Associate Professor Elske van de Fliert

 

Principal Research Fellow
Co-Director - Centre for Communication and Social Change

Location
Room 333, Level 3
Joyce Ackroyd Building (#37)

Contact Details
Email: e.vandefliert@uq.edu.au
Phone: +61 7 3346 8263
Fax: +61 7 3346 8299
 
Background:
Associate Professor Elske van de Fliert is a Principal Research Fellow affiliated with the Centre for Communication and Social Change. She obtained a PhD in Communication and Innovation Studies in 1993 from Wageningen University, The Netherlands. She joined the UQ School of Journalism and Communication in July 2006, and convenes and teaches in the Communication for Social Change plan of the postgraduate Communication programs.
 
Prior to coming to Australia, she was based in various countries in Southeast Asia for almost two decades, where she worked for the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organisation, the International Potato Centre, Duta Wacana University in Yogyakarta (Indonesia), and as a freelance consultant. She was involved in research, development and teaching assignments in Indonesia, Vietnam, China, Sri Lanka, Philippines, Kyrgyzstan, Kenya and Uganda, particularly in the field of participatory research and communication for sustainable rural development. She is a member of the editorial advisory boards of the International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability and the Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension.
 
Qualifications:
  • PhD in Communication and Innovation Studies in 1993 from Wageningen University, The Netherlands
  • MSc (majors in Communication and Innovation Studies, Agro-ecology) in 1987 from Utrecht University, The Netherlands
  • Diploma in Education in 1985 from Utrecht University, The Netherlands
  •  BSc (major in Ecology) in 1983 from Utrecht University, The Netherlands
 
Research Interests:
  • Participatory development communication
  • Transdisciplinary research for development
  • Impact assessment of sustainable development and social change
  
Methodological Expertise
  • Participatory research for development
 
 Research Higher Degree Supervision
 
Current RHD Supervisions
  • Oleg Nicetic,"The utility of the farmer field school as a platform for adaptive research of and experiential learning for implementation of sustainable management of citrus production in Vietnam." Primary Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Elske van de Fliert 
  • Hanneke Nooren, "Exploring mutual understanding of values and needs of key stakeholders in the management of a protected area in Cambodia as the basis for effective communication", Primary Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Elske van de Fliert 
  • Nurul Hilmiati, "Strategy in Communicating Agricultural Technology by BPTP NTB – Indonesia: Aiming for Practice Change Leading to Impacts", Primary Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Elske van de Fliert 
  • Bambang Budiwiranto, "Participation and Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) for Rural Community Empowerment in Indonesia"
  • Vira Ramelan, "Participatory approaches in media development: An action research project to facilitate and analyse institutional change in agricultural research for development in Indonesia", Primary Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Elske van de Fliert 
  • Pham Thi Thuy, "Internalisation of participatory development communication principles in local governance in Vietnam", Primary Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Elske van de Fliert 
  • Bui Thu Thuy, " An analysis of the challenges and opportunities for public television in Vietnam to offer effective educational programs to culturally diverse rural communities".Primary Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Elske van de Fliert 
  • Nguyen Huu Nhuan, "Assessing impacts of participatory communication strategies underpinning transdisciplinary research for development in culturally diverse environments in the North-West Highlands of Vietnam", Primary Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Elske van de Fliert  
Completed RHD Supervisions
  • Simphorian Sar, Engaging farmers in agricultural research for development: A social learning perspective on participatory technology development in Papua New Guinea, Primary Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Elske van de Fliert 
 
Interested in studying for your PhD or MPhil?
 

A/P van de Fliert is currently taking expressions of interest from potential RHD candidates. Contact her here to register your interest.

Selected Publications:

Journal articles:

Van de Fliert, Elske, Sylvia Herrmann and Johanna Alkan Olsson, Eds. (2011), Integrated Assessment of Agricultural Sustainability: Exploring the Use of Models in Stakeholder Processes. International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability (special issue), Earthscan, 90 pp.

Van de Fliert, E., B. Christiana, R. Hendayana and R. Murray-Prior (2010). Pilot Roll-Out: adaptive research in farmers’ worlds. Extension Farming Systems Journal 6(1): 63-72.

Van de Fliert, E. (2010). Participatory communication in rural development: What does it take for the established order? Keynote address at the APEN 5th International Conference, Busselton, Australia, 9-12 November 2009.Extension Farming Systems Journal 6(1): 95-100.

Van de Fliert, Elske and Do Thi Minh Hien (2009). Communication for development: targeting the untargeted. Media Development 1/2009: 29-34.

Van de Fliert, Elske, Ngo Tien Dung, Ole Henriksen and Jens Peter Tang Dalsgaard (2007). From Collectives to Collective Decision-making and Action: Farmer Field Schools in Vietnam. The Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 13:3, 245 – 256.

Douthwaite, Boru, Thomas Kuby, Elske van de Fliert and Steffen Schulz (2003). Impact pathway evaluation: An approach for achieving and attributing impact in complex systems. Agricultural Systems 78 (2003): 243-265.

Van de Fliert, Elske (2003). Recognising a climate for sustainability: Extension beyond transfer of technology. Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture, 2003, 43: 29-36.

Van de Fliert, Elske and Ann. R. Braun (2002). Conceptualizing integrative, farmer participatory research for sustainable agriculture: From opportunities to impact. Agriculture and Human Values 19(1): 25-38.

 

Book chapters:

Van de Fliert, Elske (2010). Participatory Planning: Setting the Agenda, In: Thomas, Pradip and Michael Bromley (Eds), An Introduction to Communication and Social Change, Brisbane: UQ Press (POD).

Van de Fliert, Elske (2010). Communication and Sustainable Rural Development, In: Thomas, Pradip and Michael Bromley (Eds), An Introduction to Communication and Social Change, Brisbane: UQ Press (POD).

Van de Fliert, Elske (2007). For growth or well-being? Communication strategies for sustainable development in rural Asia. In: Servaes, J. and S. Liu (Eds), Moving targets - Mapping the paths between communication, technology and social change in communities, Penang: Southbound, p. 45-60.

Van de Fliert, Elske (2006). The role of the farmer field school in the transition towards sustainable agriculture. In: Van den Ban, A.W. and R.K. Samanta (Eds). Changing roles of agricultural extension in Asian nations. New Delhi: B.R. Publishing Corporation, p. 325-342

Van de Fliert, Elske, Russ Dilts and John Pontius (2002). Farmer researcher teams, farmer field schools and community IPM: Different platforms for different research and learning objectives. In: Leeuwis, Cees and Rhiannon Pyburn, Wheelbarrows full of frogs: Social learning in rural resource management. Assen, The Netherlands: Van Gorcum Publishers, p. 121-133.

 

Selected Presentations

Van de Fliert, E (2011). Communicating IPM for implementation in farmers' fields in Southeast Asia: Past lessons, future strategies. Invited plenary key note speaker at the XVII International Plant Protection Congress , 6-10 August 2011, Honolulu, Hawaii.

Van de Fliert, E., P. Thi Vuong, D. Thi Minh Hien, P. Thomas and O. Nicetic (2010). Out of comfort zones, into realities: research for development with upland ethnic minority communities in North West Vietnam. 9th European IFSA Symposium, 4-7 July 2010, Vienna, Austria.

Van de Fliert, E., E. Jamal and B. Christiana (2010). The Do-It-Yourself formula – Internalising participatory communication principles to support rural development in Eastern Indonesia. 9th European IFSA Symposium, 4-7 July 2010, Vienna, Austria.

Van de Fliert, Elske (2010). Barriers to communicating science for food security. Invited Panel Presentation and Discussion, Australian Science Communicators 2010 National Conference, 7-10 February 2010, Canberra, Australia.

Van de Fliert, Elske (2009). Participatory communication in rural development: What does it take for the established order Invited key note speaker at 5th International Australian-Pacific Extension Network (APEN) Conference, November 2009, Busselton, Western Australia.

Van de Fliert, Elske (2008). Communication for Rural Innovation: Rethinking Agricultural Extension. Invited key note speaker at the APEC Workshop on Innovative Agricultural Technology Transfer and Extension System for Enhancing Productivity and Competitiveness in APEC Member Economies, 1-3 July 2008, Seoul, Rep. of Korea.

 

Research Grants

2011: Overcoming constraints to community-based commercial forestry in Indonesia. Value of grant: $32,000. Grant scheme: ACIAR via ANU

2010: Support for development of improved TAKE approaches within BBP2TP & BPTP. Value of grant: $91,337+$30,345 in extensions. Grant scheme: ACIAR

2010: Support for development of effective TAKE approaches in forage tree legumes research. Value of grant: $56,082. Grant scheme: ACIAR

2009: Improved market engagement for sustainable upland production systems in the North West Highlands of Vietnam. Value of grant: $2,200,004. Grant scheme: ACIAR  

2008: Scoping Study to Identify Agricultural R&D Needs and Opportunities of Rural Upland Communities in North-western Vietnam. Value of grant: $109,849. Grant scheme: ACIAR   

2007: Support for development of improved approaches to technology assessment and knowledge exchange Value of grant: $84,136+$86,396 in extensions. Grant scheme: ACIAR 

2007: Targeting crop protection R&D towards social change amongst ethnic minority communities in Central Vietnam. Value of grant: $87,911. Grant scheme: ACIAR   

2006: Optimising the productivity of the potato/Brassica cropping system in Central and West Java and  potato/ Brassica/Allium system in South Sulawesi and Nusa Tenggara Barat. Value of grant: $89,664+$16,724. Grant scheme: ACIAR via DAFWA


Research Awards

1997: Award by the Indian Ecological Society and the Centre for Research in Rural and Industrial Development at the 1997 International Congress on Ecological Agriculture, 15-17 November 1997, Chandigarh, India, for outstanding contribution to ecological agriculture

1996: Award by UPWARD ("Users' Perspective With Agricultural Research and Development" network) at its 1996 Annual Conference “Institutionalising Innovations in Rootcrop Agriculture”, Clark, Papanga, Philippines, 8-12 December 1996, as outstanding UPWARD project, R&D Methodologies, for applying innovative approaches to participatory research with farmers

 

 

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