Projects per year
Personal profile
Biography
Fiona Miller is a human geographer who conducts research from a political ecology perspective on the social and equity dimensions of environmental change in the Asia Pacific, notably Vietnam and Cambodia, as well as Australia. She specialises in social vulnerability, society-water relations and climate change adaptation and is currently undertaking research on climate-related displacement in the Asia Pacific region. She teaches into the development studies, social impact assessment and human geography programs at Macquarie University. Previously Fiona has held research positions at the Department of Resource Management and Geography, the University of Melbourne, the Stockholm Environment Institute and the University of Sydney.
Research interests
Fiona's research interests concern the equity dimensions of climate change, particularly adaptation, focusing on questions of vulnerability, resilience and justice. Fiona is currently undertaking research on climate-related displacement, including planned resettlement and migration, in Vietnam. She has a long-held interest in society-water relations, particularly focusing on perceptions and responses to floods and water scarcity. Fiona's work is undertaken from a political ecology perspective.
Fiona is a founding member of the Shadow Places Network, see: www.shadowplaces.net
Research student supervision
Fiona is available to supervise MRes and PhD students in the following fields:
- political ecology, social vulnerability, resilience and climate justice
- equity dimensions of climate change adaptation
- forced resettlement and climate-related displacement
- social and cultural dimensions of water planning and water resource developments
- social impact and vulnerability assessment
- Mekong Region, Vietnam, Cambodia
Current PhD Students
Tshering O'Gorman, Division of Geography and Planning, Macquarie University (2021-ongoing)(Associate)
Lauren Tynan, Department of Geography and Planning, Macquarie University (2019-ongoing)
Completed PhD Students
Lara Mottee, Department of Geography and Planning, Macquarie University (2017-2021) (Associate)
Navchaa Tugjamba, Department of Geography and Planning, Macquarie University (2017-2020) (Associate)
Sabiha Yeasmin Rosy Department of Geography and Planning, Macquarie University (2016-2020) (Principal)
Sufia Khanom, Department of Geography and Planning, Macquarie University (2015-2019) (Principal)
Dauglas Wafula Juma, Department of Geography and Planning, Macquarie University (2016-2019) (Associate)
Minna Hsu, Department of Environment and Geography, Macquarie University (2013-2016, Associate)
Kamal Gaire, Dept. of Resource Management and Geography, University of Melbourne (2011-2015, Co-supervisor)
Michael Santhanam-Martin, Dept. Of Resource Management and Geography, University of Melbourne (2011-2015) (Co-supervisor)
Nguyen Thanh Hai, Department of Environment and Geography, Macquarie University (2012-2013) (Co-supervisor)
Completed MRes
Lana Frost, Department of Geography and Planning, Macquarie University (2017)
Teaching
Fiona currently convenes and/or teaches into the following units:
Environmental Decision Making
Environmental Impact Assessment
Disasters and Resilient Communities
Social Impact Assessment
Fiona has previously convened and taught into the following units:
Asia Pacific Development
Environment and Development
Gateway to the Planning Profession
Society and Environments
Social Impact Assessment and Cross-Cultural Negotiation
Social Impact Assessment and Cross-Cultural Negotiation (OUA)
Fiona was the former Director of the Social Impact Assessment program (GDip SIA; GCert SIA) and the major in Development Studies and Culture Change.
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, University of Sydney
Award Date: 1 Oct 2003
BA (Hons), University of Sydney
Award Date: 1 Nov 1993
Fingerprint
- 1 Similar Profiles
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Projects
- 8 Finished
-
Crisi ambientale e cambiamento climatico: un osservatorio per la mobilitazione sociale e le nuove forme di attivismo digitale
Fuller, S., Houston, D., McGregor, A., McLean, J., Miller, F. & Roelofsen, M.
1/06/20 → 31/08/21
Project: Teaching
-
MQRC: Centre for Ancient Cultural Heritage and Environment (CACHE) - MQRC 2019
Power, R., Sowada, K., Ens, E., Keegan, P., Choat, M., Salvemini, F., Davis, G., Sheedy, K., Neil, B., Herberstein, M., Carthey, A., Evans, L., Pryke, L., Kotarba, A., Ralph, T., O'Gorman, E., Worthington, I., Alvarez-Mon, J., Ockinga, B., Keimer, K., Anagnostou, E., Beness, L., Yuen-Collingridge, R., Gore, D., Sowada, K., Chan, S., Binder, S., Woods, A., Hardtke, F., Di Biase-Dyson, C., Mourad-Cizek, A., Westaway, K., Handley, H., Haynes, P., Rampe, M., Lupack, S., Murray, T., Ross, S., Kosnik, M., Russell, S., Miller, F., McLean, J., Houston, D., Collinson, I., Suchet-Pearson, S. & Taylor, M.
1/01/19 → 31/12/22
Project: Research
-
SPN: The Shadow Places Network: collaboration to re-imagine and co-produce connections for justice in an era of climate change
Miller, F., Potter, E. & Lövbrand, E.
30/04/18 → 31/12/18
Project: Research
-
Investigating the social dimensions of climate-related resettlement in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam: implications and alternatives for adaptation planning
Miller, F. & Ha, T.
1/01/18 → 31/12/19
Project: Other
-
Planning for climate-related resettlement: addressing justice, risks and resilience in assessment policy and practice
4/01/16 → 1/07/16
Project: Research
Research Outputs
-
Adapting nomadic pastoralism to climate change
Tugjamba, N., Walkerden, G. & Miller, F., Apr 2023, In: Climatic Change. 176, 4, p. 1-20 20 p., 28.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Open AccessFile11 Downloads (Pure) -
Fixing broken flood gauges is important. But most of us don't evacuate even when we know the water is coming
Taylor, M., Miller, F. & Haynes, K., 18 May 2023, The Conversation.Research output: Contribution to Newspaper/Magazine/Website › Article
Open AccessFile -
Learning from the experiences of residents: January to July 2022 floods
Taylor, M., Miller, F., Johnston, K., Ryan, B., Lane, A., King, R., Narwal, H., Miller, M., Simon, H. & Dabas, D., Jul 2023, In: Australian Journal of Emergency Management. 38, 3, p. 27-30 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open AccessFile2 Downloads (Pure) -
Storying Pandemia collectively: sharing plural experiences of interruption, dislocation, care, and connection
Storying Geography Collective, Wright, S., Palis, J., Osborne, N., Miller, F., Kothari, U., Henrique, K. P., Everingham, P. & Borovnik, M., 2023, In: Geohumanities. 9, 1, p. 1-23 23 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
-
A manifesto for shadow places: re-imagining and co-producing connections for justice in an era of climate change
Potter, E., Miller, F., Lövbrand, E., Houston, D., McLean, J., O'Gorman, E., Evers, C. & Ziervogel, G., Mar 2022, In: Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space. 5, 1, p. 272-292 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
9 Citations (Scopus)
Activities
- 2 Editorial work
-
Oxford Open Climate Change (Journal)
Fiona Miller (Member of editorial board)
1 Aug 2020Activity: Peer-review and editorial of research outputs › Editorial work
-
Asia Pacific Viewpoint (Journal)
Fiona Miller (Editor)
1 Jan 2016Activity: Peer-review and editorial of research outputs › Editorial work