IAG Study Groups and Office-Bearers
IAG Study Groups and Office-Bearers in 2024-2025
CRITICAL DEVELOPMENT STUDY GROUP
Current Office-bearers:
Professor Daniel Robinson (Co-Convenor): d.robinson@unsw.edu.au
Nadia Degregori (Co-Convenor): n.degregori@unsw.edu.au
CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY STUDY GROUP
Current Office-bearers:
Kaya Barry (Co-Convenor): k.barry@griffith.edu.au
Melina Ey (Co-Convenor): melina.ey@newcastle.edu.au
Elizabeth Straughan (Co-Convenor): elizabeth.straughan@unimelb.
ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY STUDY GROUP
Current Office-bearers:
Kirsten Martinus (Co-Convenor): kirsten.martinus@uwa.edu.au
Andrew Warren (Co-Convenor): awarren@uow.edu.au
GEOGRAPHIES OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE STUDY GROUP
Current Office-bearers:
Catherine Rita Volpe (Johnston) (Co-Convenor): cvolpe@une.edu.au, University of New England.
Harriot Beazley (Co-Convenor): hbeazley@usc.edu.au, University of the Sunshine Coast.
GISCIENCE, SPATIAL ANALYSIS AND MODELLING STUDY GROUP
Current Office-bearers:
Bruce Doran (Convenor): Bruce.Doran@anu.edu.au
HEALTH GEOGRAPHY STUDY GROUP
Current office-bearers:
Ivan Hanigan (Convenor) ivan.hanigan@curtin.edu.au
Neil Coffee: n.coffee@deakin.edu.au
Clive Sabel, Jesse Whitehead, Thomas Astell-Burt, Danielle Taylor and Bryan Boruff
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES’ KNOWLEDGES AND RIGHTS STUDY GROUP
Current Office-bearers (new 2025):
Maeve Powell m.powell@westernsydney.edu.au
Lauren Tynan lauren.tynan@mq.edu.au
LEGAL GEOGRAPHY STUDY GROUP
Current Office-bearers:
John Carr (Co-Convenor): johncarr.carr@unsw.edu.au
Meg Sherval (Co-Convenor): meg.sherval@newcastle.edu.au
NATURE, RISK AND RESILIENCE STUDY GROUP
Current Office-bearers:
Lauren Rickards: L.Rickards@latrobe.edu.au
Phil McManus: phil.mcmanus@sydney.edu.au
Dr Blanche Verlie: blanche.verlie@sydney.edu.au
POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY STUDY GROUP
Current Office-bearers (new 2025):
Dr Bronte Alexander (Griffith University): bronte.alexander@gmail.com
Dr Rafael Azeredo (Griffith University) r.deazeredo@griffith.edu.au;
Dr Sallie Yea (Charles Sturt University in the Environmental Science Programme): syea@csu.edu.au
RURAL GEOGRAPHY STUDY GROUP
Current Office-bearers:
Sonia Graham: sgraham@uow.edu.au
Rebecca Cross: r.cross@sydney.edu.au
URBAN GEOGRAPHY STUDY GROUP
Current Office-bearers:
Alistair Sisson: alistair.sisson@mq.edu.au
David Kelly: david.kelly2@rmit.edu.au
Ash Alam: ash.alam@unimelb.edu.au
