Dr Cobi Calyx

Dr Cobi Calyx

Honorary Senior Lecturer

PhD, Australian National University

Arts, Design & Architecture (ADA)
School of Humanities & Languages

Cobi has more than a decade of experience working internationally in disaster response, environmental and science governance, health promotion, inclusive technology and science communication. She shifted to Honourary Senior Lecturer at UNSW to accept a government role in science policy, but continues to advise research students in environmental and space governance.  

Dr Cobi Calyx joined UNSW from government to catalyse a collaboration between the Centre for Social Impact and UNSW Science about leading science for impact, which evolved into work-integrated learning offered to all science students. In 2022 she joined the Environment and Society Group where she remains affiliated. UNSW sponsored Cobi to become an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, reflecting her teaching expertise. 

Cobi has guest lectured in space governance and worked with related organisations ranging from the Australian Space Agency locally to the United Nations Satellite Centre in Geneva. 

Cobi lives on Kaurna land with her family, settlers of British, Dutch, Guernési, Irish and Mauritian Creole heritage. She is multilingual and supports revival of endangered languages, focused on Kaurna and Guernésiais. She has lived on five continents, including a year with the Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact, which informed and shaped her ongoing support for Aboriginal self-determination. She supports the Uluru Statement from the Heart

  • Book Chapters | 2022
    Calyx C, 2022, 'Women Rising, Women Diving in Vanuatu and Australia', in The Palgrave Handbook of Blue Heritage, Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 161 - 179, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-99347-4_11
    Book Chapters | 2019
    Calyx C; Jessup B; Sihombing M; Robinson D, 2019, 'Asserting land rights through technology and democratic expression', in Legal Geography, Routledge, pp. 37 - 57, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780429426308-3
    Book Chapters | 2017
    Calyx C, 2017, 'A Case Study of Crowdsourcing Imagery Coding in Natural Disasters', in HaiJew S (ed.), DATA ANALYTICS IN DIGITAL HUMANITIES, SPRINGER, pp. 217 - 230, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-54499-1_9
    Book Chapters | 2017
    Smith C, 2017, 'A Case Study of Crowdsourcing Imagery Coding in Natural Disasters', in Data Analytics in Digital Humanities, Springer International Publishing, pp. 217 - 230, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-54499-1_9
    Book Chapters | 2016
    Smith C; Rowe G, 2016, 'Deliberative Processes in Practice', in The International Library of Ethics, Law and Technology, Springer International Publishing, pp. 59 - 70, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-32240-7_5
    Book Chapters | 2016
    Smith C; Rowe G, 2016, 'Deliberative Processes in Practice', in Dodds S; Ankeny RA (ed.), BIG PICTURE BIOETHICS: DEVELOPING DEMOCRATIC POLICY IN CONTESTED DOMAINS, SPRINGER INT PUBLISHING AG, pp. 59 - 70, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-32240-7_5
    Book Chapters | 2010
    2010, 'Deliberative Democracy', in , SAGE Publications, Inc., http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412959216.n75
  • Edited Books | 2008
    Smith C, (ed.), 2008, Climate Change, Independence Educational Publishers, Cambridge, UK
    Edited Books | 2008
    Smith C, (ed.), 2008, Migration and Population, Independence Educational Publishers, Cambridge, UK
    Edited Books | 2008
    Smith C, (ed.), 2008, Sustainability and Environment, Independence Educational Publishers, Cambridge, UK
  • Journal articles | 2023
    Calyx C; Weerasuriya R; White SJ, 2023, 'Embedding telehealth for sustainable health services linking Oceania', Family Practice, 40, pp. 505 - 507, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/fampra/cmac123
    Journal articles | 2023
    Monaghan J; Backholer K; McKelvey AL; Christidis R; Borda A; Calyx C; Crocetti A; Driessen C; Zorbas C, 2023, 'Citizen science approaches to crowdsourcing food environment data: A scoping review of the literature', Obesity Reviews, 24, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/obr.13618
    Journal articles | 2023
    Quinnell R; Motion A; Illingworth S; Calyx C; Bray H; Borda A, 2023, 'Citizen Science in Australian Higher Education: Emerging Learning and Research Communities', International Journal of Innovation in Science and Mathematics Education, 31, pp. 1 - 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.30722/IJISME.31.01.001
    Journal articles | 2023
    Roesler A; Butten K; Calyx C; Holmes-Truscott E; Taylor P, 2023, 'Use and Preferences of Health Apps among Women and Healthcare Professionals Regarding GDM Postpartum Care Related to Diet, Physical Activity, and Weight Management: A Cross-Sectional Survey', Nutrients, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu15153304
    Journal articles | 2022
    Calyx C; Finlay SM, 2022, 'Improving a framework for evaluating participatory science', Evaluation, 28, pp. 150 - 165, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/13563890221085996
    Journal articles | 2022
    Calyx C, 2022, 'Participatory budgeting for research funding decisions', Evidence and Policy, 18, pp. 163 - 176, http://dx.doi.org/10.1332/20x16017816524892
    Journal articles | 2020
    Calyx C; Low J, 2020, 'How a climate change sceptic politician changed their mind', Journal of Science Communication, 19, pp. c04, http://dx.doi.org/10.22323/2.19030304
    Journal articles | 2020
    Calyx C, 2020, 'Sustaining citizen science beyond an emergency', Sustainability (Switzerland), 12, pp. 4522, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12114522
    Journal articles | 2019
    Calyx C; Jessup B, 2019, 'Nuclear Citizens Jury: From Local Deliberations to Transboundary and Transgenerational Legal Dilemmas', Environmental Communication, 13, pp. 491 - 504, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17524032.2018.1464489
    Journal articles | 2014
    Smith C, 2014, 'Public Engagement in Prioritizing Research Proposals: A Case Study', SAGE OPEN, 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2158244014523791
  • Preprints | 2023
    Roesler A; Butten K; Calyx C; Holmes-Truscott E; Taylor PJ, 2023, Use and Preferences of Health Apps Among Women and Healthcare Professionals Regarding Gdm Postpartum Care: A Cross-Sectional Survey, , http://dx.doi.org/10.20944/preprints202306.1611.v1
    Preprints | 2022
    Calyx C; Finlay SM, 2022, Improving a framework for evaluating participatory science, http://dx.doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/g4vbk
    Conference Abstracts | 2022
    Calyx C, 2022, 'Satellite imagery as evidence in environmental law', in Australia and the One Earth, Adelaide, presented at Australia and the One Earth Engaging with Global Environmental Governance since Stockholm, Adelaide, 11 April 2022 - 13 April 2022
    Theses / Dissertations | 2018
    Calyx C, 2018, Tradeoffs in deliberative public engagement with science, https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/handle/1885/139367
    Software / Code | 2016
    Calyx C; Young M, 2016, International laws for forest governance, Infographic, Published: 28 January 2016, Software / Code, http://dx.doi.org/10.4225/49/5567C4E16BB15