Environment and Public Policy Specialisation

Total units 24 Units

Areas of interest Environmental Studies
Specialisation code ENPP-SPEC

Academic career Postgraduate
Academic Contact A/Prof Llewelyn Hughes

Environmental issues pose complex challenges for public policy. Governing issues such as biodiversity conservation, climate change, forest and fisheries management, and urban planning requires dealing with contested knowledge, uncertainty and risk, and balancing the needs and interests of humans and non-humans. In this specialisation students will analyse the challenges and opportunities that environmental issues present to public policy, and consider responses to these from national and international systems of governance.

Courses in the specialisation adopt an interdisciplinary approach and provide students with a grounding in relevant frameworks, theories and practical tools to analyse environmental issues and their governance. This specialisation is aimed at an ever-widening range of people who are, or are hoping to become, environmental professionals in government, business, and community sectors.

Learning Outcomes

Understand a variety of conceptual approaches to analysing environmental issues.
Identify and examine significant environmental issues domestically and internationally using different disciplinary perspectives.
Reflect critically on different approaches to resolving environmental problems, and apply these approaches creatively in different policy settings.
Understand challenges relating to management, implementation and evaluation of policies related to environmental issues.