Ms. Ashleigh Stokes
Details
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Department: School of GUSS
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Campus: City Campus Australia
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ashleigh.stokes@rmit.edu.au
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ORCID:
0000-0002-7082-9362
About
Ashleigh is a capable and ambitious individual whose early career has seen her develop a sophisticated comprehension of climate change adaptation governance and transformative environmental policy within Australia. She holds a PhD from RMIT University, where her research explored the conjuncture of climate change adaptation. Her PhD emphasized the importance of understanding climate change adaptation planning and policy potential from the persepctive of its (conjunctural) landscape from which it emerges.
She has experience assisting communities, sectors, and individuals in understanding the complex decisions and trade-offs involved in policy decision-making in order to create a sustainable and climate-safe future.
Ashleigh is currently investigating how housing sector practitioners understand and intergrate bushfire adaptive solutions into home design and construction.
Research fields
- 4101 Climate change impacts and adaptation
- 370903 Natural hazards
- 4406 Human geography
Research interests
Ashleigh is passionate about working towards a sustainable and equitable future, grounded in adaptive practices and innovative theories of change. Her research interest involve understanding the dynamic relationship between society and the environment, adaptive thoeries of change and applying transformative approaches to address complex challenges.
