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Biography
Leonie is a senior lecturer in Sustainability in the Arts and Social Sciences group at Swinburne. Leonie is an applied ecological economist with research interests in the areas of sustainability and resilience. She convenes and is the primary teacher in the BA (Sustainability Management).
Prior to working at Swinburne, Leonie was a researcher at CSIRO (Canberra, Brisbane & Melbourne) and a consultant for SKM (Melborune). She holds a PhD from University of Queensland and has studied and worked in USA, Europe and China. Additionally, she has successfully sequered over one million in research and consultancy funds.
Teaching
HES1712 Introduction to Sustainability HES1714 Living in a Carbon Constrained World HES4722 Ecological Economics - Economics of Sustainability
Research Interests
Measuring sustainable development Resileince of sustainable social-ecological systems Sustainable Urbanisation
Publications Include
Pearson, L., Park, S., Harman, B. and Heyenga, S. (2010) Developing a sustainable landuse scenario framework for peri-urban areas: lessons from South-East Queensland, Australia, Landscape and Urban Planning, 96:88-97. Pearson, L., Pearson, L., Pearson, C. (2010) Sustainable urban agriculture: stocktake and opportunities, The International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, 8(1&2):7-19. Pearson, L. and Collins, K (2010) Does social-ecological context influence water management decisions? Case study from Queensland, Australia 1980-2006, Water Policy, 12: 186-202. Walker, B., Pearson, L., Harris, M., Maler, K-G., Li, C-Z, Biggs, R., Baynes, T. (2010) Resilience in Inclusive Wealth: concepts and examples from the Goulburn Broken Catchment, Environmental and Resource Economic, 45(2): 183-202. Pearson, L. Coggan, A., Proctor, W., Smith, T. (2010) A sustainable decision support framework for urban water management, Water Resources Management, 24 (2): 363-376. Higgins, A., Pearson, L. and Laredo, L. (2009) Modelling the Financial Value of the Maroochy River to Property Values: An Application of Neural Networks, Journal of Water Resource and Protection, 4: 237-248. Robinson, C.J., Taylor, B.M., Pearson, L., M. O’Donohue, M. and B. Harman, B. (2009) A SMART assessment of water quality partnership needs in Great Barrier Reef Catchments, Australasian Journal of Environmental Management, 16: 84-93. Walker, B. and Pearson, L. (2007), A Resilient Perspective of the SEEA, Ecological Economics, special edition, 61(4):708-715. Hatfield-Dodds, S. and Pearson, L. (2005) The role of social capital in sustainable development assessment frameworks, International Journal of Environment, Workplace and Employment, 1(3/4): 383-399. Hardy, A., Pearson, L, and Beeton, R. (2002) Sustainable Tourism: Concept and its Position in Relation to Tourism Theory, Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 10(6):476-496. Muradia, R., Pascual, U., Armsworth, P., Brander, L., Farley, J., Gómez-Baggethun, E., Loomis, J., Martín-López, B., Pearson, L., Perrings, C., Polasky, S. and Verma, M. (2010) Chapter 5: The Economics of Vlauing Ecosysetm services and Biodiversity, in Kumar, P. (ed.) The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity: The scientific and economic foundations for valuing biodiversity and ecosystem services Report. Straton, A. and Pearson, L. (2008) Importance of ‘Ecosystem Services’ in Sustainable Development, ECOS, 143:28. Pearson, L. (2008) Applying ‘Resilience Thinking’ for Sustainable Development. ECOS, 142:16
Professional Association Memberships
International Society for Ecological Economics Australian Institute of Company Directors
Awards and Grants
2010 Mark Oliphant Conference Funding, Australian Academy of Sciences