Colette is a human geographer and Lecturer in the School of Social Sciences. Her work focuses on climate change adaptation, disaster risk reduction and migration. She is interested in how environmental change impacts community development, and how communities make decisions in the context of uncertain environmental futures. Her research has examined adaptation pathways for coral atoll communities, household capacity and preparedness for bushfire risk in Australia, perceptions of flood risk and sea level rise planning in Australia, as well as migration and resettlement decision-making in coastal Ghana, Bangladesh, and India.