CIE 2021 Annual Conference (Virtual): Supporting managers to make evidence-informed decisions

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KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Dr. Carly Cook, Senior Lecturer in Conservation Biology and DECRA Fellow at Monash University.

We are pleased to announce that registration is now open for the 2021 CIE Annual Conference (Virtual) to be held on Thursday, 14th and Friday, 15th October 2021.

BIO.

I am a Senior Lecturer in Conservation Biology and DECRA Fellow in the School of Biological Sciences at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. My research relates to the integration of science in environmental management decisions. In particular I’m interested in the types of evidence decision-makers use to inform their decisions and why, the consequences of poor uptake of science on management decisions, and the design of decision support tools.

I am interesting in a range of tools for knowledge exchange, including tools for evidence synthesis and that promote evidence-based decisions. I am a member of the Expert Assessment Group for the IUCN Green List of Protected Areas. I am also a founding member of the Centre for Evidence Informed Policy and Practice, which promotes the advancement of evidence-based decision making through research, methodological development, application and training.

Some of my key research interests centre on developing decision triggers as a tool for management, integrating evolutionary theory into conservation management and promoting cost-effectiveness analysis as part of evidence-based conservation.

My research program is highly interdisciplinary and I have a keen interesting in understanding what conservation can learn from other disciplines in order to become more effective.

I completed my PhD in Environmental Management at the University of Queensland in 2010. My research there was focused on developing and improving systems to evaluate the effectiveness of protected area management, working with conservation management agencies in Australia.

Carly will be presenting at 9am on Friday, October 15th

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Check out Carly’s research blog HERE

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Thanking you in advance!