UWA School of Agriculture and Environment

Changing our understanding of the world’s natural resources

 

The UWA School of Agriculture and Environment is located in one of the world’s biodiversity hotspots. Surrounded by a wealth of agricultural, natural and mining resources, our location allows us to produce innovative research with worldwide application.

Our teaching and research benefit from a network of national and international collaborators, and our strong industry and government links are producing change in agricultural and environmental management, regional development, and urban policy and planning.

We have a strong track record in PhD supervision and external research grant success. The Australian Research Council rated Agricultural Science at UWA as 'above world standards' and Environmental Science at UWA as 'well above world standards' during the most recent Excellence in Research Australia assessment.

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1st in Australia and 18th in the world for Agricultural Sciences (ARWU 2019)

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1st in Australia and 19th in the world for Environmental Science and Engineering (ARWU 2019)

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45th in the world for Agriculture and Forestry (QS 2020)

Our research

We are a research intensive school that spans the broad disciplines of Agriculture and Resource Economics, Agricultural Science, Environmental Science and Geography and Planning.

PhD research opportunities

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Productivity and efficiency analysis

Environmental stress as a threatening process for the western ringtail possum

Studying social networks for environmental conservation

Farmers perception of groundwater management regimes

Mechanisms of microbial release of nitrogen and phosphorus for nutrient recovery from waste resources
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Corporate geographies
Australian wheatbelt

Agricultural and native vegetation systems in the Wheatbelt

Investigating the hydrology of the Fitzroy River to protect the iconic sawfish
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Characterisation of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, herbicides and novel fertiliser interactions for sustainable agriculture
Black Soldier Fly

Developing and assessing a high quality fertiliser product based on black soldier fly frass
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The economics of recreational fishing management
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Valuing mine site restoration and biodiversity offsets

Predicting China's peak carbon emissions and compliance costs
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Consumer perceptions towards insect farming products
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Restoration of degraded pasture exposed to localised salinity and erosion
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Understanding ecological-economic trade-offs in environmental offsetting

Revisiting Mendels peas in the age of genomics

Improving decision making for crop pest biosecurity

Agent-based modelling of land use policy effects

Role of soil microorganisms

Rope bridges to restore gene flow and reduce road fatalities of western ringtail possums

Ecology of fine root endophytes in native and agricultural ecosystems across Australia

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Omics analyses of yield and yield components for improved wheat production
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Subterranean clover genomic resources: Building a comprehensive platform for molecular breeding

Our courses

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News

  • UWA ranked top in Australia in five STEM subjects

    Wed, 1 Jul 2020

    The University of Western Australia has achieved the highest ranking among all Australian universities for five STEM subjects, according to the 2020 Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) by Subject.

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  • How local knowledge contributes to agricultural innovation

    Fri, 26 Jun 2020

    The contribution of local knowledge and intellectual property to agricultural innovation and food security has been examined in a book published this week by researchers from The University of Western Australia.

    Local Knowledge, Intellectual Property and Agricultural Innovation published by Springer was compiled by Professor Michael Blakeney from UWA’s Law School and Hackett Professor of Agriculture Kadambot Siddique, Director of The UWA Institute of Agriculture.

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  • Mapping the genome could help in race to save native rat

    Wed, 17 Jun 2020

    Scientists from The University of Western Australia have unveiled a genetic analysis of an endangered native rodent, which could help researchers and conservation authorities better understand how to protect the Australian species. 

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Events and workshops

The UWA School of Agriculture and Environment hosts a number of events and workshops throughout the year for students, staff and members of the public. Details of all our upcoming events can be found on our events calendar.

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