Dr Margaret Gooch ~ Principal Research Officer, Development in the Tropics
Cairns Institute
- About
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Margaret was born in Brisbane but was raised in PNG, and has a life-long affinity with the tropics. She grew up enjoying sailing, beach-combing and snorkelling in clear tropical waters – experiences which shaped her love of marine environments. Margaret studied Australian Environmental Science and completed a Diploma of Teaching through Griffith University (GU) in Brisbane. After teaching for several years, Margaret became an environmental educator and interpreter with Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service (QPWS). During this time she completed a Masters in Applied Ecology through James Cook University (JCU), and began teaching casually at the University of Queensland (UQ). In 2003 she completed a PhD through GU focusing on the resilience of volunteer groups in the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) catchment. From 2005 to 2009 Margaret was a senior lecturer with JCU’s School of Education, where she established a cross-faculty Masters in Environmental Education. Between 2010 and 2017 Margaret was the Manager of Social and Economic Science at the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA). She currently enjoys her position with JCU’s Cairns Institute, which enables her to combine her research interests with her experience in marine protected area management and environmental education.
Research interests/expertise
Since 1980 Margaret has worked in tertiary teaching and research, protected area management and secondary school education. Margaret has over 50 publications relating to environmental education; community resilience; adaptive capacity for industries and communities in the face of climate change; and protected area management. She is currently working on a project to enhance clean growth choices for community wellbeing in Queensland rural communities.
- Publications
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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
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- Dale A, Vella K, Gooch M, Potts R, Pressey R, Brodie J and Eberhard R (2018) Avoiding implementation failure in catchment landscapes: a case study in governance of the Great Barrier Reef. Environmental Management, 62. pp. 70-81
- Gooch M, Curnock M, Dale A, Gibson J, Hill R, Marshall N, Molloy F and Vella K (2017) Assessment and promotion of the Great Barrier Reef's human dimensions through collaboration. Coastal Management, 45 (6). pp. 519-537
- Hedge P, Molloy F, Sweatman H, Hayes K, Dambacher J, Chandler J, Bax N, Gooch M, Anthony K and Elliot B (2017) An integrated monitoring framework for the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area. Marine Policy, 77. pp. 90-96
- Marshall N, Curnock M, Goldberg J, Gooch M, Marshall P, Pert P and Tobin R (2017) The dependency of people on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Coastal Management, 45 (6). pp. 505-518
- Marshall N, Bohensky E, Curnock M, Goldberg J, Gooch M, Nicotra B, Pert P, Scherl L, Stone-Jovicich S and Tobin R (2016) Advances in monitoring the human dimension of natural resource systems: an example from the Great Barrier Reef. Environmental Research Letters, 11 (11). pp. 1-17
- Evans N, Whitehouse H and Gooch M (2012) Barriers, successes and enabling practices of education for sustainability in Far North Queensland schools: a case study. Journal of Environmental Education, 43 (2). pp. 121-138
- Gooch M, Butler J, Cullen-Unsworth L, Rigano D and Manning C (2012) Community-derived indicator domains for social resilience to water quality decline in a Great Barrier Reef catchment, Australia. Society and Natural Resources, 25 (5). pp. 421-439
- Coghlan A and Gooch M (2011) Applying a transformative learning framework to volunteer tourism. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 19 (6). pp. 713-728
- Bohnet I, Gooch M and Hickey R (2010) Young people envision the future of their local area: an explorative study from the Wet Tropics, Australia. Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 9 (3). pp. 185-197
- Book Chapters
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- Costanza R, Bohensky E, Butler J, Bohnet I, Delisle A, Fabricius K, Gooch M, Kubiszewski I, Lukacs G, Pert P and Wolanski E (2011) A scencario analysis of climate change and ecosystem services for the Great Barrier Reef. In: Ecological Economics of Estuaries and Coasts. Treatise on Estuarine and Coastal Science, 12. Academic Press, London, UK, pp. 305-326
- Conference Papers
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- Vella K, Dale A, Cottrell A and Gooch M (2012) Assessing community resilience to climate change. Proceedings of the 12th International Coral Reef Symposium. 9-13 July 2012, Cairns, QLD, Australia
- Vella K, Dale A, Cottrell A, Pert P, Stevenson B, Boon H, King D, Whitehouse H, Hill R, Babacan H, Thomas M and Gooch M (2011) Towards more effective adaptive planning: measuring and reporting social resilience in vulnerable coastal communities facing climate change in tropical Queensland. Proceedings of the 3rd World Planning Schools Congress. In: WPSC 2011 3rd World Planning Schools Congress, 4-8 July 2011, Perth, WA, Australia
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ResearchOnline@JCU stores 32+ research outputs authored by Dr Margaret Gooch from 2003 onwards.
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