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Jon is an Australian Research Council Fellow in the School of Social and Environmental Enquiry at the University of Melbourne. Prior to this he was a Senior Lecturer in Development Studies at Melbourne University, and a New Zealand Science and Technology Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Canterbury. He was awarded a PhD from the Australian National University in 1999.

Jon is a human geographer whose research concerns the impacts of environmental change on social systems. This includes research on climate change, environmental security, and water. His research draws on and contributes to a range of disciplines and fields of study including geography, development studies, environmental studies, and political science. In recent years he has conducted fieldwork in the South Pacific, China, and East Timor.

His ARC Discovery project aims to identify the risks climate change poses to social systems in the Pacific Islands, including examining their capacity to manage these risks. He is also engaged in research with colleagues at Melbourne University on the causes of and solutions to water problems in Northern China.

Jon serves on the editorial boards of Global Environmental Change, Journal of Human Security, Geography Compass, and Pacific Ecologist.

Recent Publications

Barnett, J. 2008. ‘Peace and Development: Towards a New Synthesis’, Journal of Peace Research, 45(1).

Barnett, J. 2008. ‘Environmental Security and Peace’, Journal of Human Security, 3(1).

Barnett, J. and Adger, N. 2007. ‘Climate Change, Human Security and Violent Conflict, Political Geography, 26(6).

Barnett, J., Dessai, S. and Jones, R. 2007. ‘Vulnerability to Climate Variability and Change in East Timor’, Ambio, 36(5).

Barnett, J. 2007. Climate Change and Security in Asia: Issues and Implications for Australia. Melbourne-Asia Policy Paper 9. The University of Melbourne.

Barnett, J. 2007. ‘Climate Change and Food Security in the South Pacific’, Pacific Ecologist, 14.

Barnett, J. and Ellemor, H. 2007. ‘Niue After Cyclone Heta’, Australian Journal of Emergency Management 22(1).

Barnett, J. Webber, M. Wang, M. Finlayson, B. and Dickinson, D. 2006. ‘Ten Key Questions About the Human Dimensions of Water in the Yellow River Basin’, Environmental Management, 38(2).

Webber, M. Barnett, J. Finlayson, B. and Wang, M. 2006. ‘Managing the Yellow River: Questions of Borders, Boundaries and Access’, Transforming Cultures, 1(2).

Barnett, J. 2006. ‘Environmental Security’ in Collins, A. (Ed) Contemporary Security Studies. Oxford University Press, Oxford: 182-203.

Barnett, J. 2006. ‘Climate Change, Insecurity and Justice’,. in Adger, W. Paavola, J. Mace, M. and Huq, S (Eds) Fairness in Adaptation to Climate Change. MIT Press, Cambridge MA: 115-129.

Barnett, J. 2005. ‘Environmental Security for People’, in Redclift, M. and Woodgate, G (Eds) New Developments in Environmental Sociology. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham: 467-486.

Barnett, J. 2005. ‘Titanic States? Impacts and Responses to Climate Change in the Pacific Islands’, Journal of International Affairs, 59(1)..

Barnett, J. and Pauling, J. 2005. ‘The Environmental Effects of New Zealand’s Free-Market Reforms’, Environment, Development and Sustainability: 7(2).

Ellemor, H. and Barnett, J. 2005. ‘National Security and Emergency Management After September 11’, International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters, 23(3).

Adger, N. and Barnett, J. 2005. ‘Compensation for Climate Change Must Meet Needs’ [Correspondence], Nature 436(7049): 328.