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Professor Angus Morrison-Saunders

Professor, Environmental Management

Staff Member Details
Telephone: +61 8 6304 5372
Campus: Joondalup  

Angus is Professor in Environmental Management in the School of Science with particular expertise in environmental impact assessment and sustainability.

Current Teaching

  • SCM3203 Environmental Impact Assessment
  • SCI5250 Environmental Impact Assessment Procedures

Background

An academic for over 35 years, Angus has held positions locally at Murdoch University and the University of Notre Dame Australia in environmental science faculties, prior to joining the ECU School of Science in 2017. Internationally Angus is a Fellow of the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership where he also supervises Masters students. Angus has held editor roles for several international science and policy journals, presently serving as an Associate Editor for Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal.

Professional Memberships

  • International Association for Impact Assessment (member)
  • Environment Institute of Australia and New Zealand (member)

Awards and Recognition

National and International Awards

  • 2025 – Eric Anderson award – Best article published by the AJEM in 2024 for: Morrison-Saunders, A., & Sánchez, L. (2024). Conceptualising project environmental impact assessment for enhancement: no net loss, net gain, offsetting and nature positive, Australasian Journal of Environmental Management, 31(4), 386-403. https://doi.org/10.1080/14486563.2024.2400899
  • 2023 – Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal Best Paper: Retief F., A Bond, A Morrison-Saunders, J Pope, R Alberts, C Roos & D Cilliers (2023), Gaining a deeper understanding of the psychology underpinning significance judgements in environmental impact assessment (EIA), Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal, 41(4): 250–262, https://doi.org/10.1080/14615517.2023.2181248.

University and National Teaching Awards

  • 2006 – Carrick Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education – Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning for 'ongoing contribution to enhancing engagement, effectiveness and efficiency in student learning'.

National and International Research Positions

  • 2010 – International Association for Impact Assessment Individual Award for 'sustained and significant contribution to environmental impact assessment regionally and internationally, visible through contributions to the ongoing education of impact assessment practitioners, through numerous publications and through generous support of IAIA and its annual conferences'.

Research Area and Interests

  • Environmental impact assessment follow-up
  • Sustainability assessment
  • Environmental education
  • Mine-closure planning
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