Our people
Dr. Siwan Lovett
Siwan is a social scientist by training, and enjoys working with biophysical scientists to make their work relevant and able to be applied by people from a range of different backgrounds. She is passionate about the need to support people working in natural resource management with the best tools, information and networks to enable them to achieve the goals to which they aspire.
Siwan has been working in natural resources management for the past eighteen years, focusing mainly on research and science communication for river and waterway management. She has a PhD from the Australian National University in public policy, majoring in sociology and administration. Travelling fellowships to Canada (2004) and the UK (2006) have enabled Siwan to learn from other countries about ways to engage and motivate people to care for their environment. In 2008, she undertook a Winston Churchill Trust Fellowship to Europe to investigate the feasibility of establishing an Australian Centre for River Restoration based on overseas models. She is now Director of the Australian River Restoration Centre (ARRC)
Siwan is currently a National Riverprize judge, with 2012 being her third year in this role. She holds an Executive Certificate In Positive Psychology and is now training to become a certified Executive Coach. For more information about Siwan view her Linked In profile.
Dr. Phil Price
Phil has worked in different aspects of science and research for more than 40 years, over 20 of them focused on sustainable management of land, water and vegetation. He has moved between research, policy, project and
program management, and communication, working with governments, most rural industries, regional organizations and communities, and individual landholders. He has been responsible for the on-ground management of several rural properties. His particular interest is helping land managers to decode science so that they can use the best knowledge available to improve their land use and management practices.
Phil trained as a plant scientist, but through his work with the Land and Water Resources R&D Corporation over nine years and then his consultancy business, has worked on many aspects of NRM. He believes that a sound understanding of the biophysical condition and functional processes of ecosystems are an essential prerequisite to their good management, but also that the impediments to management are most often economic, social and cultural.
Phil owns and manages an independent consultancy business based in Canberra, and travels whenever possible to Australia’s many different natural and agricultural environments. Deserts are his favourites, where he has tried different modes of transport.
Ms. Nerida Hart
Nerida is an information management professional by training, and enjoys working with all sectors to empower organisations and individuals to manage their information effectively so they can find, use, manage and share information. She is passionate about the people side of knowledge sharing for effective organisational outcomes. Her specialisation is in taking knowledge management theory and putting it into practice. In particular, the use of narrative techniques in qualitative evaluation. She also sees the critical side of empowering people to make a difference and facilitates this process in all her projects.
Her career highlights include managing Knowledge and Information Services in the Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA) from 1991-2006 and managing the Land & Water Australia Knowledge for Regional NRM Program from 2006-2009. The FaHCSIA Knowledge & Information Services team won a Gold Award for cultural knowledge management initiatives in the 2003 actKM Forum Knowledge Management Awards and a Gold Award for technical initiatives in the 2005 actKM Forum awards. The Land & Water Australia Knowledge for Regional NRM Program won a Platinum Award in the 2008 actKM Forum awards. In 2005 Nerida was awarded the Special Libraries Association (SLA) Australia New Zealand Information Professional of the Year, and during 2009 was Chair of the SLA Knowledge Management Division.
Nerida is now an independent consultant. For further information visit Nerida’s profile on LinkedIn.
Melissa Gabelle
Melissa is a part time contract web administrator and publisher, and a full time mum. Melissa has been working in the web for over 15 years. Her background in the arts has led to a passion for web design; her time spent doing web-work has led to a desire for web usability.
She has spent her time on a variety of web based ventures but always loves to return to nature when her time is her own. This love of nature and the environment, plus her background in natural resource management has made updating the ARRC website a logical fit.
We also have our ARRC Advisory Council who provide their expertise and knowledge to the work that we do, and the goals to which we aspire.
8 January 2010 3:56 pm
