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Biography
Biography
Dr Jessica McLean does research on how humans, more-than-humans, environments and technologies interact to produce geographies of change. Her research focuses on digital technologies, water politics, climate action and activism. She is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Social Sciences at Macquarie University where she teaches smart urbanism, Anthropocene politics, and environmental justice. In 2020, her book Changing Digital Geographies: Technologies, Environments and People was published that has contributed to shaping the emerging subdiscipline of digital geographies. Jess was founding co-Editor-in-Chief of the open access Digital Geography and Society journal and is currently an Associate Editor of Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers. Within the Discipline of Geography and Planning at Macquarie, Jess is HDR Convenor and co-convenes the School of Social Sciences' Environments and Societies Research Strength.
Teaching
Units that Jess McLean convenes in 2021:
FOAR7005 Living in the Anthropocene (Faculty of Arts Master of Research unit)
GEOP8050 Attitudes to the Environment (Postgraduate unit)
GEOP3030 Liveable cities
Units to which Jess makes significant contributions:
GEOP3000 Environmental Justice in the Anthropocene
Research student supervision
Jess McLean is currently taking on new PhD and Masters of Research students in the following areas:
- Digital technologies - including digital sustainability, digital justice, feminist digital action, digital geographies, gender and the digital.
- Water cultures - urban and rural contexts, Indigenous knowledges and rights with respect to water, power and water cultures.
- Anthropocene studies - climate change, water dilemmas, justice in the Anthropocene.
Current HDR students:
Sarah Prebble: Digitally-mediated human-nature relationships in sustainable Cities: Urban Forest governance in Melbourne and Sydney
Elise Frost: Relational placemaking through outdoor exercise practices in Sydney
Elisabeth Nicolson: Dancing the earth and dreaming song to restore the balance- Exploring the role of Aboriginal song and dance in the environmental crises
Malcolm Campbell: Autistic Identity and Community Engagement through social media
Previous HDR student supervision:
A/Prof Corrinne Sullivan: Indigenous Australian experiences of sex work: Stories of Agency, Autonomy and Self-Determination (PhD)
Dr Rosy Sabiha Yeasmin: Ethical Political Ecology of Tourism in the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh: Engaging with Indigenous and Gender Concerns (PhD)
Dr Wayne Williamson: Community and government planning authority use of social media in planning practice: a mixed methods analysis from Sydney (PhD)
Emily Speed: What folk are saying: representations of Indigenous Australians, decolonisation, and Australia’s National Folk Festival (MRes)
Solomon Frank: Community and government planning authority use of social media in planning practice: a mixed methods analysis from Sydney (MRes)
Elise Frost: "Our River”? Diversity, values, and community engagement in planning for Dyarubbin, Penrith (MRes)
Education/Academic qualification
Geography, Gender Studies, Anthropology, Bachelor of Science/Bachelor of Arts, University of Sydney
Award Date: 18 Dec 2001
Environment and Development Studies, PGrad Certificate, The University of Melbourne
Geography, PhD, University of Sydney
Network
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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., Tristant, Y., Neil, B., Herberstein, M., Carthey, A., Evans, L., Pryke, L., Kotarba, A., Ralph, T., O'Gorman, E., McEvoy, M., Davenport, C., 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., Wicks, Y., 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
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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
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Harming/restoring waters: Researching water cultures along the Cudgegong and Goulburn Rivers.
McLean, J., Miller, F. & O'Gorman, E.
1/01/15 → 31/12/16
Project: Research
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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
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Connections between energy and ecological democracy: considering the Climate Council as a case of climate action in Australia
McLean, J., Mar 2022, In: Energy Research and Social Science. 85, p. 1-10 10 p., 102410.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Digital (un)sustainability at an urban university in Sydney, Australia
McLean, J., Maalsen, S. & Lake, L., Aug 2022, In: Cities. 127, p. 1-10 10 p., 103746.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Delivering the discipline: teaching geography and planning during COVID-19
Fuller, S., Ruming, K., Burridge, A., Carter-White, R., Houston, D., Kelly, L., Lloyd, K., McGregor, A., McLean, J., Miller, F., O'Gorman, E., Suchet-Pearson, S., Taylor, H., Walkerden, G., Williams, M. & Ziller, A., Aug 2021, In: Geographical Research. 59, 3, p. 331-340 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2 Citations (Scopus) -
Don't send the thank you email
McLean, J., 2021, Earth Cries: A climate change anthology. Sydney University Press, p. 240-244 5 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Other chapter contribution
Open Access
Prizes
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Transactions of the Institute of Indian Geographers (Journal)
Jessica McLean (Member of editorial board)
2022Activity: Peer-review and editorial of research outputs › Editorial work
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Looking for the Anthropocene in geography school education
Jessica McLean (Speaker) & Susan Caldis (Speaker)
2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Environmental management in Australia: Ways to centre Indigenous knowledges
Jessica McLean (Speaker)
16 Sep 2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Launch of 'Changing Digital Geographies: Environments, Technologies and People'
Jessica McLean (Speaker)
13 Feb 2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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The Environmental Costs and Benefits of Digital Technologies
Jessica McLean (Speaker)
22 Oct 2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
Press / Media
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Zoom isn't carbon free. The climate costs of staying home
5/03/21
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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Silicon Valley's dirty data centre secret: carbon
29/11/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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#ChallengeAccepted: Female empowerment or celebrity bandwagon?
29/07/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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Getting on talking terms with our new Zoom or bust lives
24/04/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment