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Overview
Background
Bio: Dr. Severine van Bommel is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Queensland's School of Agriculture and Food Sustainability. With a keen interest in rural development and agricultural extension, her research focuses on understanding the role of experts and expertise in orchestrating effective governance performances for systemic transformation of natural resource dilemmas and competing claims. Through an interpretive lens, her research aims to support experts in communicating and collaborating with farmers and communities in situations of social learning, multi-stakeholder partnerships, farmer field schools, community-based NRM or co-inquiry and co-design.
Research Interests:
- Rural development
- Agricultural extension
- Sustainable development
- Indigenous engagement
- Environmental credentials verification
Current Projects:
- the co-design of a virtual platform for verifying environmental credentials for Australian beef producers - developing indigenous engagement methods (storian) for Australian researchers working with Ni-Vanuatu livestock farmers - making visible and challenging gender norms in transdisciplinary research and development practice - facilitating more-than-human participatory research and practice
Publications: Dr. van Bommel has contributed to significant works in her field, including:
- "Rural Development for Sustainable Social-Ecological Systems: Putting Communities First" (Palgrave)
- "Forest and Nature Governance: A Practice-Based Approach" (Springer)
- "Forest-People Interfaces" (Wageningen Academic Publishers)
Her research contributions have been published in prestigious journals and presented at international conferences such as IPA, MOPAN, IFSA, and APEN.
Teaching: In addition to her research, Dr. van Bommel teaches courses on:
- Leadership in rural industries (MSc)
- Effective stakeholder engagement (MSc)
- Human-wildlife interactions (MSc and BSc)
Mentorship and Community Engagement: Dr. van Bommel is dedicated to mentoring early career researchers interested in interpretive methods within the APSA mentoring program. She also runs an International Virtual Community of Practice for Interpretive Practitioners, fostering collaboration and knowledge exchange in the field.
Availability
- Dr Severine van Bommel is:
- Available for supervision
- Media expert
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Member, American Political Science Association, American Political Science Association
- Member, Australia Pacific Extension Network, Australia Pacific Extension Network
- Associate Fellow, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
- Journal Editorial Board Member, Critical Policy Studies, Critical Policy Studies
- Board Member, International Interpretive Policy Analysis, International Interpretive Policy Analysis
Research interests
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Agricultural stakeholder engagement, agricultural extension, adoption of technology, practice change
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Co-design and social learning
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Land use conflicts, human-wildlife conflicts, multi stakeholder negotiation and deliberation
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Discursive analysis, narratives and framing
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Interpretive methods and methodologies, multi species ethnography
Works
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2024
Journal Article
Discourse, framing and narrative: three ways of doing critical, interpretive policy analysis
van Hulst, Merlijn, Metze, Tamara, Dewulf, Art, de Vries, Jasper, van Bommel, Severine and van Ostaijen, Mark (2024). Discourse, framing and narrative: three ways of doing critical, interpretive policy analysis. Critical Policy Studies, 1-23. doi: 10.1080/19460171.2024.2326936
2023
Journal Article
Developing a new technology for demonstrating environmental sustainability in the Australian grassfed beef industry
Sarwar, Salman, Ross, Helen, van Bommel, Séverine, Polack, Sharelle, Waschka, Marie, Lubcke, Katelyn, Bryceson, Kim, Cooper, Tarni L., Butler, Don W. and Macintosh, Andrew (2023). Developing a new technology for demonstrating environmental sustainability in the Australian grassfed beef industry. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 7 1241077, 1-16. doi: 10.3389/fsufs.2023.1241077
2023
Book Chapter
Trends in extension in Australia
van Bommel, Séverine, Coutts, Jeff, James, John and Nettle, Ruth (2023). Trends in extension in Australia. Rural development for sustainable social-ecological systems. (pp. 45-75) edited by Claudia Baldwin and Séverine van Bommel. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-34225-7_4
2023
Book Chapter
Realising just and sustainable social-ecological systems
van Bommel, Séverine, Baldwin, Claudia, Brown, Katrina, Cavaye, Jim and Ross, Helen (2023). Realising just and sustainable social-ecological systems. Rural development for sustainable social-ecological systems: putting communities first. (pp. 487-502) edited by Claudia Baldwin and Séverine van Bommel. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan Cham. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-34225-7_23
2023
Book Chapter
State of the art, trends and progress in work on the social aspects of social-ecological systems in research and practice
van Bommel, Séverine and Baldwin, Claudia (2023). State of the art, trends and progress in work on the social aspects of social-ecological systems in research and practice. Rural development for sustainable social-ecological systems: putting communities first. (pp. 1-16) edited by Claudia Baldwin and Séverine van Bommel. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan Cham. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-34225-7_1
2023
Book Chapter
How to do multispecies-ethnographies when exploring human-(wild) animal interactions
Boonman-Berson, Susan and van Bommel, Séverine (2023). How to do multispecies-ethnographies when exploring human-(wild) animal interactions. Methods in Human-Animal Studies. (pp. 133-153) London: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781351018623-9
2022
Journal Article
Chickens, Inc.: Was UK newspapers’ framing of the chicken meat production industry compatible with holding corporate power to account?
Garnier, Marie, van Wessel, Margit, Tamás, Peter A. and van Bommel, Severine (2022). Chickens, Inc.: Was UK newspapers’ framing of the chicken meat production industry compatible with holding corporate power to account?. Journalism Studies, 24 (1), 66-87. doi: 10.1080/1461670x.2022.2143865
2022
Journal Article
Spatial biopolitics of tick-borne disease control practices in Laikipia, Kenya
Chepkwony, Richard, van Bommel, Severine and van Langevelde, Frank (2022). Spatial biopolitics of tick-borne disease control practices in Laikipia, Kenya. Society and Natural Resources, 35 (12), 1-18. doi: 10.1080/08941920.2022.2107748
2022
Journal Article
Transforming convivial conservation: towards more-than-human participation in research
Van Bommel, Severine and Boonman-Berson, Susan (2022). Transforming convivial conservation: towards more-than-human participation in research. Conservation and Society, 20 (2), 136-145. doi: 10.4103/cs.cs_29_21
2022
Journal Article
A shock to the system: what the COVID-19 pandemic reveals about Australia's food systems and their resilience
Jones, Natalie A., Bellamy, Jennifer, Bellotti, William, Ross, Helen, van Bommel, Severine and Liu, Yiyu (2022). A shock to the system: what the COVID-19 pandemic reveals about Australia's food systems and their resilience. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 5 790694, 1-18. doi: 10.3389/fsufs.2021.790694
2021
Journal Article
Interactive effects of biological, human and environmental factors on tick loads in Boran cattle in tropical drylands
Chepkwony, Richard, van Bommel, Severine and van Langevelde, Frank (2021). Interactive effects of biological, human and environmental factors on tick loads in Boran cattle in tropical drylands. Parasites and Vectors, 14 (1) 188, 1-8. doi: 10.1186/s13071-021-04683-9
2021
Journal Article
Performing an FSC audit
Cook, William, Turnhout, Esther and van Bommel, Séverine (2021). Performing an FSC audit. Journal of Organizational Ethnography, ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print), 274-288. doi: 10.1108/joe-10-2020-0039
2021
Journal Article
Examining the promise of ‘the local’ for improving gender equality in agriculture and climate change adaptation
Acosta, Mariola, van Wessel, Margit, van Bommel, Severine and Feindt, Peter H. (2021). Examining the promise of ‘the local’ for improving gender equality in agriculture and climate change adaptation. Third World Quarterly, 42 (6), 1-22. doi: 10.1080/01436597.2021.1882845
2020
Journal Article
Unravelling student evaluations of courses and teachers
Reverter, Antonio, Martinez, Cristina, Currey, Phil, van Bommel, Severine and Hudson, Nicholas J. (2020). Unravelling student evaluations of courses and teachers. Cogent Education, 7 (1) 1771830, 1771830. doi: 10.1080/2331186X.2020.1771830
2020
Journal Article
Learning to Become an FSC Auditor: Objectivity, Interpretation, and Mastery
Cook, William Clark, Turnhout, Esther and van Bommel, Severine (2020). Learning to Become an FSC Auditor: Objectivity, Interpretation, and Mastery. Science and Technology Studies, 33 (2), 32-48. doi: 10.23987/sts.60766
2020
Journal Article
Associations between monthly rainfall and mortality in cattle due to East Coast fever, anaplasmosis and babesiosis
Chepkwony, Richard, Castagna, Carolina, Heitkönig, Ignas, Van Bommel, Severine and Van Langevelde, Frank (2020). Associations between monthly rainfall and mortality in cattle due to East Coast fever, anaplasmosis and babesiosis. Parasitology, 147 (14), 1-9. doi: 10.1017/S0031182020001638
2020
Journal Article
Something wicked this way comes: how well did UK newspapers support the public debate of Avian Influenza as a wicked problem?
Garnier, Marie, Tamás, Peter A., van Wessel, Margit and van Bommel, Severine (2020). Something wicked this way comes: how well did UK newspapers support the public debate of Avian Influenza as a wicked problem?. Journalism, 23 (9), 2012-2035. doi: 10.1177/1464884920977781
2019
Journal Article
The chick diffusion: how newspapers fail to meet normative expectations regarding their democratic role in public debate
Garnier, Marie, van Wessel, Margit, Tamás, Peter A. and van Bommel, Severine (2019). The chick diffusion: how newspapers fail to meet normative expectations regarding their democratic role in public debate. Journalism Studies, 21 (5), 1-23. doi: 10.1080/1461670x.2019.1707705
2019
Journal Article
Self-organization for everyday peacebuilding: the Guardia Indigena from Northern Cauca, Colombia
Chaves, Paola, Aarts, Noelle and van Bommel, Severine (2019). Self-organization for everyday peacebuilding: the Guardia Indigena from Northern Cauca, Colombia. Security Dialogue, 51 (1), 096701061988947-59. doi: 10.1177/0967010619889471
2019
Journal Article
The power of narratives: Explaining inaction on gender mainstreaming in Uganda's climate change policy
Acosta, Mariola, van Wessel, Margit, van Bommel, Severine, Ampaire, Edidah L., Jassogne, Laurence and Feindt, Peter H. (2019). The power of narratives: Explaining inaction on gender mainstreaming in Uganda's climate change policy. Development Policy Review, 38 (5) dpr.12458, 555-574. doi: 10.1111/dpr.12458
Funding
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Supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Understanding the factors affecting adoption of soil-improving technologies towards food safety and environmental health in the upland areas in the Philippines
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Gomathy Palaniappan
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Doctor Philosophy
The potential role of bioplastics in society
Principal Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
Smallholder agriculture and food and nutrition security: strategies to empower farming families in Solomon Islands
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Natalie Jones
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Doctor Philosophy
Economics of ameliorating soil constraints in the Northern Region: Project D: Program co-ordination; communication, extension and evaluation
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Yash Dang
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Master Philosophy
Exploring teaching practices as a pathways to promoting engagement with food security and climate action.
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Heena Akbar
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Doctor Philosophy
COLLABORATIVE MECHANISMS UNDERPINNING FARMER RESPONSIBLE INNOVATION DECISION PROCESSES TOWARDS SOCIAL CHANGE IN POST-COVID-19 INDONESIA
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Ammar Abdul Aziz
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Doctor Philosophy
Socail Learning for Sustainability Transitions
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Natalie Jones
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Doctor Philosophy
The Gender of Agricultural Extension Agents: The Investigation in Java, Indonesia
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Gomathy Palaniappan
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Doctor Philosophy
Entrepreneurial Ecosystems of Bioplastics
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Martie-Louise Verreynne
Completed supervision
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
Human-nonhuman relationship in regenerative livestock family farms in Eastern Australia
Principal Advisor
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2021
Doctor Philosophy
Smallholder farmers utilizing information and knowledge for decision making in farming in Indonesia
Associate Advisor
Media
Enquiries
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- Agri-food systems
- Agriculture
- Dialogue
- Environmental conflicts
- Extension
- Human-wildlife conflicts
- Innovation in agriculture
- International Development
- Local perspectives
- Natural Resource Management
- Negotiation
- Rural Development
- Stakeholder engagement
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