Dr Sarah Lawless ~ Adjunct Research Fellow

Dr Sarah Lawless is an Adjunct Research Fellow at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies. As an environmental social scientist, Sarah is focused on leveraging social change within environmental governance. Specifically, she seeks to improve gender equality investments in fisheries, food systems, and marine and coastal environments. Much of her empirical research has been conducted in the Pacific Islands region and published in journals including Nature Climate Change, Global Environmental Change, World Development, Ambio and Earth System Governance.

Sarah is currently an expert consultant to a range of non-governmental organizations, research institutions and universities working on equitable social-ecological systems research, policy and practice.

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Research Disciplines

• Gender studies (4405)
• Animal production (3003)
• Policy and administration (4407)

Socio-Economic Objectives

• Environmental policy, legislation and standards (1902)
• culture and society (1399)

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Journal Articles

• Lawless S, Cohen P, McDougall C, Mangubhai S, Song A and Morrison T (2022) Tinker, tailor or transform: gender equality amidst social-ecological change. Global Environmental Change, 72.
• Mangubhai S, Lawless S, Cowley A, Mangubhai J and Williams M (2022) Progressing gender equality in fisheries by building strategic partnerships with development organisations. World Development, 158.
• Lau J, Kleiber D, Lawless S and Cohen P (2021) Gender equality in climate policy and practice hindered by assumptions. Nature Climate Change, 11. pp. 186-192
• Lawless S, Cohen P, Mangubhai S, Kleiber D and Morrison T (2021) Gender equality is diluted in commitments made to small-scale fisheries. World Development, 140. pp. 1-15
• Mangubhai S and Lawless S (2021) Exploring gender inclusion in small-scale fisheries management and development in Melanesia. Marine Policy, 123.
• Lawless S, Song A, Cohen P and Morrison T (2020) Rights, equity and justice: a diagnostic for social meta-norm diffusion in environmental governance. Earth System Governance, 6.
• Lawless S, Cohen P, McDougall C, Orirana G, Siota F and Doyle K (2019) Gender norms and relations: implications for agency in coastal livelihoods. Maritime Studies, 18 (3). pp. 347-358
• Barclay K, McClean N, Foale S, Sulu R and Lawless S (2018) Lagoon livelihoods: gender and shell money in Langalanga, Solomon Islands. Maritime Studies, 17 (2). pp. 199-211

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