Dr Pedro Fidelman

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Resilience of Linked Social-Ecological Systems &
Policy Development, Institutions and Governance

PhD, University of Wollongong, Australia (2007) MSc, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil (2000) BSc (Hons), Federal University of Rio Grande, Brazil (1996)

Research Interests

My research, in a broad sense, focuses on the social and institutional dimensions of environmental governance. The notion of systems of policies, regulations, norms, decision-making-processes and property rights (known as institutions) that govern human-environment interactions is central to my research. I am particularly interested in examining how institutions, at multiple levels and scales, can be designed and changed to promote improved environmental governance. This includes:

• examining institutional responses to overuse and degradation of natural resources, and to climate change;
• analysing institutional interactions at multiple levels (local, sub-national, national, international and intermediate levels); and,
• identifying governance attributes that promote (or otherwise) sustainable resources use and management.

Examples of my current research include investigating the governance of large-scale complex marine resource systems in Australia and Southeast Asia.

 

 

 

Select Publications

• Fidelman, P.I.J. 2008. Challenges to Decentralization of Watershed Management: The Case of New South Wales, Australia. In: Menon, S.V. & Pillai P.A. (eds), Watershed Management: Concepts and Experiences. ICFAI University Press, India, pp. 170-184.
• Fidelman, P.I.J. 2006. Watershed Management in New South Wales, Australia: A Case of Constrained Decentralization? 11th Biennial Conference of the International Association for the Study of Common Property (IASCP), Bali, Indonesia.
• Fidelman, P.I.J., MORRISON, J. & WEST, R. 2005. Development of Watershed Management in New South Wales, Australia: A Coastal Perspective. Coastal Zone 05, New Orleans, USA.
• Fidelman, P.I.J., MORRISON, R. J.; WEST, R. 2004. Catchment Management Planning in Coastal Areas: Some Preliminary Insights from New South Wales, Australia. Proceedings of the Coastal Zone Asia Pacific Conference, Brisbane, Australia, 221-226.

 

Contact Details

Dr Pedro Fidelman
Phone: 61 7 4781 6517
Email: Pedro.Fidelman@jcu.edu.au
Web: www.pedrofidelman.net