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Dr. Rebecca Cross is a Lecturer in Geography at the School of Geosciences, University of Sydney, within the Faculty of Science. She specializes in rural and environmental geography, focusing on sustainable, regenerative, and Indigenous transitions in agriculture and natural resource management. Her research employs participatory community approaches to foster collaboration between local knowledge systems and scientific frameworks. She is affiliated with the Sydney Environment Institute, Sydney Institute of Agriculture, and Sydney Southeast Asia Centre.
Her research interests include sustainable agriculture, agroecology, Indigenous knowledge systems, and community-based approaches to environmental governance. She emphasizes the integration of cultural competence in science education and transdisciplinary collaboration across international contexts.
Dr. Cross has secured grants such as the 2025 Australian Research Council Discovery Project on Indigenous grains and the 2024 Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research grant on smart mechanization. Her recent publications address smallholder farming challenges, conservation agriculture adoption, and carbon farming strategies in Australia and Southeast Asia.
She actively contributes to policy-relevant research on landholder collaboration, social license for environmental initiatives, and curriculum development in transnational agricultural education.