Megan Evans
Senior Lecturer in Public Sector Management · University-wide researcher directory · University of New South Wales
Quick answer: Megan Evans is Senior Lecturer in Public Sector Management at University of New South Wales. Megan Evans shows an active PhD hiring signal as of 2026-09-17.
⭐ I'm available to supervise HDR candidates who wish to pursue research in the areas of environmental policy, governance and finance, and more specifically in the areas of biodiversity conservation and climate change.
Research interests
Dr Megan Evans is a Senior Lecturer in Public Sector Management within the School of Business, UNSW Canberra, and Chief Investigator with the UNSW Institute for Climate Risk & Response. She is an interdisciplinary social scientist whose work aims to inform the design, implementation and evaluation of environmental laws, policies and tools. Her current research focuses on misinformation and climate obstruction via carbon markets, and improving the disclosure of the use of carbon credits within corporate financial reports. Megan’s research has contributed significantly to environmental policy in Australia and internationally: key examples include her work on forest regeneration carbon offset integrity that triggered the Independent Review of Australian Carbon Credit Units (Chubb review), the development of the Australian government’s biodiversity offset policy under federal environmental laws, and work on the economics of land-based carbon offsets that informed the establishment of the $500 million Land Restoration Fund in Queensland. She is a frequent commentator in the media and sits on the editorial board of the journal Conservation Letters.
environmental policy, public policy, sustainable finance, biodiversity & conservation, governance, Environment policy, Conservation and biodiversity, Environmental politics, Environmental markets, policy and governance, Nature finance, Carbon and biodiversity offsets, Public policy, Science-policy interface, Interdisciplinary research
Selected publications (since 2023)
Cheap carbon credits from dodgy projects keep Labor’s gas-fired future alive. Crikey. June 2025
Threatened species have declined 2% a year since 2000. Nature positive? Far from it. The Conversation. May 2024
'Australia’s long-sought stronger environmental laws just got indefinitely deferred. It’s back to business as usual. The Conversation. April 2024.
'Pretending to grow forests in the desert': New research questions integrity in safeguard mechanism scheme. ABC News, March 2024
“It makes climate change worse:” Carbon credit projects claiming to regrow forests are failing. RenewEconomy. March 2024
Federal Govt proposes certificate scheme to promote biodiversity. ABC News. March 2023.
Australia introduces nature repair market legislation to parliament. Carbon Pulse. March 2023.
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Frequently asked questions
Is Megan Evans hiring PhD students at University of New South Wales?
Yes. As of 2026-09-17, Megan Evans's faculty page shows a PhD hiring signal: I'm available to supervise HDR candidates who wish to pursue research in the areas of environmental policy, governance and finance, and more specifically in the areas of biodiversity conservation and .
What does Megan Evans research?
Dr Megan Evans is a Senior Lecturer in Public Sector Management within the School of Business, UNSW Canberra, and Chief Investigator with the UNSW Institute for Climate Risk & Response. She is an interdisciplinary social scientist whose work aims to inform the design, implementation and evaluation o
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