Director

Phone: +61 2 6125 4588
Fax: + 61 (0)2 6125 0746
E-mail: stephen.dovers@anu.edu.au

Steve has degrees in ecology and geography and a PhD in environmental policy. Prior to entering academia, he worked in local government planning. He joined the ANU as a general staff member in 1988, later undertaking PhD studies before becoming a member of academic staff.

Professional Activities

Research and teaching in theoretical and policy dimensions of sustainability, institutional arrangements for resource management, science-policy linkages, and Australian environmental history.

Editorial boards of Global Environmental Change; Environmental Science and Policy; Australasian Journal of Environmental Management.

Adjunct Principal Research Fellow, Charles Darwin University.

Academic Highlights

Steve has published over 200 articles, books, chapter and reports, has supervised more than 40 PhD students, and acted as consultant and adviser to a range of private and public sector bodies.

Selected Publications

Ross, A. and Dovers, S. 2008. Making the harder yards: environmental policy integration in Australia. Australian Journal of Public Administration. 67: 245-260.

Dovers, S. 2008. Urban water: policy, institutions and governance. In: Troy, P. (ed). Troubled waters: confronting the water crisis in Australia's cities. Canberra: ANU E-Press.

Handmer, J. and Dovers, S. 2007. Handbook of disaster and emergency policies and institutions. London: Earthscan.

Hussey, K. and Dovers, S. (eds) 2007. Managing water for Australia: the social and institutional challenges. Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing.

Dovers, S. 2005. Environment and sustainability policy: creation, implementation, evaluation. Sydney: Federation Press.

"...compulsory reading for all local and central government politicians" - Morgan William, New Zealand Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment.

"...a seminal contribution to the literature on learning for sustainability, a truly comprehensive analysis of the issues and policy implications" - Paul Perkins, Chair, National Environmental Education Council, Australia.

Connor, R. and Dovers, S. 2004. Institutional change for sustainable development. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.

' Does the road to sustainable development run through institutional reform or, better yet, institutional learning? In this well-argued book, Robin Connor and Stephen Dovers draw on a range of case studies to demonstrate the critical role that institutions play in determining the course of human-environment relations. '

- Oran R. Young, University of California, Santa Barbara, US

' Connor and Dovers correctly argue that achieving sustainability is a long-term process. In this context, they analyze broad institutional innovations toward sustainability to date - from Europe to New Zealand, from sustainability councils to property rights - to suggest how the historical process might be improved and accelerated. This is among the most constructive efforts I have read. '

- Richard B. Norgaard, University of California, Berkeley, US.