Cecily Maller The Institute of Australian Geographers Conference 2023

Cecily Maller

Cecily Maller is a human geographer specialising in post-humanist approaches, particularly theories of social practice. She is currently an Associate Professor at RMIT University’s School of Global, Urban and Social Studies in Melbourne, Australia. As co-leader of the People and Environment Program in the Centre for Urban Research, Cecily studies human-environment interactions using post-humanist theories and qualitative methods. From 2018-2023 she was Lead Editor of the journal ‘People and Nature’ and she is the sole author of ‘Healthy urban environments: More-than-human theories’ (Routledge, 2018). Her other books include two edited collections, 'Social Practices, Intervention and Sustainability: Beyond Behaviour Change' (Routledge, 2012) and 'Social Practices and Dynamic Non-Humans: Nature, Materials and Technologies' (Palgrave, 2019). Since 2008 she has held three competitive research fellowships, including a 5-year Research Practice Fellowship funded by the Victorian Health Promotion Foundation.