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More than money - The costs of knowledge exchange at the interface of science and policy

Denis B. Karcher, C. Cvitanovic, R. Shellock, A. Hobday, R. Stephenson, M. Dickey‐Collas, I. V. van Putten

Ocean & Coastal Management, 2022

Editorial: Solving Complex Ocean Challenges Through Interdisciplinary Research: Advances from Early Career Marine Scientists

S. Brodie, Charles I. Addey, C. Cvitanovic, Beatriz S. Dias, A. Frainer, Sara García-Morales, Shan Jiang, L. Kaikkonen, Jon Lopez, S. Mathesius, K. Ortega-Cisneros, M. Pennino, C. Peters, Samiya Selim, R. Shellock, N. Văidianu

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022

Strategies for building and managing ‘trust’ to enable knowledge exchange at the interface of environmental science and policy

C. Cvitanovic, R. Shellock, M. Mackay, E. I. V. Putten, Denis B. Karcher, M. Dickey‐Collas, M. Ballesteros

2021

Development and Expansion in the Marine Social Sciences: Insights from the Global Community

E. McKinley, R. Kelly, M. Mackay, R. Shellock, C. Cvitanovic, I. V. van Putten

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2021

The Marine Environment, Human Well-being and Environmental Valuation: a case study from Plymouth, UK.

R. Shellock

2020

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Dr Rebecca Shellock is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Centre for Public Awareness of Science (CPAS) at the Australian National University. Rebecca is a Marine Social Scientist and her research encompasses a range of topics including:

Gender in marine science;
Ocean Literacy;
Marine Governance;
Marine Protected Areas;
The well-being benefits provided by marine and coastal environments;
The valuation of marine and coastal environments;
Ecosystem Services;
Marine Planning and management

Rebecca has experience of working at the Science-Policy Interface, during her time as a Marine Social Scientist for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (UK Government). During this time, she developed and a delivered a portfolio of research to build a robust social science evidence base for marine and coastal policy (e.g. Highly Protected Marine Areas).

Rebecca is a member of:

The Early Career Ocean Professionals (ECOP) Diversity, Equity and Inclusivity Task Team.
The UK's Ocean Literacy Working Group.
The Interdisciplinary Marine Early Career Network (IMECaN) Committee.
The Royal Geographical Society Coastal and Marine Research Group Committee.
The Centre for Marine Socioecology (CMS) at UTAS.
ANU Gender Institute.
ANU Institute for Climate, Energy & Disaster Solutions.