Morena Mills

Postdoctoral Researcher

Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions, University of Queensland
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Morena_Mills

Areas of Expertise

systematic conservation planning, resource management, social-ecological systems, planning for multiple objectives, diffusion of innovation

Research Activites

Morena’s research focuses on improving conservation decisions using insights from the social sciences, and on marine spatial planning. She has experience working in Australia, Fiji, Solomon Islands and Brazil and in partnership with numerous government organisations and NGOs. Morena has published widely on the social dimensions of conservation, on challenges of implementing conservation actions and how they can be better designed to maximize their cost-effectiveness while achieving multiple objectives. She also helps organise an environmental education project which has reached over 17 000 children in Brazil to date.