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Kate Booth
Kate Booth
Associate Professor of Human Geography
Room 441 , Geography, Sandy Bay Campus
+61 3 6226 5708 (phone)
Kate Booth is Associate Professor of Human Geography in the School of Geography, Planning, and Spatial Sciences. Her work addresses socio-ecological inequity in the context of rapid and unprecedented global change.
She leads a strategic insurance research program, investigating on the intersections of geography, insurance and society. This program is the only program of its kind in Australia. Kate’s research has established her as a world leader in insurance in a changing climate. She is instrumental in defining the field of critical insurance studies.
On the predicament that is insurability in a changing climate, Kate observes: ‘Insurance is intrinsic to modern society – it is key to how households, businesses and governments address risk and uncertainty. Through unmitigated climate change, risks are intensifying and uncertainties growing. A loss of insurability is a reality for some and escalating. As the collapse of insurance heralds economic and social collapse, prioritising equity and social cohesion will see us through many things that an individual insurance policy cannot.’
Kate also leads the University of Tasmania’s postgraduate planning program and the professionally accredited Master of Planning. She co-ordinates the Master’s thesis stream, and teaches regional and urban planning. Her teaching addresses rising inequity and the escalating economic and social impacts and risks of unmitigated climate change.
Biography
Prior to joining the University of Tasmania, Kate worked as a forest activist, for arts and environmental NGOs, and in the public service. She has a BSc (Honours) and was awarded the W.D. Jackson prize for greatest proficiency 3rd-year Plant Science (1993). She completed her PhD in human geography in 2010 – a critical analysis of environmental philosophy and sense of place in towns and cities.
At the University, she has worked in teaching and research roles in geography, political science, and sociology. Her teaching experience spans qualitative and quantitative social research methods, planning and environmental management.
Her interest in insurance began in 2012 as a Chief Investigator on a federally funded National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility project. In 2017, she secured funding as lead Chief Investigator of ARC Discovery, ‘When disaster strikes: Geographies of house and contents under-insurance’ (DP170100096).
She has also held research positions on ARC Linkage Project ‘Creating the Bilbao Effect’ – focusing on the ‘democratisation of art’ and how culture can and cannot change places, and Tourism Tracer – working with a multi-disciplinary team to collect and analyse tourist tracking data.
In 2018, Kate secured her first on-going, full-time academic position.
Career summary
Qualifications
| Degree | Thesis Title | University | Country | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PhD | Place Matters | University of Tasmania | Australia | 2010 |
| BSc (1st Class Hons) | The Phenomenon of Surface | University of Tasmania | Australia | 2005 |
Memberships
Professional practice
- Institute of Australian Geographers
- Planning Institute of Australia
Administrative expertise
Kate is an experienced project manager having led large projects in the public service and academia. Her ARC Discovery (DP170100096) produced 16 peer reviewed articles – most in top quartile journals – and a world-first co-edited book. In 2021, she led the successful reaccreditation of the University’s Master of Planning by the Planning Institute of Australia.
Teaching
• Human geography (cultural, economic, and social) • Critical insurance studies • Environmental values • Place theory and methodologies • Political economies of climate change • Social research methods • Urban and regional planning
Teaching expertise
Kate coordinates and teaches KGA521 Urban Planning and Design and KGA705 Climate Change: Economics, Politics and Planning as part of the professionally accredited Master of Planning course. She also coordinates KGA742 Research Thesis A and KGA743 Research Thesis B in the School’s postgraduate program.
She has developed and taught units at Levels 2, 3 and 5, ranging in size from 11 to 119 students, with a variety of assessment designs and delivery modes. This includes coordinating and teaching units on environmental management, natural area management, and social and political research.
At post-graduate level, she developed KGA520 Qualitative Research Methods as a unit for the Graduate Research Certificate, and coordinated and taught this unit for three years.
Teaching responsibility
Master of Planning: Planning is critical for the sustainability of places, communities, regions and environments. This course is professionally accredited by the Planning Institute of Australia and offers outstanding career opportunities and flexible study options.
Urban Planning and Design: The focus of this unit is the principles and practice of local-level planning for urban systems. The history of urban planning provides context for consideration of current approaches to urban planning.
Climate Change: Economics, politics and planning: This unit addresses how climate change is reconfiguring economies, politics and societies, and influencing how we plan. With a focus on regional planning, students gain an understanding of how planning can be used to achieve more effective and just climate outcomes.
Master’s thesis: These combined units provide the expertise needed to undertake research independently, and the skills to design and manage projects utilising available resources and time. They are undertaken by students in the social sciences and sciences.
Research Invitations
Workshop invitation: ‘Insurance and Social Theory’, University Bologna (Italy), Department of Social and Political Sciences, 14-15 December 2023. The event is jointly organized by Professor Elena Esposito, Associate Professor Alberto Cevolini and Professor Turo-Kimmo Lehtonen.
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Expertise
- Human geography (cultural, economic, and social)
- Climate change (political economy)
- Culture-led urban regeneration
- Critical insurance studies
- Environmental values
- House and contents under-insurance
- Inequity and inequality
- Place theory and methodologies
- Social research methods
Research Themes
1. Geographies of house and contents under-insurance
Associate Professor Kate Booth has led a substantial body of research on house and contents under-insurance in the context of climate exacerbated disasters. She was lead-Chief Investigator of an ARC Discovery Project (DP170100096), taking a pioneering national approach to enhance a key safety net of modern life – house and contents insurance – in the context of bushfires. By comprehensively ascertaining under-insurance and non-insurance patterns and impacts, and critically analysing the socio-spatial constitution of insurance, this research contributes to disaster management, climate resilience, human geography, and critical insurance studies.
Chief Investigators: Associate Professor Kate Booth (University of Tasmania); Professor Bruce Tranter (University of Tasmania); Dr Christine Eriksen (formerly, University of Wollongong); Associate Professor Shaun French (University of Nottingham)
2. Geographies of the insurance safety net in a changing climate
Kate is currently investigating how climate change may be affecting diverse types of insurance including insurance associated with the home, business, government, workplaces, and infrastructure. She is deploying a novel socio-spatial methodology informed by her theoretical contributions to critical insurance studies. This research is expected to contribute to climate resilience, economic geography, and critical insurance studies.
3. Equity and dissensus in a changing world
Kate’s research is framed by an interest in issues of equity and dissensus in the context of escalating and unprecedented global change. She identifies new patterns of inequity, analyses big and small political moments, interrogates ‘problem’ definitions, contributes to socio-spatial methodological development, and advances socio-spatial theorisations of economic and social processes.
Collaboration
Kate works with an extensive network of national and international researchers. She collaborates with established and early career scholars from various disciplines including economics, history, law, marine ecology, museology, planning, sociology, and spatial science, and across fields such as built environment, climate adaptation, housing, tourism, and urban resilience.
In her insurance research, Kate has collaborated with researchers on projects, publications and/or symposia from the Florida International University, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, University of Edinburgh, University of Helsinki, University of North Carolina Wilmington, University of Nottingham, University of Oregon, Tampere University and, in Australia, the Australian National University, RMIT, Swinburne University of Technology, University of Queensland, University of Wollongong, and the Australian Urban Research Infrastructure Network (AURIN).
On other topics, she has worked extensively with industry partners, including:
Creating the Bilbao/Mona Effect
Chief Investigator: Professor Adrian Franklin (formerly, University of Tasmania); Professor Justin O’Connor (formerly, Monash University); Professor Nikos Papastergiadis (University of Melbourne)
Industry partners: Tasmanian Government; Hobart City Council; Glenorchy City Council; Mona
Sensing Tourist Travel in Tasmania
Chief Investigator: Associate Professor Anne Hardy; Professor Richard Eccleston; Dr Brady Robards; Dr Tommy Wong; Dr Jagannath Aryal; Dr Dugald Tinch; Associate Professor Kate Booth; Ms Sarah Hyslop.
Industry partners: Tourism Industry Council; Federal Group Tasmania; Tourism Tasmania.
Awards
2021 College Sustainability Award – for contributions across insurance research, and teaching and service (College of Sciences and Engineering, University of Tasmania).
2017 Dean’s Award for Outstanding Research Performance by a Level A/B Researcher (College of Sciences and Engineering, University of Tasmania).
Fields of Research
- Social geography (440610)
- Cultural studies (470299)
- Urban and regional planning (330499)
Research Objectives
- Expanding knowledge in human society (280123)
- Other environmental management (189999)
- Environmental ethics (130303)
Publications
Associate Professor Kate Booth’s recent publications address geographies of insurance in a changing climate. She is lead-Editor of the new book, Climate, Society and Elemental Insurance: Capacities and limitations (Routledge). In collaboration with co-editors Dr Chloe Lucas (University of Tasmania) and Associate Professor Shaun French (University of Nottingham), this book brings together, for the first-time, 22 social scientists to foreground cutting-edge international insurance research.
Her sole authored paper in the flagship journal Progress in Human Geography is instrumental in defining and advancing critical insurance studies.
She publishes in other high impact academic journals, including Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space, Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space, Geoforum, Global Environmental Change, Political Geography, Qualitative Inquiry, Urban Studies, and Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change. Her citations demonstrate a strong upward trajectory and the growing impact of her work.
Total publications
86
Highlighted publications
(5 outputs)| Year | Type | Citation | Altmetrics |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Journal Article | Booth K, Davison A, Hulse K, 'Insurantial imaginaries: Some implications for home-owning democracies', Geoforum, 136 pp. 46-53. ISSN 0016-7185 (2022) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2022.08.009 [eCite] [Details] Co-authors: Davison A | |
| 2021 | Journal Article | Booth K, 'Critical insurance studies: Some geographic directions', Progress in Human Geography pp. 03091325211036181. ISSN 0309-1325 (2021) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1177/03091325211036181 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 5Web of Science - 2 | |
| 2020 | Journal Article | Booth K, 'Firescapes of disruption: An absence of insurance in landscapes of fire', Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space pp. 1-20. ISSN 2514-8486 (2020) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1177/2514848620921859 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 6Web of Science - 3 | |
| 2017 | Journal Article | Booth K, Tranter B, 'When disaster strikes: under-insurance in Australian households', Urban Studies pp. 1-37. ISSN 0042-0980 (2017) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1177/0042098017736257 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 27Web of Science - 22 Co-authors: Tranter B | |
| 2016 | Journal Article | Booth K, Harwood A, 'Insurance as Catastrophe: A geography of house and contents insurance in bushfire-prone places', Geoforum, 69 pp. 44-52. ISSN 0016-7185 (2016) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2015.12.004 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 23Web of Science - 23 Co-authors: Harwood A |
Journal Article
(34 outputs)| Year | Citation | Altmetrics |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Booth K, Davison A, Hulse K, 'Insurantial imaginaries: Some implications for home-owning democracies', Geoforum, 136 pp. 46-53. ISSN 0016-7185 (2022) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2022.08.009 [eCite] [Details] Co-authors: Davison A | |
| 2022 | Booth K, Lucas C, Eriksen C, de Vet E, Tranter B, et al., 'House and contents underinsurance: Insights from bushfire-prone Australia', International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 80 Article 103209. ISSN 2212-4209 (2022) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2022.103209 [eCite] [Details] Co-authors: Lucas C; Tranter B | |
| 2022 | Young T, Lucas CH, Booth K, 'Insurance, fire and the peri-urban: perceptions of changing communities in Melbourne's rural-urban interface', Australian Geographer, 53, (1) pp. 41-60. ISSN 0004-9182 (2022) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1080/00049182.2022.2052238 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 2Web of Science - 2 Co-authors: Lucas CH | |
| 2021 | Booth K, 'Critical insurance studies: Some geographic directions', Progress in Human Geography pp. 03091325211036181. ISSN 0309-1325 (2021) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1177/03091325211036181 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 5Web of Science - 2 | |
| 2021 | Booth K, Silva Ragaini B, Hardy A, 'A Mona effect: how place discourse constitutes culture-led change', Geographical Research, 59, (1) pp. 16-28. ISSN 1745-5863 (2021) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1111/1745-5871.12431 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 1Web of Science - 1 Co-authors: Silva Ragaini B; Hardy A | |
| 2021 | Lucas CH, Booth KI, Garcia C, 'Insuring homes against extreme weather events: a systematic review of the research', Climatic Change, 165, (3) Article 61. ISSN 1573-1480 (2021) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1007/s10584-021-03093-1 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 4Web of Science - 1 Co-authors: Lucas CH; Garcia C | |
| 2020 | Booth K, 'Firescapes of disruption: An absence of insurance in landscapes of fire', Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space pp. 1-20. ISSN 2514-8486 (2020) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1177/2514848620921859 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 6Web of Science - 3 | |
| 2020 | Booth K, Ragaini BS, Hardy A, 'A Mona Effect: How place discourse constitutes culture-led change', Geographical Research, 59, (1) pp. 16-28. ISSN 1745-5863 (2020) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1111/1745-5871.12431 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 1Web of Science - 1 Co-authors: Ragaini BS; Hardy A | |
| 2020 | Booth KI, Kendal DJ, 'Underinsurance as Adaptation: Household agency in places of marketization and financialization', Environment and Planning A, 52, (4) pp. 728-746. ISSN 0308-518X (2020) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1177/0308518X19879165 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 9Web of Science - 6 Co-authors: Kendal DJ | |
| 2020 | Lucas CH, Booth KI, 'Privatizing climate adaptation: How insurance weakens solidaristic and collective disaster recovery', Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change Article e676. ISSN 1757-7799 (2020) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1002/wcc.676 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 15Web of Science - 11 Co-authors: Lucas CH | |
| 2019 | Tranter B, Booth K, 'Geographies of trust: Socio-spatial variegations of trust in insurance', Geoforum, 107 pp. 199-206. ISSN 0016-7185 (2019) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2019.07.006 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 13Web of Science - 10 Co-authors: Tranter B | |
| 2019 | de Vet E, Eriksen C, Booth K, French S, 'An unmitigated disaster: shifting from response and recovery to mitigation for an insurable future', International Journal of Disaster Risk Science, 10 pp. 179-192. ISSN 2095-0055 (2019) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1007/s13753-019-0214-0 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 21Web of Science - 19 | |
| 2018 | Booth K, 'The places within', Cultural Geographies, 25, (4) pp. 637-641. ISSN 1474-4740 (2018) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1177/1474474018757504 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 1Web of Science - 1 | |
| 2018 | Booth K, 'Profiteering from disaster: why planners need to be paying more attention to insurance', Planning Practice and Research, 33, (2) pp. 211-227. ISSN 0269-7459 (2018) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1080/02697459.2018.1430458 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 10Web of Science - 10 | |
| 2018 | Booth K, O'Connor J, 'Planning for creative effects: the Museum of Old and New Art', Australian Planner pp. 1-8. ISSN 0729-3682 (2018) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1080/07293682.2018.1518250 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 1Web of Science - 1 | |
| 2018 | van Putten IE, Plaganyi EE, Booth K, Cvitanovic C, Kelly R, et al., 'A framework for incorporating sense of place into the management of marine systems', Ecology and Society, 23, (4) Article 4. ISSN 1708-3087 (2018) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.5751/ES-10504-230404 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 28Web of Science - 28 Co-authors: van Putten IE; Plaganyi EE; Cvitanovic C; Kelly R; Richards SA | |
| 2017 | Booth K, 'Thinking through Lines: Locating perception and experience in place', Qualitative Research, 18, (3) pp. 361-379. ISSN 1468-7941 (2017) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1177/1468794117722826 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 3Web of Science - 2 | |
| 2017 | Booth K, O'Connor J, Franklin A, Papastergiadis N, 'It's a museum, but not as we know it: issues for local residents accessing the Museum of Old and New Art', Visitor Studies, 20, (1) pp. 10-32. ISSN 1064-5578 (2017) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1080/10645578.2017.1297121 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 8 Co-authors: Franklin A | |
| 2017 | Booth K, Tranter B, 'When disaster strikes: under-insurance in Australian households', Urban Studies pp. 1-37. ISSN 0042-0980 (2017) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1177/0042098017736257 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 27Web of Science - 22 Co-authors: Tranter B | |
| 2017 | Hardy A, Hyslop S, Booth K, Robards B, Aryal J, et al., 'Tracking tourists' travel with smartphone-based GPS technology: a methodological discussion', Information Technology & Tourism, 17, (3) pp. 255-274. ISSN 1943-4294 (2017) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1007/s40558-017-0086-3 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 68 Co-authors: Hardy A; Hyslop S; Robards B; Aryal J; Eccleston R | |
| 2017 | Lyth A, Baldwin C, Davison A, Fidelman P, Booth K, et al., 'Valuing third sector sustainability organisations - qualitative contributions to systemic social transformation', Local Environment, 22, (1) pp. 1-21. ISSN 1354-9839 (2017) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1080/13549839.2016.1149457 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 11Web of Science - 10 Co-authors: Lyth A; Davison A | |
| 2016 | Booth K, Harwood A, 'Insurance as Catastrophe: A geography of house and contents insurance in bushfire-prone places', Geoforum, 69 pp. 44-52. ISSN 0016-7185 (2016) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2015.12.004 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 23Web of Science - 23 Co-authors: Harwood A | |
| 2015 | Booth KI, 'What a difference place makes: Place gestalt theory and some methodological thoughts', Qualitative Inquiry, 21, (1) pp. 20-27. ISSN 1077-8004 (2015) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1177/1077800414542689 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 19Web of Science - 16 | |
| 2015 | Tranter B, Booth KI, 'Scepticism in a changing climate: a cross-national study', Global Environmental Change, 33 pp. 154-164. ISSN 0959-3780 (2015) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2015.05.003 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 133Web of Science - 119 Co-authors: Tranter B | |
| 2015 | Williams S, Booth KI, 'Time and the spatial post-politics of climate change: insights from Australia', Political Geography: Virtual Special Issue on Climate Change and Political Geography ISSN 0962-6298 (2015) [Contribution to Refereed Journal] Co-authors: Williams S | |
| 2014 | Booth K, 'The Democratization of Art: A contextual approach', Visitor Studies: theory, research, and practice, 17, (2) pp. 207-221. ISSN 1064-5578 (2014) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1080/10645578.2014.945353 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 6 | |
| 2014 | Booth K, Williams S, 'A more-than-human political moment (and other natural catastrophes)', Space and Polity, 18, (2) pp. 182-195. ISSN 1356-2576 (2014) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1080/13562576.2014.884313 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 10 Co-authors: Williams S | |
| 2013 | Booth KI, 'Deep ecology, hybrid geographies and environmental management's relational premise', Environmental Values, 22, (4) pp. 523-543. ISSN 0963-2719 (2013) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.3197/096327113X13690717320829 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 11Web of Science - 12 | |
| 2013 | Booth KI, 'Being prey: Dismantling the emplacement/displacement dualism', The Trumpeter journal of ecosophy, 29, (1) pp. 1-14. ISSN 0832-6193 (2013) [Refereed Article] | |
| 2013 | Williams S, Booth KI, 'Time and the spatial post-politics of climate change: Insights from Australia', Political Geography, 36 pp. 21-30. ISSN 0962-6298 (2013) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1016/j.polgeo.2013.07.001 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 22Web of Science - 21 Co-authors: Williams S | |
| 2012 | Booth K, Williams S, 'Is insurance an under-utilised mechanism in climate change adaptation? The case of bushfire management in Tasmania', The Australian Journal of Emergency Management, 27, (4) pp. 38-45. ISSN 1324-1540 (2012) [Refereed Article] Citations: Scopus - 10 Co-authors: Williams S | |
| 2011 | Booth KI, 'In wilderness and wildness: recognising and responding within the agency of relational memory', Environmental Ethics, 33, (3) pp. 283-293. ISSN 0163-4275 (2011) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.5840/enviroethics201133329 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 7Web of Science - 6 | |
| 2008 | Booth KI, 'Holism with a hole? Exploring deep ecology within the built environment', The Trumpeter, 24, (1) pp. 68-86. ISSN 1705-9429 (2008) [Refereed Article] | |
| 2008 | Booth KI, 'Risdon Vale: Place, memory and surburban experience', Ethics, Policy & Environment: a journal of philosophy and geography , 11, (3) pp. 299-311. ISSN 2155-0085 (2008) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1080/13668790802559700 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 7 |
Book
(2 outputs)| Year | Citation | Altmetrics |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Booth K, Lucas CH, French S, 'Climate, Society and Elemental Insurance: Capacities and Limitations', Routledge, Oxford, UK, pp. 224. ISBN 978-0-367-74386-4 (2022) [Edited Book] DOI: 10.4324/9781003157571 [eCite] [Details] Co-authors: Lucas CH | |
| 2013 | King D, Ginger J, Williams S, Cottrell A, Gurtner Y, et al., 'Planning, Building and Insuring: Adaptation of Built Environment to Climate Change Induced Increased Intensity of Natural Hazards', National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility, Gold Coast, Australia, pp. 361. ISBN 978-1-921609-75-6 (2013) [Authored Research Book] Co-authors: Williams S; Jacobs K |
Chapter in Book
(3 outputs)| Year | Citation | Altmetrics |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Booth K, 'Insurance, and the prospects of insurability', Routledge Handbook of Financial Geography, Routledge, D Wojcik and J Knox-Hayes (ed), London, UK (In Press) [Research Book Chapter] | |
| 2022 | Booth K, 'Introduction', Climate, Society and Elemental Insurance: Capacities and Limitations, Routledge, K Booth, C Lucas & S French (ed), Oxford, UK, pp. 70-82. ISBN 978-0-367-74386-4 (2022) [Other Book Chapter] | |
| 2020 | Hardy A, Eccleston RG, Tinch D, Hyslop S, Booth K, et al., 'Innovations in Research Technology: the case of Tourism Tracer', Tourism in Tasmania, Forty South Publishing Pty Ltd, C-S Ooi & A Hardy (ed), Hobart, Tasmania, pp. 175-185. ISBN 978-0-6486757-6-1 (2020) [Research Book Chapter] Co-authors: Hardy A; Eccleston RG; Tinch D; Hyslop S; Robards B; Wong TL; Aryal J |
Conference Publication
(23 outputs)| Year | Citation | Altmetrics |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Booth K, 'Risky safety nets and sure-fire risk: How households are reconfiguring or nullifying house and contents insurance', Institute of Australian Geographers Conference, 10-12 July 2019, Hobart, Tasmania (2019) [Conference Extract] | |
| 2018 | Booth K, Hardy A, 'What MONA visitors do in Glenorchy', Tourism Tracer Forum, 2 May 2018, Hobart, pp. 1-8. (2018) [Conference Extract] Co-authors: Hardy A | |
| 2018 | Booth KI, 'Mobilities of Insurance: the everyday, shifting geographies of property insurance', Book of Abstracts from the NZGS/IAG Conference, 11-14 July 2018, Auckland, New Zealand, pp. 14. (2018) [Conference Extract] | |
| 2018 | Booth KI, 'Tourism-led regeneration for Hobart's Northern Suburbs?', Presentation to the Planning Institute of Australia (Tasmania) lunchtime forum, 8 May 2018, Hobart, Australia, pp. 1. (2018) [Conference Extract] | |
| 2017 | Booth K, Tranter B, 'When disaster strikes: Under-insurance in Australian households', Institute of Australian Geographers Conference 2017, 11-14 July 2017, Brisbane, Australia (2017) [Conference Extract] Co-authors: Tranter B | |
| 2017 | Booth KI, 'Trump, climate science and under-insurance: Why building trust won't work', School of Land and Food Annual Research Conference 2017, 13-15 June 2017, Hobart, Tasmania (2017) [Conference Extract] | |
| 2017 | Booth KI, 'Who goes to Mona? Peering behind the flannelette curtain'', School of Land and Food Annual Research Conference 2017, 13-15 June 2017, Hobart, Tasmania (2017) [Conference Extract] | |
| 2016 | Booth K, 'When Disaster Strikes: Why so many Australians are inadequately insured', Proceedings, 2016 Geography and Spatial Sciences Conference, 7-8 June 2016, Hobart, Australia, pp. 1. (2016) [Conference Extract] | |
| 2016 | Booth K, 'When Disaster Strikes: Why so many Australians are inadequately insured', 2016 Geography & Spatial Sciences Conference UTAS, 7-8 June 2016, Sandy Bay, Tasmania, Australia, pp. 1. (2016) [Conference Extract] | |
| 2016 | Booth K, Tranter B, 'When Disaster Strikes: The role of insurance in the well-being of older Australians', Program of International Federation on Ageing 13th Global Conference, 21-23 June 2016, Brisbane, Australia, pp. 1. (2016) [Conference Extract] Co-authors: Tranter B | |
| 2015 | Booth K, 'Losing Place: The promise of displacement through culture', TASA Conference, 23 - 26 November, Cairns (2015) [Non Refereed Conference Paper] | |
| 2015 | Booth KI, Traner B, Harwood A, 'When Disaster Strikes: Why so many Australians are inadequately insured', TASA Conference presentation, 23 - 26 November, Cairns (2015) [Non Refereed Conference Paper] Co-authors: Traner B; Harwood A | |
| 2014 | Booth KI, 'A Place for Place in an Unnatural Future', Unnatural Futures, 3-4 July 2014, Hobart, pp. 4. (2014) [Conference Extract] | |
| 2013 | Booth KI, 'Whose Place? The Larger Conversations, Tasmanian Writers Centre', The Larger Conversations, Tasmanian Writers Centre, September 2013, Tasmania, pp. 1. (2013) [Conference Extract] | |
| 2013 | Booth KI, 'MONA and the democratization of art', The Australian Sociological Association Conference, November 2013, Melbourne, pp. 1. (2013) [Conference Extract] | |
| 2012 | Booth KI, 'At Home in Winter', Plenary address, School of Geography and Environmental Studies Conference, 2012, July 2012, Hobart, pp. 1-9. (2012) [Conference Extract] | |
| 2012 | Booth KI, Williams Stewart, 'A More-than-human political moment (and other natural catastrophes)', Imagining Nature II Conference, June 2012, Tarraleah, Tasmania (2012) [Conference Extract] Co-authors: Williams Stewart | |
| 2010 | Booth KI, 'Touch me, this tree: Writing nature in the city centre', ASLEC-ANZ 3rd Biennial Conference : Sounding the Earth: Music, Language, Acoustic Ecology, October 20 -23, 2010, Launceston, Tasmania (2010) [Non Refereed Conference Paper] | |
| 2009 | Booth KI, 'Risdon Vale', School of Geography and Environmental Studies Conference Program 2009, July 2009, Hobart, pp. 4-4. (2009) [Conference Extract] | |
| 2008 | Booth KI, 'Risdonvale - a suburban experience', School of Geography and Environmental Studies Conference Program 2008, October 2008, Hobart, pp. 5-5. (2008) [Conference Extract] | |
| 2008 | Booth KI, 'Me and machine: a relational understanding of machines and self within the home', Institute of Australian Geographers Conference 2008: Abstracts, June - July, Hobart, Tasmania, pp. 15-15. (2008) [Conference Extract] | |
| 2007 | Booth K, 'Humans as animal: The cosmology of hairy underarms', Animals and Society II: Considering Animals Handbook, July, Hobart, Tasmania, pp. 58-58. (2007) [Conference Extract] | |
| 2007 | Booth K, 'Recapturing lived experience: roles for phenomenology in science and academia', School of Geography and Environmental Studies Conference Program 2007, October, Hobart, pp. 5-5. (2007) [Conference Extract] |
Thesis
(1 outputs)| Year | Citation | Altmetrics |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Booth KI, 'Place Matters: Finding Deep Ecology within Towns and Cities' (2010) [PhD] |
Entry
(2 outputs)| Year | Citation | Altmetrics |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Booth K, 'Deep ecology', Essential Concepts of Global Environmental Governance, J-F Morin and A Orsini (ed), United Kingdom, 2nd Edition, pp. 332 (2020) [Entry] | |
| 2017 | Booth KI, 'Deep ecology', Encyclopedia of Global Environmental Politics and Governance, P Pattberg and F Zelli (ed), United Kingdom (2017) [Entry] |
Other Public Output
(21 outputs)| Year | Citation | Altmetrics |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Booth K, Lucas C, 'What insurance tells us about our (in)capacity for climate resilience', Common Dreams, Online, 8 September 2022, pp. 1-4. (2022) [Newspaper Article] Co-authors: Lucas C | |
| 2021 | Booth K, 'Is your neighbourhood underinsured? Search our map to find out', The Conversation, The Conversation Media Group Ltd, Australia, 6 December 2021, pp. 1-6. (2021) [Magazine Article] | |
| 2021 | Booth K, Lucas C, Eriksen C, 'Underinsurance is entrenching poverty as the vulnerable are hit hardest by disasters', The Conversation, The Conversation Media Group Ltd, Australia, 4 February 2021, pp. 1-4. (2021) [Newspaper Article] Co-authors: Lucas C | |
| 2020 | Booth K, 'Democracy or Idiocracy?', Tasmanian Times, Australia (2020) [Newspaper Article] | |
| 2020 | Sykes T, Booth I, 'Democracy in a changing climate: how climate activism is changing our understanding of politics', Public Lecture - Democracy in a Changing Climate, Tasmanian Times, Australia (2020) [Magazine Article] | |
| 2019 | Booth K, 'Insurers lead on climate and that brings its own risks', The Mercury, Australia (2019) [Newspaper Article] | |
| 2018 | Booth KI, 'Hobart's poorer suburbs are missing out on the MONA effect'', The Conversation, The Conversation Media Group Ltd, Australia, 18 June, 2018, pp. 1-2. (2018) [Magazine Article] | |
| 2018 | Booth KI, 'Analysing Mona effects shows some suburbs a world away', The Mercury, News Limited Australia, Australia, 7 June 2018, pp. 26-27. (2018) [Newspaper Article] | |
| 2018 | Booth KI, 'Mona defends local lift', The Mercury, News Limited Australia, Australia, 26 June 2018, pp. 4-5. (2018) [Media Interview] | |
| 2018 | Booth KI, Lucas CH, 'Insurance is unaffordable for some, but it's middle Australia that is underinsured', The Conversation, The Conversation Media Group Ltd, Australia, 20 November 2018 (2018) [Newspaper Article] Co-authors: Lucas CH | |
| 2018 | Byrne J, Kendal D, Pharo E, Booth KI, 'Lessons in resilience: what city planners can learn from Hobart's floods', The Conversation, The Conversation Media Group Ltd, Australia, 18 May, 2018, pp. 1-5. (2018) [Magazine Article] Co-authors: Byrne J; Kendal D; Pharo E | |
| 2017 | Booth K, 'Planners in hot demand in a changing world', The Mercury, News Corp Australia, Hobart, Tasmania, 11 September (2017) [Newspaper Article] | |
| 2017 | Booth KI, 'Who goes to MONA? Peering behind the flannelette curtain'', The Conversation, The Conversation Media Group, 715 Swanston Street, Parkville, VIC 3010 Australia (2017) [Magazine Article] | |
| 2017 | Booth KI, 'Dean's Award for Outstanding Research Performance by a level A/B Researcher', 27 September (2017) [Award] | |
| 2016 | Booth K, 'PIA Tasmania: 2016 in review', Planning News, Planning Institute of Australia, PO Box 5427 Kingston ACT 2604, 42, 11, p. 13. (2016) [Magazine Article] | |
| 2016 | Booth K, 'Talking Point: Insurance, come hell or high water', Talking Point: Insurance, come hell or high water, The Mercury, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, p. 1. (2016) [Newspaper Article] | |
| 2015 | Booth K, 'When Disaster Strikes', ABC Rural NSW Gippsland, Australian Broadcasting Coroporation, Australia, 25 November (2015) [Media Interview] | |
| 2015 | Booth K, 'When Disaster Strikes', Insurance NEWS, McMullan Comway Communications Pty Ltd, Australia, 25 November (2015) [Media Interview] | |
| 2015 | Booth K, Connor J, 'Looking a gift horse in the mouth', The Mercury, Fairfax Media, Hobart, 20 October (2015) [Newspaper Article] | |
| 2015 | Booth KI, Tranter BK, Eriksen C, 'Burning down the house: Why so many Australians are inadequately insured against disaster', The Conversation, The Conversation Media Group, Australia, 20 Nov, pp. 1-2. (2015) [Magazine Article] Co-authors: Tranter BK | |
| 1996 | Bellette MP, Booth K, McDonnell JF, Taylor K, 'The Proposed Foreshore Walk: Cadburys to Berriedale - A community survey', Glenorchy City Council, Centre for Environmental Studies, Uni of Tas, 1 (1996) [Report of Restricted Access] Co-authors: Bellette MP |
Grants & Funding
Associate Professor Kate Booth has successfully secured research funding for large, impactful projects and smaller pilot studies. Outcomes from these projects are both applied and academic. Most recently:
- Addressing a lack of public, independent house and contents under-insurance data.
- Mapping under-insurance at the national scale on the Australian Urban Research Infrastructure Network (AURIN) Data Provider for use by industry and end-users.
- Identifying new cohorts as at unique risk due to under-insurance.
- Extending understanding of the capacities and limitations of house and contents insurance in the context of climate change.
- Revealing socio-spatial and political complexities of house and contents insurance.
- Formulating practical pathways forward and policy recommendations.
- Advancing theory pertaining to insurance and making a theoretical contribution to human geography and critical insurance studies.
Under Kate’s leadership the ARC Discovery Project (DP170100096) team has produced 16 peer reviewed publications, a book (Routledge), five book chapter, 17 conference presentations, and numerous community engagement pieces.
Funding Summary
Number of grants
5
Total funding
Projects
- Description
- Over the summer of 2015-2016 the innovative and ambitious UTAS Tourist Tracking project successfully tracked the movement of 472 tourists within Tasmania for 4-14 days. The goals of the Phase 2 research program are:1.To prove that techniques developed during our pilot study can be adapted to a completely app-based platform (iOS and Android) suitable for use on visitors' personal phones. This will be critical for scaling the method and reducing unit cost;2.To develop and prove incentives to recruit a diverse and significant cohort of visitors to the state on a sustainable basis; and3.To develop a dynamic and user friendly industry/government interface to ensure that end user participants have timely access to key data.
- Funding
- Department of State Growth (Tas) ($190,000); Federal Hotels ($20,000)
- Scheme
- Contract Research
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Hardy A; Aryal J; Eccleston RG; Booth KI; Tinch DR; Wong TL; Robards BJ
- Period
- 2017 - 2018
- Description
- When natural disasters strike, house and contents insurance provides a key safety net of modern Australian life.Yet many households are under insured or not insured at all. The geographies of inadequate insurance, includingcrucial post-disaster impacts, remains unknown. What is known is that governments and communities tend tobear the costs. This project will collect national data to determine rates of non- and under-insurance, identify keyindicators and factors that influence these rates, and investigate disaster survivors' insurance experiences. Thisresearch will strategically improve disaster policy and practice, and contribute to reducing the financial and socialcosts of disasters to governments, communities and householders.
- Funding
- Australian Research Council ($327,451)
- Scheme
- Grant-Discovery Projects
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Booth KI; Tranter BK; Eriksen C; French S
- Period
- 2017 - 2019
- Grant Reference
- DP170100096
- Description
- This project will use real-time sensor-generated data to address two significant industry-driven research questions, which are designed to provide unprecedented insights into tourists' travel behaviour and decision making. Understanding where different cohorts of tourists travel and how they make spontaneous travel decisions will create value for the industry and the Tasmanian community by:Informing more nuanced and effective marketing strategies;Informing tourism related infrastructure and investment decisions, facilitating industry and employment growth;Informing strategies designed to increase the duration of (and spending during) visits; andEnhancing the tourist experience by providing more timely and relevant travel information.
- Funding
- University of Tasmania ($499,534)
- Scheme
- Grant - Institutional
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Hardy A; Eccleston RG; Robards BJ; Wong TL; Aryal J; Tinch DR; Booth KI; Hyslop SE
- Period
- 2015 - 2016
- Funding
- University of Tasmania ($9,000)
- Scheme
- Grant-Research Enhancement (REGS)
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Booth KI
- Year
- 2014
- Funding
- Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency ($283,376)
- Scheme
- Grant-NCCARF Emergency Management
- Administered By
- James Cook University
- Research Team
- King D; Williams S; Cottrell A; Ginger J; Jacobs KA; Booth KI
- Period
- 2010 - 2012
Research Supervision
Associate Professor Kate Booth invites expressions of interest from people interested in undertaking a PhD within one of the strongest geography schools in Australia. Project proposals aligned with her research interests and demonstrating engagement with social theory receive priority.
Working with Kate will allow you to define and develop your own research focus, potentially located within one of these umbrella projects: Equity and dissensus in a changing climate and Insurance and climate: Theory and praxis. She supervises students with a wide range of perspectives, on diverse topics, and deploying various social research methods – quantitative and/or qualitative.
Current
2
Completed
3
Current
| Degree | Title | Commenced |
|---|---|---|
| PhD | Clothing and Textile Waste Recovery in Tasmania. A case study analysis of current frameworks, and opportunities to progress from the linear economy | 2019 |
| PhD | Climate change, equity, and dissensus | 2023 |
Completed
| Degree | Title | Completed |
|---|---|---|
| PhD | Raising Evelyn: An analysis of parenting through the lens of relational environmental scholarship Candidate: Kaseen Nichole Cook | 2018 |
| PhD | The Mona Effect: Regeneration in the dark Candidate: Miriam Frances McGarry | 2018 |
| PhD | Crowdsourcing Environmental Sustainability: Where 2.0 Australia? Candidate: Alister James Clark | 2017 |