Brett Bryan

Deakin Distinguished Professor Brett Bryan is a leading academic in Global Change, Environment, and Society at Deakin University's School of Life and Environmental Sciences. His roles include directing the Planet-A Sustainability Science laboratory and teaching in the Postgraduate Sustainability program. He holds affiliations with institutions like CSIRO and has collaborated with over 620 global researchers.

Education: PhD (University of Adelaide), Master of Environmental Studies, and Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Geography.

Research interests span food system sustainability, ecosystem services, climate change adaptation, and policy design. He employs methods like participatory systems modelling, spatial data science, and high-performance computing. Key themes include sustainable land-use futures, bioenergy, and SDG compliance.

Recent articles focus on climate impacts on algal blooms, food systems resilience, and China's sustainability pathways. His work emphasizes transdisciplinary approaches to bridge local and global sustainability priorities.

Grants and funding exceed $28.3 million, including projects like the $1.2M Land Use Futures collaboration with ClimateWorks. He supervises 19 doctoral students across topics like climate-smart agriculture and biodiversity conservation.

Labs/Teams: Planet-A lab leads sustainability science research with a focus on food systems and SDG modelling. He co-leads the Land-Use Futures project and advises on Australia’s National Outlook reports.