Island conversations: Elaine Stratford

In this podcast, we will be hearing from Elaine Stratford. Elaine is Professor of Geography in the School of Geography, Planning, and Spatial Sciences in the College of Sciences and Engineering at the University of Tasmania. Elaine is internationally recognised and valued for research in human geography, and works to understand how people flourish in place, in their movements, in daily life, and over their lives. Studies with children and young people in island places have been a feature of Elaine's work. Elaine is editor-in-chief of the Journal Geographical Research, on a number of editorial boards, and co-editor of the ten-year book project Rethinking the Island (Rowman and Littlefield). She is active in the American Association of Geographers, Royal Geographical Society/Institute of British Geographers, and International Small Island Studies Association. A Fellow of the Institute of Australian Geographers, in July 2021, she was recognised by that organisation for distinguished service to the discipline of Geography in Australia and awarded its highest honour, the Griffith Taylor Medal.