Amanda Davies (geographer) explained

Amanda Davies is a social scientist working in the field of demography, population geography and rural and regional development.^[1]

In 2024 she is currently a professor and head of school at the University of Western Australia's School of Social Sciences,^[2] and adjunct professor, at Curtin University's School of Molecular and Life Sciences.^[3]

She also is one of Australia's leading public commentators on population and demographic issues and she also closely works with the Australian government and she is currently a principal investigator on five major projects, including:^[1]

• Rural volunteering (ARC Linkage; Volunteering Australia)
• Economic development pathways and responsiveness in mining transition
• Population mobility in the digital economy
• Counterurbanisation and COVID (ARC)

Davies began her position at UWA in 2020, prior to which she was senior lecturer in the Department of Planning and Geography at Curtin University.^[4] She is the youngest person to be appointed as a full professor of geography at UWA and the first female to be appointed as the head of the School of Social Sciences.^[5]

Davies has a Bachelor of Science from UWA and a Doctor of Philosophy from New England.^[1]

In 2016 she and Samantha Hall were part of a mission to Antarctica.^{[6] [7] [8]}

Honours and awards

• Fellow, Institute of Australian Geographers^[9]

Selected bibliography

• Geographies of Aging: Social Processes and the Spatial Unevenness of Population Aging, with A. James (October 2016)^[10]
• Geography, Place and International Development Volunteering (2021)^[11]
• Pandemic Cities: The Covid-19 and Australian Urban Regions, with E. Baker, S. Baum, J. Stone and E. Taylor (September 2023)^[12]
• Through an Australian Lens: Exploring the Impact of Body-Worn Cameras on Police-Community Relations (2023) ^[13]

External links

• Google Scholar website, list of articles by Amanda Davies
• List of articles by Davies on The Conversation website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Amanda Davies . 2024-03-10 . the UWA Profiles and Research Repository . en-GB.
2. Web site: Amanda Davies. . Homeward Bound Projects . 2024-08-08.
3. Web site: Staff Profile: Amanda Davies . 2023-04-05 . Curtin University Staff Portal . en.
4. Web site: Dr Amanda Davies, Dr Meredith Nash, and Nina McLean, Author at New Matilda. New Matilda. en-US. 2018-03-16.
5. Web site: ‘’Research on the Record: Meet Professor Amanda Davies’’. . University of Western Australia . 2024-08-08.
6. Web site: Tulloch . Yvette . 2015-12-17 . Homeward Bound leadership program to include Antarctic voyage News at Curtin . 2023-04-05 . en.
7. News: A 'very cool' trip ahead for two Curtin researchers - News and Events Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia. Kleer. April. 2015-10-28. News and Events. 2018-03-16. en-GB.
8. News: Clarke . Connie . 23 October 2016 . bond of ice . 8 . STM Gloss Magazine (Perth, Australia) . Newsbank.
9. Web site: Amanda Davies. . Curtin University Staff Portal . 2024-08-08.
10. Web site: ‘’Geography of Aging’’. . UK Bookshop . 2024-08-08.
11. Web site: Geography, Place and International Development Volunteering . . Taylor and Francis . 2024-08-08.
12. Web site: ‘’Pandemic Cities: The Covid-19 and Australian Urban Regions’’. . UK Bookshop . 2024-08-08.
13. Web site: Through an Australian Lens: Exploring the Impact of Body-Worn Cameras on Police-Community Relations . Davies. Amanda . 26 September 2022 . Oxford University Press, Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice, Volume 17, 2023, paac065. 2024-08-08.