SUE STEVENS
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Project Officer, FATE Program
Room 126
Building H22: Vallentine Annexe
Phone: (+61 2) 9385 4603
Email: s.stevens@unsw.edu.au
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Sue Stevens joined the IES and FATE Program as Project Officer in July 2008. Sue has a diverse working background that includes experience in public administration, both at federal and local government level; small business administration; bush regeneration for local government and NGOs; and most recently in community biodiversity education, as a project officer for Birds Australia and the Sydney Weeds Committees. Sue has also been engaged as an ecological consultant to councils and community groups in Sydney, most recently completing a report on Superb Fairy-wren habitat in the inner-city suburb of Glebe.
Sue’s qualifications include Bachelor of Business from Charles Sturt University, and a Master of Natural Resources from the University of New England, where her studies were focussed on vegetation ecology and ecosystem management, and she completed research project and thesis on suitable vegetation for small bird habitat in urban areas.
Sue is a strong supporter of community involvement in biodiversity conservation. She has facilitated a number of Landcare and Streamcare groups in the Sydney metropolitan region, regularly presents workshops to the community on topics such as urban birds and backyard biodiversity, and was involved in the establishment of the award-winning Marrickville Bush Pockets program.
Sue’s personal motivation is that as humans share spaces with native flora and fauna, whether landscapes are urban or rural, all lifeforms need to live in fully functioning ecosystems and prosper together in health and harmony for a sustainable future.
Sue’s role at the IES will be to provide research, administrative and project management support to specific components of the research and networking functions of the Institute of Environmental Studies, primarily within the FATE Program.
Sue is very excited to have joined the team and is looking forward to utilising many of her skills in this role, as well as broadening her research interests, including developing new cross-disciplinary research interests.
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