Dr Stephen Legg - Researcher Profile

Stephen Legg

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School of Geography & Environmental Science
Faculty of Arts, Clayton

Biography

Stephen Legg’s research interests encompass selected areas of historical geography, environmental history and historiography. He is fascinated by the interpretation and portrayal of the relation between humans and nature and how and why those interpretations have changed over time.

Legg’s work covers inter-disciplinary areas of philosophical, theoretical and methodological enquiry in reconstructing the past. This includes critiques of both ‘conventional’ and ‘post-modern’ perspectives.

Qualifications

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (FORESTRY POLICY & NATURE)
Institution: Monash University
Year awarded: 1996
MASTER OF ARTS (RURAL SETTLEMENT & LAND USE)
Institution: Monash University
Year awarded: 1984
DIPLOMA OF EDUCATION
Institution: Monash University
Year awarded: 1980
MASTERS PRELIMINARY (SAWMILLING INDUSTRY IN AUST.)
Institution: Monash University
Year awarded: 1977
BACHELOR OF ECONOMICS AND POLITICS
Institution: Monash University
Year awarded: 1976

Publications

Conference Proceedings

Legg, S., 1997, Forestry and the policy process: Victoria and South Australia, 1870-1939, Australia's Ever-Changing Forests III, 24-27 November, 1996, Centre for Resource and Environmental Studies, Canberra ACT Australia, pp. 303-326.

Other

Wulff, M.G., Reynolds, M.A., Healy, E.J., Legg, S.M., Baum, S., 2007, Trends in Australian non-metropolitan housing markets, 1991-2001, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute, Australia, pp. 1-96.

Postgraduate Research Supervisions

Current Supervision

Program of Study:
(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:
ASSESSING LANDCOVER CHANGES IN URBAN AREAS AND THE IMPLICATIONS FOR CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION.
Supervisors:
Zhu, X (Main), Legg, S (Associate).
Program of Study:
(MASTER'S BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:
Institutional continuity and change in Victoria?s forests and parks 1900 - 2010.
Supervisors:
Legg, S (Main), Powell, J (Associate).
Program of Study:
(MASTER'S BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:
The impact of climate change on land-use / land-cover.
Supervisors:
Zhu, X (Main), Legg, S (Associate).

Completed Supervision

Student:
Bales, T.
Program of Study:
The Moonee Ponds Creek and the Politics of Environmental Management. (Masters) 2000.
Supervisors:
Legg, S (Main).
Student:
Caldow, W.
Program of Study:
REINVENTING MELBOURNE: A POLITICAL ECONOMY OF THE INNER CITY, 1982 - 1996. (PHD) 2000.
Supervisors:
Mercer, D (Main), Legg, S (Associate).
Student:
Wesson, S.
Program of Study:
THE ABORIGINES OF EASTERN VICTORIA AND FAR SOUTH-EASTERN NEW SOUTH WALES, 1830 TO 1910: AN HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY. (PHD) 2002.
Supervisors:
Legg, S (Main), O''Connor, K (Joint).
Student:
Wheeler, P.
Program of Study:
Spatial decision support for Integrated Coastal Zone Management in Victoria, Australia: contraints and opportunities. (PHD) 2010.
Supervisors:
Peterson, J (Main), Legg, S (Associate), Zhu, X (Associate).