Graeme Hugo
Graeme HUGO is ARC Australian Professorial Fellow, Professor of the Discipline of Geography, Environment and Population and Director of the National Centre for Social Applications of Geographic Information Systems at the University of Adelaide.
His research interests are in population issues in Australia and South East Asia, especially migration. He is the author of over 300 books, articles in scholarly journals and chapters in books, as well as a large number of conference papers and reports.
In 2002 he secured an ARC Federation Fellowship over five years for his research project, “The new paradigm of international migration to and from Australia: dimensions, causes and implications”.
His recent research has focused on migration and development, environment and migration and migration policy. In 2009 he was awarded an ARC Australian Professorial Fellowship over five years for his research project “Circular migration in Asia, the Pacific and Australia: Empirical, theoretical and policy dimensions”.
He is chair of the Demographic Change and Liveability Panel of the Ministry of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities and was appointed to the National Housing Supply Council in 2011.
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Seven billion reasons to think about sustainability…
The United Nations estimates that the world’s population will reach seven billion sometime in late October or early November. The…... Read more
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