Projects per year
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Research interests
- Collaborative and participatory research
- Natural hazards and communities
- Disaster risk reduction
- Community development
- Social networks
- Graduate experiences and careers
Education/Academic qualification
Education, M Ed (TESOL), Queensland University of Technology
Award Date: 8 Dec 2014
Human Geography, PhD, Unsettling openings : collaborative environmental management and Maōri in Taranaki, Macquarie University
Award Date: 5 Sept 2011
Human Geography, MA, Justice in Collaboration? Indigenous Peoples and Postcolonial Conservation Management., University of Auckland
Award Date: 31 May 2007
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Planning and Capability Requirements for Catastrophic and Cascading Disasters
Gissing, A. (Primary Chief Investigator), Tofa, M. (Co-Investigator), Haynes, K. (Co-Investigator) & Eburn, M. (Co-Investigator)
1/07/17 → …
Project: Research
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Climate change and allergy in NSW: vulnerability and adaptation
Beggs, P. (Primary Chief Investigator), Morgan, G. (Chief Investigator), Boylan, S. (Chief Investigator), AL Kouba, J. (Chief Investigator) & Tofa, M. (Chief Investigator)
4/12/18 → 3/12/19
Project: Other
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Enabling a program-based approach for undergraduate research skills development
Fuller, S. (Primary Chief Investigator), McGregor, A. (Associate Investigator), Ruming, K. (Associate Investigator), Suchet-Pearson, S. (Associate Investigator) & Tofa, M. (Associate Investigator)
1/07/17 → 31/12/17
Project: Teaching
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Thunderstorm Asthma: Current knowledge, approaches to monitoring and forecasting, and options for mitigation and preparedness.
Beggs, P. (Primary Chief Investigator), Gissing, A. (Primary Chief Investigator) & Tofa, M. (Chief Investigator)
1/12/16 → 30/06/17
Project: Research
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Equity and developing confidence: Investigating the integration of WIL and career development in unit design
Ruskin, J., Mackaway, J., Tofa, M. & Buck, A., 21 Oct 2024, ACEN conference 2024: Advancing Quality WIL for Learning and Employability in an Ever-Changing World. Sydney, p. 111 1 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference abstract › peer-review
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Bala ga’ lili: communicating, relating and co-creating balance through relationships of reciprocity
Bawaka Country, Burarrwanga, L., Ganambarr, R., Ganambarr-Stubbs, M., Ganambarr, B., Maymuru, D., Lloyd, K., Daley, L., Suchet-Pearson, S., Wright, S., Tofa, M. & Hammersley, L., 9 Aug 2023, In: Social and Cultural Geography. 24, 7, p. 1203-1223 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Black Summer - how the NSW community responded to the 2019-20 bushfire season: research for the NSW Rural Fire Service
Whittaker, J., Haynes, K., Wilkinson, C., Tofa, M., Dilworth, T.-L., Collins, J., Tait, L. & Samson, S., May 2021, Melbourne: Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC. 130 p.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
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Faith-based Support as a Relational Approach to Community Development: Legacies and Impacts of The Salvation Army’s ‘No. 47 Project’ in the Ivanhoe Public Housing Estate
Barkat, I., Howitt, R., McLachlan, K., Tofa, M., Misra, G., Moulds, N. & Osborne, P., 25 Jun 2021, Macquarie University. 91 p.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
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Weather geographies: talking about the weather, considering diverse sovereignties
Wright, S. & Tofa, M., Oct 2021, In: Progress in Human Geography. 45, 5, p. 1126-1146 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access32 Citations (Scopus)
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Pasifika Connections Program Mentor
Doel-Mackaway, H. (Other) & Tofa, M. (Other)
1 May 2019 → 1 May 2020Activity: Other
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Risk Communication
Tofa, M. (Speaker) & Taylor, M. (Speaker)
26 Nov 2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Driving into Floodwater: Research into Practice Brief 1
Ahmed, A. (Participant), Taylor, M. (Participant), Tofa, M. (Participant) & Haynes, K. (Participant)
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Evaluation of flood risk communication materials - practice brief five April 2020
Taylor, M. (Participant), Tofa, M. (Participant), O'Loughlin, J. (Participant), Taneja, S. (Participant) & Haynes, K. (Participant)
Impact
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Public survey of driving and recreating in floodwater - practice brief four April 2020
Taylor, M. (Participant), Tofa, M. (Participant), Fountain, L. (Participant) & Haynes, K. (Participant)
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Research-into-Action brief: Community-based disaster risk management (CBDRM)
Tofa, M. (Participant)
Impact: Society impacts