ARC Complex Open Systems Research Network

Dr Anna Straton

 

Research Scientist Address: CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems PO Box 56 Highett VIC 3190 Phone: 03 9252 6403 Fax: 03 9252 6249 Email: anna.straton@csiro.au Webpage: http://www.csiro.au/people/Anna.Straton.html Research Node: CSIRO/CSS

 

Role in Network

Government - Researcher

COSNet Research Themes

1. Irreversibility and Emergence in Nonequilibrium Systems
3. Dynamics and Statistics of Multi-Scale Systems
4. Network Theory
5. Cellular Automata, Agent-Based Modelling and Simulation

COSNet Application Areas

4. Complex Socio-Economic Systems

 

Research Topics

Theory of value in complex systems context; resilience of tropical savanna land use systems; value of tropical river ecosystem services  

Publications

Straton, A.T. (2006). A complex systems approach to the value of ecological resources. Ecological Economics 56: 402-11.  

End-User Applications

Government and community stakeholders - to inform deliberation and policy-making about innovation and sustainable development in regional social-ecological systems  

Awards and Distinctions

Course 15 Australian Rural Leadership Program; 2007 University of Queensland Young Alumnus of the Year; Finalist for the Northern Territory Research and Innovation Board Early Career Researcher Award 2006