Colin Macgregor
Associate Dean, Learning and Teaching; Senior Lect
Centre for Tropical Environmental and Sustainability Studies
James Cook University
Australia
Biography
Colin MacGregor completed a BA (Honours) in Geography at Curtin University, Perth in 1993 and I then joined JCU (Townsville) as an Associate Lecturer at which time I also embarked on my PhD in Sustainable Development. I stayed at JCU until 2000 when I moved to Canberra to take up a position with the Bureau of Rural Sciences (BRS) (Commonwealth Government) where I was involved in developing NRM (natural resource management) socio-economic indicators and researching the adoption of sustainable land management practices. Colin MacGregor completed a BA (Honours) in Geography at Curtin University, Perth in 1993 and I then joined JCU (Townsville) as an Associate Lecturer at which time I also embarked on my PhD in Sustainable Development. I stayed at JCU until 2000 when I moved to Canberra to take up a position with the Bureau of Rural Sciences (BRS) (Commonwealth Government) where I was involved in developing NRM (natural resource management) socio-economic indicators and researching the adoption of sustainable land management practices.
Research Interest
Sustainability and Sustainable Development; environmental social science; natural resource management; education services (university and government); community and stakeholder engagement; triple-bottom line (economic, social, ecological) assessment; regional development; social impact assessment; community capacity (human, social, institutional, cultural) profiling; waterways management and planning; socio-economic indicator and framework development; cultural heritage and sense of place assessments; disaster impact assessment.
