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
- 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
- Maseyk, F.,Maron, M.,Gordon, A.,Bull, J.,Evans, M. (2021). Improving averted loss estimates for better biodiversity outcomes from offset exchanges In: ORYX, 55, 393 - 403
- 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
- Selinske, M.,Fidler, F.,Gordon, A.,Garrard, G.,Kusmanoff, A.,Bekessy, S. (2020). We have a steak in it: eliciting interventions to reduce beef consumption and its impact on biodiversity In: Conservation Letters, 13, 1 - 13
- Garrard, G.,Kusmanoff, A.,Faulkner, R.,Samarasekara, C.,Gordon, A.,Johnstone, A.,Peterson, I.,Torabi, N.,Wang, Y.,Bekessy, S. (2020). Understanding Australia’s national feral cat control effort In: Wildlife Research, 47, 698 - 708
- zu Ermgassen, S.,Maron, M.,Walker, C.,Gordon, A.,Simmonds, J.,Strange, N.,Robertson, M.,Bull, J. (2020). The hidden biodiversity risks of increasing flexibility in biodiversity offset trades In: Biological Conservation, 252, 1 - 9
2 PhD Current Supervisions6 PhD Completions
- Designing green spaces for biodiversity and human well-being. Funded by: ARC Linkage Grant 2016 from (2017 to 2022)
- 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)