DR PETER GRIGGS

Senior Lecturer
School of Tropical Environment Studies
& Geography

Office Location
Room 222, Building A2.
 
Mailing Address
 
School of Tropical Environment Studies & Geography
James Cook University – Cairns Campus
PO Box 6811
Cairns
QLD   4870  Australia
 
Telephone + 61 7 4042 1540
Fax              + 61 7 4042 1284
Email           peter.griggs@jcu.edu.au
 
 
Undergraduate Teaching Responsibilities
 
Coordinator, EV1002: Society and Environment (Sem 1)
Coordinator, EV2360: Cradle to Grave: Population, Economy & Environment (Sem 1)
Coordinator, EV2003: Environmental Economics (Sem 2)

 
Current Postgraduate Students:

• Ben Daley (Phd), ‘An Environmental History of the Great Barrier Reef Since European Settlement: Implications for Contemporary Management
• Shane Cridland (PhD), ‘An Analysis of the Winter Movement of Caravaning, Mobile Home and Camping Grey Nomads to Northern Australia’
• Karen Benn (PhD), The Motivators and Barriers to the Adoption of More Sustainable Sugarcane Growing Practices in the Wet Tropics’

Professional Affiliations
 
Member, Research Centre for the History of Food & Drink
Member, Australian Map Circle Inc.
Member, Australian Historical Association
Member, Royal Geographical Society of Queensland
Member, Agricultural History Society
Member of the Editorial Board, Agricultural History
 
Administrative and Committee Responsibilities
 
Associate Dean, Faculty of Science, Engineering & Information Technology, 2002-2004
School Library Liaison Officer, Cairns, 1998 - 2005
School Timetabling Officer, Cairns, 2000 - 2005
 

Research Interests

Peter is broadly interested in historical geography and environmental history.  In particular, he has been pursuing research into the historical geography of the Australian sugar industry and environmental change in the sugar cane growing lands of Eastern Australia. He has also involved in an ongoing project to document the history of mapping in Queensland.

Research Publications

Brief Biography

Peter worked with the Queensland Department of Geographic Information between 1989 & 1990 as a Research Officer attached to the Atlas of Queensland Project. He joined James Cook University in January 1991, as the second lecturer in geography at the Cairns Campus.  He has conducted research into the Australian sugar industry since joining the University.  He has just completed a two year term as Associate Dean, Faculty of Science, Engineering and Information Technology.