Dr Emily Buddle
Centre Fellow, ARC Training Centre for Future Crops Development
Postdoctoral Researcher, School of Humanities
With a knack for connecting the seemingly unconnectable and driven by a relentless curiosity, Emily’s research explores the boundaries between agriculture and community. She ensures her research can create impact for the relevant industry sector by focusing on combining interdisciplinary scholarship with practical applications.
Emily has a Bachelor of Agricultural Sciences with Honours from the University of Adelaide, a Graduate Certificate in Internet Communications from Curtin University and a PhD from the University of Adelaide with a thesis titled “Australian Meat Consumers’ Understandings of Farm Animal Welfare”.
Before returning to academia in 2022, Dr. Emily Buddle ventured into the public and private sectors, wielding her expertise as a project/policy officer and agricultural extension specialist. Her roles in these domains have not only allowed her to foster her passion for communication and facilitation but have also allowed her to grow her project management skills and establish extensive networks across Australian agricultural industry.
In the midst of her professional interests, Dr. Emily Buddle’s spirit thrives in her rural life, adding “farmer” to the many number of hats she wears, overseeing a sheep, beef cattle, and grain business with her husband and “mini farmer”. Balancing her academic pursuits and the joys and challenges of farming and motherhood, she exemplifies the harmonious blend of dedication, innovation, and grounded practicality.
SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE GENETIC & FIELD TECHNOLOGIES FOR FUTURE CROPS
The ARC Training Centre for Accelerated Future Crops Development is funded by the Australian Research Council under its Industrial Transformation Training Hubs Program to run from 2022 to 2027.
It is a collaboration of universities, government research agencies and the Australian grains sector’s key stakeholders in training, R&D, social engagement, responsible innovation, breeding, marketing and delivery.
It also has international partners in gene-editing, SynBio, crop breeding, and, other partnerships for co-developing deep technologies to transform the agriculture industry and global food security.