Dr Jasper Montana
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Dr Jasper Montana is a Senior Lecturer at the Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science at ANU. Jasper is also an Honorary Research Associate at the School of Geography and the Environment at the University of Oxford, where he was previously a Departmental Lecturer in Human Geography and Research Fellow. Jasper holds a PhD in Geography from the University of Cambridge (King's College); an MSc in Science, Technology, Medicine and Society awarded jointly by Imperial College, London, and University College London; and a BSc in Zoology and a Diploma in Creative Arts (Media) from the University of Melbourne. Jasper has previously been a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Politics at the University of Sheffield and a Visiting Research Fellow in the Program on Science, Technology and Society at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
Jasper Montana leads the People-Nature Relations Initiative funded by the ANU Futures Scheme. www.people-nature.com
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Research interests
Dr Jasper Montana's research interests encompass science-policy relations, the theory and practice of interdisciplinarity, bridging local and global science, as well as the power and influence of concepts, metrics and technologies used to support environmental governance. Jasper's research focuses particularly on nature conservation and biodiversity loss as contemporary societal challenges.
Teaching information
Jasper currently teaches SCOM8088: Engagement for policy impact, as well as other lectures and tutorials for the Centre for the Public Awareness of Science
Jasper currently supervises a number of research students, including Lea Anderson.