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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2012
Journal Article
Design process outputs as boundary objects in agricultural innovation projects: functions and limitations
Klerkx, Laurens, van Bommel, Severine, Bos, Bram, Holster, Henri, Zwartkruis, Joyce V. and Aarts, Noelle (2012). Design process outputs as boundary objects in agricultural innovation projects: functions and limitations. Agricultural Systems, 113, 39-49. doi: 10.1016/j.agsy.2012.07.006
2012
Journal Article
How scientific visions matter: insights from three long-term socio-ecological research (LTSER) platforms under construction in Europe
Mauz, Isabelle, Peltola, Taru, Granjou, Céline, van Bommel, Severine and Buijs, Arjen (2012). How scientific visions matter: insights from three long-term socio-ecological research (LTSER) platforms under construction in Europe. Environmental Science and Policy, 19-20, 90-99. doi: 10.1016/j.envsci.2012.02.005
2012
Book Chapter
Forest-people interfaces: from local creativity to global concerns
Arts, Bas, Van Bommel, Severine, Ros-Tonen, Mirjam and Verschoor, Gerard (2012). Forest-people interfaces: from local creativity to global concerns. Forest-people interfaces: understanding community forestry and biocultural diversity. (pp. 15-26) edited by Bas Arts, Séverine van Bommel, Mirjam Ros-Tonen and Gerard Verschoor. Wageningen, The Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers. doi: 10.3920/978-90-8686-749-3_1
2012
Book
Forest-people interfaces: understanding community forestry and biocultural diversity
Bas Arts, Severine van Bommel, Mirjam Ros-Tonen and Gerard Verschoor eds. (2012). Forest-people interfaces: understanding community forestry and biocultural diversity. Wageningen, Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers. doi: 10.3920/978-90-8686-749-3
2012
Book Chapter
The (onto)politics of classifying biocultural diversity: a tale of chaos, order and control
Van Bommel, Severine and Turnhout, Esther (2012). The (onto)politics of classifying biocultural diversity: a tale of chaos, order and control. Forest-people interfaces: understanding community forestry and biocultural diversity. (pp. 223-238) edited by Bas Arts, Séverine van Bommel, Mirjam Ros-Tonen and Gerard Verschoor. Wageningen, The Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers. doi: 10.3920/978-90-8686-749-3_14
2011
Book Chapter
Governance and contested land use in the Netherlands
van Bommel, Severine, Aarts, Noelle, Turnhout, Esther and Roling, Niels (2011). Governance and contested land use in the Netherlands. Territorial Governance. (pp. 123-139) edited by André Torre and Jean-Baptiste Traversac. Heidelberg, Germany: Physica-Verlag HD. doi: 10.1007/978-3-7908-2422-3_7
2010
Journal Article
How participation creates citizens: Participatory governance as performative practice
Turnhout, Esther, Van Bommel, Severine and Aarts, Noelle (2010). How participation creates citizens: Participatory governance as performative practice. Ecology and Society, 15 (4). doi: 10.5751/ES-03701-150426
2009
Journal Article
Social learning for solving complex problems: A promising solution or wishful thinking? A case study of multi-actor negotiation for the integrated management and sustainable use of the drentsche aa area in the Netherlands
Van Bommel, S., Röling, N., Aarts, N. and Turnhout, E. (2009). Social learning for solving complex problems: A promising solution or wishful thinking? A case study of multi-actor negotiation for the integrated management and sustainable use of the drentsche aa area in the Netherlands. Environmental Policy and Governance, 19 (6), 400-412. doi: 10.1002/eet.526
Funding
Current funding
Past funding
Supervision
Availability
- Dr Severine van Bommel is:
- Available for supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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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
Participation and joint decision-making: understanding women's agency to support knowledge transfer in adopting soil management practices 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, Dr Heena Akbar
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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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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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