School of Science

Qualifications

• Doctor of Philosophy, The Australian National University, 2013.
• Bachelor of Science, The University of Western Australia, 2005.
• Bachelor of Arts, The University of Western Australia, 2005.

Research

Recent Research Grants

• Promoting socially inclusive and sustainable agricultural intensification in West Bengal and Bangladesh,  Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research,  R&D Programs Grant,  2016 - 2020,  $252,059.
• Strengthening the science-policy interface in groundwater management: Assessing the uptake of models to support decision making ,  Edith Cowan University,  Edith Cowan University, School of Science Collaborative Research Grant Scheme, 2016 – 2017,  2016 - 2017,  $9,837.
• Implications of planned land use growth on water demand in the Perth region to 2030/50 ,  Water Corporation,  Grant,  2015,  $80,000.

Recent Publications (within the last five years)

Book Chapters

• Hamilton, S., Powell, SJ., Norton, JP., Jakeman, AJ., (2019), Ecological models: Model development and analysis. Encyclopedia of Ecology, 74-82, online, Elsevier, DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-409548-9.11118-2.
• Pollino, C., Hamilton, S., Fu, B., Jakeman, A., (2018), Theory and application of integrated approaches within water resource planning and management in Australia. Decision Making in Water Resources Policy and Management: An Australian Perspective, 205-217, United Kingdom, Academic Press.
• Jakeman, AJ., Barreteau, O., Hunt, RJ., Rinaudo, J., Ross, A., Arshad, M., Hamilton, S., (2016), Integrated groundwater management: an overview of concepts and challenges. Integrated Groundwater Management: Concepts, Approaches and Challenges, 3-20, Switzerland, Springer, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-23576-9_1.
• Barreteau, O., Caballero, Y., Hamilton, S., Jakeman, AJ., Rinaudo, J., (2016), Disentangling the complexity of groundwater dependent social-ecological systems. Integrated Groundwater Management: Concepts, Approaches and Challenges, 49-74, Switzerland, Springer, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-23576-9_3.

Journal Articles

• Badham, J., Elsawah, S., Guillaume, J., Hamilton, S., Hunt, R., Jakeman, A., Pierce, S., Snow, V., Babbar-Sebens, M., Fu, B., Gober, P., Hill, M., Iwanaga, T., Loucks, D., Merritt, W., Peckham, S., Richmond, A., Zare, F., Ames, D., Bammer, G., (2019), Effective modeling for Integrated Water Resource Management: A guide to contextual practices by phases and steps and future opportunities. Environmental Modelling and Software, 116(June 2019), 40-56, DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2019.02.013.
• Hamilton, S., Fu, B., Guillaume, J., Badham, J., Elsawah, S., Gober, P., Hunt, R., Iwanaga, T., Jakeman, A., Ames, D., Curtis, A., Hill, M., Pierce, S., Zare, F., (2019), A framework for characterising and evaluating the effectiveness of environmental modelling. Environmental Modelling and Software, 118(August 2019), 83-98, DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2019.04.008.
• Gibert, K., Izquierdo, J., Sànchez-Marrè, M., Hamilton, S., Rodríguez-Roda, I., Holmes, G., (2018), Which method to use? An assessment of data mining methods in Environmental Data Science. Environmental Modelling and Software, 110(December 2018), 3-27, Elsevier Ltd, DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2018.09.021.
• Elsawah, S., Pierce, S., Hamilton, S., Van Delden, H., Haase, D., Elmahdi, A., Jakeman, A., (2017), An overview of the system dynamics process for integrated modelling of socio-ecological systems: Lessons on good modelling practice from five case studies. Environmental Modelling and Software, 93(2017), 127-145, DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2017.03.001.
• Hamilton, S., Pollino, C., Walker, K., (2017), Regionalisation of freshwater fish assemblages in the Murray-Darling Basin, Australia. Marine and Freshwater Research, 68(4), 629-649, Australia, CSIRO Publishing, DOI: 10.1071/MF15359.
• Hamilton, S., Pollino, CA., Jakeman, AJ., (2015), Habitat suitability modelling of rare species using Bayesian networks: Model evaluation under limited data. Ecological Modelling, 299(1), 64–78, Elsevier, DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2014.12.004.
• Hamilton, S., Elsawah, S., Guillaume, J., Jakeman, A., Pierce, S., (2015), Integrated assessment and modelling: overview and synthesis of salient dimensions. Environmental Modelling and Software, 64(February 01), 215-229, Elsevier, DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2014.12.005.

Conference Publications

• Hamilton, S., Merritt, W., Carter, L., Lim-Camacho, L., Nidumolu, U., Cosijn, M., Mishra, R., Dash, M., Roth, C., (2017), Developing a common language for transdisciplinary modelling teams using a generic conceptual framework., 1447-1453.
• Pollino, C., Stratford, D., Hamilton, S., Barbour, E., (2017), Proposed guidance for developing ecohydrological models. 22nd International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, 901-907.