2004 FENNER CONFERENCE ON THE ENVIRONMENT
Understanding the population-environment debate:
Bridging disciplinary divides The Shine Dome, Canberra, 24-25 May 2004
Full listing of papers
Monday, 24 May 2004
Population
and Environment in Australia
A brief critique by Dr Colin Butler highlighting some of the major issues raised in the Online Population
and Environment Conference, the forerunner to this conference.
PDF files of all online contributions
Welcome
Professor Frank Fenner
Opening
The Hon. Dr David Kemp
MP
Minister for the Environment and Heritage
Plenary speaker
1
Disciplinary origins and differences
Professor Julie Thompson Klein
Interdisciplinary Studies Program, Wayne State University, Detroit, USA
Plenary speaker
2
Enhancing our grasp of complex arguments
Dr Paul Monk
Austhink, Melbourne
Disciplinary
Session 1: History/Philosophy
Session sponsored by Monash University
Dr
Arran Gare
Philosophy, the environment and population policy
Department of Social and Policy Studies, Swinburne University of Technology
Professor
Cliff Hooker
Why integrated policy is inherently hard
School of Liberal Arts, University of Newcastle
Disciplinary
Session 2: Environmental science
Session sponsored by CSIRO
Professor Robert Wasson
Environmental science's increasing sophistication or
polarised posturing in blissful ignorance
Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research), Charles Darwin University, Darwin
Dr
Barney Foran
Population and Environment: Many hands on the tiller
CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems
Disciplinary Session 3: Economics
Mr Richard Denniss
Economics and the population-environment debate
The Australia Institute, Australian National University
Professor
Glenn Withers
Is the dismal science changing?
Asia Pacific School of Economics and Government, Australian National University
Disciplinary
Session 4: Geography
Session sponsored by the Commonwealth Department of Environment and Heritage
and the Year of the Built Environment
Professor Ruth Fincher
Geography and the population-environment debate
Dean of Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning, University of Melbourne
Professor
Graeme Hugo
The population and environment debate:
Geography
Department of Geographical and Environmental Studies, and the National
Centre for Social Applications of Geographic Information Systems, Unversity
of Adelaide
Wrap-up
session for Day one
Chair: Professor
Ian Lowe
School of Science, Griffith University
Conference
dinner speech
Mr Phillip Toyne
EcoFutures, NSW
Tuesday, 25 May 2004
Disciplinary
Session 5: Demography
Session sponsored by the Commonwealth Department of Immigration and Multicultural
and Indigenous Affairs
Associate
Professor Katharine Betts
Keeping quiet about growth: Why many demographers and
sociologists don't analyse its environmental effects
Department of Social and Policy Studies, Swinburne University of Technology
Professor
Peter McDonald
Demography and interdisciplinarity
Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University
Disciplinary
Session 6: Human biology and health
Session sponsored by the Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing
Professor
Tony McMichael
Population, environment and human health: the role
of epidemiological research
National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National
University
Dr
Robert Attenborough
Population and resources: some hurdles for
empirical research
School of Archaeology and Anthropology, Australian National University
Disciplinary Session 7: Political science and public attitudes
Dr
Kate Crowley
School of Government, University of Tasmania
Paper
Mr
Lynton Crosby
Crosby|Textor
Paper
Mr
Bruce Hawker
Hawker Britton
Paper
Media
Panel Session
Session sponsored by the Bureau of Rural Sciences
Chair: Mr
George Megalogenis
The Australian
Ms Laura Tingle
Australian Financial Review
Paper
Mr
Paul Kelly
The Australian
Paper
Mr
Peter Garrett
Australian Conservation Foundation
Paper
Re-group
Chair: Professor Ian Lowe
Groups report back
Reports from ten working groups
Questions/discussion (question 1)
Integration
panel and open forum
Chair: Dr
Doug Cocks
CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems
Integration
Panel report to floor
Professor
Julie Thompson Klein
Interdisciplinary Studies Program, Wayne State University,
Detroit, USA
Professor
Tony McMichael
National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health,
Australian National University
Professor
Ian Lowe
School
of Science, Griffith University
Dr
Colin Butler
National
Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University
Dr
Richard Baker
School
of Resources, Environment and Society, Australian National University
Open
forum with integration panel
Discuss outcomes and follow-up ideas
Conference
wrap-up
Professor Ian Lowe
Conference
close
Professor Lawrence Cram
Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research), Australian National University
Media release,
26 May 2004
PopulationEnvironment
debate not just about the numbers!
