Professor Cecily Maller
Associate Dean, Research & Innovation
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College: School of GUSS
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Department: School of GUSS
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Campus: City Campus Australia
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cecily.maller@rmit.edu.au
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ORCID: 0000-0001-8322-2124
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- Industry Projects
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About
Cecily Maller is a human geographer specialising in more-than-human approaches and working with relational theories, particularly theories of social practice. Her research focuses on everyday human-environment interactions in urban settings. She is particularly interested in the affective, health and wellbeing dimensions of multi-species interactions in homes, workplaces and neighbourhoods, and how to make cities healthier, climate adapted, and more equitable places.
From 2018-2023 she was Lead Editor of the journal ‘People and Nature’ and she is the author of ‘Healthy urban environments: More-than-human theories’ (Routledge, 2018). Her other books include two edited collections, 'Social Practices, Intervention and Sustainability: Beyond Behaviour Change' (Routledge, 2012) and 'Social Practices and Dynamic Non-Humans: Nature, Materials and Technologies' (Palgrave, 2019).
A Professor at RMIT University’s School of Global, Urban and Social Studies in Melbourne, Australia her research is based in the Centre for Urban Research where she co-led the Beyond Behaviour Change (2012-2019) and People and Environment (2019-2023) research programs.
Cecily has an interdisciplinary background comprising a Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Australian Environmental Studies and a PhD in health and social development, and she enjoys working across disciplines to address complex social and environmental challenges.
From 2018-2023 she was Lead Editor of the journal ‘People and Nature’ and she is the author of ‘Healthy urban environments: More-than-human theories’ (Routledge, 2018). Her other books include two edited collections, 'Social Practices, Intervention and Sustainability: Beyond Behaviour Change' (Routledge, 2012) and 'Social Practices and Dynamic Non-Humans: Nature, Materials and Technologies' (Palgrave, 2019).
A Professor at RMIT University’s School of Global, Urban and Social Studies in Melbourne, Australia her research is based in the Centre for Urban Research where she co-led the Beyond Behaviour Change (2012-2019) and People and Environment (2019-2023) research programs.
Cecily has an interdisciplinary background comprising a Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Australian Environmental Studies and a PhD in health and social development, and she enjoys working across disciplines to address complex social and environmental challenges.
Research fields
- 330413 Urban planning and health
- 420606 Social determinants of health
- 420603 Health promotion
- 4406 Human geography
- 440601 Cultural geography
- 310301 Behavioural ecology
- 470209 Environment and culture
UN sustainable development goals
- 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
- 3 Good Health and Well Being
- 15 Life on Land
- 12 Responsible Consumption and Production
- 13 Climate Action
- 10 Reduced Inequalities
Academic positions
- Professor
- RMIT University
- School of Global, Urban and Social Studies
- Melbourne, Australia
- 1 Jan 2024 – Present
- Associate Dean, Research and Innovation
- RMIT University
- School of Global, Urban and Social Studies
- Melbourne, Australia
- 6 Feb 2023 – Present
- Associate Professor
- RMIT University
- School of Global, Urban and Social Studies
- Melbourne, Australia
- 1 Jan 2020 – 31 Dec 2023
- Vice Chancellor's Senior Research Fellow
- RMIT University
- Centre for Urban Research
- Melbourne, Australia
- 1 Jan 2016 – 31 Dec 2019
- Vichealth Research Practice Fellow in Residential Planning and Community Development
- RMIT University
- Centre for Urban Research
- Melbourne, Australia
- 1 Jan 2010 – 31 Dec 2015
- Research Fellow
- RMIT University
- Centre for Urban Research
- Melbourne, Australia
- 8 Mar 2008 – 31 Dec 2010
Non-academic positions
- Social Scientist
- Australian Government
- Bureau of Rural Sciences, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
- Canberra, Australia
- 7 Mar 2006 – 7 Mar 2008
Supervisor projects
- 'Young people and Borderline Personality: diagnosis, self-diagnosis, and identity'?
- 2 Jul 2024
- Resilient ‘Smart Villages’: Exploring the contributions of 'Smart' Frameworks and Strategies to Disaster Resilience and Response in Rural and Regional Australia: A Case Study of GS3
- 1 Mar 2022
- Denaturalising heatwaves: a gendered analysis of social vulnerabilities in urban heatwaves and public cool spaces as a primary heat health measure/policy
- 5 May 2021
- Energy Culture: Implications for Energy Retrofit Programmes in Coyhaique, Chile
- 24 Jul 2020
- Re-Fashioning the Way We Wear: Dressing Practices and Sustainability
- 13 Feb 2019
- Does biodiversity restore us? The relationship between public perceptions of amenity and biodiversity in urban river corridors in Melbourne.
- 11 Jun 2015
- Explorations with 'Place' for Ecologically Responsive Urban Dwelling: A Study of More-than-human Place(making) and Ecological Design in Two Australian Cities
- 3 Mar 2014
- Community as 'Learnt Capacity': The Lived Experience of Filipino and Indian Residents in Masterplanned Estates
- 3 Mar 2014
- Making Sense of 'Food' Animals: A critical exploration of the persistence of 'meat'
- 4 Mar 2013
- Meatless Meat and Meat Free Days: An analysis of interventions and the socio-material-practice dynamics of reduced meat consumption
- 4 Mar 2013
Teaching interests
Social science research methods and research design, qualitative methodologies and methods, health and social development, sustainable consumption, people-environment relationships, relational theories, theories of social practice.
Research interests
Healthy cities, urban multispecies relationships, human-nature interactions, microbiomes, sustainable consumption, urban greening, health impacts of urban waterways, sustainable housing, healthy neighbourhood design, social theory application.
