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Mel Mylek

 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9991-4050
20122020

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Biography

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.

Research Interests

Melinda's area of research focusses on the social dimensions of natural resource management in Australia.

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Projects

DJPR 2020 Regional Wellbeing Survey

Schirmer, J., Mylek, M. & Peel, D.

2/10/20 → 1/10/23

Project: Research

Lake Eyre Basin: 2020 RWS data collection and reporting

Schirmer, J., Mylek, M., Peel, D. & Clayton, H.

21/09/20 → 1/03/21

Project: Other

NSW farmer resilience: 2020 RWS data collection and reporting

Schirmer, J., Mylek, M., Peel, D. & Clayton, H.

10/06/20 → 30/10/20

Project: Research

Supporting mental health through building resilience during and after bushfires: lessons from the 2019-20 bushfires in southern NSW and the ACT

Schirmer, J., Buergelt, P., Paton, D., Niyonsenga, T., Peel, D., Mylek, M., Davey, R. & Benham, C.

1/06/20 → 31/05/23

Project: Research

Cotton industry social and wellbeing sustainability indicators

Schirmer, J., Mylek, M., Peel, D., Brown, K. & Clayton, H.

1/06/19 → 30/06/22

Project: Other

Research Output

Understanding acceptability of fuel management to reduce wildfire risk: Informing communication through understanding complexity of thinking

Mylek, M. R. & Schirmer, J., 1 Apr 2020, In : Forest Policy and Economics. 113, p. 1-10 10 p., 102120.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

    • Thinking about Fuel Management: The Potential of Integrative Complexity Theory to Inform Design of Communication about Fuel Management Used To Reduce Wildfire Risk

    Mylek, M. R. & Schirmer, J., 23 Apr 2019, In : Society and Natural Resources. 32, 9, p. 983-1002 20 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

    • 2 Citations (Scopus)

    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

    • 5 Citations (Scopus)

    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

    • 5 Citations (Scopus)

    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

    • 4 Citations (Scopus)