Overview
Background
Plant nutrition, specialising in tropical root crops.
Since joining the University of Queensland in 1992, Dr. O'Sullivan has completed a series of projects characterising deficiencies and toxicities of mineral nutrients, in species of sweetpotato, aroids and yams, and identifying and remediating nutritional disorders in semi-subsistence production contexts in collaboration with project partners in Pacific Island countries.
Availability
- Dr Jane O'Sullivan is:
- Available for supervision
- Media expert
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Bachelor, University of Melbourne
- Doctor of Philosophy, University of Melbourne
Research interests
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Population growth and its impacts
The environmental, social, micro- and macro-economic impacts of population growth, and the efficacy of policy and program options addressing it.
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Demographic ageing
Critiquing the basis and motives for negative messaging about demographic ageing and advancing more objective and balanced analysis.
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Carbon pricing as a response to climate change
Advantages of consumption-basis accounting and charging for greenhouse gas emissions, and risks and misconceptions around emissions trading.
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Food security
Multidimensional challenges of meeting the food demands of the global population while preserving or restoring environmental function and biodiversity.
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Crop Nutrition
Mineral nutrient deficiencies and toxicities, particularly of tropical root crops.
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Low input and semi-subsistence farming systems
Improving productivity and sustainability of smallholder agriculture in the tropics.
Works
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2023
Journal Article
Demographic delusions: world population growth is exceeding most projections and jeopardising scenarios for sustainable futures
O’Sullivan, Jane N. (2023). Demographic delusions: world population growth is exceeding most projections and jeopardising scenarios for sustainable futures. World, 4 (3), 545-568. doi: 10.3390/world4030034
2023
Journal Article
Advancing the welfare of people and the planet with a common agenda for reproductive justice, population, and the environment
Speidel, J. Joseph and O’Sullivan, Jane N. (2023). Advancing the welfare of people and the planet with a common agenda for reproductive justice, population, and the environment. World, 4 (2), 259-287. doi: 10.3390/world4020018
2023
Book Chapter
Population aging
O’Sullivan, Jane N. (2023). Population aging. Dictionary of ecological economics: terms for the new millennium. (pp. 414-415) edited by Brent M. Haddad and Barry D. Solomon. Cheltenham, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing. doi: 10.4337/9781788974912.P.38
2023
Book Chapter
Demographic transition
O’Sullivan, Jane N. (2023). Demographic transition. Dictionary of ecological economics: terms for the new millennium. (pp. 117-118) edited by Brent M. Haddad and Barry D. Solomon. Cheltenham, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing. doi: 10.4337/9781788974912.D.24
2023
Book Chapter
Pathway
O’Sullivan, Jane N. (2023). Pathway. Dictionary of ecological economics: terms for the new millennium. (pp. 401-401) edited by Brent M. Haddad and Barry D. Solomon. Cheltenham, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing. doi: 10.4337/9781788974912.P.10
2023
Book Chapter
Population dynamics
O’Sullivan, Jane N. (2023). Population dynamics. Dictionary of ecological economics: terms for the new millennium. (pp. 415-415) edited by Brent M. Haddad and Barry D. Solomon. Cheltenham, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing. doi: 10.4337/9781788974912.P.40
2021
Journal Article
World scientists’ warnings into action, local to global
Barnard, Phoebe, Moomaw, William R., Fioramonti, Lorenzo, Laurance, William F., Mahmoud, Mahmoud I., O’Sullivan, Jane, Rapley, Christopher G., Rees, William E., Rhodes, Christopher J., Ripple, William J., Semiletov, Igor P., Talberth, John, Tucker, Christopher, Wysham, Daphne and Ziervogel, Gina (2021). World scientists’ warnings into action, local to global. Science Progress, 104 (4), 003685042110562. doi: 10.1177/00368504211056290
2021
Journal Article
Trends in population health and demography
O'Sullivan, Jane N (2021). Trends in population health and demography. The Lancet, 398 (10300), 580-580. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)01050-3
2020
Journal Article
The social and environmental influences of population growth rate and demographic pressure deserve greater attention in ecological economics
O'Sullivan, Jane N. (2020). The social and environmental influences of population growth rate and demographic pressure deserve greater attention in ecological economics. Ecological Economics, 172 106648, 106648. doi: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2020.106648
2020
Book Chapter
SDG 3: Good health and well-being: framing targets to maximise co-benefits for forests and people
McFarlane, Rosemary A., Barry, John, Cissé, Guéladio, Gislason, Maya, Gruca, Marta, Higgs, Kerryn, Horwitz, Pierre, Nguyen, Giang Huu, O'Sullivan, Jane, Sahu, Subhashis and Butler, Colin D. (2020). SDG 3: Good health and well-being: framing targets to maximise co-benefits for forests and people. Sustainable development goals: their impacts on forests and people. (pp. 72-107) edited by Pia Katila, Carol J. Pierce Colfer, Wil de Jong, Glenn Galloway, Pablo Pacheco and Georg Winkel. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/9781108765015
2018
Journal Article
Is failure to develop due to fundamentally different economic pathways or simply too much population growth?
O'Sullivan, Jane N. (2018). Is failure to develop due to fundamentally different economic pathways or simply too much population growth?. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 115 (48), E11200-E11201. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1817105115
2018
Journal Article
Aging human populations: good for us, good for the Earth
Götmark, Frank, Cafaro, Philip and O’Sullivan, Jane (2018). Aging human populations: good for us, good for the Earth. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 33 (11), 851-862. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2018.08.015
2018
Book Chapter
Synergy between population policy, climate adaptation and mitigation
O'Sullivan, Jane N. (2018). Synergy between population policy, climate adaptation and mitigation. Pathways to a sustainable economy: bridging the gap between Paris climate change commitments and net zero emissions. (pp. 103-125) edited by Moazzem Hossain, Robert Hales and Tapan Sarker. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-67702-6_7
2017
Journal Article
Response to Editorial: Children, poverty and health promotion in Australia
Schultz, Rosalie, Kochmann, Karin and O'Sullivan, Jane (2017). Response to Editorial: Children, poverty and health promotion in Australia. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 28 (2), 174-174. doi: 10.1071/HE17032
2016
Journal Article
Population projections: recipes for action, or inaction?
O'Sullivan, Jane N. (2016). Population projections: recipes for action, or inaction?. Journal of Population and Sustainability, 1 (1), 45-57.
2015
Journal Article
Resource use peak dates distract from real planetary limits
O'Sullivan, Jane N. (2015). Resource use peak dates distract from real planetary limits. Ecology and Society, 20 (2), 32-32. doi: 10.5751/ES-07579-200232
2015
Journal Article
Population stabilization potential and its benefits underestimated
O'Sullivan, Jane N. (2015). Population stabilization potential and its benefits underestimated. PNAS, 112 (6), E507-E507. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1422507112
2014
Book Chapter
Ageing paranoia, its fictional basis and all too real costs
O'Sullivan, Jane (2014). Ageing paranoia, its fictional basis and all too real costs. Sustainable futures: linking population, resources and the environment. (pp. 47-60) edited by Jenny Goldie and Katharine Betts. Collingwood, VIC, Australia: CSIRO Pubishing.
2013
Book Chapter
Nutrient disorders
O'Sullivan, J. (2013). Nutrient disorders. Compendium of Sweetpotato Diseases, Pests, and Disorders. (pp. 120-133) edited by Christopher A. Clark, Donald M. Ferrin, Tara P. Smith and Gerald J. Holmes. St. Paul, Minn., United States: APS Press.
2012
Journal Article
The burden of durable asset acquisition in growing populations
O'Sullivan, Jane N. (2012). The burden of durable asset acquisition in growing populations. Economic Affairs, 32 (1), 31-37. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-0270.2011.02125.x
Funding
Past funding
Supervision
Availability
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Supervision history
Completed supervision
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2007
Master Philosophy
SOIL FERTILITY AS A FACTOR AFFECTING THE PRODUCTION OF YAMS (DISCOREA SPP.) IN VANUATU
Principal Advisor
Media
Enquiries
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- Crop problem diagnosis
- Crop science
- Crops - tropical
- Farming - Pacific Islands
- Farming research
- Pacific Island farming
- Plant nutrition
- Research - farming
- Root crops - tropical
- Tropical root crops
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