Prof Marcus Lane ~ Deputy Vice Chancellor, Academy

Professor Lane has research experience in diverse aspects of environmental policy and management. His particular research foci are: Indigenous environmental management, agri-environmental management, and the social and economic impacts of major resource developments such as mining, forestry and tourism. Forest management and, in particular, the contested transition of forests to conservation tenures, is a particular specialisation.

He has won awards for his research in environmental impact assessment and has been recognised as one of the most cited scholars of planning by the (American) Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning. His current work is concerned with social and economic transition in rural landscapes.

Prior to joining James Cook University, Professor Lane was Dean (Academic) of Arts, Education and Law at Griffith University. In this role he had responsibility for academic staff and programs, Internationalisation and marketing. In 2007, Professor Lane was recruited by CSIRO to establish and lead the Social and Economic Sciences Research Program. In five years, this Program grew to 150 scientists located across Australia and deploying to a diverse range of research agendas, including: biosecurity, land and water management, international development, and agriculture.

Interests

Professional

• Environmental Management & Planning
• Political Geography
• Environmental Policy

Experience

• 2015 to present - Executive Dean, College of Marine and Environmental Sciences, James Cook University (Townsville)
• 2013 to 2015 - Dean of Arts, Education and Law, Griffith University (Brisbane)
• 2008 to 2013 - Research Program Leader and Senior Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO
• 2003 to 2008 - Associate Professor of Geography, University of Adelaide (Adelaide)

Memberships

• 2001 - Member, International Association for Society and Natural Resources
• 2000 - Member, Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning
• 1997 - Member, Australian Institute of Geographers
• 1996 - Member, International Association for Impact Assessment

Other

• 2008 - Expert Reviewer for Oxford University Press, series in Human Geography.
• 2005 - Member, Expert Panel for Natural Resource Management, CRC Reef Research Centre, Townsville.
• 2011 to 2013 - Program Leader (Socioeconomics) of the National Environmental Research Program Tropical Ecosystems Hub
• 2009 to 2012 - Foundation Chair, CSIRO Social Science Human Subjects Research Ethics Committee.
• 2005 to 2007 - Invited Member, National Committee for Geography, Australian Academy of Science.

These are the most recent publications associated with this author. To see a detailed profile of all publications stored at JCU, visit ResearchOnline@JCU. Hover over Altmetrics badges to see social impact.

Journal Articles

• Morrison T, Lane M and Hibbard M (2015) Planning, governance and rural futures in Australia and the USA: revisiting the case for rural regional planning. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 58 (9). pp. 1601-1616
• Harman B, Taylor B and Lane M (2014) Urban partnerships and climate adaptation: challenges and opportunities. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 12. pp. 74-79
• Stork N, Turton S, Hill R and Lane M (2014) Revisiting crisis, change and institutions in the tropical forests: the multifunctional transition in Australia's Wet Tropics. Journal of Rural Studies, 36. pp. 99-107
• Lane M and Williams L (2009) The natural heritage trust and Indigenous lands: the trials and tribulations of 'new technologies of governance'. Australian Geographer, 40 (1). pp. 85-107
• Lane M and Robinson C (2009) Institutional complexity and environmental management: the challenge of integration and the promise of large-scale collaboration. Australasian Journal of Environmental Management, 16 (1). pp. 16-24
• Lane M and Morrison T (2006) Public interest or private agenda? A meditation on the role of NGOs in environmental policy and management in Australia. Journal of Rural Studies, 22 (2). pp. 232-242
• Morrison T and Lane M (2006) The convergence of regional governance discourses in rural Australia: enduring challenges and constructive suggestions. Rural Society, 16 (3). pp. 341-357
• Lane M, Cheers B and Morrison T (2005) Regionalised natural resource management in South Australia: prospects and challenges of the new regime. South Australian Geographical Journal, 104. pp. 11-25
• Lane M, McDonald G and Morrison T (2004) Decentralisation and environmental management in Australia: a comment on the prescriptions of The Wentworth Group. Australian Geographical Studies, 42 (1). pp. 103-115

Book Chapters

• Robinson C and Lane M (2013) Boundary-riding: Indigenous knowledge contributions for natural resource decision making in Northern Australian regions. In: Reclaiming Indigenous Planning. McGill-Queen's Native and Northern Series. McGill-Queen's University Press, pp. 396-413
• Leitch A, Harman B and Lane M (2010) From blueprint to footprint: climate change and the challenge for planning. In: Adaptation to Climate Change: Law and Policy. Federation Press, Sydney, NSW, Australia, pp. 63-79
• Lane M, Haygreen A, Morrison T and Woodlands J (2009) Will regionalisation achieve integrated natural resource management? Insights from recent South Australian experience. In: Contested country: local and regional resources management in Australia. CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood, Australia, pp. 59-74

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ResearchOnline@JCU stores 25+ research outputs authored by Prof Marcus Lane from 1994 onwards.

These Higher Degree Research projects are either current or by students who have completed their studies within the past 5 years at JCU. Linked titles show theses available within ResearchOnline@JCU.

Completed

• The importance of campfires to effective conservation (2019, PhD , Secondary Advisor)