Amy Hahs
Amy Hahs is a Senior Lecturer in Urban Horticulture at University of Melbourne.
Amy believes that sustainable, resilient and liveable cities of the future will emerge from the cities that proactively add biodiversity and ecology considerations to their business as usual.
As an urban ecologist with an established research career, Amy has spent time working as a researcher and as a specialist consultant, working on a diverse range of projects to develop green, healthy cities and towns, and conserve resilient ecosystems where we live and work.
A highly-valued leader in urban ecology research and biodiversity planning, Amy has written and co-authored over 70 academic and industry articles and delivered more than 100 talks, lectures and interviews to Australian and international audiences. She has also held honorary and advisory positions on several scientific boards, and reviewed research papers for over 15 specialist journals in the fields of urban ecology, biodiversity, conservation and environment.
Based in regional Victoria, where she lives with her husband, two growing children, and a variety of birds, bats, possums, frogs, insects and other critters that also call the neighbourhood “home”, Amy enjoy sharing her passion and knowledge on all aspects of urban ecology, including the latest research on how urban areas change over space and time, and how plant and animal communities respond to living in these urban landscapes.