Dr Jacqui Lau
Jacqui is an environmental social scientist and 2023 ARC DECRA Fellow. Her research seeks to help coastal communities navigate just and sustainable futures by understanding how moral values shape adaptation to environmental change. Her DECRA project will investigate the role of morality in decisions about environmental change along the Great Barrier Reef coast.
Jacqui’s research is interdisciplinary and draws together a range of social science disciplines—including human geography, development studies, sociology, and conservation. She has worked collaboratively in the Pacific, East and West Africa to examine ecosystem services, the impact of shocks like COVID-19 on coastal communities, perceptions of fairness about the customary management of coral reefs, and issues of environmental justice and gender equity in conservation and climate change policy.
Twitter: @jacq_lau
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/jacqueline-lau-73829891/