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Dr Amma Buckley

PhD, University of Queensland; BSW (Hons) James Cook University; Grad. Dip Res Care, QUT.

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    • Role:
    • Senior Research Fellow
    • Department:
    • Australian Sustainable Development Inst
    • Location:
    • Humanities 402
    • Telephone:
    • +61 8 9266 3713

Amma Buckley is a Senior Postdoctoral Research Fellow located within Research and Graduate Studies in Humanities. Her principle project is undertaking research funded through a three year CSIRO Flagship Minerals Down Under focusing on social impacts of mining in regional Western Australia. 

Research Interests

 

Dr Buckley's research interests lie in applying social science theory and methodologies to sustainability and resource management, specifically environmental, mining, climate and land use change contexts. Her approaches include adapting extant methods to engage communities in research around these issues.

Research Projects

Mineral Futures Collaboration Cluster (funded by CSIRO Minerals Down Under Research Flagship) working as part of the Regions in Transition in the Mid West case site. 

Local Evaluation and Research Support for Armadale Communities for Children sites (2010-12) (funded by Communicare, Cannington)

Local Evaluator, Midland Communities for Children Plus (2102-2014) (funded by Swan Alliance).

Project Mentor, Wellness in the Walpole Wilderness (2010-2013) (jointly funded by GSGPN and Silverchain) 

 

Publications

Refereed Articles (Scholarly Journals)

  • Buckley, A, Browne, A, and Stehlik, D. 2011. Social licences to operate: For better not for worse; for richer not for poorer? The impacts of unplanned mining closure for ‘fence line’ residential communities.. Local Environment 16(7): 707-725.
  • Buckley, A. 2008. 'Changing Place: Local people, Recreation and Protected Areas on the South Coast of Western Australia'. Journal of Contemporary Issues in Business and Government 14(2): 1-15.
  • Warburton, J, Chenoweth, L, and Buckley, A. 2005. Carrots or Sticks? The Use of Incentives to Acheive Social Policy Goals in Australia. New Global Development XXI: 1-9.
  • Warburton, J, Buckley, A, Van Gellecum, Y, and Shapiro, M. 2004. A nice thing to do but is it critical for business?. Australian Journal of Social Issues 39 (2): 117-127.
  • McDonald, C, Buckley, A, and Marston, G. 2003. Risk Technology in Australia: The Role of the Job Seeker Classification Instrument in Employment Services. Critical Social Policy 23: 498-525.

Fully written papers (Refereed Conference proceedings)

  • Buckley, A. 2011. Innovative approaches to ‘wicked’ problems: Resource development and communities in Western Australia’s Mid-West. Second International Future Mining Conference 2011, 22/11/2011. Sydney: The Australasian Institutute of Mining and Metallurgy.
  • Buckley, A, and McKenzie, F. 2010. Lessons learned from the Pilbara: The socio-economic ills of mono-economies. 34th Annual Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Regional Science Association International. Innovation and Regions: Theory, Practice and Policy, 07/12/2010. Melbourne, Australia: AERU Research Unit.
  • Buckley, A. 2008. 'Right or responsibility? Local people as 'visitors' in protected areas on the south coast of Western Australia'. Fourth International Conference on Monitoring and Management of Visitor Flows in Recreational and Protected Areas, 14/10/2008. Montecatini Terme, Italy: CNR-ibinet.