Sonya Love

							                               Sonya Love
Sonya Love is a PhD student in the social research group of the Faculty of
Land and Food Resources, University of Melbourne. Sonya also works within
the Soils and Land Management team, a part of the Landscape Systems
research platform of the Victorian Department of Primary Industries. Her
thesis research on 'Catalysing Change in Catchment Communities: A case
study in the Tarago Catchment' focuses on how scientific research informs
understanding and implementation of 'better (watershed) catchment
management'. The research project has involved participant observation of a
range of activities occurring within the catchment (including management
committee meetings, development and implementation of a nutrient
management research project, and educational activities in the catchment)
over a 2 year period, together with individual and group interviews with a
variety of catchment stakeholders. A grounded theory approach to data
analysis has been used.