Eloise Biggs

Ellie holds an adjunct lecturer position with UWA and contributes to work within environmental geography.

(note: she does not supervise postgraduate students)

Ellie’s research background is in the spatial and temporal analysis of environmental data, predominantly within the fields of water resources and climate change. The focus of her doctoral research was on hydrological modelling of rural catchments and the spatiotemporal analysis of hydroclimatological time-series data. The latter has also influenced research investigating precipitation change (extreme events) in Nepal. Subsequent research used spatial mapping to look at changes in water vulnerability, water (in)security, poverty and environmental change. Ellie has worked on projects which look at environmental risk/vulnerability, the links between climate and tea production, and also the synergies between the water-energy-food nexus and sustainable livelihoods. Recently she has contributed to coastal resilience research which utilised visual arts as a form of community engagement.

• 2024-25 Oceans Institute (A$150,000; RA): "A new vision for coastal resilience: Engaging communities through art to design a transformative future"
• 2017-22 Cooperative Research Centre for Honey Bee Products CRC-HBP (A$684,500; HDR Supervision): "Understanding the environmental drivers of flora distribution, honey bee product production, and hive management in Western Australian Bee Industry"
• 2018-21 Australian Centre for International Agriculture Research (AU$1,614,000; PI): “Climate-smart landscapes for promoting sustainability of Pacific Island agricultural systems”
• 2016-17 Australian Centre for International Agriculture Research (AU$250,000; PI): “Using the Environmental Livelihoods Security (ELS) framework for developing climate-smart landscapes: a preliminary investigation for informing agricultural policy in the South Pacific”
• 2015-16 Pacific-Europe Network for Science Technology and Innovation Plus (€9994; Co-I): “The Role of Geospatial Information for Assessing Environmental Livelihood Security in the South Pacific”
• 2015-18 Asia-Pacific Network for Climate Change (APN) (US$120,000; Co-I): “Climate Change Adaptation in Post-Disaster Recovery Processes: Flood-Affected Communities in Cambodia and Fiji”
• 2014-16 UKIERI DST-British Council (£71,177; PI): “Climate-smartening Assam’s tea plantation landscapes: defining socio-ecological ‘safe spaces’ for future sustainability”
• 2014-15 World Universities Network (£29,548; PI): Research development fund “Developing a spatial framework to assess environmental livelihood security”

Lecturer in Geography, Geography and Planning, The University of Western Australia

Lecturer in Environmental GIS, Geography and Environment, The University of Southampton

Previous Units Taught (UWA)

• GEOG2201 Geographical Information Systems (unit coordinator)
• ENVT5508 Advanced Spatial Analytics (unit coordinator)
• ENVT5511 Advanced GIS for Environmental Management (unit coordinator)
• GEOG3302 Geographic, Environment and Planning Fieldwork (teaching staff)
• GEOG2202 Reading Landscapes (teaching staff)
• ENVT5518 Sustainable Development Goals (teaching staff)
• GEOG3303 Environmental Policy and Planning (teaching staff)
• ENVT4421 Fundamentals of Environmental Management (teaching staff)
• ENVT4406 Using Drones for Catchment and Environmental Management (teaching staff)

Previous PhD Supervision

[please note: for ALL enquires regarding PhD/HDR supervision contact the UWA graduate admissions team to find a suitable active supervisor - Ellie does not supervise students anymore]

• Vidushi Patel - Agent-based modelling of the Western Australia bee industry
• Joanna Wilkin - Social connectivity and disaster resilience: an opportunity for improved mapping and measurement using call detail records
• Thi Hong Van Le - Transformational climate change adaptation in Vietnam
• Andrew MacLachlan - Urban sprawl and implications for city heat island effects in Perth, WA
• Salma Hegga - Coping with floods in developing countries: assessing the role of social capital in household's flood preparedness for the rural communities of Kilosa District in Tanzania