New team members bringing specialist skills to the Natural Hazards Research Australia (the Centre) team expands its capacity to deliver research to make Australian communities safer, more resilient and sustainable in the face of increasingly frequent and severe natural hazards.
Dr Mary Cadeddu is Node Research Manager for Victoria and Tasmania based from our Melbourne node.
Mary is a research program leader with a background in clinical psychology and behavioural science. Completing her PhD with the Bushfire CRC, she profiled cognitive, decision making and relational processes in long-term bushfire planning and preparations, sparking her career-long focus of turning research into action. For more than a decade, Mary has led applied research and behavioural science programs across academia and highly regulated industry. Most recently, she built a national research program for a highly regulated company, introduced governance and prioritisation frameworks, and developed interventions that reduced risky behaviours and fostered safer ones.
Mary brings a strong translation-first approach — embedding impact planning, stakeholder activation and behavioural insights into every stage of research.
Oscar Parry is a Communications Officer based from our Melbourne node.
Oscar is passionate about producing engaging and impactful digital and printed content, with a particular focus on interviewing and sharing human interest stories. His background in journalism had him covering local news in Melbourne’s western suburbs. Oscar brings strong skills in writing, editing, multimedia production and digital storytelling.
With a strong interest in language, Oscar completed a Bachelor of Arts in journalism and Spanish at Deakin University.
Learn more about the the team and how they support the Centre's mission of safer, more resilient and sustainable communities in the face of increasingly frequent and severe natural hazards.