Associate Professor Douglas Bardsley

Associate Professor Douglas Bardsley
 Position Associate Prof/Reader
 Org Unit School of Social Sciences
 Email douglas.bardsley@adelaide.edu.au
 Telephone +61 8 8313 4490
 Location Floor/Room G ,  Napier ,   North Terrace
  • Biography/ Background

    Dr Douglas Bardsley is the head of the Department of Geography, Environment and Population within the School of Social Sciences at The University of Adelaide.

    Trained as a social geographer, an educator and an agricultural scientist, Doug's research interests over the last 30 years have focused on environmental and agro-ecological risk management, sustainable rural development, links between conservation and development, and education for sustainable development.  Most of his research involves analysis and planning at the interface of social and environmental systems, with a focus on developing adaptation options in response to climate change.

    His research has included supporting climate change adaptation planning for both the Adelaide-Mt Lofty and the Indigenous Alinytjara Wilurara natural resource management regions in South Australia; resilience analysis within agricultural systems and rural communities; bushfire, coastal and invasive species risk management; and examining the interactions between environmental change and both human migration and education systems.  Doug's work has been undertaken within different contexts in Australia, Nepal, Thailand, Indonesia, Turkey, Switzerland and the European Union.

  • Qualifications

    Doctor of Philosophy (Geography), University of Melbourne

    Post-Graduate Diploma of Education, University of Melbourne

    Master of Arts by Coursework (Development Studies), Flinders University

    Bachelor of Agricultural Science (Honours, Agronomy), University of Adelaide

  • Teaching Interests

    Dr Bardsley is supervising students undertaking PhD Dissertations at the University of Adelaide.

    Major courses taught at Undergraduate Level include:

    GEOG 2139 Environmental Management

    GEOG 3146 Food Security

    GEOG 2142 Climate Change (with Dr John Tibby)

    And at Postgraduate Level: GEOG 5002 Environmental Planning and Governance

  • Research Interests

    Climate change risk and adaptation

    Agrobiodiversity conservation

    Agricultural development and risk

    Environmental management and governance

    Education policy and practice for sustainable development

    Socio-ecological systems analysis

    Risk and vulnerability analysis

  • Publications

    Addai G., Suh J., Bardsley D., Robinson G. and Guodaar L. (2024) . Sustainable Development https//doi.org/10.1002/sd.2887.

    Bardsley D.K, Cedamon E., Paudel N. and Nuberg I. (2024) Journal of Rural Studies 107, 103253.

    Bardsley D.K., Winsborough S., Skinner W. and Drew G. (2024) . Geographical Research 62: 553-568.

    Grympa H.A., Bardsley D.K. and Sparrow B. (2024) . Environmental Management https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-024-02049-2.

    Guodaar L. and Bardsley D.K. (2024) Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 29 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11027-024-10165-x.

    Houston P., Bardsley D., Robinson G., Curtis A., Sarre G., Szabo J. and Urquhart J. (2024) . Adelaide: Adelaide Peri-urban Project.

    Nand M.M., Bardsley D.K. and Suh J. (2024) . Local Environment https://doi.org/10.1080/13549839.2024.2386963.

    Omar A.R. and Bardsley D.K. (2024) . Environmental Development 52, 101087.

    Pearson R.E., Bardsley D.K. and Pütz M. (2024) . Tourism Geographies https://doi.org/10.1080/14616688.2024.2328615.

    Skinner W., Bardsley D.K. and Drew G. (2024) . Ecology and Society 29:10.

    Skinner W., Drew G. and Bardsley D.K. (2024) . Australian & New Zealand Grapegrower & Winemaker. Mar2024 722: 32-36.

    Addai G., Suh J. and Bardsley D. (2023) . Social Sciences & Humanities Open 7, 100480.

    Amaruzaman S., Bardsley D.K. and Stringer R. (2023) . Sustainable Development 31: 1937-1950.

    Bardsley D. (2023) . The Conversation July 12, 2023. 

    Bardsley D.K., Bardsley A.M. and Conedera M. (2023) Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies to Global Change 28(3): 16.

    Bardsley D.K., Bardsley A.M. and Conedera M. (2023) . Agricoltore Ticinese 155(17): 12-13.

    Cacho O., Moss J., Erwidodo et al. (2023) . ACIAR, Canberra.

    Grympa K., Bardsley D.K. and Sparrow B.D. (2023) The social science of standardising the ecological monitoring of landscapes: A scoping study. Report to the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, TERN Australia, Adelaide.

    McGunnigle N., Bardsley D., Nuberg I., Cedamon E. and Pandit B.H. (2023) . Human Ecology 51: 699-717.

    Nand M.M., Bardsley D.K. and Suh J. (2023) . Climatic Change 176: 21.

    Nand M.M., Bardsley D.K. and Suh J. (2023) . Local Environment 26: 768-783.

    Song B., Robinson G.M., Bardsley D.K., Xue Y. and Wang B. (2023) . Land Use Policy 133: 106869.

    Amaruzaman S., Bardsley D.K. and Stringer R. (2022) . Agriculture and Human Values 39: 683-700.

    Bardsley D.K., Cedamon E., Paudel N.S. and Nuberg I. (2022) . Journal of Environmental Management 319, 115698 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.115698.

    Bardsley D.K. was a contributing author to ) in Working Group II of the IPCC (2022) Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability of the 2022 Sixth Assessment Report of the Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Geneva.

    Cedamon E., Bardsley D. and Nuberg I. (2022) Changing forestry interests in the mid-hills of Nepal: Implications for silviculture policy and practice. Paudel N.S, Ojha H., Banjade M.R., Karki R. and Tamang S. (eds.) . Research Paper Series on Improved Forest Management in Nepal 2022-01, 61-71.

    Drew G., Skinner W. and Bardsley D.K. (2022) The 'drive and talk' as ethnographic method. Anthropology Today 38: 5-8.

    Palazzo E. and Bardsley D.K. (2022) Adaptive mechanisms in a continuing landscape: assessing biocultural diversity as a form of resilience. Journal of Cultural Heritage Management and Sustainable Development 12: 367-391. 

    Pearson R. and Bardsley D.K. (2022) . Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions 42: 74-87.

    Skinner W., Bardsley D.K. and Drew G. (2022) Grape Growers are adapting to climate shifts early - and their knowledge can help other farmers. The Conversation June 22, 2022, .

    Skinner W., Drew G. and Bardsley D.K. (2022) "Half a flood's no good": flooding, viticulture, and hydrosocial terroir in a South Australian wine region. Agriculture and Human Values

    Song B., Robinson G.M. and Bardsley D.K. (2022) . Geographical Research 60: 480-497.

    Song B., Robinson G.M. and Bardsley D.K. (2022) . Journal of Rural Studies 96: 64-77

    Bardsley A.M., Bardsley D.K., Conedera M., Pütz M., Robinson G.M. and Weber D. (2021) . Environmental Management 68: 785-801. 

    Bardsley D.K., Bardsley A.M., Weber D., Moskwa E. and Robinson G.M. (2021) . Geographical Research 59: 362-377. 

    Bardsley D.K., Cedamon E. and Nuberg I. (2021). Socio-ecological monitoring to guide sustainable development of complex community-based agroforestry systems, Research Paper Series on Agroforestry and Community Forestry in Nepal, Vol 2021-05:1-60. Access via

    Deak B.P., Ostendorf B., Bardsley D.K., Taggart D.A. and Peacock D.E. (2021) . Human Ecology 49: 843–857.

    Deak B.P., Ostendorf B., Bardsley D.K., Taggart D.A. and Peacock D.E. (2021) . Environmental Sociology 7: 239-253.

    Guodaar L. and Bardsley D.K. (2021) . Geoforum 127: 222-233.

    Guodaar L., Bardsley D.K. and Suh J. (2021) Indigenous adaptation to climate change risks in northern Ghana. Climatic Change 66, 24

    Guodaar L., Bardsley D.K. and Suh J. (2021) . Applied Geography 130, 10244.

    Bardsley D.K. and Knierim A. (2020) . Journal of Rural Studies 80: 503-512.

    Bardsley D., Cedamon E., Gyawali B., Paudel N., Banjade M. and Nuberg I. (2020) Socio-ecological Monitoring Protocol for EnLIFT2. Research Paper Series on Improved Forest Management in Nepal, Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research, Australian Government, 2020-03:1-31. Access via

    Nand M.M. and Bardsley D.K. (2020) . Local Environment 25: 725-740.

    Song B., Robinson G.M. and Bardsley D.K. (2020) . Land 9(8), 260.

    Bardsley D.K. (2019) A review of Walker, Brian (2019) Finding resilience: change and uncertainty in nature and society. Clayton: CSIRO Publishing. Geographical Education 32: 44-45.

    Bardsley D.K., Palazzo E. and Stringer R. (2019) . Land Use Policy 83: 594-605.

    Bardsley D.K., Prowse T.A.A. and Siegfriedt C. (2019) . Local Environment 24: 727-745.

    Deak B.P., Ostendorf B., Taggart D.A., Peacock D.E. and Bardsley D.K. (2019) . Animals 9(9), 617.

    Pandey R. and Bardsley D.K. (2019) Asia and the Pacific Policy Studies 6: 130-150.

    Weber D., Moskwa E., Robinson G.M., Bardsley D.K., Arnold J. and Davenport M.A. (2019) . Geoforum 107:99-112.

    Bardsley D.K. (2018) . In DellaSala D.A. and Goldstein M.I. (eds.) Encyclopedia of the Anthropocene, vol. 2. Elsevier, Oxford, 359-367

    Bardsley D.K., Moskwa E., Weber D., Robinson G.M., Waschl N. and Bardsley A.M. (2018) . Society & Natural Resources 34: 424-441.

    Bardsley D.K. and Palazzo E. (2018) Making the case for a heritage of innovation: could World Heritage listing facilitate sustainable rural adaptation to climate change? In, Carril V.P., Gonzalez R.C.L., Santamaria J.M.T. and Haslam McKenzie F. (eds.) . The University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, 83-90.

    Bardsley D.K., Palazzo E. and Pütz M. (2018) . Journal of Rural Studies 63: 24-33.

    Gamlen, A., Bardsley D.K. and Wall J. (2018) . Population and Environment 39: 301-318.

    Houston P. and Bardsley D.K. (2018) . South Australian Geographical Journal 114(1), 29-42.

    Moskwa E., Bardsley D.K., Robinson G.M. and Weber D. (2018) . Environmental Science and Policy 80: 30-40.

    Moskwa E., Bardsley D.K., Weber D. and Robinson G.M. (2018) . International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction 27: 459-469.

    Robinson G.M., Bardsley D.K., Raymond C.M., Underwood T., Moskwa E., Weber D., Waschl N. and Bardsley A.M. (2018) . Environments 5(3), 40.

    Robinson G.M., Bardsley D.K., Weber D. and Moskwa E. (2018) Urban sprawl and peri-urban risk: the wildfire frontier. In, Carril V.P., Gonzalez R.C.L., Santamaria J.M.T. and Haslam McKenzie F. (eds.) . The University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, 521-528.

    Bardsley D.K. (2017) . International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education 26: 36-53.

    Bardsley D.K., Palazzo E., Wiseman N.D. and Stringer R. (2017) The Roles of Agricultural Biodiversity in the McLaren Vale Landscape. DEWNR Technical report 2017/01. Government of South Australia, Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources, Adelaide. Available at .

    Bardsley D.K. and Wiseman N.D. (2016) . Anthropocene 14: 58-70.

    Bardsley D.K., Wiseman N.D. and Hugo G.J. (2016) . In Knieling J. (ed.) Climate Adaptation Governance: Theory, Concepts and Praxis in Cities and Regions. Chichester, Wiley-Blackwell, 89-111.

    Moskwa E.C., Ahonen I., Santala V., Weber D., Robinson G.M. and Bardsley D.K. (2016) . Environmental Reviews 24: 219-232.

    Wiseman N.D. and Bardsley D.K. (2016) . Geographical Research 54:52-71.

    Bardsley D.K. (2015) . Environment, Development and Sustainability 17:41-55.

    Bardsley D.K. (2015) . In, Watson J. (ed.) Politics, Policy & the Chance of Change. The Conversation Yearbook 2015. Melbourne University Press, Carlton, pp141-144.

    Bardsley D.K. (2015) . Australian Geographer 46:33-50.

    Bardsley D.K. (2015) . In Robinson G.M. and Carson D.A. (eds.) Handbook on the Globalisation of Agriculture, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham UK, pp404-424.

    Bardsley D.K., Weber D., Robinson G.M., Moskwa E. and Bardsley A.M (2015) . Applied Geography 63:155-165.

    Fielke S.J. and Bardsley D.K. (2015) . Rural History 26:101-125.

    Fielke S.J. and Bardsley D.K. (2015) Regional agricultural governance in peri-urban and rural South Australia: strategies to improve multifunctionality. 10:231-243.

    Pandey R. and Bardsley D.K. (2015) . Applied Geography 64:74-86.

    Wiseman N.D. and Bardsley D.K. (2015) . Government of South Australia/Australian Government, Adelaide. 

    Wiseman N.D. and Bardsley D.K. (2015) , Natural Resources Alinytjara Wilurara, Government of South Australia/Australian Government, Adelaide. 

    Bardsley D.K. (2014) A review of Christoff, Peter (ed.) (2014) Four Degrees of Global Warming: Australia in a Hot World, London and New York: Routledge. Geographical Education 27:63.

    Bardsley D.K. and Bardsley A.M. (2014) . Ecological Economics 98:11-21.

    Fielke S.J. and Bardsley D.K. (2014) . Land Use Policy 39:301-312.

    Hugo G.J. and Bardsley D.K. (2014) . In Piguet E. and Laczko F. (eds.) People on the Move in a Changing Climate: The Regional Impact of Environmental Change on Migration. International Organization for Migration, Geneva, pp21-48.

    Lereboullet A.-L., Beltrando G. and Bardsley D.K. (2014) . In Quénol H. (ed.) Changement Climatique et Terroirs Viticoles, Lavoisier SAS, Paris, 377-404.

    Lereboullet A.-L., Beltrando G., Bardsley D.K. and Rouvellac E. (2014) . Regional Environmental Change 14: 1951-1966.

    Bardsley D.K. and Hugo G.J. (2013) Migration and climate change: examining thresholds of change to guide effective adaptation decision-making. In: Hugo G. (ed.) Climate Change and Migration, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK, 418-442.

    Bardsley D.K. and Niven R.J. (2013) . Regional Environmental Change 13: 215-217.

    Fielke S.J. and Bardsley D.K. (2013) . GeoJournal 78: 759-776.

    Findlay C., Umberger W., Bardsley D., Tan Y. and Watson A.J. (2013) Asian Food in Transition: Priority Research for Food Security and Sustainable Futures in Australia, China and the Asia-Pacific Region. The University of Adelaide, Adelaide Australia.

    Lereboullet A.-L., Bardsley D.K. and Beltrando G. (2013) . EchoGéo 23, DOI: 10.4000/echogeo.13384.

    Lereboullet A.-L., Beltrando G. and Bardsley D.K. (2013) . Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 164: 273-285.

    Niven R.J. and Bardsley D.K. (2013) . Regional Environmental Change 13: 193-209.

    Pandey R. and Bardsley D.K. (2013) Human ecological implications of climate change in the Himalaya: Pilot studies of adaptation in agro-ecosystems within two villages from Middle Hills and Tarai, Nepal. Impacts World 2013. International Conference on Climate Change Effects. Potsdam, Germany, May, 2013.

    Wiseman N.D. and Bardsley D.K. (2013) . Local Environment: The International Journal of Justice and Sustainability 18:1024-1045.

    Bardsley D.K. and Wiseman N.D. (2012) . AW NRM Board/Government of SA, Government of Australia, Adelaide. 

    Bardsley D.K. and Wiseman N.D. (2012) . Global Environmental Change 22:713-723.

    Bardsley D.K. and Pech P. (2012) Human Ecology 40:129-143.

    Lereboullet A.-L., Beltrando G. and Bardsley D.K. (2012) Améliorer la capacité d'adaptation des agrosystèmes viticoles: Les apports complémentaires de la climatologie et des sciences sociales. Actes des Journées de la Commission Climat et Société du Comité National Français de Géographie, Liège, France, March 2012.

    Asian Development Bank (2011) . ADB, Manila.

    Bardsley D.K. and Hugo G.J. (2010) . Population and Environment 32:238-262.

    Bardsley D.K. (2010) .  In: Proceedings of the Symposium Innovation and Sustainable Development in Agriculture and Food - ISDA 2010. Coudel E., Devautour H., Soulard C. and Hubert B. (eds.). Montpellier, June 28 to July 1, 2010, Cirad, Inra, SupAgro, Montpellier, France. 

    Bardsley D.K. (2010) NatureLinks: A critical response to climate change impacts on biodiversity in South Australia.  South Australian Geographer 25:3-10, 42-44.

    Bardsley D.K. and Rogers G.P. (2010) . Society and Natural Resources 24:1-17.

    Bardsley D.K. and Sweeney S.M. (2010) . Environmental Management 45:1127-1141.

    Bardsley D.K. and Sweeney S.M. (2010) Applying a climate change adaptation decision framework for the Adelaide-Mt Lofty Ranges. In, Jubb I., Holper P. and Cai W. (eds) . CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne, 167-176. Access via https://ebooks.publish.csiro.au/content/managing-climate-change.

    Hugo G., Bardsley D.K., Tan Y., Sharma V., Williams M. and Bedford R. (2009) Climate Change and Migration in the Asia-Pacific Region.  Final Report to the Asian Development Bank, ABD, Manila.  

    Bardsley D.K. and Sweeney S. (2008) A Regional Climate Change Decision Framework for Natural Resource Management.  DWLBC Report 2008/21, South Australian Government, Adelaide.  Available at

    Bardsley D.K. (2008) Agrodiversity in the Asia-Pacific. A review of Connell, John and Waddell, Eric (eds.) (2007) Environment, Development and Change in Rural Asia Pacific: Between Local and Global, London: Routledge. Asia Pacific Viewpoint 49:133-135.

    Bardsley, D.K. (2008) . Berlin Conference on the Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change: Long-Term Policies: Governing Social-Ecological Change, International Conference of the Socio-Ecological Research Programme, 22-23 February 2008, Berlin, Germany.

    Bardsley D.K. and Liddicoat C. (2008) . DWLBC Report 2008/14, South Australian Government, Adelaide. 

    Crossman, N.D., Bryan B.A. and Bardsley D.K. (2008) . CSIRO Land and Water Science Report 01/08, January 2008.

    Bardsley, D.K. (2007) . The International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability, 3(2):19-28.

    Bardsley, D.K. (2007) . Journal of Education Policy 22:493-508.

    Bardsley D.K. and Bardsley A. (2007) . Geographical Research 45:329-339.

    Bardsley D.K. and Edwards-Jones G. (2007) . Environmental Science and Policy 10:230-242.

    Bardsley D. (2006) . In: Dixon J., Neely C., Lightfoot C., Avila M., Baker D., Holding C. and King C. (eds.) Farming Systems and Poverty: Making a Difference -- Proceedings of the 18th International Symposium of the International Farming Systems Association: A Global Learning Opportunity (31 October - 3 November 2005, Rome, Italy). International Farming Systems Association, Rome, Italy, 13-20.

    Bardsley D. (2006) . DWLBC Report 2006/06, South Australian Government, Adelaide.

    Bardsley D. (2006) The Adaptation Challenge: A Conversation in Climate Risk for 2030. A workshop tool produced for Adelaide-Mt Lofty Ranges, Eyre Peninsula and Murray-Darling Basin NRM Regions.

    Bardsley D. (2006) . Land Use Policy 23:643-644.

    Bardsley D. and Edwards-Jones G. (2006) . GeoJournal 65:199-210.

    Bardsley D. and Edwards-Jones G. (2006) Changing perceptions in a changing climate: invasive plant species management in Mediterranean landscapes. In, Preston C., Watts J.H. & Crossman N.D. (eds.) Managing Weeds in a Changing Climate, Proceedings of the 15th Australian Weeds Conference. Weed Management Society of South Australia, Adelaide, 103-106.

    Bardsley D. and Thomas I. (2006) . Journal of Environmental Planning and Management 49:653-674.

    Bardsley D. and Thomas I. (2005) . GeoJournal 62:27-39.

    Bardsley D. and Thomas I. (2005) . Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 106:407-412.

    Bardsley D. (2004) . Geographical Education 17:33-39.

    Bardsley D. and Thomas I. (2004) . GeoJournal 60:99-109.

    Raquin A., Edwards-Jones G. and Bardsley D. (2004) Costs and benefits of invasive exotic plants in the Mediterranean. In, Arianoutsou M. and Papanastasis V.P. (eds.) Proceedings 10th MEDECOS Conference, April 25-May 1, 2004, Rhodes, Greece. Millpress, Rotterdam, 131.

    Bardsley D. (2003) . Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 99:149-157.

    Bardsley D. (2002) Agriculture as conservation: the in situ conservation of crop landraces in Switzerland, Turkey and Nepal. In, Holland PG, Stephenson F & Wearing A (eds) Geography -- a Spatial Odyssey, Conference Proceedings: Third Joint Conference, NZ Geographical Society & the Institute of Australian Geographers, Dunedin, University of Otago, 2001. NZ Geographical Society, Hamilton, 110-116.

  • Media Expertise

    CategoriesEnvironment, Social Issues & Public Policy
    ExpertiseClimate change risk and adaptation; Education policy and practice for sustainable development;
    Agricultural development and risk;
    Agrobiodiversity conservation;
    Environmental management and governance;
    Social perceptions analysis;
    Risk and vulnerability analysis.

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