Projects per year
Personal profile
Biography
Dr Jane Alver is a gender and civil society specialist. Prior to joining the Centre for Environmental Governance at the University of Canberra, Jane's experience included the Director of Effectiveness and Engagement at the Australian Council for International Development (ACFID), and the Associate Research Program Manager (Gender) at the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR).
She brings legal and public sector experience including with the Attorney General's Department, and the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet. She has worked across the Pacific including in Kiribati, Tuvalu, Nauru, PNG, Fiji and FSM. She is admitted as a legal practitioner in Australia, England and Kiribati.
She holds degrees in politics, law and gender. She has published on Pacific feminist civil society, young women, building diverse alliances and breaking the gender binary in research for development, Her PhD research focused on Pacific feminist civil society alliance building.
Jane was listed in the 100 Women of Influence in 2018 and a Finalist in the ACT Woman of the Year Awards in 2021. She was added to the ACT Women's Honour Roll in 2022.
Jane teaches into the Graduate Certificate of Public Policy and is Deputy Head of School in the School of Government.
Education/Academic qualification
PhD
Award Date: 1 Apr 2021
Masters of Studies (Women's Studies), University of Oxford
2003 → 2004
Award Date: 16 Jul 2004
Graduate Certificate in Legal Practice, University of Technology Sydney
Award Date: 28 Nov 1995
Bachelor of Laws (Hons), University of Sydney
Award Date: 6 Apr 1995
Bachelor of Arts, University of Sydney
Award Date: 21 Dec 1992
Fingerprint
- 1 Similar Profiles
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Projects
- 1 Active
-
Trees for Salinity Management, Sindh, Pakistan
SINCLAIR, D. (CI), DARE, L. (CoI) & ALVER, J. (CoI)
1/03/24 → 31/08/25
Project: Research
-
Authentically making space for diversity in the workplace: delving into the issues through autoethnography
Sefa-Nyarko, C., Alver, J. & Wulandari , P. R., 2025, Research handbook on gender and workplace relations: Research Handbooks in Business and Management series. Williamson, S., Parker, J., Donnelly, N., Gavin, M. & Ressia, S. (eds.). Edward Elgar Publishing, p. 153-165 13 p.Research output: A Conference proceeding or a Chapter in Book › Chapter › peer-review
-
Relative trust in critical minerals governance for just transitions in Ghana and Australia
Sefa-Nyarko, C., Sinclair, D., Matanzima, J., Alver, J., Hamman, E., Bartos, S. & Burke, R., Apr 2025, In: Resources Policy. 103, p. 1-11 11 p., 105568.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access -
Autoethnography as a research method
Sefa-Nyarko, C., ALVER, J., Ward, K. & Wulandari, P. R., 1 Jan 2024, Field Guide to Researching Employment and Industrial Relations: Elgar Field Guides. Parker, J., Donnelly, N., Ressia, S. & Gavin , M. (eds.). Edward Elgar Publishing, p. 1-18 18 p.Research output: A Conference proceeding or a Chapter in Book › Chapter › peer-review
-
Would teaching gender as core, not boutique, move us closer to the SDG gender equality goal?
ALVER, J., Aug 2024, In: Development in Practice. 34, 7, p. 881-892 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile1 Downloads (Pure) -
Telling Stories to the Whole Wide World
ALVER, J., 2022, Library for All.Research output: Textual Creative Works › Other contribution
Activities
-
Generation and Gender Impact on Election 2025
ALVER, J. (Speaker)
Apr 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
-
Women on Boards panel: Generation & Gender Impact on Election 2025
ALVER, J. (Speaker)
2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
-
Australian Association for Pacific Studies
ALVER, J. (Participant)
2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participating in a conference, workshop, ...
-
International Association of Society & Natural Resources Conference 2024
ALVER, J. (Speaker)
Jun 2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
-
Intersectionally-informed inclusivity across gender and disability in the design and implementation of climate adaptation programs in the Pacific
ALVER, J. (Speaker)
29 Apr 2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation