Dr. Brian Coffey
Lecturer
Details
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College: School of GUSS
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Department: School of GUSS
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Campus: City Campus Australia
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brian.coffey@rmit.edu.au
Open to
- Masters Research or PhD student supervision
About
Dr Brian Coffey is a Lecturer (Sustainability and Urban Planning) in the School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, at RMIT University.
He completed his PhD in Policy Studies at the University of Queensland in 2010. Prior to this, he worked in the Victorian public sector for 17 years in a variety of policy, planning and resource economics roles, in both regional and Melbourne offices.
Brian has also completed studies at Griffith University (B. Sci. Australian Environmental Studies), University of New England (Grad Dip. Resource Economics), and RMIT University (M. Soc. Sci. (Environmental Policy).
He completed his PhD in Policy Studies at the University of Queensland in 2010. Prior to this, he worked in the Victorian public sector for 17 years in a variety of policy, planning and resource economics roles, in both regional and Melbourne offices.
Brian has also completed studies at Griffith University (B. Sci. Australian Environmental Studies), University of New England (Grad Dip. Resource Economics), and RMIT University (M. Soc. Sci. (Environmental Policy).
Supervisor projects
- The Potential for Transformation: A Conjunctural Analysis of Australian Climate Change Adaptation Policy
- 21 Aug 2023
- Effecting Change in Sustainable Transport: Exploring the Nature of Policy Entrepreneurs and the Role of Process Knowledge and Know-How in Bringing about Change
- 17 Aug 2023
- Building Connections : Schools as Community Hubs (PhD associated ARC Linkage Research Project); More Than A School - Researching the Policy, Planning, Design and Operational Dynamics of Schools as Community Hubs (Research Proposal)
- 15 Feb 2021
- The Politics of Climate Adaptation in Australia’s Murray–Darling Basin
- 6 Aug 2020
- Dissolving the Concrete: Reconfiguring Urban Waterscapes Through Grassroots Activism in São Paulo, Brazil
- 19 Mar 2019
- Understanding the influence of monitoring and evaluation to inform climate change adaptation
- 31 Mar 2017
- Ecosystem Services in Hydropower Development Policy and Practice in Nepal
- 22 Apr 2016
- Intergenerational equity within the Great Australian Dream, considering the changing dynamics of home ownership'
- 29 Feb 2016
Teaching interests
Brian's teaching responsibilities centre on policy public, environmental politics and policy, and economics and the environment.
Research interests
Brian's research centre on the policy and governance dimensions of sustainability and science-policy relations. He is particularly interested in exploring how issues are conceptualised in policy processes, and the implications this has for how they are addressed.
