By Dr Christopher Cvitanovic

Journal articles

McKinley E; Kelly R; Mackay M; Shellock R; Cvitanovic C; van Putten I, 2022, 'Development and expansion in the marine social sciences: Insights from the global community', iScience, 25, pp. 104735, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2022.104735

Pratchett MS; Caballes CF; Cvitanovic C; Raymundo ML; Babcock RC; Bonin MC; Bozec YM; Burn D; Byrne M; Castro-Sanguino C; Chen CCM; Condie SA; Cowan ZL; Deaker DJ; Desbiens A; Devantier LM; Doherty PJ; Doll PC; Doyle JR; Dworjanyn SA; Fabricius KE; Haywood MDE; Hock K; Hoggett AK; Høj L; Keesing JK; Kenchington RA; Lang BJ; Ling SD; Matthews SA; McCallum HI; Mellin C; Mos B; Motti CA; Mumby PJ; Stump RJW; Uthicke S; Vail L; Wolfe K; Wilson SK, 2021, 'Knowledge Gaps in the Biology, Ecology, and Management of the Pacific Crown-of-Thorns Sea Star Acanthaster sp. on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef', Biological Bulletin, 241, pp. 330 - 346, http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/717026

Nguyen VM; Bell C; Berseth V; Cvitanovic C; Darwent R; Falconer M; Hutchen J; Kapoor T; Klenk N; Young N, 2021, 'Promises and pitfalls of digital knowledge exchange resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic', Socio Ecological Practice Research, 3, pp. 427 - 439, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s42532-021-00097-0

Cvitanovic C; Mackay M; Shellock RJ; van Putten EI; Karcher DB; Dickey-Collas M, 2021, 'Understanding and evidencing a broader range of ‘successes’ that can occur at the interface of marine science and policy', Marine Policy, 134, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2021.104802

Karcher DB; Cvitanovic C; Colvin RM; van Putten IE; Reed MS, 2021, 'Is this what success looks like? Mismatches between the aims, claims, and evidence used to demonstrate impact from knowledge exchange processes at the interface of environmental science and policy', Environmental Science and Policy, 125, pp. 202 - 218, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2021.08.012

Chambers JM; Wyborn C; Ryan ME; Reid RS; Riechers M; Serban A; Bennett NJ; Cvitanovic C; Fernández-Giménez ME; Galvin KA; Goldstein BE; Klenk NL; Tengö M; Brennan R; Cockburn JJ; Hill R; Munera C; Nel JL; Österblom H; Bednarek AT; Bennett EM; Brandeis A; Charli-Joseph L; Chatterton P; Curran K; Dumrongrojwatthana P; Durán AP; Fada SJ; Gerber JD; Green JMH; Guerrero AM; Haller T; Horcea-Milcu AI; Leimona B; Montana J; Rondeau R; Spierenburg M; Steyaert P; Zaehringer JG; Gruby R; Hutton J; Pickering T, 2021, 'Six modes of co-production for sustainability', Nature Sustainability, 4, pp. 983 - 996, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41893-021-00755-x

Cvitanovic C; Mackay M; Kelly R; Wilson SK; Waples K; Nash KL; van Putten EI; Field S; Botterill-James T; Austin BJ; Beckley LE; Boschetti F; Depczynski M; Dobbs RJ; Evans RD; Feng M; Goater RK; Halford AR; Kendrick A; Kendrick G; Lincoln GDB; Ludgerus LJ; Lowe RJ; McMahon K; Munro JK; Newman SJ; Nutt C; Pearson L; O'Leary MJ; Richards ZT; Robbins WD; Rogers DI; Salgado Kent CP; Schoepf V; Travers MJ; Thums M; Tucker AD; Underwood JN; Whiting S; Mathews D, 2021, 'Thirty critical research needs for managing an ecologically and culturally unique remote marine environment: The Kimberley region of Western Australia', Ocean and Coastal Management, 212, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2021.105771

Cooke SJ; Jeanson AL; Bishop I; Bryan BA; Chen C; Cvitanovic C; Fen Y; Forester J; Fürst C; Hu J; La Rosa D; Meurk C; Nguyen VM; Paolisso M; Qi Y; Chun FKS; Szetey K; Wang X; Wang Y; Archibald CL; Young N, 2021, 'On the theory-practice gap in the environmental realm: perspectives from and for diverse environmental professionals', Socio Ecological Practice Research, 3, pp. 243 - 255, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s42532-021-00089-0

Fogarty HE; Cvitanovic C; Hobday AJ; Pecl GT, 2021, 'Stakeholder perceptions on actions for marine fisheries adaptation to climate change', Marine and Freshwater Research, 72, pp. 1430 - 1444, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/MF21055

Cvitanovic C; Shellock RJ; Mackay M; van Putten EI; Karcher DB; Dickey-Collas M; Ballesteros M, 2021, 'Strategies for building and managing ‘trust’ to enable knowledge exchange at the interface of environmental science and policy', Environmental Science and Policy, 123, pp. 179 - 189, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2021.05.020

Cvitanovic C; Wyborn C; Glenn E; Kelly R; Louder E; van Putten EI; Bednarek A, 2021, 'Ten Considerations for Research Funders Seeking to Enhance Knowledge Exchange and the Impact of Marine Science on Policy and Practice', Frontiers in Marine Science, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.704495

van Putten I; Kelly R; Cavanagh RD; Murphy EJ; Breckwoldt A; Brodie S; Cvitanovic C; Dickey-Collas M; Maddison L; Melbourne-Thomas J; Arrizabalaga H; Azetsu-Scott K; Beckley LE; Bellerby R; Constable AJ; Cowie G; Evans K; Glaser M; Hall J; Hobday AJ; Johnston NM; Llopiz JK; Mueter F; Muller-Karger FE; Weng KC; Wolf-Gladrow D; Xavier JC, 2021, 'A Decade of Incorporating Social Sciences in the Integrated Marine Biosphere Research Project (IMBeR): Much Done, Much to Do?', Frontiers in Marine Science, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.662350

Moon K; Cvitanovic C; Blackman D; Scales IR; Browne NK, 2021, 'Five Questions to Understand Epistemology and Its Influence on Integrative Marine Research', Frontiers in Marine Science, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.574158

Stephenson RL; Hobday AJ; Allison EH; Armitage D; Brooks K; Bundy A; Cvitanovic C; Dickey-Collas M; Grilli NDM; Gomez C; Jarre A; Kaikkonen L; Kelly R; López R; Muhl EK; Pennino MG; Tam JC; van Putten I, 2021, 'The Quilt of Sustainable Ocean Governance: Patterns for Practitioners', Frontiers in Marine Science, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.630547

Louder E; Wyborn C; Cvitanovic C; Bednarek AT, 2021, 'A synthesis of the frameworks available to guide evaluations of research impact at the interface of environmental science, policy and practice', Environmental Science and Policy, 116, pp. 258 - 265, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2020.12.006

Moon K; Marsh D; Cvitanovic C, 2021, 'Coupling property rights with responsibilities to improve conservation outcomes across land and seascapes', Conservation Letters, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/conl.12767

Ison S; Pecl G; Hobday AJ; Cvitanovic C; Van Putten I, 2021, 'Stakeholder influence and relationships inform engagement strategies in marine conservation', Ecosystems and People, 17, pp. 320 - 341, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/26395916.2021.1938236

Fogarty HE; Cvitanovic C; Hobday AJ; Pecl GT, 2020, 'An Assessment of How Australian Fisheries Management Plans Account for Climate Change Impacts', Frontiers in Marine Science, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.591642

Hobday AJ; Boschetti F; Moeseneder C; Stephenson RL; Bessey C; Bulman CM; Contardo S; Cvitanovic C; Dambacher JM; Dutra LXC; Fulton EA; Lenton A; Little LR; Mapstone B; McDonald KS; Plagányi EE; Pethybridge H; Rothlisberg P; Strzelecki J; Thompson PA; van Putten I, 2020, 'Quantitative Foresighting as a Means of Improving Anticipatory Scientific Capacity and Strategic Planning', One Earth, 3, pp. 631 - 644, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2020.10.015

Blythe J; Cvitanovic C, 2020, 'Five Organizational Features That Enable Successful Interdisciplinary Marine Research', Frontiers in Marine Science, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.539111

Österblom H; Cvitanovic C; van Putten I; Addison P; Blasiak R; Jouffray JB; Bebbington J; Hall J; Ison S; LeBris A; Mynott S; Reid D; Sugimoto A, 2020, 'Science-Industry Collaboration: Sideways or Highways to Ocean Sustainability?', One Earth, 3, pp. 79 - 88, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2020.06.011

Cvitanovic C; van Putten EI; Kelly R; Feldman HR; van Steveninck TJ; Mackay M; Badullovich N; Gourlay T, 2020, 'Engaging More Effectively With Visitors to Coastal Regions for Improved Management Outcomes: Insights From the Ningaloo Coast, Australia', Frontiers in Marine Science, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.00583

Norström AV; Cvitanovic C; Löf MF; West S; Wyborn C; Balvanera P; Bednarek AT; Bennett EM; Biggs R; de Bremond A; Campbell BM; Canadell JG; Carpenter SR; Folke C; Fulton EA; Gaffney O; Gelcich S; Jouffray JB; Leach M; Le Tissier M; Martín-López B; Louder E; Loutre MF; Meadow AM; Nagendra H; Payne D; Peterson GD; Reyers B; Scholes R; Speranza CI; Spierenburg M; Stafford-Smith M; Tengö M; van der Hel S; van Putten I; Österblom H, 2020, 'Principles for knowledge co-production in sustainability research', Nature Sustainability, 3, pp. 182 - 190, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41893-019-0448-2

Nash KL; Blythe JL; Cvitanovic C; Fulton EA; Halpern BS; Milner-Gulland EJ; Addison PFE; Pecl GT; Watson RA; Blanchard JL, 2020, 'To Achieve a Sustainable Blue Future, Progress Assessments Must Include Interdependencies between the Sustainable Development Goals', One Earth, 2, pp. 161 - 173, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2020.01.008

Cvitanovic C; Colvin RM; Reynolds KJ; Platow MJ, 2020, 'Applying an Organizational Psychology Model for Developing Shared Goals in Interdisciplinary Research Teams', One Earth, 2, pp. 75 - 83, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2019.12.010

Fogarty HE; Cvitanovic C; Hobday AJ; Pecl GT, 2019, 'Prepared for change? An assessment of the current state of knowledge to support climate adaptation for Australian fisheries', Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, 29, pp. 877 - 894, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11160-019-09579-7

Stephenson RL; Hobday AJ; Cvitanovic C; Alexander KA; Begg GA; Bustamante RH; Dunstan PK; Frusher S; Fudge M; Fulton EA; Haward M; Macleod C; McDonald J; Nash KL; Ogier E; Pecl G; Plagányi ÉE; van Putten I; Smith T; Ward TM, 2019, 'A practical framework for implementing and evaluating integrated management of marine activities', Ocean and Coastal Management, 177, pp. 127 - 138, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2019.04.008

Kelly R; Mackay M; Nash KL; Cvitanovic C; Allison EH; Armitage D; Bonn A; Cooke SJ; Frusher S; Fulton EA; Halpern BS; Lopes PFM; Milner-Gulland EJ; Peck MA; Pecl GT; Stephenson RL; Werner F, 2019, 'Ten tips for developing interdisciplinary socio-ecological researchers', Socio Ecological Practice Research, 1, pp. 149 - 161, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s42532-019-00018-2

Cvitanovic C; Howden M; Colvin RM; Norström A; Meadow AM; Addison PFE, 2019, 'Maximising the benefits of participatory climate adaptation research by understanding and managing the associated challenges and risks', Environmental Science and Policy, 94, pp. 20 - 31, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2018.12.028

Posner SM; Cvitanovic C, 2019, 'Evaluating the impacts of boundary-spanning activities at the interface of environmental science and policy: A review of progress and future research needs', Environmental Science and Policy, 92, pp. 141 - 151, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2018.11.006

McDonald KS; Hobday AJ; Thompson PA; Lenton A; Stephenson RL; Mapstone BD; Dutra LXC; Bessey C; Boschetti F; Cvitanovic C; Bulman CM; Fulton EA; Moeseneder CH; Pethybridge H; Plagányi EE; van Putten EI; Rothlisberg PC, 2019, 'Proactive, Reactive, and Inactive Pathways for Scientists in a Changing World', Earth S Future, 7, pp. 60 - 73, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2018EF000990

Alexander KA; Hobday AJ; Cvitanovic C; Ogier E; Nash KL; Cottrell RS; Fleming A; Fudge M; Fulton EA; Frusher S; Kelly R; Macleod CK; Pecl GT; Van Putten I; Vince J; Watson RA, 2019, 'Progress in integrating natural and social science in marine ecosystem-based management research', Marine and Freshwater Research, 70, pp. 71 - 83, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/MF17248

van Putten IE; Plagányi ÉE; Booth K; Cvitanovic C; Kelly R; Punt AE; Richards SA, 2018, 'A framework for incorporating sense of place into the management of marine systems', Ecology and Society, 23, http://dx.doi.org/10.5751/ES-10504-230404

Evans MC; Cvitanovic C, 2018, 'An introduction to achieving policy impact for early career researchers', Palgrave Communications, 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/s41599-018-0144-2

Cvitanovic C; Hobday AJ, 2018, 'Building optimism at the environmental science-policy-practice interface through the study of bright spots', Nature Communications, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05977-w

van Putten IE; Cvitanovic C; Fulton E; Lacey J; Kelly R, 2018, 'The emergence of social licence necessitates reforms in environmental regulation', Ecology and Society, 23, http://dx.doi.org/10.5751/ES-10397-230324

Cvitanovic C; Löf MF; Norström AV; Reed MS, 2018, 'Building university-based boundary organisations that facilitate impacts on environmental policy and practice', Plos One, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0203752

Bednarek AT; Wyborn C; Cvitanovic C; Meyer R; Colvin RM; Addison PFE; Close SL; Curran K; Farooque M; Goldman E; Hart D; Mannix H; McGreavy B; Parris A; Posner S; Robinson C; Ryan M; Leith P, 2018, 'Boundary spanning at the science–policy interface: the practitioners’ perspectives', Sustainability Science, 13, pp. 1175 - 1183, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11625-018-0550-9

Cvitanovic C; van Putten EI; Hobday AJ; Mackay M; Kelly R; McDonald J; Waples K; Barnes P, 2018, 'Building trust among marine protected area managers and community members through scientific research: Insights from the Ningaloo Marine Park, Australia', Marine Policy, 93, pp. 195 - 206, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2018.04.010

Fazey I; Schäpke N; Caniglia G; Patterson J; Hultman J; van Mierlo B; Säwe F; Wiek A; Wittmayer J; Aldunce P; Al Waer H; Battacharya N; Bradbury H; Carmen E; Colvin J; Cvitanovic C; D'Souza M; Gopel M; Goldstein B; Hämäläinen T; Harper G; Henfry T; Hodgson A; Howden MS; Kerr A; Klaes M; Lyon C; Midgley G; Moser S; Mukherjee N; Müller K; O'Brien K; O'Connell DA; Olsson P; Page G; Reed MS; Searle B; Silvestri G; Spaiser V; Strasser T; Tschakert P; Uribe-Calvo N; Waddell S; Rao-Williams J; Wise R; Wolstenholme R; Woods M; Wyborn C, 2018, 'Ten essentials for action-oriented and second order energy transitions, transformations and climate change research', Energy Research and Social Science, 40, pp. 54 - 70, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2017.11.026

Cvitanovic C; Hobday AJ; McDonald J; Van Putten EI; Nash KL, 2018, 'Governing fisheries through the critical decade: the role and utility of polycentric systems', Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, 28, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11160-017-9495-9

Hobday AJ; Doerr VAJ; Marshall NA; Cvitanovic C; Lim-Camacho L, 2018, 'Adapting to climate change: the role of organisational personalities in natural resource management', Regional Environmental Change, 18, pp. 561 - 571, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10113-017-1227-0

Lacey J; Howden M; Cvitanovic C; Colvin RM, 2018, 'Understanding and managing trust at the climate science-policy interface', Nature Climate Change, 8, pp. 22 - 28, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41558-017-0010-z

Nash KL; Cvitanovic C; Fulton EA; Halpern BS; Milner-Gulland EJ; Watson RA; Blanchard JL, 2017, 'Planetary boundaries for a blue planet', Nature Ecology and Evolution, 1, pp. 1625 - 1634, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41559-017-0319-z

Cvitanovic C; Cunningham R; Dowd AM; Howden SM; van Putten EI, 2017, 'Using Social Network Analysis to Monitor and Assess the Effectiveness of Knowledge Brokers at Connecting Scientists and Decision-Makers: An Australian case study', Environmental Policy and Governance, 27, pp. 256 - 269, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/eet.1752

Marshall N; Adger N; Attwood S; Brown K; Crissman C; Cvitanovic C; De Young C; Gooch M; James C; Jessen S; Johnson D; Marshall P; Park S; Wachenfeld D; Wrigley D, 2017, 'Empirically derived guidance for social scientists to influence environmental policy', Plos One, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0171950

van Putten I; Villanueva C; Cvitanovic C, 2017, 'The Influence of Community Size and Location on Different Dimensions of Vulnerability: a case study of Australian coastal communities', Australian Geographer, 48, pp. 121 - 142, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00049182.2016.1168727

Hobday AJ; Cvitanovic C, 2017, 'Preparing Australian fisheries for the critical decade: Insights from the past 25 years', Marine and Freshwater Research, 68, pp. 1779 - 1787, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/MF16393

Cvitanovic C; McDonald J; Hobday AJ, 2016, 'From science to action: Principles for undertaking environmental research that enables knowledge exchange and evidence-based decision-making', Journal of Environmental Management, 183, pp. 864 - 874, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2016.09.038

van Putten I; Cvitanovic C; Fulton EA, 2016, 'A changing marine sector in Australian coastal communities: An analysis of inter and intra sectoral industry connections and employment', Ocean and Coastal Management, 131, pp. 1 - 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2016.07.010

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