Australian Geographer publishes high-quality, peer-reviewed research that aims to shift academic and public debate on matters of societal and environmental consequence. Papers from across the breadth of Geography and cognate disciplines that promote distinctive insights and perspectives from the Asia-Pacific region are welcome.
Australian Geographer reflects and celebrates Geography’s diversity of philosophical and methodological approaches, encompassing the physical and social sciences and humanities. With efficient and rigorous peer-review, and typically rapid path to publication, articles in Australian Geographer report on timely empirical research, advance new concepts, intervene in current debates, and/or encourage readers to rethink social, environmental, economic and political issues through analysis of new evidence.
The journal emphasizes accessible, high-quality writing that communicates clearly to a wide-ranging readership across academic, educational, policy and general interest communities. Australian Geographer publishes full research articles, book reviews and forums, special issues, research notes and our distinctive “Thinking Space” commentaries in which geographers provide informed opinion on current public debates.
Australian Geographer is the journal of the Geographical Society of New South Wales Inc. For membership and other enquiries please contact:
Geographical Society of NSW
School of Social Sciences, Kingswood
University of Western Sydney
Locked Bag 1797, Penrith NSW 2751
Peer Review Statement
All suitable manuscripts submitted to the Australian Geographer are sent to two referees in a full ’double anonymized’ refereeing process.
All review papers in this journal have undergone editorial screening and peer review.
Editor-in-Chief: Associate Professor Kathy Mee - University of Newcastle, Australia
Editors: Dr Francis Markham - Australian National University
Dr Danielle Verdon-Kidd - University of Newcastle, Australia
Associate Editor:
Dr Melina Ey - Newcastle University, Australia
Editorial Board: Professor Jane Jacobs, Yale-NUS College, Singapore
Professor Phil McManus, University of Sydney, Australia
Dr Michele Lobo, Deakin University, Australia
Dr Candice Boyd, University of Melbourne, Australia
Mrs Susan Caldis, GTA and Macquarie University, Australia
Dr Clare Mouat, University of Western Australia, Australia
Dr Ashraful Alam, Otago University, New Zealand
Associate Professor Lisa Law, James Cook University, Australia
Dr Kaya Barry, Griffith University and Aalborg University, Denmark
Professor JD Dewsbury, UNSW Canberra, Australia
Dr Naohiro Nakamura, University of South Pacific, Fiji
Dr Chloe Lucas, University of Tasmania, Australia
Dr Marilu Melo Zurita, UNSW, Australia
Dr Rajanathan Rajaratnam, University of New England, Australia
Dr Scott Lieske, University of Queensland, Australia
Dr Nathan Wales, University of South Pacific, Fiji
Dr Lara Daley, University of Newcastle, Australia
Dr Laura Hammersley, University of Wollongong, Australia
Dr Emma Power, Western Sydney University, Australia
Associate Professor Rae Dufty-Jones, Western Sydney University, Australia
Dr Shaphan Cox, Curtin University, Australia
Associate Professor Megan Farrelly, Monash University, Australia
Professor Stephen Gale, University of Sydney, Australia
Associate Professor Corrinne Sullivan, Western Sydney University, Australia
Dr Miri Raven, University of New South Wales, Australia
Office Bearers of the Geographical Society of NSW President: Professor Matthew Kearnes - University of NSW, Australia
Vice Presidents: Associate Professor Rae Dufty-Jones - Western Sydney University, Australia
Professor Emma Waterton - Western Sydney University, Australia
Honorary Treasurer: Dr Stephen Codrington - Alphacrucis College Sydney, Australia
Assistant Treasurer: Dr Garth Lean - Western Sydney University, Australia
Honorary Secretary: Dr Caitlin Buckle - University of Sydney, Australia
Councillors: Dr Andrew Burridge - Macquarie University, Australia
Jesse Doolan - NSW Farmers, Australia
Dr Laura Hammersley - University of Wollongong, Australia
Dr Paul Hodge - University of Newcastle, Australia
Dr Rhonda Itaoui - University of Technology Sydney, Australia
Dr Davina Jackson - University of Kent, UK
Associate Professor Corrinne Sullivan - Western Sydney University, Australia
Dr Sophie Webber - University of Sydney, Australia
Executive Officer: Dr Bronwyn Bate - Western Sydney University, Australia
If you choose to publish open access in this journal you may be asked to pay an Article Publishing Charge (APC). You may be able to publish your article at no cost to yourself or with a reduced APC if your institution or research funder has an open access agreement or membership with Taylor & Francis.
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