colonisation. Many deal with how to reach a younger audience, how to renew mediation, and find new combinations of old objects and modern societal phenomenas in exhibitions that interest a public of the 21st century. The Museum of World Culture has balanced on this edge and done so very well.
In the latest issue of The Economist there is a story of the remarkable turnaround of carmaker Fiat. The Italian company was long written off as one of sickest firms in Europe, struggling with inflexibility in the workplace, bureaucratic management and lousy economy. In 2004 a new manager was recruited, Mr Marchionne. He took over a company doomed to failure and had within a short period of time changed it into a success. How did he do that? The combination of two things was important: An insider's knowledge of how to make cars and an outsider's view of what changes needed to be done.
The specific conditions under which the cultural organisations and entrepreneurs are working differ from, for example, the business sector. They have to be valued from a different set of models. That is not to say that business and culture don't have things to learn from each other. A combination of skills as shown in the case of Fiat is needed. Unfortunately the cultural field is struggling with a lack of self-confidence. Politicians, civil servants at the cultural departments and even the cultural practitioners themselves rather look towards other sectors, than trusting the knowledge and experience from people in the field.
The article is found in The Economist, April 26th – May 2nd 2008. Also have a look at www.economist.com.
The evaulation of the Museum of World Cultures is found (in Swedish) at:
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Etiketter:Creative space, Development, Economy, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Evaluation, Flexibility, Innovation, Museum of World Culture, New economy, Renewal
9 maj, 2008
Finally the new premises of the Arts Grants Committee at Maria Skolgata in Stockholm could be properly celebrated and officially opened. One year after moving in. Many people has been involved in one of the Committee's biggest – and for some controversial – changes. Staff, architects, the Director (both former and sitting), civil servants at the Cultural Ministry and many others have put a lot of effort into this promising new localities. Everything from the art on the wall to the colours, furniture and the specific floor put in for dancers in one of the project rooms has been thought through. You rarely ever have the chance to do that. Start from scratch.
From here, the Committee hand out scholarships, grants and support to visual artists, musicians, dancers, composers and filmmakers. One of the assignments is also to focus on the working conditions for artists in Sweden. To put forward the situation for artists and set the light on the specific and hard working conditions that they have. Few survive on their art. Still, to get the great piece of opera that give new light to music; the fantastic theatre play that put forward the difficult questions; the dance-performance that pushes the limit of what can be expressed with your body; or the local underground band that catches your heart – artists need paid time to work, rehearse and perform.
Many questions have been and will be discussed. What does the working conditions look like for artists? How do our musicians survive in-between their gigs? How should the grants be formed to let composers write new music? How should the pensions for dancers be solved? How can the situation for the independent artists become better? What is artistic quality and how should this be judged? How do we discover new artistic expressions that are unknown today? Hardly new questions, but still valid. And what if we could start from scratch – how would a cultural policy for the 21st century be formed?
Take a look at www.konstnarsnamnden.se to get a glimpse of their work.
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Etiketter:Art, Cultural economy, Cultural Policy, Economy, Entrepreneur, Finance, Self-employment
5 maj, 2008
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"The early bird catches the worm. A stitch in time saves nine. He who hesitates is lost. We can't pretend we haven't been told. We've all heard the proverbs, heard the philosophers, heard our grandparents warning us about wasted time, heard the damn poets urging us to seize the day.
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It's also worth mentioning that
Amazon.co.uk is currently running a promotional price on the excellent
StudioCanal Series 1+2 Avengers set. Just £35.97 – less than half
price! The promotion runs until 4th December.
22nd November 2009
Series 1 gets the attention today, with Double Danger
receiving both an episode guide
page (complete with information about the making of the episode
that was previously not known to Avengers fans) and a Story in Depth page,
based upon the camera script. Another, based on the very different
rehearsal script will follow soon.
21st November 2009
A major update today, two add a previously unpublished
1976 interview with Joanna Lumley
conducted by Patrick and David Bailey. Also two stage show-related
updates today – a new photograph of Sue
Lloyd has been added to the gallery pages in that section, plus
some additional information regarding Joanna Lumley's auditioning for
the stage show have been added to the stage
main page.
6th November 2009
StudioCanal Avengers updated
– announcement from StudioCanal regarding the problems on the Series 1+2
DVD set.
18th October 2009
StudioCanal Avengers updated
with some frustrating and disappointing news – but hopefully we'll
have something more positive to post on this subject soon.
7th September 2009
StudioCanal DVD Exclusives at The Avengers Declassified!
Check out StudioCanal Avengers
for an exclusive interview with Jaz Wiseman, special features
producer. We also have a first peek (anywhere!) at the recently
discovered Series One Tele-Snaps courtesy of Leonard White and screen
capture comparisons of the new restorations and the old DVD versions,
courtesy of Jaz and StudioCanal. Take a
6th September 2009
The Light Fantastic: Episode guide page added for
From Venus With Love.
Be sure to drop by tomorrow night for exclusive news on the
forthcoming Avengers DVDs from StudioCanal...
10th August 2009
The Avengers Variations: Further research has been carried out by
John Tomlinson into the regional
broadcasting of the Tara King era. Almost there! Many thanks,
3rd August 2009
The Avengers Variations: Many thanks to John Tomlinson who has
turned his attention to the Tara King
regional variations and has filled in a good number of blanks!
Cheers, John!
2nd August 2009
Biddly-Bong, Diddly-Da! A newly-restored radio serial has been
added to the Radio Downloads section
today – Train of Events. Just two more to go!
25th July 2009
It's Snowing in July... Just when you thought you'd seen all there
was to see about Hot Snow – take a look at our new Stories in Depth section for
1961, which kicks off today with an exhaustive synopsis including
lengthy script extracts of... you guessed it... Hot Snow.
24th July 2009
Start at the Beginning... Taking a brief break from The New
Avengers, I've added today the first episode guide page for The
Avengers. Somehow it seemed appropriate to start off where it all
began, with Hot Snow. I've been
looking into this episode in some depth this week and I hope the
episode guide page will reveal a few new facts.
18th July 2009
Something to get your teeth into... Episode guide page added today
for Gnaws.
12th July 2009
Never Have Ideas... because you end up spending your whole Sunday
trying to realise them! I suddenly thought that it would be good to
give a little background to the ITV regions that transmitted The
Avengers and wondered how to do it. In the end, I produced a UK map
which showed each region at the time of each Avengers era. I've
added a bit of background information for each broadcaster and
hopefully this will mean that our Regional Variation sections have a
little more context, at least in terms of geography! I've divided it
up like this: Map of ITV Regions 1961;
1968-1975 and
1975-1982. The changes in franchise
holders fits in quite well between Avengers and New Avengers
seasons, so hopefully this rather arbitrary way of dividing the
information up doesn't work too badly. These maps can be accessed from
all regional pages. Now, can I have my Sunday back, please? :)
The Avengers Variations... John Tomlinson has added
considerable further detail to the Regional Variation information for
the Emma Peel and
Tara King eras. Superb and invaluable
work as always, John, for which many thanks!
8th July 2009
UK DVDs on their way... and it's such a biggie, they have their
own section! StudioCanal Avengers
reveals a first clear look at the box artwork and confirms the special
features for the first volume, due in October this year.
5th July 2009
Today's Biggest Offer... The New Avengers episode guide
continues with fan favourite, Sleeper.
The Avengers Variations... Further exhaustive efforts from John
Tomlinson have brought the Regional Variations on in leaps and bounds.
With his considerable help, we've now got a locked-down set of
regional information for the two Cathy Gale
series, and he's also made significant in roads on
Series 4, with the promise of more to
come. Thanks a million, John. Your help is hugely appreciated.
3rd July 2009
It Pays to Stay Tuned... We christen our features section –
Stay Tuned – tonight with a great
little article by J. Ferguson, which draws attention to the
similarities between two episodes of The New Avengers and
The Champions –
Faces and The Mission. Thanks for a terrific article! Also,
some more detail on the Silverstone sequence of
Three Handed Game from my
friend and former colleague, Rob Jaina.
2nd July 2009
Gentlemen, Fire Up Your Engines! Many thanks to Allen Brown of
OldRacingcars.com for his generous help in identifying the two
racing cars seen in the scenes of Three Handed Game that were
filmed at the Silverstone Circuit. Check out a detailed Production
Note at the episode guide page.
1st July 2009
Three Handed Game... An
episode guide page has been added tonight for this episode of
The New Avengers...
30th June 2009
AvengerNews... Nice, Honor Blackman-related
news story today...
28th June 2009
The Avengers Variations... Thanks to the sterling, exhaustive
efforts of John Tomlinson, the Regional Variations information for
Series One and
Series Two and Three has been updated
significantly. The Series One information is now complete thanks to
John and Series Two and Three are much nearer completion than
previously. John promises more information is to come. Your hard work
is greatly appreciated, John. Many, many thanks.
Also... The episode guide
layout has been amended a little after a pertinent comment from Simon
Coward. I've devised a way to come up with a more scientific rating,
with weighted grades that feed into the overall percentage. This means
that the final percentage ratings have changed slightly. It also gives
a more obvious breakdown of what I think works and what doesn't about
each episode.
25th June 2009
A Book at Bedtime... Well, it's my bedtime and the episode has a
book as its central clue! The fact of the matter is I'm trying to find
something bright and breezy to say about
The Tale of the Big Why, but I'm struggling. An episode guide page
has been added for it tonight – just don't expect it to come up
smelling of roses...
24th June 2009
Double Trouble – Not 'Arf!
An episode guide page for The New Avengers:
Faces has been added tonight.
23rd June 2009
Imitation is the Best Form of Flattery...
A new obituary of Simon Oates was published yesterday in The
Independent here in the UK, and much to my surprise, the author
has incorporated some quotes from the interview with Simon that Alys
and I conducted for The Avengers Declassified. While this was
initially a bit of a shock, I'm pleased to say that the newspaper have
been quick to acknowledge the source of these quotes (after a quick
phone call) and the online version now contains a credit and a link
back to the interview. Thanks to Chris Maume at the Obituaries desk
for his sympathetic and prompt attention.
In happier news, the first seven
episodes of The New Avengers now have completed
Episode Guide pages. The layout has
been revised to include
brief 'Ministry Verdicts', where I give my potted opinion of each
episode and a percentage rating. You may note that my ratings for
The New Avengers are unusually high – well, I have a considerable
soft spot for the series and have always championed it. I don't see this changing! This is no doubt partly due to
the series
being my first exposure to The Avengers, back in 1976, when I
was glued to it as an 11 year old! Also, I think it's genuinely underrated
and more than due a re-evaluation. Steed, Purdey and Gambit rock! End of sermon!
Friday 18th June 2009
In With the New –
Episode guide pages have been added this week for the first four
episodes produced of The New Avengers –
The Eagle's Nest,
The Midas Touch,
House of Cards and
The Last of the Cybernauts...??
– more to follow.
Tuesday 16th June 2009
This and That!
A slight rethink on the section front, which has lead to Forward
Base being accessible from anywhere in the site rather than just from
the Introduction page and the addition of a new (currently empty!)
section called Stay Tuned. The realisation suddenly crept up on me
that there was nowhere here for features or comment about The
Avengers in general, with the site being too rigidly era- and
production-based. That's fixed now, and while the
era-/production-based structure remains (there's nothing wrong with
that in itself, after all!), there is also the option for expansion
down a more general route too. Also, thanks to Ron Geddes for pointing
out a blooper with the radio series page for
A Grave Charge. I've just
fixed this. News of a new German DVD release of The Avengers
added to AvengerNews, complete
with pack shot.
Monday 15th June 2009
Readers may be interested to know that The Times newspaper today
published an obituary to the actor, Simon Oates.
It can be read by clicking here.
Saturday 13th June 2009
Frank N. Stone to be Knighted: A cheering story in
Thursday 11th June 2009
The Avengers Variations: Many thanks to Andrew Pixley, who has
kindly passed along some regional variation information, which has
been added to the section. Quite a few mysteries have been solved
thanks to Andrew and the information he's shared. Cheers, mate!
Tuesday 9th June 2009
Launch Night! It's been a long time coming – a lot longer than I
ever thought. I originally started building this site on 24th
September 2008 and if I'd have known then that it'd finally launch
some eight and a half months later... well, I might never have
started! That said, I'm very glad I did. I started off with grand
ideas for the site, and while I've had to discard one or two,
compromise a few more, I think I may even have pulled one or two of
them off!
The site as it stands at launch
already comprises 175 pages. If you consider that my other Avengers
site, Avengers on the Radio has been running for nine years
and is 178 pages long, this is quite a monster already!
The biggest project thus far has
been focused upon The Avengers Stage Show
and this section is probably the most exhaustive account published
regarding this production. The section contains information, press
coverage, contemporary reviews, quotes from those involved, an
extensive photo gallery and an exclusive interview with the late Simon
Oates, who played Steed in the production. The interview was conducted
for The Avengers Declassified in November 2008. Sadly,
since that time, Simon has passed away, a source of great upset to us.
Simon's enthusiasm and generosity towards this site was a great
inspiration to us – and it is with the deepest respect and affection
that we have dedicated The Avengers Declassified to his
memory. Rest in peace, Simon.
In addition to Simon's great
contribution to the site, I am greatly indebted to my wife Alys for,
well, everything, to David K. Smith, Simon Coward, Chris Perry, Ian
Beazley, Mike Noon and Jaz Wiseman for unstinting, enthusiastic and
invaluable help and generosity in the long lead-in to tonight's launch.
Thanks also to all those who have kept the secret for me for so long.
A special mention for Kim, Allard and ShaggE at
The Avengers Fan Forum.
Something to be clear about from
the very start – The Avengers Declassified is not designed to
The Avengers Forever, David K. Smith's wonderful, indispensible
site. His site is a wonderful resource that has built up over thirteen
years and I'm pleased to say it isn't going anywhere, even if David is
currently taking a well-deserved rest. Declassified will complement
what is available at TAF and go off in different directions.
Finally, ardent observers will note
that the greater bulk of my Avengers radio series website has
been revamped here at Declassified. I felt the site had to cover the
radio series (it's one of my pet loves, after all), and it gave me a
chance to give the information there the once-over and spruce up the
now rather dated design 'over there'.
Take a good look around. I hope you
enjoy what you find. I'd love to hear from you with your comments.
Drop me an
email to let me know what you think of the newest Avengers
Alan Hayes
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Peat Leith
Peat Leith
Senior Research Fellow
Room 405, Geography, Sandy Bay Campus
+61 3 6226 6391 (phone)
Peat is passionate about ensuring that public investment on research leads to societal outcomes. His research and practice is geared to improving the design of projects and programs to achieve such outcomes in ways that are equitable, accountable and efficient, especially in areas of natural resource management and sustainability.
Peat has worked for the NSW Government on research for natural resource management (NRM) policy, with the Adaptation Research Network for Marine Biodiversity and Resources (University of Tasmania) on adaptation in fisheries, and with the CSIRO Coastal Collaboration Cluster (University of Tasmania) on improving the linkages between science and decision-making in coastal zone management. He has also worked as a consultant.
From 2012-2015 Peat was the Convenor of the Science for Society and Policy Program in TIA. He also led a TIA research project that assisted nine regional NRM organisations across south-eastern Australia to update their strategic plans for climate change. More information on this project and its outputs can be found here.
General Responsibilities
Peat is a social and institutional researcher and a Senior Research Fellow at the Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture (TIA) and provides social science expertise into a variety of TIA projects. He is currently leading a major social research initiative called the Aspirations for Food and Agriculture project (TasAgFuture). He completed his doctoral degree in 2009 on the integration of local and scientific knowledge about climate variability to improve management of the eastern Australian rangelands, and has since worked in diverse action-oriented and policy research.
Career summary
|Thesis Title
|Knowing El Nino: Integrating climate knowledges in the rangelands of eastern Australia
|University of Tasmania
|BSc (1st Class Hons)
|Human Thermal Environments in Tasmania's Central Plateau
|University of Tasmania
Administrative expertise
Peat has substantial experience leading and managing large and complex inter- and trans-disciplinary research projects. He is a trained facilitator and a collaborative (systems) leader.
Science and Technology Studies, Public Understanding of Science, Science Policy, Natural Resource Management, Institutional Design, Sustainability Science, climate change adaptation
Teaching responsibility
Peat teaches into various units in the Agriculture and Geography disciplines and has been involved with the development of the Breadth Unit Working with Communities.
View more on Dr Peat Leith in WARP
- Science and Technology Studies
- Public Understanding of Science
- Science Policy
- Natural Resource Management
- Institutional Design
- Sustainability Science
- Climate change adaptation
Research Themes
During 2017-18 Peat is leading a major TIA social research initiative, Aspirations for Food and Agriculture (TasAgFuture). Through the project, TIA will better understand the drivers of change for Tasmanian food producers and processors, and changing needs for research, development and extension. Tasmanian food producers and processors are encouraged to participate in the project – more information is available at utas.edu.au/tia/tasagfuture.
Peat is closely involved with the University of Tasmania's Environment, Resources and Sustainability Theme. He is working with the co-directors of the Theme to support inter- and trans-disciplinary research across the University, especially in building skills and opportunities for early career researchers to effectively tackle complex or 'wicked' problems that are so common in ERS areas.
Peat's research to date in agriculture, fisheries, coastal zone management, climate change adaptation and natural resource governance writ large has most recently led to synthesis research on means by which research projects and programs can more effectively contribute to sustainability in diverse situations.
His research has resulted in invitations to international workshops and to contribute to and review innovative research design in complex problem contexts in the USA and New Zealand. Peat has consulted with World Wildlife Fund (WWF) International to inform the development of new approaches to supporting conservation research to better contribute to conservation outcomes. His research on boundary work, boundary organisations and co-production are contributions to larger efforts to democratise research and particularly to make this work in practice.
Peat has recently collaborated with researchers developing and implementing approaches to better link research, policy and practice for sustainability outcomes in the USA and New Zealand.
Claudio Alcorso Environment Award for his PhD Thesis (2009)
Current projects
Fields of Research
- Social and Cultural Geography (160403)
- Natural Resource Management (050209)
- Public Policy (160510)
- Environmental Management (050205)
- Rural Sociology (160804)
- Agronomy (070302)
- Sociology and Social Studies of Science and Technology (160808)
- Research, Science and Technology Policy (160511)
- Innovation and Technology Management (150307)
- Palaeoclimatology (040605)
- Agriculture, Land and Farm Management (070199)
- Land Use and Environmental Planning (120504)
- Conservation and Biodiversity (050202)
- Agricultural Systems Analysis and Modelling (070105)
- Environment Policy (160507)
- Sustainable Agricultural Development (070108)
- Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences (079999)
- Environmental Education and Extension (050203)
- Ecological Impacts of Climate Change (050101)
- Sociological Methodology and Research Methods (160807)
- Environment and Resource Economics (140205)
- Environmental Sciences (059999)
- Economic Geography (160401)
- Environmental Science and Management (050299)
- Aquaculture (070401)
- Horticultural Production (070699)
- Urban and Regional Studies (excl. Planning) (160404)
- Carbon Sequestration Science (050301)
- Natural Hazards (040604)
- Crop and Pasture Production (070399)
- Agricultural Land Management (070101)
- Business and Management (150399)
- Environmental and Natural Resources Law (180111)
Research Objectives
- Climate Change Adaptation Measures (960301)
- Social Impacts of Climate Change and Variability (960311)
- Expanding Knowledge through Studies of Human Society (970116)
- Environmental Policy, Legislation and Standards (960799)
- Environmental and Natural Resource Evaluation (960699)
- Coastal and Marine Management Policy (960701)
- Wheat (820507)
- Primary Animal Products (830599)
- Sustainability Indicators (960609)
- Institutional Arrangements for Environmental Protection (960605)
- Climate Variability (excl. Social Impacts) (960304)
- Farmland, Arable Cropland and Permanent Cropland Soils (961402)
- Environmentally Sustainable Plant Production (829899)
- Environmental Education and Awareness (960703)
- Native and Residual Pastures (830403)
- Horticultural Crops (820299)
- Ecosystem Assessment and Management at Regional or Larger Scales (960501)
- Cultural Understanding (959999)
- Aquaculture Oysters (830104)
- Climate Change Mitigation Strategies (960302)
- Land Stewardship (960704)
- Winter Grains and Oilseeds (820599)
- Environmentally Sustainable Animal Production (839899)
- Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity of environments (960899)
- Management and Productivity (910499)
- Environment (969999)
- Vegetables (820215)
- Climate and Climate Change (960399)
- Rehabilitation of Degraded Farmland, Arable Cropland and Permanent Cropland Environments (961202)
- Farmland, Arable Cropland and Permanent Cropland Land Management (960904)
- Marine Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity (960808)
- Industrial Gases (860601)
- Effects of Climate Change and Variability on Australia (excl. Social Impacts) (960307)
- Learner Development (930103)
- Sown Pastures (excl. Lucerne) (830406)
- Barley (820501)
- Canola (820502)
- Soils (961499)
- Management of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Plant Production (829802)
Peat has published in diverse forums for public, professional and academic audiences. His scholarly work appears in leading international journals in STS, and environmental policy, governance and natural resource management. His recent book Enhancing Science Impact: bridging research, policy and practice for sustainability, co-authored with Kevin O'Toole, Marcus Haward and Brian Coffeyis available from CSIRO Publishing.
Total publications
Highlighted publications(2 outputs)
|Journal Article
|Leith P, O'Toole K, Haward M, Coffey B, Rees C, et al., 'Analysis of operating environments: a diagnostic model for linking science, society and policy for sustainability', Environmental Science and Policy, 39 pp. 162-171. ISSN 1462-9011 (2014) [Refereed Article]
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2014.01.001 [eCite] [Details]
Citations: Scopus - 29Web of Science - 27
Co-authors: Haward M; Rees C; Ogier E
|Journal Article
|Leith P, Jacobs B, Brown PR, Nelson R, 'A participatory assessment of NRM capacity to inform policy and practice: Cross-scale evaluation of enabling and constraining factor', Society and Natural Resources, 25, (8) pp. 775-793. ISSN 0894-1920 (2012) [Refereed Article]
DOI: 10.1080/08941920.2011.637548 [eCite] [Details]
Citations: Scopus - 11Web of Science - 9
Co-authors: Nelson R
Journal Article(23 outputs)
|Bednarek AT, Wyborn C, Cvitanovic C, Meyer R, Colvin RM, et al., 'Boundary spanning at the science-policy interface: the practitioners' perspectives', Sustainability Science, 13, (4) pp. 1175-1183. ISSN 1862-4065 (2018) [Refereed Article]
DOI: 10.1007/s11625-018-0550-9 [eCite] [Details]
Citations: Scopus - 11Web of Science - 1
Co-authors: Cvitanovic C
|Leith P, Warman R, Harwood A, Bosomworth K, Wallis P, 'An operation on 'the neglected heart of science policy': reconciling supply and demand for climate change adaptation research', Environmental Science and Policy, 82 pp. 117-125. ISSN 1462-9011 (2018) [Refereed Article]
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2018.01.015 [eCite] [Details]
Citations: Scopus - 1Web of Science - 1
Co-authors: Warman R; Harwood A
|Bosomworth K, Leith P, Harwood A, Wallis PJ, 'What's the problem in adaptation pathways planning? The potential of a diagnostic problem-structuring approach', Environmental Science and Policy, 76 pp. 23-28. ISSN 1462-9011 (2017) [Refereed Article]
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2017.06.007 [eCite] [Details]
Citations: Scopus - 17Web of Science - 13
Co-authors: Harwood A
|Leith P, Vanclay F, 'Placing science for natural resource management and climate variability: lessons from narratives of risk, place and identity', Sociologia Ruralis, 57, (2) pp. 155-170. ISSN 0038-0199 (2017) [Refereed Article]
DOI: 10.1111/soru.12124 [eCite] [Details]
Citations: Scopus - 3Web of Science - 4
|Wallis PJ, Bosomworth K, Harwood A, Leith P, 'Charting the emergence of a 'knowing system' for climate change adaptation in Australian regional natural resource management', Geoforum, 84 pp. 42-50. ISSN 0016-7185 (2017) [Refereed Article]
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2017.06.002 [eCite] [Details]
Citations: Scopus - 6Web of Science - 5
Co-authors: Harwood A
|Jacobs B, Boronyak-Vasco L, Moyle K, Leith P, 'Ensuring resilience of natural resources under exposure to extreme climate events', Resources, 5, (2) Article 20. ISSN 2079-9276 (2016) [Refereed Article]
DOI: 10.3390/resources5020020 [eCite] [Details]
|Jenson I, Leith P, Doyle R, West J, Miles MP, 'Testing innovation systems theory using Qualitative Comparative Analysis', Journal of Business Research, 69, (4) pp. 1283-1287. ISSN 0148-2963 (2016) [Refereed Article]
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2015.10.093 [eCite] [Details]
Citations: Scopus - 9Web of Science - 9
Co-authors: Doyle R; West J; Miles MP
|Jenson I, Leith P, Doyle R, West J, Miles MP, 'The root cause of innovation system problems: formative measures and causal configurations', Journal of Business Research, 69, (11) pp. 5292-5298. ISSN 0148-2963 (2016) [Refereed Article]
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2016.04.127 [eCite] [Details]
Citations: Scopus - 3Web of Science - 2
Co-authors: Doyle R; West J
|Jenson I, Leith P, Doyle R, West J, Miles MP, 'Innovation system problems: causal configurations of innovation failure', Journal of Business Research, 69, (11) pp. 5408-5412. ISSN 0148-2963 (2016) [Refereed Article]
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2016.04.146 [eCite] [Details]
Citations: Scopus - 5Web of Science - 3
Co-authors: Doyle R; West J
|Leith P, Haward M, Rees C, Ogier E, 'Success and evolution of a boundary organization', Science, Technology and Human Values, 41, (3) pp. 375-401. ISSN 0162-2439 (2016) [Refereed Article]
DOI: 10.1177/0162243915601900 [eCite] [Details]
Citations: Scopus - 12Web of Science - 10
Co-authors: Haward M; Rees C; Ogier E
|Leith P, Vanclay F, 'Translating science to benefit diverse publics: engagement pathways for linking climate risk, uncertainty, and agricultural identities', Science, Technology and Human Values, 40, (6) pp. 939-964. ISSN 0162-2439 (2015) [Refereed Article]
DOI: 10.1177/0162243915577636 [eCite] [Details]
Citations: Scopus - 7Web of Science - 7
|Lucas C, Leith P, Davison A, 'How climate change research undermines trust in everyday life: a review', Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change, 6, (1) pp. 79-91. ISSN 1757-7780 (2015) [Refereed Article]
DOI: 10.1002/wcc.320 [eCite] [Details]
Citations: Scopus - 7Web of Science - 8
Co-authors: Lucas C; Davison A
|Merry AM, Carew AL, Leith P, Nelson R, Botwright Acuna T, 'Agronomists use of PGR - a survey', Agricultural Science, 27, (2) pp. 24-32. ISSN 1030-4614 (2015) [Refereed Article]
Co-authors: Merry AM; Carew AL; Nelson R; Botwright Acuna T
|Leith P, O'Toole K, Haward M, Coffey B, Rees C, et al., 'Analysis of operating environments: a diagnostic model for linking science, society and policy for sustainability', Environmental Science and Policy, 39 pp. 162-171. ISSN 1462-9011 (2014) [Refereed Article]
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2014.01.001 [eCite] [Details]
Citations: Scopus - 29Web of Science - 27
Co-authors: Haward M; Rees C; Ogier E
|Leith P, Ogier E, Haward M, 'Science and social license: defining environmental sustainability of Atlantic salmon aquaculture in south-eastern Tasmania, Australia', Social Epistemology, 28, (3-4) pp. 277-296. ISSN 0269-1728 (2014) [Refereed Article]
DOI: 10.1080/02691728.2014.922641 [eCite] [Details]
Citations: Scopus - 20Web of Science - 21
Co-authors: Ogier E; Haward M
|Leith P, Ogier E, Pecl G, Hoshino E, Davidson J, et al., 'Towards a diagnostic approach to climate adaptation for fisheries', Climatic Change, 122, (1-2) pp. 55-66. ISSN 0165-0009 (2014) [Refereed Article]
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-013-0984-0 [eCite] [Details]
Citations: Scopus - 12Web of Science - 11
Co-authors: Ogier E; Pecl G; Hoshino E; Davidson J; Haward M
|Clarke B, Stocker L, Coffey B, Leith P, Harvey N, et al., 'Enhancing the knowledge-governance interface: coasts, climate and collaboration', Ocean & Coastal Management, 86 pp. 88-99. ISSN 0964-5691 (2013) [Refereed Article]
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2013.02.009 [eCite] [Details]
Citations: Scopus - 45Web of Science - 36
Co-authors: Baxter T; Good M; Haward M; Kriwoken L; Shaw J
|Davidson JL, van Putten IE, Leith P, Nursey-Bray MJ, Madin EM, et al., 'Toward operationalizing resilience concepts in Australian marine sectors coping with climate change', Ecology and Society, 18, (3) Article 4. ISSN 1708-3087 (2013) [Refereed Article]
DOI: 10.5751/ES-05607-180304 [eCite] [Details]
Citations: Scopus - 20Web of Science - 19
Co-authors: Davidson JL; Nursey-Bray MJ; Holbrook NJ
|Leith PB, Meinke H, 'Overcoming adolescence: Tasmania's agricultural history and future', Griffith Review, 39 pp. 1-4. ISSN 1448-2924 (2013) [Non Refereed Article]
Co-authors: Meinke H
|Brown PR, Jacobs B, Leith P, 'Participatory monitoring and evaluation to aid investment in natural resource manager capacity at a range of scales', Environmental Monitoring and Assessment: An International Journal Devoted to Progress in The Use of Monitoring Data in Assessing Environmental Risks to Man and The Environment, 182, (12) pp. 7207-7220. ISSN 1573-2959 (2012) [Refereed Article]
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-011-2491-y [eCite] [Details]
Citations: Scopus - 8Web of Science - 5
|Leith P, Jacobs B, Brown PR, Nelson R, 'A participatory assessment of NRM capacity to inform policy and practice: Cross-scale evaluation of enabling and constraining factor', Society and Natural Resources, 25, (8) pp. 775-793. ISSN 0894-1920 (2012) [Refereed Article]
DOI: 10.1080/08941920.2011.637548 [eCite] [Details]
Citations: Scopus - 11Web of Science - 9
Co-authors: Nelson R
|Crimp SJ, Stokes CJ, Howden SM, Moore AD, Jacobs B, et al., 'Managing Murray-Darling Basin livestock systems in a variable and changing climate', Rangeland Journal, 32, (3) pp. 293-304. ISSN 1036-9872 (2010) [Refereed Article]
DOI: 10.1071/RJ10039 [eCite] [Details]
Citations: Scopus - 23Web of Science - 23
|Jacobs BC, Leith PB, 'Adaptive Capacity for Climate Change: Principles for Public Sector Managers', Public Administration Today, 23, (July ) pp. 49-57. ISSN 1832-0066 (2010) [Non Refereed Article]
Book(2 outputs)
|Leith P, O'Toole K, Haward M, Coffey B, 'Enhancing Science Impact: Bridging Research, Policy and Practice for Sustainability', CSIRO Publishing, Australia, pp. 216. ISBN 9781486305353 (2017) [Authored Research Book]
Co-authors: Haward M
|Leith PB, 'Conversations about Climate: seasonal variability and graziers' decisions in the eastern rangelands', University of Tasmania, Hobart, pp. i-vii, 1-59, 1 CD-ROM. ISBN 1-86295-288-4 (2006) [Authored Other Book]
Chapter in Book(4 outputs)
|Leith P, Coffey B, Haward M, O'Toole K, Allen S, 'Improving science uptake in coastal zone management: principles for science engagement and their application in south-eastern Tasmania', Sustainable Coastal Management and Climate Adaptation: Global Lessons from Regional Approaches in Australia, CSIRO Publishing, R Kenchington, L Stocker and D Wood (ed), Collingwood, Australia, pp. 135-156. ISBN 9780643100275 (2012) [Research Book Chapter]
Co-authors: Haward M
|Leith P, 'Public Engagement with Climate Adaptation: An Imperative for (and Driver of) Institutional Reform?', Engaging the Public with Climate Change: Behaviour Change and Communication, Earthscan Ltd, Whitmarsh, L, O'Neill, S, Lorenzoni, I. (ed), Tyndall, UK, pp. 100-119. ISBN 9781844079285 (2011) [Research Book Chapter]
|Vanclay FM, Leith PB, Fleming AJ, 'Understanding farming community concerns about adapting to a changed climate', Interdisciplinary Aspects of Climate Change, Peter Lang, Walter Leal Filho, Franziska Mannke (ed), Frankfurt, Germany, pp. 229-244. ISBN 978-3-631-58153-7 (2009) [Research Book Chapter]
Co-authors: Vanclay FM; Fleming AJ
|Kirkpatrick JB, Bridle K, Leith PB, 'Managing the run country for production', People, Sheep and Nature Conservation: the Tasmanian Experience, CSIRO Publishing, JB Kirkpatrick, KL Bridle (ed), Collingwood, Victoria, pp. 45-98. ISBN 9780643093720 (2007) [Research Book Chapter]
Co-authors: Kirkpatrick JB; Bridle K
Conference Publication(12 outputs)
|Botwright Acuna T, Merry A, Carew A, Leith P, 'Plant growth regulator use in broad acre crops', Proceedings of the 17th Australian Society of Agronomy Conference, 20-24 September 2015, 20-24 September 2015, pp. 1-4. (2015) [Refereed Conference Paper]
Co-authors: Botwright Acuna T; Merry A; Carew A
|Bosomworth K, Harwood A, Toorabi N, Leith PB, Wallis P, 'Developing adaptation pathways for NRM in Southern Australia: a research-practice collaboration', 6th International Conference on Climate Change: Impacts and Responses, 27-28 June 2014, Reykjavik, Iceland, pp. 37. (2014) [Conference Extract]
Co-authors: Harwood A
|Ogier E, Leith P, Haward M, 'Science and social license: who defines environmental sustainability of Atlantic salmon aquaculture in south-eastern Tasmania, Australia?', World Aquaculture Adelaide 2014, 7-11 June, Adelaide, South Australia (2014) [Conference Extract]
Co-authors: Ogier E; Haward M
|Acuna TL, Merry AM, Dean GJ, Carew ALJ, Leith PB, et al., 'Plant growth regulators in broad acre crops', GRDC Grains Research Update for Advisers, 25-26 February 2014, Adelaide SA, pp. 83-87. (2014) [Non Refereed Conference Paper]
Co-authors: Acuna TL; Merry AM; Dean GJ; Carew ALJ; Nelson R
|Leith PB, 'Successful praxis at the boundaries: how do individuals foster adaptation?', Adaptation Futures Conference, 27-30 May 2012, Tuscon, Arizona, USA (2012) [Conference Extract]
|Leith PB, 'Climate adaptation in the Australian edible oyster industry: A social-ecological approach', School of Geography & Environmental Studies Conference Abstracts 2010, 28 June 2010, Sandy Bay (2010) [Conference Extract]
|Leith PB, 'Placed knowledges and knowledge-geometries: concepts for knowledge-making in natural resource managmement', School of Geography and Environmental Studies Conference Program 2008, October 2008, Hobart, pp. 12-12. (2008) [Conference Extract]
|Leith PB, 'Making scientific knowledge with public currency: balancing salience, credibility and legitimacy in Australian agroclimatology', School of Geography and Environmental Studies Conference Program 2007, October, Hobart, pp. 11-12. (2007) [Conference Extract]
|Leith PB, 'Signs and science in decision-making about climate variability: rangelands case study', Proceedings of the Natural Resource Management Extension Symposium, September 2005, Toowoomba, Queensland EJ ISBN 1 920842 30 6 (2006) [Conference Extract]
|Leith PB, 'Climatic Place: placed, regional knowledges and the global climate system', School of Geography and Environmental Studies Conference 2006: Full Program with Abstracts, October, Hobart, pp. 2-2. (2006) [Conference Extract]
|Leith PB, 'Climate science, climate perception and land management decisions in western New South Wales and Queensland', School of Geography and Environmental Studies 2004 Conference, October, 2004, Hobart, pp. 10-10. (2004) [Conference Extract]
|Leith PB, 'Climatic Place: A Socio-cultural Geography of Climate Risk Management', Australian Rangeland Society 13th Biennial Conference , July 5-8, Alice Springs, pp. 107-113. (2004) [Non Refereed Conference Paper]
Contract Report, Consultant's Report(7 outputs)
|Leith PB, McHenry MT, Bridle K, Evans JD, Fudge ME, et al., 'Strengthening engagement and collaboration for impact in the ERS theme', University of Tasmania, Tasmania, Australia (2017) [Contract Report]
Co-authors: McHenry MT; Bridle K; Evans JD; Fudge ME; Harwood A; Magierowski RH
|Wyborn C, Leith P, 'The science, policy and practice interface', Luc Hoffmann Institute, Australia (2017) [Consultants Report]
|Bednarek A, Wyborn C, Meyer R, Parris A, Leith PB, et al., 'Practice at the Boundaries: Summary of a workshop of practitioners working at the interfaces science, policy and society for environmental outcomes' (2016) [Consultants Report]
|Leith PB, 'Adaptation Futures, Tuscon Arizona USA', UTAS Research Conference Support Scheme 2012 (2013) [Contract Report]
|Leith PB, Haward MG, 'Climate Change Adaptation in the Australian Edible Oyster Industry: an analysis of policy and practice', University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania (2010) [Contract Report]
Co-authors: Haward MG
|Hay PR, Leith PB, 'Climate Perception and Land Management Decisions in Western New South Wales and Queensland. Final Report for the Land, Water and Wool Climate Variability Sub-program, Project: UTA13', Land and Water Resouces Research and Development Corporation (2004) [Contract Report]
Co-authors: Hay PR
|Leith PB, 'Influences of Climate Perception on Land Management Decisions in Western New South Wales and Queensland. Technical Report for the Land, Water and Wool Climate Variability Sub-Program, Project: UTA13', Land and Water Resouces Research and Development Corporation (2004) [Contract Report]
Thesis(1 outputs)
|Leith PB, 'Knowing El Nino: Integrating knowledges of managing climate variability in the eastern Australian rangelands' (2009) [PhD]
Other Public Output(10 outputs)
|Leith P, 'Time to branch out as farms bloom', The Mercury, News Limited Australia, Australia, 6 January 2018, p. 36. (2018) [Newspaper Article]
|Leith PB, Harris RMB, Bridle K, Kemmerer E, Baldwin A, et al., 'A means-to-an-end: a process guide for participatory spatial prioritisation in Australian natural resource management', Southern Slopes Climate Change Adaptation Research Partnership (SCARP), University of Tasmania, Hobart (2015) [Government or Industry Research]
Co-authors: Harris RMB; Bridle K
|Wallis P, Harwood A, Leith PB, Hamilton L, Bosomworth K, et al., 'Southern slopes information portal report: climate change adaptation information for natural resource planning and implementation', Southern Slopes Climate Change Adaptation Research Partnership (SCARP), Monash University, University of Tasmania, RMIT (2015) [Government or Industry Research]
Co-authors: Harwood A; Harris R; Bridle K
|Botwright Acuna T, Merry AM, Dean G, Carew A, Leith P, et al., 'Scoping study: a situation and needs analysis relating to the current and future roles of Plant Growth Regulators', Grains Research and Development Corporation, Australia (2014) [Report of Restricted Access]
Co-authors: Botwright Acuna T; Merry AM; Dean G; Carew A; Nelson R
|Harris P, Meyer R, Leith PB, 'Living happily in the valley of death', UTAS News, UTAS, Hobart, Tasmania (2013) [Internal Newsletter]
|Leith P, Mohammed C, Meinke H, Barry K, 'Australia's farming future: Tasmania', The Conversation, The Conversation Trust, Australia, 5 June (2013) [Magazine Article]
Co-authors: Mohammed C; Meinke H; Barry K
|Evans KJ, Ball P, Bridle K, Field B, Leith PB, 'Some of the most important decisions made by farming businesses occur around the kitchen table', Tasmanian Country, Tasmanian Country, Hobart, Tasmania (2012) [Newspaper Article]
Co-authors: Evans KJ; Ball P; Bridle K; Field B
|Rawnsley RP, Fergusson MF, Irvine LD, Birch CJ, Hart MA, et al., 'Comment on Tasmanian issues paper - national drought reform measures', Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture (2012) [Government or Industry Research]
Co-authors: Rawnsley RP; Fergusson MF; Irvine LD; Birch CJ; Hart MA; Field B; Mohammed CL
|Jacobs B, Brown P, Nelson R, Leith PB, Tracey J, et al., 'Monitoring, Evaluating and Reporting Natural Resource Manager Capacity for NSW Catchments', Monitoring, Evaluating and Reporting Natural Resource Manager Capacity for NSW Catchments, Government of New South Wales, Sudney (2010) [Government or Industry Research]
|Leith PB, 'Claudio Alcorso Environment Prize', Claudio Alcorso Environment Prize, unknown, Hobart (2010) [Award]
Grants & Funding
Funding Summary
Number of grants
Total funding
- Description
- The proposed research aims at exploring which type of diversification can provide the benefits discussed above and in which context it can be a solution to sustainable agriculture with the overarching research question being To what extent can the productivity, profitability and sustainability of agricultural systems in Australia and globally benefit from being diverse? The two hypotheses to test and either providence evidence for or reject are:1.Extensive/mixed agroecosystems are higher in diversity and/or more resilient to climate change than highly specialised systems, such as monocultures.2.Increasing agricultural and tree biodiversity within the broader landscape will improve productivity, deliver ecosystem services, and improve rural livelihoods.
- Funding
- CSIRO-Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation ($41,394)
- Scheme
- Contract Research
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Ojeda JJ; Leith PB; Waha K
- Period
- 2019 - 2022
- Description
- The project will provide a literature review /scoping study to inform CRC perspectives on social and institutional dimensions of on-farm soil management and adoption.
- Funding
- CRC for High Performance Soils Ltd ($47,151)
- Scheme
- Grant
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Leith PB; Allan C; Higgins VJ
- Year
- 2018
- Description
- This is an internal TIA project under the DPIPWE-TIA JVA (C0013208). It has been created on RMDB in order to have the project feature on the WARP for Dr Peat Leith.
- Funding
- University of Tasmania (TIAR) ($600,615)
- Scheme
- Contract Research
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Leith PB; Warman R; Garcia Imhof C; Adhikari RP; Evans KJ
- Period
- 2017 - 2019
- Description
- The project will first identify the specific reasons for sub-optimal processing yields in Tasmania, NSW and Victoria. It will then review any new innovations growers could use to raise productivity or reduce cost, and identify the innovations most likely to be successful. In phase 2, the project will trial the most promising innovations in a participatory research and extension program that will deliver net yield increases of processing broccoli (25%), carrot (18%), cauliflower (11%) and green beans (18%) compared to current levels within three years.
- Funding
- Horticulture Innovation Australia ($192,347)
- Scheme
- Grant-General Call
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Hinton SJ; Boersma M; Gracie AJ; Leith PB; Rogers G; Hinderager M; Titley M; Hingston LH
- Period
- 2017 - 2018
- Description
- This project will identify and use existing knowledge to generate new concepts, methodologies and understandings to inform the development of the NRM Climate Change Adaptation policy. This could include synthesis and analysis of previous research to the extent that it leads to new and creative outcomes. The research associated with this technical support role will engage with the Strategic Land Services Officer on a regular basis and travel, when necessary, in order to provide support. Theoretical and empirical work from science and technology studies and climate adaptation will be applied and grounded through practice, detailed notes and recordings of process and outcomes will be used to advance knowledge on context-appropriate applications of uncertain science to natural resource policy.
- Funding
- South East Local Land Services ($8,000)
- Scheme
- Contract Research
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Leith PB
- Year
- 2014
- Funding
- Grains Research & Development Corporation ($57,956)
- Scheme
- Tender, Improving Crop Yield
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Acuna TL; Merry AM; Leith PB; Nelson R; Dean GJ
- Year
- 2013
- Description
- The aims of this project are to provide up-to-date climate change information at the appropriate scale and format, and to provide the capacity to apply this information effectively and appropriately in the regional NRM planning processes.
- Funding
- Department of Environment and Energy (Cwth) ($934,423)
- Scheme
- Grant
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Warman R; Meinke HB; Nelson R; Bridle K; Mohammed CL; Lefroy EC; Bindoff NL; Leith PB; Harwood A
- Period
- 2013 - 2016
- Funding
- University of Tasmania ($1,000)
- Scheme
- Grant-Conference Support Scheme
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Leith PB
- Year
- 2012
- Funding
- Kingborough Council ($60,497)
- Scheme
- Contract Research
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Sharples C; Leith PB
- Period
- 2011 - 2012
- Funding
- Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency ($500,000)
- Scheme
- Grant-Coastal Adaptation Decision Pathways Project
- Administered By
- Local Government Association of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Prior S; Haward MG; Leith PB; McDonald J; Hunter JR
- Year
- 2011
Research Supervision
Peat has supervised PhD candidates working on specific challenges in research policy, innovation studies, climate change communication and adaptation, and environmental and resource governance.
He is currently seeking highly capable research higher degree candidates wishing to advance scholarship on institutional design for sustainability, especially at the interface of science and decision-making.
Debates about the interactions between knowledge production and democracy have never been more topical. In a so-called 'post-truth' world these matters require serious attention in both academic and very practical settings. Peat provides the breadth of experience to ensure sound scholarship can be combined with practical applications and impact.
|Political Representation in Institutional Design: Governing Multi-User, Multiple Values Marine Resources
|The Regional Feasibility of Local Measures that Increase Water Availability
|Cultures of Concern and Unconcern: Thinking differently about climate change
Candidate: Chloe Helen Lucas Rumsby
|Adaptation to Climate Change in Pastoral and Agropastoral Systems of Borana, Southern Ethiopia
Candidate: Nega Emiru Debela
|Systems for Successful Innovation: The case of food safety in the Australian red meat industry
Candidate: Ian Jenson


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Grass-mud horse: China's answer to censorshipMarch 12, 2009
I generally avoid linking to the New York Times, but this article should be an exception. From the Times:
The grass-mud horse is an example of something that, in China's authoritarian system, passes as subversive behavior. Conceived as an impish protest against censorship, the foul-named little horse has not merely made government censors look ridiculous, although it has surely done that.
It has also raised real questions about China's ability to stanch the flow of information over the Internet — a project on which the Chinese government already has expended untold riches, and written countless software algorithms to weed deviant thought from the world's largest cyber-community.
This Times piece also highlights the tiresome anachronism of avoiding obscenity in print. It's grimly ironic that the Times can't tell us why the grass-mud horse is so subversive because of self-censorship. In Chinese, grass-mud horse (草泥马) is a string of homonyms that could also mean "Fuck your mother."
While that could be roughly guessed at, so could a number of bawdy expressions. The Times only tells us that it's a "vile obscenity," "a foul named little horse," "double entendres with inarguably dirty second meanings" (a bumbling tautology), "a nasty curse" etc. It's astounding the hoops the Times jumps through to convey what they could best convey by simply printing the damn phrase.
In any case, here's another link and a video:


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Interislander Discount For IAM NZ Members
We are pleased to advise that thanks to the efforts of Vice President Peter Hookham, the IAM NZ is now recognised by the Interislander Ferry for group booking discounts. Details including rates can be viewed here:
Please note that IAM membership card must be shown when boarding ferry or otherwise full rates may be charged.
n3 Trade Card For IAM NZ Members
We are pleased to advise that thanks to the efforts of Canterbury Local Group member, Duncan Seed, the IAM NZ is now above to offer its members a n3 Trade Card. This card gives you access to in-store or online discounts on business purchases from some of our most popular suppliers without the need to open a trade account.
Simply show the card ID on the back at the time of purchase to get the discount applied. Participating suppliers are listed on the reverse of the card and at this link https://www.n3.co.nz/Trade-Card/
Kiwi Fuel discount benefit
Financial members can take up the offer from Far North Fuels Ltd, Kerikeri (FNF, who trade as Kiwi Fuel Cards) who operate a fuel card service. If you apply for an account, you can opt to get fuel cards for Caltex, BP and Mobil. You can choose to have one, two or all three types of card. Other than financial savings, the nice benefit for bikers with smaller fuel tanks is that there is no minimum spend required by Kiwi Fuel Cards to obtain these discounts!
For further details, go to this link IAM Kiwi Fuel Cards Fuel Account Offer
Discount on Sena communication equipment
Financial members are able to get significant discounts on Sena communications equipment from Nationwide Accessories (Wholesale) Ltd. Discounts vary but are sometimes as much as 40% so check out their website. When you now what you want, email the National Secretary, who in turn requests the latest discounted price from Nationwide. Your payment for the equipment has to be made to IAM NZ prior to the order being placed.
Nationwide deliver direct to your chosen address at a freight cost of $15. When you receive the equipment, IAM NZ pay your money over to Nationwide. Note that this offer is for members only and it is not acceptable to purchase equipment for non-members. The value of this offer over purchasing Sena equipment online from other large online stores, is that the guarantee for the equipment is issued by a NZ based company, so if you experience problems, you can contact a NZ based company to sort it out.
IAM Printed Vests for Motorcyclists
IAM NZ is able to supply good quality vests with or without the green badge for Motorcyclists. These are especially useful for Observers as the heavier duty vest stands up better to the increased number of rides. The vests are available to any member, but the vest with the green badge printed on is only available for full members and up.
Download the information here.


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Bruce visited Bunnings in March. This might not seem terribly noteworthy, after all, he does tend to end up there most weekends, but this visit required more time: to the first Bunnings store outside Australia and NZ. Show More
2016 again showed how difficult it is to predict equity market returns over time periods as short as 12 months. After a dramatic fall at the start of the year, the Australian equity market went on to produce its best annual return since 2013 and its fifth consecutive year of... Show More
Johan Carlberg, Lead Portfolio Manager at Alphinity, identifies three key drivers of relative sector performance in the Australian equity market in 2016: 1) the turnaround in commodity prices and resources stocks beginning in February; 2) the rise in bond yields and subsequent underperformance of yield proxy stocks from July; and... Show More
Our Principal and Portfolio Manager, Bruce Smith, recently made a trip to the UK and USA to look for insights into likely future developments for the Australian-listed globally-focused property companies. There were two in which we presently have positions (Goodman Group and Lendlease) and one we don't presently own but... Show More
In September, I conducted four days of energy-related meetings in Dallas and Houston. The goal was to review current industry conditions and the production outlook for 2017. I met with majors (BP, Shell, BHP), large US shale producers (Range, Anadarko, EOG, Apache), services companies (CBI, Schlumberger, Halliburton), US LNG producers/projects... Show More
The telecommunications sector is made up of a handful of companies but the most substantial is Telstra with a market cap of more than $60 billion. Telstra presently makes up more than 4% of the ASX300 so it has the opportunity to be a meaningful positive or negative contributor to... Show More
The August FY16 reporting season as usual provided winners and losers. While we are likely to do some portfolio adjustments as a result of the new information released with company results, the most important question in coming months will most likely be how to position for a potentially changing macro... Show More
When ANZ announced a result that was below analyst expectations, included unexpected write-offs and cut their dividend, their stock price rallied by ~5% in one day. To the fundamental investor, this seems counter-intuitive, but there could be more at play than meets the eye. "ANZ had materially underperformed the market... Show More
In March I spent a week traveling throughout the US in order to gauge the rate of recovery taking place in the US homebuilding sector which was significantly impacted by the Global Financial Crisis. We are 7 years past the peak of the crisis and from a financial markets perspective,... Show More
The heightened market uncertainty in our view warrants a defensive portfolio positioning. This, however, begs the question – what is a defensive company in today's market? The valuation dispersion between stable or growing companies and more cyclically-exposed companies is now the highest since the financial crisis (see chart). So is... Show More
My trip to the US in November was to better understand the economics of the various shale oil basins and the strategies being pursued by oil producers, to assess whether the oil price recovery assumed by the market is realistic or overly optimistic. I was of the view that the... Show More
Bruce Smith, Portfolio Manager at Alphinity, highlights the relatively strong performance of Telstra shares amidst the recent market volatility. Smith says the consistent earnings upgrade cycle since 2011 has been a significant contributing factor to the strong performance of Telstra shares. The combined effect of earnings upgrades and multiple expansion... Show More
No longer patient but not impatient; bad data is good data? Financial markets appear to have taken US Federal Reserve (Fed) watching to new heights in recent months… How equity markets will react to the reality of higher US interest rates when it finally occurs is more difficult to say.... Show More
Companies exposed to Australia's housing market will continue to gather momentum, as effects of low interest rates, the pick-up in building approvals and net...
Companies exposed to Australia's housing market will continue to gather momentum, as effects of low interest rates, the pick-up in building approvals and net immigration are felt across the industry. Investors can expect activity in housing markets to continue to strengthen. Principal and Lead Portfolio Manager Mr Carlberg said: We... Show More
Andrew Martin, Portfolio Manager at Alphinity, argues that although banks might be considered fair-value - investors could be underestimating the effect of...
Andrew Martin, Portfolio Manager at Alphinity, argues that although banks might be considered fair-value - investors could be underestimating the effect of increased competition, which has surged since the GFC. For a long time coming out of the GFC the banks had very little competition at all, so they took... Show More
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Award-winning folk-rock artist, Heather Waters, is undertaking a nation-wide tour.
Touring in her 1975 Volkswagen Kombi, Heather Waters has extensively performed throughout South Africa, Africa, Europe and the U.K. too. Her reputation as one of the top acoustic folk-rock artists precedes her. Her music has been described as "Ethereally captivating" (Peter Romp, The Cape Times) and "bold and unflinching" (Nick Frost, blogger).
With the release of her new album, Castles & Towers, two of Heather's songs have been topping the South African charts since their release in January and her latest single 'Pick Daisies', has not only held the Number 1 spot for 10 weeks on local Cape Town radio stations, but is also play-listed on many radio stations, both here and abroad.
Now with the success of Pick Daisies, VOLKSWAGEN is mobilizing this fun and incredible Artist for her 2016 tour, celebrating Heather Waters Music, using the iconic VW Volkswagen Kombi as a tribute to the lifestyle that the new single 'Pick Daisies' represents! Waters, endorsed by PAUL BOTHNER MUSIC since 2008, is also supplied with UberCool Eyewear from UBER-OPTICAL a proudly South African company based in Cape Town that believe 'Local is Lekker'.
During the last decade, this prolific artist has performed extensively and has won numerous awards, both locally and internationally and has worked with some of the country's greatest engineers and producers, including multi-SAMA award winning producer Peter Pearlson.
Described as one of the best things to happen to the South African music scene, this is one artist you cannot afford to miss!
Make sure you catch Heather Waters live at a venue near you!


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Details: We are looking for a few designers for a two-month design term (during May 2018 – December 2018, with a possible extension through June 2019). We will be accepting applications until April 7, 2018, with new team members notified by April 9, 2018.
Applicants must be active on Social Media, need to work well with deadlines and consistently produce projects of high standard.
Our Daily Bread Designs Design Team Benefits:
- You will receive a minimum of 3 new release stamp sets per month, ODBD Custom Dies and 1 ODBD paper pad collection (when available)
- An ODBD Watermark to be used on your cards
- A discount on products available in the ODBD Store – some exclusions apply
- Listed as a Design Team member on the ODBD website and blog, with a link to your personal blog or Social Media page
- Create a minimum of 6 cards or projects each month using ODBD Products
- When creating your projects, only ODBD stamps, dies and papers are permitted to be used on your projects
- Have the ability to take high-quality photographs of your projects
- Regularly share and promote ODBD on Social Media
- Follow the guidelines provided by Our Daily Bread Designs
***Please note that late submissions will not be accepted***
- Name, address and e-mail address
- Short biography
- Link to your Social Media Sites, Blog (if you have one) any online Galleries where you share your projects
- 3 recent cards/projects that you feel showcase your best work