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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.
Research Interests
Melinda's area of research focusses on the social dimensions of natural resource management in Australia.
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Provision of data tables from the 2021 Regional Wellbeing Survey
Schirmer, J., Mylek, M., Amorsen, G. & Brown, K.
11/05/22 → 31/07/22
Project: Research
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Victorian agricultural worker health and safety
Schirmer, J., Mylek, M. & Brown, K.
25/03/22 → 29/07/22
Project: Other
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Carer Wellbeing Survey and Carer Gateway
Schirmer, J., Miranti, R., Peel, D. & Mylek, M.
30/04/21 → 31/08/22
Project: Research
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DJPR 2020 Regional Wellbeing Survey
Schirmer, J., Mylek, M. & Peel, D.
2/10/20 → 1/10/23
Project: Research
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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
Research output
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Exploring the 'Issue-Attention Cycle': Does Length of Time Since Wildfire Predict Social Acceptability of Prescribed Burning?
Mylek, M. R. & Schirmer, J., Apr 2020, In: Environmental Management. 65, 4, p. 433-447 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 › peer-review
1 Citation (Scopus) -
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, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Society and Natural Resources. 32, 9, p. 983-1002 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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 › peer-review
18 Citations (SciVal) -
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 › peer-review
6 Citations (Scopus)