Dr Bradd Witt
Dr

Bradd Witt

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Background

Having started in animation in the 80s Bradd made the move to science with his studies at The University of Queensland. After completing his PhD Bradd worked as a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow. He has been employed at The University of Queensland since 2000.

His research interests are in agriculture and sustainability with a focus on how industry engages with changing societal expectations.

Availability

Dr Bradd Witt is:
Available for supervision
Media expert

Fields of research

Earth Sciences Ecology

Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Arts, Institution to be confirmed
  • Bachelor (Honours) of Applied Science, The University of Queensland
  • Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland

Search Professor Bradd Witt’s works on UQ eSpace

53 works between 1997 and 2025
All (53) Journal Article (40) Book Chapter (1) Conference Publication (5) Book (1) Other Outputs (6)

1 - 20 of 53 works

2025

Journal Article

Food shopping is not a leisure activity: Consumer heuristics and their impact on the effectiveness of ecolabels on Australian dairy products

Burstow, Adelaide, Witt, Bradd G. and Thompson, Courtney (2025). Food shopping is not a leisure activity: Consumer heuristics and their impact on the effectiveness of ecolabels on Australian dairy products. Food and Humanity, 4 100531, 1-13. doi: 10.1016/j.foohum.2025.100531

Food shopping is not a leisure activity: Consumer heuristics and their impact on the effectiveness of ecolabels on Australian dairy products

2025

Journal Article

A typology of Australian beef producers and the sustainability challenge

Faulkner, Taylah, Witt, Bradd and Bray, Heather (2025). A typology of Australian beef producers and the sustainability challenge. The Rangeland Journal, 47 (2) RJ24031. doi: 10.1071/rj24031

A typology of Australian beef producers and the sustainability challenge

2025

Journal Article

How Community Members Engage With Wildlife—A Psychological Typology With Implications for Policy Making

Romero‐de‐Diego, Cristina, Mills, Morena, Witt, Bradd and Dean, Angela (2025). How Community Members Engage With Wildlife—A Psychological Typology With Implications for Policy Making. Wildlife Letters, 2 (4), 179-191. doi: 10.1002/wll2.70000

How Community Members Engage With Wildlife—A Psychological Typology With Implications for Policy Making

2024

Journal Article

Introduction to the Special Collection of The Rangeland Journal on carbon and environmental service markets in rangelands

Witt, Bradd, McDonald, Sarah, Cowley, Robyn, Cuddihy, Jayne, Silcock, Jennifer, Duckett, Noelene and Burnside, Don (2024). Introduction to the Special Collection of The Rangeland Journal on carbon and environmental service markets in rangelands. The Rangeland Journal, 46 (6) RJ24040, 1-3. doi: 10.1071/rj24040

Introduction to the Special Collection of The Rangeland Journal on carbon and environmental service markets in rangelands

2024

Journal Article

Carbon and ecosystem service markets in rangelands and grazing systems are a wicked problem: multi-stakeholder partnership or roundtable as a vehicle forward?

Cotton, Rebecca and Witt, Bradd (2024). Carbon and ecosystem service markets in rangelands and grazing systems are a wicked problem: multi-stakeholder partnership or roundtable as a vehicle forward?. The Rangeland Journal, 46 (1) RJ23029. doi: 10.1071/rj23029

Carbon and ecosystem service markets in rangelands and grazing systems are a wicked problem: multi-stakeholder partnership or roundtable as a vehicle forward?

2023

Book Chapter

Tracing the impact and contribution of the “six attributes of social resilience”

Maclean, Kirsten and Witt, Bradd (2023). Tracing the impact and contribution of the “six attributes of social resilience”. Rural development for sustainable social-ecological systems: putting communities first. (pp. 355-387) edited by Claudia Baldwin and Séverine van Bommel. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-34225-7_18

Tracing the impact and contribution of the “six attributes of social resilience”

2023

Journal Article

Navigating sustainability trade-offs in global beef production

Castonguay, Adam C., Polasky, Stephen, H. Holden, Matthew, Herrero, Mario, Mason-D’Croz, Daniel, Godde, Cecile, Chang, Jinfeng, Gerber, James, Witt, G. Bradd, Game, Edward T., A. Bryan, Brett, Wintle, Brendan, Lee, Katie, Bal, Payal and McDonald-Madden, Eve (2023). Navigating sustainability trade-offs in global beef production. Nature Sustainability, 6 (3), 284-294. doi: 10.1038/s41893-022-01017-0

Navigating sustainability trade-offs in global beef production

2022

Journal Article

Community perceptions of carbon farming: a case study of the semi-arid Mulga Lands in Queensland, Australia

Jassim, Danya, Witt, Bradd and Evans, Megan C. (2022). Community perceptions of carbon farming: a case study of the semi-arid Mulga Lands in Queensland, Australia. Journal of Rural Studies, 96, 78-88. doi: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2022.10.010

Community perceptions of carbon farming: a case study of the semi-arid Mulga Lands in Queensland, Australia

2022

Journal Article

A leap of faith: regenerative agriculture as a contested worldview rather than as a practice change issue

Page, Camille and Witt, Bradd (2022). A leap of faith: regenerative agriculture as a contested worldview rather than as a practice change issue. Sustainability, 14 (22) 14803, 1-20. doi: 10.3390/su142214803

A leap of faith: regenerative agriculture as a contested worldview rather than as a practice change issue

2022

Journal Article

Telling our story: communicators’ perceptions of challenges and solutions for sustainability communication within the Australian beef industry

Faulkner, Taylah, Witt, Bradd and Bray, Heather (2022). Telling our story: communicators’ perceptions of challenges and solutions for sustainability communication within the Australian beef industry. Journal of Science Communication, 21 (06) A04, 1-23. doi: 10.22323/2.21060204

Telling our story: communicators’ perceptions of challenges and solutions for sustainability communication within the Australian beef industry

2021

Journal Article

Drivers of adoption and spread of wildlife management initiatives in Mexico

Romero‐de‐Diego, Cristina, Dean, Angela, Jagadish, Arundhati, Witt, Bradd, Mascia, Michael B. and Mills, Morena (2021). Drivers of adoption and spread of wildlife management initiatives in Mexico. Conservation Science and Practice, 3 (7) e438. doi: 10.1111/csp2.438

Drivers of adoption and spread of wildlife management initiatives in Mexico

2021

Journal Article

How environmental values influence trust and beliefs about societal oversight and need for regulation of the Australian cattle industry

Witt, G. B., Althor, G., Colvin, R. M., Witt, K. J., Gillespie, N., McCrea, R., Lacey, J. and Faulkner, T. (2021). How environmental values influence trust and beliefs about societal oversight and need for regulation of the Australian cattle industry. Environmental Research Letters, 16 (3) 034006, 1-8. doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/abe1f7

How environmental values influence trust and beliefs about societal oversight and need for regulation of the Australian cattle industry

2020

Journal Article

Power, perspective, and privilege: the challenge of translating stakeholder theory from business management to environmental and natural resource management

Colvin, R. M., Witt, G. Bradd and Lacey, Justine (2020). Power, perspective, and privilege: the challenge of translating stakeholder theory from business management to environmental and natural resource management. Journal of Environmental Management, 271 110974, 110974. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.110974

Power, perspective, and privilege: the challenge of translating stakeholder theory from business management to environmental and natural resource management

2020

Journal Article

The role of conflict framing and social identity in public opinion about land use change: an experimental test in the Australian context

Colvin, R. M., Witt, G. Bradd, Lacey, Justine and McCrea, Rod (2020). The role of conflict framing and social identity in public opinion about land use change: an experimental test in the Australian context. Environmental Policy and Governance, 30 (2) eet.1879, 84-98. doi: 10.1002/eet.1879

The role of conflict framing and social identity in public opinion about land use change: an experimental test in the Australian context

2020

Other Outputs

Evaluating the impact and effectiveness of the Australian Beef Sustainability Framework

Witt, Bradd, Sauvage, Claire, Witt, Katherine, Gillespie, Nicole and Ariyawardana, Anoma (2020). Evaluating the impact and effectiveness of the Australian Beef Sustainability Framework. North Sydney, NSW, Australia: Meat and Livestock Australia .

Evaluating the impact and effectiveness of the Australian Beef Sustainability Framework

2020

Journal Article

“System of hunger”: understanding causal disaster vulnerability of indigenous food systems

Jackson, Guy, McNamara, Karen E. and Witt, Bradd (2020). “System of hunger”: understanding causal disaster vulnerability of indigenous food systems. Journal of Rural Studies, 73, 163-175. doi: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2019.10.042

“System of hunger”: understanding causal disaster vulnerability of indigenous food systems

2019

Journal Article

The community cost of consultation: Characterising the qualitative social impacts of a wind energy development that failed to proceed in Tasmania, Australia

Colvin, R. M., Witt, G. Bradd, Lacey, Justine and Witt, Kathy (2019). The community cost of consultation: Characterising the qualitative social impacts of a wind energy development that failed to proceed in Tasmania, Australia. Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 77, 40-48. doi: 10.1016/j.eiar.2019.03.007

The community cost of consultation: Characterising the qualitative social impacts of a wind energy development that failed to proceed in Tasmania, Australia

2019

Journal Article

A quantitative systematic review of distributive environmental justice literature: a rich history and the need for an enterprising future

Althor, Glenn and Witt, Bradd (2019). A quantitative systematic review of distributive environmental justice literature: a rich history and the need for an enterprising future. Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences, 10 (1), 91-103. doi: 10.1007/s13412-019-00582-9

A quantitative systematic review of distributive environmental justice literature: a rich history and the need for an enterprising future

2019

Other Outputs

Conducive and hindering factors for effective disaster risk reduction in Emae Island, Vanuatu

Jackson, Guy, McNamara, Karen E. and Witt, Bradd (2019). Conducive and hindering factors for effective disaster risk reduction in Emae Island, Vanuatu. Geneva: UNISDR Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction.

Conducive and hindering factors for effective disaster risk reduction in Emae Island, Vanuatu

2018

Journal Article

Large-scale environmental degradation results in inequitable impacts to already impoverished communities: A case study from the floating villages of Cambodia

Althor, Glenn, Mahood, Simon, Witt, Bradd, Colvin, Rebecca M. and Watson, James E. M. (2018). Large-scale environmental degradation results in inequitable impacts to already impoverished communities: A case study from the floating villages of Cambodia. Ambio, 47 (7), 1-13. doi: 10.1007/s13280-018-1022-2

Large-scale environmental degradation results in inequitable impacts to already impoverished communities: A case study from the floating villages of Cambodia

Past funding

  • 2021 - 2023
    From method to market - unlocking ecosystem service opportunities for livestock producers (MLA Donor Company Limited and Meat & Livestock Australia Limited funding administered by QDAF)
    Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries
    Open grant
  • 2018
    Community expectations and perceptions of the environmental performance of Australian livestock industries: learning from a decade of transition, challenges and change
    CSIRO
    Open grant
  • 2015
    Improving the precision and reliability of dating Acacia cambagei (gidgee) for the purpose of extending proxy climate records for central Australia beyond the instrumental record
    Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering
    Open grant
  • 2012
    Developing semi-arid taxa as tools for paleoclimate analyses using dendrochronology
    Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering
    Open grant
  • 2009
    Investigating long-term grazing exclosure for the assessment of maximum carbon storage and biodiversity of the Mulga lands
    Commonwealth Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts
    Open grant
  • 2005
    Too Many or Too Few Trees In South West Queensland? Getting an Historical Perspective for Managing Vegetation
    UQ Early Career Researcher
    Open grant
  • 1999
    Sheep as high resolution recorders of vegetation dynamics and landscape utilisation through isotopic analysis of their wool
    ARC Australian Research Council (Small grants)
    Open grant
  • 1998
    Analysis of stable carbon isotopes to evaluate rangeland use
    ARC Australian Research Council (Small grants)
    Open grant

Availability

Dr Bradd Witt is:
Available for supervision

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Supervision history

Current supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Sustainability and communication in the Australian dairy sector

    Principal Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Understainding social dimensions of agriculture and its transition to renewable engery

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Julia Loginova

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Exploring vulnerability to climate change for women market vendors in Vanuatu

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Karen McNamara

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Managing wildlife in social-ecological systems: exploring social perspectives

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Angela Dean

Completed supervision

Enquiries

Contact Dr Bradd Witt directly for media enquiries about:

  • Agricultural landscapes
  • Biodiversity
  • Carbon
  • Climate reconstruction
  • Dendrochronology
  • Environmental change - rural and rangelands
  • Environmental policy
  • Socio-ecological values

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