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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
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
Cotton industry social and wellbeing sustainability indicators
Schirmer, J., Yabsley, B., Mylek, M., Peel, D. & Brown, K.
1/06/19 → 30/06/22
Project: Other
National Social and Economic Survey of Recreational Fishers
Schirmer, J., Dyer, F., Clayton, H., Mylek, M., Thompson, R. & Moore, A.
Fisheries Research Development Corporation
Project: Other
2019 MDBA socioeconomic assessment
Schirmer, J., Dare, L., Mylek, M., Tanton, R., Vidyattama, Y. & Clayton, H.
17/07/19 → 31/12/19
Project: Research
Public survey - NSW Forest Monitoring feasibility project
Schirmer, J., Mylek, M. & Clayton, H.
21/05/18 → 30/04/19
Project: Other
Research Output
- 6 Article
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
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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
4
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
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