thom van dooren
Thom's
research
interests
lie in human relationships with plants, animals and nature more
broadly. In particular, he is concerned with the entanglement of these
relationships with issues of environmental justice, inside
processess of globalisation, climate change and accelerating rates of
species extinction. He is a lecturer in the School of Humanities at the University of New South Wales. Prior to his current
position he held postdoctoral positions at the University of Technology
Sydney and the University of Hull, UK. His BA (Honours)
was carried out at the Australian
National University (ANU), majoring in philosophy and religious
studies. His PhD was completed in the Fenner School of Environment and
Society (formerly CRES), also at the ANU, with a dissertation titled
Seeding Property:
Nature, Human/Plant Relations and the Production of
Wealth.
For further information please see UNSW website (including a full list of publications).
Current Projects
Environmental Humanities
An international open-access journal.
Extinction Studies
At present my research focuses primarily on species of birds that are sliding towards extinciton.
For further information please see UNSW website (including a full list of publications).
Current Projects
Environmental Humanities
An international open-access journal.
Extinction Studies
At present my research focuses primarily on species of birds that are sliding towards extinciton.
