Time after time, Australians have demonstrated resilience in the face of man-made and natural disasters. This ability has served the country well in the process of re-building following such events. Drawing on his work in the Murray-Darling Basin, Chris Miller questions whether such characteristics will enable Australia to navigate the uncertainties of current policy debates. He argues that the adaptive processes needed to address current dilemmas require us to nurture different capacities for successful social and economic change. Chris is also featured in the May edition of the Griffith REVIEW.

Chris Miller
Chris Miller is Professor of Social Work and Social Planning, School of Social and Policy Studies Flinders University where he has been since September 2008. Previously he was Professor in Applied Social Studies at the University of West of England, Bristol, UK. He is the former Editor of the international Community Development Journal and has been a Board member since 1982.

Since joining Flinders he has worked closely with the Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists on water reform in the Murray-Darling Basin and was a co-author to the influential June 2010 Wentworth Group report, Sustainable Diversions in the Murray-Darling Basin: An analysis of the options for achieving a sustainable diversion limit in the MDB. He has made contributions to both the Murray-Darling Basin Authority, in response to its Guide to the Draft Basin Plan, and to the Commonwealth Parliamentary Inquiry into the social and economic impacts of water reform in the Basin, chaired by Federal MP Tony Windsor.