Kim Borg

Research Officer at BehaviourWorks, Monash Sustainable Development Institute kim.borg@monash.edu

Core expertise

Behaviour change
Social sciences
Health behaviour
Environmental behaviour
Social change
Driving behaviour

Biography

Kim’s research interests include the impact of human behaviour on the natural world, road safety, health, wellbeing and the environment. Prior to joining BehaviourWorks, she worked with a number of large organisations and departments such as Australia Post, DHHS, WorkSafe Victoria and TAC. She's also played an active role in designing and testing best-practice methods for survey data collection. She's recently started a behaviour change PhD via the Monash Graduate Research Industry Partnership (GRIP) program.

articles

Planting of native grasses on a sand dune at Long Reef, Sydney, Australia

Carrots and sticks: Biodiversity conservation needs both to protect the environment

Research shows the vast majority of Australians aren’t opposed to the government introducing a range of stronger conservation-related policies.

Environment

Episode 3: How Do We Start Tackling Waste?

We’re not going to recycle our way out of this one. It takes awareness and education to change our behaviours surrounding waste. Find out what you can do.

Podcast: What Happens Next?

Child cradling a clear ball with tree inside and butterfly.

How Australians think and feel about biodiversity

A new survey finds Australians care deeply about the environment, but many aren’t aware of the full extent of biodiversity loss.

Environment

How to reduce your festive footprint

Plastic packaging, damaged decorations, gift wrapping, food waste – trailing the Christmas celebrations is a mountain of rubbish. What can we do to limit it?

Sustainability

A selection of single-use plastic products

Let’s change the conversation on plastic

Drawing attention to the scale of the plastics pollution problem can do more harm than good in terms of changing behaviours.

Environment

Breaking it down: Why 'biodegradable' isn't all it's cracked up to be

The idea of a plastic that literally disappears once in the ocean, littered on land or in landfill is tantalising – but also is at this stage a pipe dream.

Sustainability