Amanda Davies (geographer)
Amanda Davies is a social scientist working in the field of demography, population geography and rural and regional development.
Career
she is a professor and head of school at the University of Western Australia's School of Social Sciences, and adjunct professor, at Curtin University's School of Molecular and Life Sciences.She works closely with the Australian government, and is a principal investigator on five major projects, including:
- Rural volunteering
- Economic development pathways and responsiveness in mining transition
- Population mobility in the digital economy
- Counterurbanisation and COVID
Davies has a Bachelor of Science from UWA.
In 2016 she and Samantha Hall were part of a mission to Antarctica.
Honours and awards
- Fellow, Institute of Australian Geographers
Selected bibliography
Geographies of Aging: Social Processes and the Spatial Unevenness of Population Aging, with A. James Geography, Place and International Development Volunteering Pandemic Cities: The Covid-19 and Australian Urban Regions, with E. Baker, S. Baum, J. Stone and E. Taylor- ''Through an Australian Lens: Exploring the Impact of Body-Worn Cameras on Police-Community Relations''