STAFF PROFILE
Dr Ascelin Gordon
Dr Ascelin Gordon works as a Research Fellow in the Interdisciplinary Conservation Science Research Group within the School of Global, Urban and Social Studies.
His current research focuses on developing modelling approaches for understanding the impacts of environmental policies on biodiversity values in the landscape. He works as part of the multi-institution Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions (CEED) funded by the Australian Research Council.
Research interests
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Conservation planning and spatial prioritisation;
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Dealing with uncertainties in conservation planning data;
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Setting priorities for conservation investment using ecological and economic theory;
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Ecological populating modelling;
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Risk and decision-making for conservation;
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Conservation on private land and market based instruments for conservation;
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Agent based modelling.
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PhD, University of Melbourne
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BSc (Hons), University of Melbourne
- zu Ermgassen, S.,Devenish, K.,Simmons, B.,Gordon, A.,Sharma, R., et al, . (2023). Evaluating the impact of biodiversity offsetting on native vegetation In: Global Change Biology, 29, 4397 - 4411
- Gordon, A.,Sonter, L.,Maron, et. al, M. (2022). Quantifying the “avoided” biodiversity impacts associated with economic development In: Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 20, 370 - 378
- Kujalah, H.,Maron, M.,Iftekhar, S.,Gordon, A., et al, . (2022). Credible biodiversity offsetting needs public national registers to confirm no net loss In: One Earth, 5, 650 - 662
- Rhodes, J.,Armsworth, P.,Iacona, G.,Shah, P.,Gordon, A.,Wilson, K.,Runting, R.,Bryan, B. (2022). Flexible conservation decisions for climate adaptation In: One Earth, 5, 622 - 634
- Gutierrez Gonzalez, M.,Hernandez Santin, C.,Bekessy, S.,Gordon, A. (2022). Contextual challenges for implementing strategic environmental assessment in the Global South: insights from a case study in Mexico In: Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal, 41, 139 - 153
- Bull, J.,Strange, N.,Smith, R.,Gordon, A. (2021). Reconciling multiple counterfactuals when evaluating biodiversity conservation impact in social-ecological systems In: Conservation Biology, 35, 510 - 521
- Damiens, F.,Porter, E.,Gordon, A. (2021). The politics of biodiversity offsetting across time and institutional scales In: Nature Sustainability, 4, 170 - 179
- Gutierrez Gonzalez, M.,Bekessy, S.,Gordon, A. (2021). Biodiversity and ecosystem services in strategic environmental assessment: An evaluation of six Australian cases In: Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 87, 1 - 13
- Damiens, F.,Backstrom, A.,Gordon, A. (2021). Governing for “no net loss” of biodiversity over the long term: challenges and pathways forward In: One Earth, 4, 60 - 74
- Kalliolevo, H.,Gordon, A.,Sharma, R.,Bull, J.,Bekessy, S. (2021). Biodiversity offsetting can relocate nature away from people: An empirical case study in Western Australia In: Conservation Science and Practice, 3, 1 - 13
3 PhD Current Supervisions7 PhD Completions
- More than a reserve? Measuring the benefits of private protected areas. Funded by: ARC-Linkage Project from (2023 to 2026)
- Designing green spaces for biodiversity and human well-being. Funded by: ARC Linkage Grant 2016 from (2017 to 2023)
- Evaluating environmental policies with immediate costs and long-term gains. Funded by: ARC Discovery Projects 2015 from (2015 to 2020)
- New statistical approaches for analysing foodwebs and species distributions. Funded by: ARC Discovery Projects 2015 from (2015 to 2020)