Rate My Professor Sarah Clement

Sarah Clement is an Associate Professor in Environmental Policy at the Fenner School of Environment and Society within the Australian National University College of Science. She holds a BSc and a PhD, with her doctoral research focusing on landscape-scale biodiversity conservation and social-ecological systems-based scenario planning. Prior to her current role, she served as a tenured member of faculty in the Department of Geography and Planning at the University of Liverpool and as a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Western Australia, where her DECRA fellowship was initially based. Her professional experience also includes work as an environmental scientist, consultant, and policy advisor in government, NGOs, and private sectors across the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia, addressing issues such as water resource management, forest management, ecological restoration, and environmental impact assessment.

Professor Clement’s research centers on environmental governance and policy, with key streams examining governance in the Anthropocene—particularly in relation to biodiversity, climate change, and natural hazards including wildfires—and the role of nature-based solutions and green infrastructure in sustainable urban systems. She authored the book Governing the Anthropocene: Novel ecosystems, transformation, and environmental policy, published by Palgrave in 2021. She is a member of the 2025 cohort of the Superstars of STEM programme and has supervised more than 70 masters and undergraduate dissertations along with eight higher degree research students to completion. Her work integrates interdisciplinary approaches and stakeholder knowledge to inform more effective policy and management interventions.