Amanda Davies (geographer)

Amanda Davies is a social scientist working in the field of demography, population geography and rural and regional development.[1]

In 2024 she is currently a professor and head of school at the University of Western Australia's School of Social Sciences,[2] and adjunct professor, at Curtin University's School of Molecular and Life Sciences.[3]

She also is one of Australia's leading public commentators on population and demographic issues and she also closely works with the Australian government and she is currently a principal investigator on five major projects, including:[1]

  • Rural volunteering (ARC Linkage; Volunteering Australia)
  • Economic development pathways and responsiveness in mining transition
  • Population mobility in the digital economy
  • Counterurbanisation and COVID (ARC)

Davies began her position at UWA in 2020, prior to which she was senior lecturer in the Department of Planning and Geography at Curtin University.[4] She is the youngest person to be appointed as a full professor of geography at UWA and the first female to be appointed as the head of the School of Social Sciences.[5]

Davies has a Bachelor of Science from UWA and a Doctor of Philosophy from New England.[1]

In 2016 she and Samantha Hall were part of a mission to Antarctica.[6][7][8]

Honours and awards

  • Fellow, Institute of Australian Geographers[9]

Selected bibliography

  • Geographies of Aging: Social Processes and the Spatial Unevenness of Population Aging, with A. James (October 2016)[10]
  • Geography, Place and International Development Volunteering (2021)[11]
  • Pandemic Cities: The Covid-19 and Australian Urban Regions, with E. Baker, S. Baum, J. Stone and E. Taylor (September 2023)[12]
  • Through an Australian Lens: Exploring the Impact of Body-Worn Cameras on Police-Community Relations (2023)[13]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Amanda Davies". the UWA Profiles and Research Repository. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Amanda Davies". Homeward Bound Projects. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  3. ^ "Staff Profile: Amanda Davies". Curtin University Staff Portal. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  4. ^ "Dr Amanda Davies, Dr Meredith Nash, and Nina McLean, Author at New Matilda". New Matilda. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
  5. ^ "Research on the Record: Meet Professor Amanda Davies". University of Western Australia. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  6. ^ Tulloch, Yvette (17 December 2015). "Homeward Bound leadership program to include Antarctic voyage | News at Curtin". Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  7. ^ Kleer, April (28 October 2015). "A 'very cool' trip ahead for two Curtin researchers - News and Events | Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia". News and Events. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
  8. ^ Clarke, Connie (23 October 2016). "bond of ice". STM Gloss Magazine (Perth, Australia). p. 8 – via Newsbank.
  9. ^ "Amanda Davies". Curtin University Staff Portal. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  10. ^ "Geography of Aging". UK Bookshop. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  11. ^ "Geography, Place and International Development Volunteering". Taylor and Francis. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  12. ^ "Pandemic Cities: The Covid-19 and Australian Urban Regions". UK Bookshop. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  13. ^ Davies, Amanda (26 September 2022). "Through an Australian Lens: Exploring the Impact of Body-Worn Cameras on Police-Community Relations". Oxford University Press, Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice, Volume 17, 2023, paac065. Retrieved 8 August 2024.



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