Professor Dr. Jasper Montana

Biography

Jasper Montana is a Senior Lecturer at the Australian National Centre for Public Awareness of Science at the Australian National University. He holds a PhD in Geography from the University of Cambridge, an MSc in Science, Technology, Medicine and Society awarded jointly by Imperial College London and University College London, and a BSc in Zoology along with a Diploma in Creative Arts from the University of Melbourne. Jasper has previously worked as a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Politics at the University of Sheffield and as a Visiting Research Fellow in the Program on Science, Technology and Society at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. His research focuses on environmental expertise, the relationship between science and policy, and the practices of transdisciplinary research. He is particularly interested in biodiversity loss, nature conservation, and nature restoration, which address complex societal challenges. Jasper leads the People-Nature Relations Initiative funded by the ANU Futures Scheme.

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