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Emily O’Gorman’s research is situated at the intersection of environmental history, more-than-human geography, and interdisciplinary environmental humanities. It primarily revolves around contested knowledges and the broader cultural framings of authority and expertise concerning landscapes, particularly rivers and wetlands. She holds a PhD from the Australian National University and is currently an Associate Professor at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia. Her research has been supported by competitive grants, including the Carson Writing Fellowship at the Rachel Carson Center, LMU, Munich. O’Gorman is the author of several important works, including 'Flood Country: Environmental History of the Murray-Darling Basin' and 'Wetlands Dry Land: More-than-human Histories of Australia’s Murray-Darling Basin', which was awarded the AANZEHN Environmental History Book Prize in 2023. She co-leads the Environmental Humanities research group at Macquarie University and has served as an editor for notable journals in the field. Her teaching encompasses various topics such as environmental justice and decision-making, and she currently supervises new PhD and Master of Research students.
Macquarie University • Sydney, Australia
Teaching and researching environmental history and interdisciplinary environmental humanities.
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