Professor Corey Bradshaw

Matthew Flinders Professor of Global Ecology

College of Science and Engineering

+61 8 8201 2090

corey.bradshaw@flinders.edu.au

Biological Sciences

GPO Box 2100, ADELAIDE, SA, 5001

I joined Flinders University in January 2017 as the Matthew Flinders Fellow in Global Ecology. I am the Director of the Global Ecology Laboratory (Partuyarta Ngadluku Wardli Kuu) and a lead Chief Investigator in the ARC Centre of Excellence for Indigenous and Environmental Histories and Futures. I was formerly a Chief Investigator in the ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage where I led its Modelling Node. I am also a founding member of Future Child Health.

From 2008-2015 I was at the University of Adelaide (Sir Hubert Wilkins Chair of Climate Change 2015-2016), and from 2004-2008 I was Senior then Principal Research Fellow at Charles Darwin University. I was an ARC Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Tasmania from 1999-2004.

My research is mainly in the area of global-change ecology — how human endeavour and climate fluctuations have altered past, present and future ecosystems. My most important contributions have been in the area of applied ecology, biodiversity conservation, theoretical ecology, extinction dynamics, human demography and health, species responses to climate change, disease ecology, and applying ecological theory and modelling techniques to hindcast prehistoric ecosystems. My work has provided environmental policy advice around the world, and my papers are highly cited.

Qualifications

PhD, University of Otago, New Zealand 1999
MSc, University of Alberta, Canada 1994
BSc, Université de Montréal 1992
Postgraduate Certificate in Veterinary Conservation Medicine, Murdoch University 2005

Honours, awards and grants

Stanford Elsevier World’s Top 2% Scientists list (2024)
Vice-Chancellor's Award for Research Leadership, Flinders University (2023)
Finalist, Scientist of the Year, South Australian Science Excellence and Innovation Awards (2022)
High Performance Computing User Forum Innovation Award (2021)
Reuters Hot List of Top Climate Scientists (2021)
Chief Editor (Global Biodiversity Threats) for Frontiers in Conservation Science (2020-2021)
Australian Research Council College of Experts (2019-2023)
co-Head of Faculty (Ecology) in Faculty Opinions (formerly Faculty of 1000) (2019-2023)
Verco Medal, Royal Society of South Australia (2017)
Bellagio Academic Writers Residency Fellowship, Rockefeller Foundation, Italy (2017)
BNP-Paribas Visting Fellowship, Université Paris-Sud, Paris (2015)
Fudan University Visiting Fellowship, Shanghai (2013)
Mid-career Research Excellence Award, University of Adelaide (2012)
ARC Future Fellowship Level III, University of Adelaide (2011)
Australian Ecology Research Award, Ecological Society of Australia (2010)
Scopus Young Researcher of the Year (Life Sciences), Elsevier (2010)
HG Andrewartha Medal, Royal Society of South Australia (2009)
Young Tall Poppy Science Award, Australian Institute of Policy and Science (2008)

Key responsibilities

My position is primarily research-focussed.

Current/recent research fellows:

Dr Louise Barnett: eco-epidemiological modelling for rabbit control (completed; in conjunction with Biosecurity SA & Dr Thomas Prowse)
Dr Julian Beaman: genetic rescue
Dr Hira Syeda Fatima: environmental drivers of child health
Dr John Llewelyn: palaeo-ecological modelling
Dr Cristián Monaco: (completed; co-supervised by Prof Ivan Nagelkerken)
Dr Caitlin Mudge: trait databasing & analysis
Dr Cody Nitschke: human eco-epidemiological modelling
Dr Katharina Peters: palaeo-data analysis (completed)
Dr Frédérik Saltré: palaeo-ecological modelling
Dr Farzin Shabani: palaeo-ecological vegetation modelling

Teaching interests

Current/recently completed postgraduate student supervisions

Bruno Carturan: coral reef dynamic modelling (PhD, UBC, Canada)
Antoine Champreux: palaeo-vegetation models (PhD, Flinders University; completed)
Sofie Costin: population viability analyses for re-introduced native mammals (Honours, Flinders University; completed)
Sofie Costin: buffel grass management (PhD, Flinders University)
Felicity Coutts: palaeo-ecology of the Ediacaran (PhD, Univ Adelaide/South Australian Museum; completed)
Seamus Doherty: ecological networks for modelling climate change in the Australian wet tropics (PhD, Flinders University; completed)
Peter Hamnett: modelling feral pig reduction (Honours, Flinders University; completed)
Peter Hamnett: modelling feral deer reduction (PhD, Flinders University)
Dr Ben Heard: energy modelling (PhD, Univ Adelaide; completed)
Fiona Laviano: human/megafauna interactions (PhD, Flinders University)
Dr Jarod Lyon: river restoration for fish (PhD, Univ Adelaide/Arthur Rylah Institute; completed)
Kealyn Madden: climate-change effects on arid-land vegetation (Honours, Flinders University)
Rupert Mathwin: frog ecology (PhD, Flinders University; completed)
Claire Moore: habitat selection of regent parrots (MSc, Flinders University)
Claire Perry: Global relationships between availability and quality of family planning services and fertility rates (Honours, Univ Western Australia)
Madeline Riley: assessing shark bite risks and mitigation measures (PhD, Flinders University)
Kathryn Venning: feral cat population models (Honours, Flinders University; Higher Distinction; completed)

Topic coordinator

BIOD7710 Honours Critical Readings

Topic lecturer

ARCH2111 Scientific Techniques in Archaeology

STEM2002 Applied Problem Solving with Computers

BIOL3701 Conservation Biology and Restoration Ecology

BIOL7720 Honours Research Design and Statistics

STEM7001 Research Methods for Honours

BIOD1102 Introduction to Biodiversity and Conservation

BIOD2701 Biodiversity and Conservation

BIOD7710 Honours Critical Readings

ENVS9890 Major Research Topic

Professional engagement

I have a strong commitment to and capacity for communicating the implications of my science to the broader public via traditional media (television, radio, newspaper, etc.). Also see the media influence of some of my top Altmetrics-score papers. I am an avid proponent of public engagement via social media and blogging (ConservationBytes.com, Bluesky, Mastodon, Linkedin, Facebook, Instagram), and I give many public lectures each year. I also contribute regularly to The Conversation.

I am/was also:

Flinders University Academic Senate member, College of Science and Engineering representative (2025–2026)
lead Chief Investigator in the ARC Centre of Excellence for Indigenous and Environmental Histories and Futures
College member, Australian Research Council (2019–2023)
member of the Kangaroo Island Feral Pig Technical Advisory Committee, Biosecurity, South Australia Department of Primary Industries and Regions
member of the South Australia Major Research and Technology Infrastructure Steering Group, Office of the Chief Scientist of South Australia (2022–2023)
co-Head of Faculty (Ecology) in H1 Connect
member of the Sustainability Advisory Committee for Flinders University
member of the Ecology, Evolution, and Behaviour Assessment Panel, Marsden Fund, Royal Society of New Zealand
Chief Investigator in the ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage