Research interests

• Human dimensions of wildlife management
• Human-wildlife interactions
• Strategic planning for wildlife management
• Predator ecology and management

Background

Guy’s PhD focused on understanding stakeholders to improve wildlife management.  He has worked on controversial wildlife scenarios including: wild horse management, flying foxes, peri-urban kangaroos, peri-urban fox and cat control.

Qualifications

• B.Sc.(Hons) – University of New England  2000 
• M. Env. Mgt – University of New England  2002
• Ph.D. – University of New England   2006

Current projects

Guy is currently working on the wild dog demonstration site project funded by the Invasive Animals CRC.  The project includes northern NSW, southern QLD and a remote site in the NT’s Tanami Desert.  Guy’s work involves facilitating management plans with stakeholder groups, monitoring the effectiveness of control programs and undertaking associated research on wild dogs, foxes and other predators.  With Peter Fleming, Guy provides training in pest animal monitoring for public agency staff and private landholders as well as advice on strategic management of problem wildlife scenarios. 

Select Publications

Ballard G (2008) What’s stopping effective wild dog management in northern NSW?, Vertebrate Pest Management Conference, Darwin. 

Ballard G (2007) Assessing stakeholder potential: A missing step in strategic planning for cooperative wildlife management? Australasian Wildlife Management Society Conference, Canberra.

Ballard G (Ed) (2006) Social Drivers of Invasive Animal Control, Workshop Proceedings 26 – 27 July 2006, Invasive Animals CRC, Adelaide. 

Ballard G (2005) Understanding people to improve wildlife management. Case studies in human dimensions research from NSW, Australia, PhD Thesis, University of New England, Armidale. 

Professional associations and activities

• Australian Human Dimensions Researchers Network
• Royal Zoological Society of NSW
• Australasian Wildlife Management Society

Fields of Research

• 050211 Wildlife and Habitat Management
• 050103 Invasive Species Ecology

Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC)

Keyword/phrase list of research interests

• Human Dimensions Research
• Wildlife Stakeholder Acceptance Capacity
• Human-Wildlife Interactions
• Predator ecology 
• Strategic planning