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Melinda's area of research focusses on the social dimensions of natural resource management in Australia, specifically looking at how working with natural resources influences people's health and wellbeing. She has most recently been exploring the health and wellbeing of people working in the forest industry across Australia, and is currently looking at the health and wellbeing issues in rural and regional Australia through the first and second wave of the Regional Wellbeing Survey.
Melinda is also a PhD candidate at the ANU, examining attitudes towards fuel management strategies used to reduce bushfire risk to life and property. She has also assisted the ANU and the Bushfire CRC in understanding how economic evaluation techniques are used to make bushfire management decisions.
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Melinda's area of research focusses on the social dimensions of natural resource management in Australia.
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Projects 2012 2019
Forestry in Australia: understanding the social and economic effects of the forest industry in regional communities.
SCHIRMER, J., DARE, L., MYLEK, M. & Morison, J.
Forest and Wood Products Authority Ltd
1/01/16 → 31/12/19
Project: Research
Community Resillience Indicators - Dairy Australia
SCHIRMER, J., HANIGAN, I., MYLEK, M., PEEL, D. & YABSLEY, B.
10/02/17 → 30/04/17
Project: Other
DAWR 2016 Regional Wellbeing Survey data collection and analysis
SCHIRMER, J., HANIGAN, I., MYLEK, M., PEEL, D. & YABSLEY, B.
Department of Agriculture and Water Resources
16/10/16 → 28/04/17
Project: Other
MDBA 2016 Regional Wellbing Survey data collection
SCHIRMER, J., MYLEK, M., PEEL, D. & YABSLEY, B.
Murray Darling Basin Authority
16/10/16 → 30/06/17
Project: Research
Resilience of NSW farmers - Analysis of 2015 Regional Wellbeing Survey
SCHIRMER, J., HANIGAN, I., MYLEK, M. & YABSLEY, B.
NSW Department of Industry, Skills and Regional Development
10/10/16 → 3/03/17
Project: Other
Research Output 2014 2017
- 4 Article
Mechanical fuel load reduction in Australia: a potential tool for bushfire mitigation
Ximenes, F., Stephens, M., Brown, M., Law, B., Mylek, M., Schirmer, J., Sullivan, A. & McGuffog, T. 2017 In : Australian Forestry. 80, 2, p. 88-98 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
mitigation
alternative fuels
cost benefit analysis
prescribed burning
smoke
1
Citations
Social acceptability of fuel management in the Australian Capital Territory and surrounding region
MYLEK, M. & SCHIRMER, J. 2016 In : International Journal of Wildland Fire. 25, 10, p. 1093-1109 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Australian Capital Territory
wildfires
prescribed burning
fire management
thinning
2
Citations
Beyond physical health and safety: supporting the wellbeing of workers employed in the forest industry
MYLEK, M. & SCHIRMER, J. 2015 In : Forestry. 2015, 1, p. 1-16 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
forest industries
working conditions
health and safety
workplace
labor force
2
Citations
Exploring the use of economic evaluation in Australian wildland fire management decision-making
Clayton, H., Mylek, M., SCHIRMER, J., Cary, G. & Dovers, S. 2014 In : International Journal of Wildland Fire. 23, 4, p. 555-566 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
wildland fire management
fire management
economic analysis
decision making
managers