Professor John Handmer

Position	Deputy Head Research & Innovations
School / Work Unit	Math & Geospatial Sciences
Contact Details	+(61 3) 9925 2307 john.handmer@rmit.edu.au
Location	Building: 96 Level: 2 Room: 2 City Campus
College/Portfolio	Science, Engineering & Health

Key activities

Professor John Handmer leads RMIT’s Centre for Risk and Community Safety
and its Human Security Program. He is also Convener of the National
Climate Change Adaptation Research Network for Emergency Management, and
Principle Scientific Advisor for the Bushfire CRC. He holds adjunct
professorial positions at ANU and the Flood Hazard Research Centre in
London. He works on the social and economic aspects of emergency
management and disasters.

Qualifications

• BA (Hons) ANU, MA Toronto, PhD ANU

Other academic positions

• Adjunct Professor (ANU)
• Visiting Professor (Middlesex University)

Professional affiliations

• Fellow, Institute of British Geographers / Royal Geographical Society
• Member, Institute of Australian Geographers
• Member, Australia Foundation

Areas of expertise

Public policy issues in risk and community safety; Emergency planning and management; Community resilience; The interface of spatial information science and risk and safety management; and Sustainable development.

More information about the Centre for Risk and Community Safety