Dr Blythe McLennan
Node Research Manager - Vic & Tas
Natural Hazards Research Australia
About
Dr Blythe McLennan is a trained human geographer, having completed a PhD at the University of Alberta in 2009 that examined Costa Rican landholder’s land management and forest conservation practices. Prior to joining the Centre in 2021, she worked at RMIT University for 12 years, where she undertook major research projects for the Bushfire CRC and its successor the Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC. As the Centre’s Victorian-based Node Research Manager, she is passionate about building strong and diverse collaborations to support impactful, accessible, policy-relevant research.
Resources
| Type | Released | Title | Key Topics |
|---|---|---|---|
| Workshop material | 16 May 2024 | Blythe McLennan - Future Workforce Session Recap NHRF22 | Communities, Diversity and inclusion, Emergency management, Volunteering |
| Workshop material | 18 July 2023 | Overview of key results - Scoping a National Volunteer Sustainability Blueprint | Capability, Emergency management, Forecasting, Volunteering |
| Presentation | 2 May 2023 | Blythe McLennan - 2023 Natural Hazards Research Forum presentation | Emergency management, Infrastructure, Local knowledge, Organisational, Planning, Policy, Preparedness, Recovery, Recruitment, Resilience, Response, Risk management, Volunteering, Vulnerability, Warnings, |
News and views
| Date | Title | Key Topics |
|---|---|---|
| 24 March 2023 | The 2023 Disaster Challenge throws down the gauntlet | Emergency management, Infrastructure, Local knowledge, Organisational, Planning, Policy, Preparedness, Recovery, Recruitment, Resilience, Response, Risk management, Volunteering, Vulnerability, Warnings, |
| 13 December 2022 | Natural hazards forum attendees shared their vision for building a future ready workforce | Communities, Emergency management, Resilience |
| 19 August 2022 | ‘What if...?’ Imagining the future for emergency service workforces | Non-traditional recruitment, Recruitment, Volunteering |
| 15 December 2021 | The role of Node Research Managers |