Visiting Fellow
Risk, Natural Hazards, Integrated Research, Climate Change Impacts, Human Adaptation, Systems Methodology, Sustainability
Phone: +61 2 6125 2608
Fax: + 61 (0)2 6125 0746
E-mail: geraldine.li@anu.edu.au

Geraldine Li completed an Honours Degree in Geophysics (Flinders, 1994); a Masters of Environmental Studies (Adelaide, 1998); and a PhD entitled Investigating Individual and Social Level Risk Adaptation in Human-Natural Systems (ANU, 2007). Previously she worked as an environmental geophysicist on a multi-hazard mapping project of Pacific cities at the South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission (1999-2001) and as environmental analyst at AusAID where she developed the Environmental Management System for Australia's Aid Program (2001-2003).

Professional Activities

Her current research interests and activities include developing integrated systems approaches to risk, risk assessment, management and human adaptation. This involves introducing the dynamical systems thinking or 'integrative' paradigm into complex, interlinked human social and environmental problems.

Selected Publications

Li, G.M. and Dovers, S., 2008. Assessing the vulnerability and adaptive potential of Australian settlements to impacts of climate change and variability. The International Disaster and Risk Conference Proceedings. Davos, Switzerland, 25 - 29 August 2008.

Li, G.M., 2008. Tropical cyclone risk perceptions in Darwin, Australia: a comparison of different residential groups. Natural Hazards, DOI 10.1007/s11069-008-9269-8.

Li, G. M., 2007. Approaching Integrated Assessment of Climate Change Impacts on Urban Settlements. State of Australian Cities Conference Proceedings, Adelaide, 28 - 30 November 2007.

Teakle (Li), G., 2006. Past, Present and Future: Processes of Human Adaptation to Tropical Cyclone Risk in Darwin, Australia, in the International Geographical Union Conference Proceedings (3-7 July 2006), Brisbane, Australia.

Teakle (Li), G. M. R., 1998. Incentives for Earthquake Hazard Mitigation: A Case Study from Northern California (USA), in Disaster Management: Crisis and Opportunity, Hazard Management and Disaster Preparedness in Australasia and the Pacific Region, Volume 1. Proceedings of the Conference held at Cairns, 1-4 November 1998, eds D. King and L. Berry, Centre for Disaster Studies, James Cook University, Cairns, Australia.