Wendy has led large cross-disciplinary Category 1 research projects including a National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility (NCCARF) SEI grant on ‘Climate Change Adaptation as a Cross-border Agenda; an ARC DECRA fellowship (DE 120102428) on ‘The Governance of Critical Infrastructure in Climate Change; and an ARC Discovery project (DP150100299) with Griffith, Macquarie and Curtin Universities and Uni of Tasmania on ‘Socially Innovative Climate Adaptation at the Local Scale’.
She is the Co-convenor of the Australasian Cities Research Network (ACRN) which organises the State of Australasian Cities (SOAC) biennial conferences. She has been working to help support and promote the vital role of the social sciences, arts and humanities in addressing societies ‘grand challenges’, as well as critical engagement with the Sustainable Development Goals and the role of research impact as social innovation and ethical ethos.
