Emeritus Professor Geoffrey Lawrence
Emeritus Professor
School of Social Science
Researcher biography
Geoff is a leading Australian sociologist with interests in rural and regional sociology, globalisation/localisation and agrifood research.
He attended James Ruse Agricultural High School in Sydney and was School Captain in 1968. He then completed a degree in agricultural economics at Sydney University in 1972. This was followed by a diploma in social science (UNE), Master of Science in Sociology (Wisconisn-Madison) and a PhD (Griffith). In 1992 he became Associate Professor of Sociology and Foundation Director, Centre for Rural Social Research, at Charles Sturt University before moving later that year to Central Queensland University as Foundation Professor of Sociology (1992-2002) and Executive Director, Institute for Sustainable Regional Development (1998-2002). He joined The University of Queensland as Professor of Sociology and Head of the School of Social Science in 2002. He is a Life Member of the Fitzroy Basin Association, a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia, Life Member of the Australian Sociological Association, and was President of the International Rural Sociology Association (2012-2016). He became Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Queensland in 2014.
His full profile can be seen at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_Lawrence_(sociologist)
Publications
Books
Carl, John D., Baker, Sarah, Robards, Brady, Scott, John, Lawrence, Geoffrey and Hillman, Wendy (2012). Think sociology. Frenchs Forest, NSW, Australia: Pearson Australia.
Lockie, Stewart, Lyons, Kristen and Lawrence, Geoffrey (2006). Going organic: Mobilizing networks for environmentally responsible food production. 1 ed. Oxfordshire, United Kingdom: CAB International Publishing.
Hindmarsh, R. A. and Lawrence, G. (2001). Altered Genes II: The Future?. 2 ed. Melbourne: Scribe Publications.
Gray, Ian and Lawrence, Geoffrey (2001). A future for regional Australia: Escaping global misfortune. Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press.
Miller, T., Lawrence, G. A., McKay, J. and Rowe, D. (2001). Globalization and Sport: Playing the World. London, United Kingdom: Sage Publications.
Vanclay, Frank and Lawrence, Geoffrey (1995). The Environmental Imperative: Eco-social Concerns for Australian Agriculture. Rockhampton, QLD Australia: Central Queensland University.
Lawrence, Geoffrey (1995). Futures for Rural Australia: From Agricultural Productivism to Community Sustainability. Rockhampton, QLD Australia: Central Queensland University.
Gray, Ian W. , Lawrence, Geoffrey and Dunn, Tony (1993). Coping with change: Australian farmers in the 1990s. Wagga Wagga, N.S.W., Australia: Centre for Rural Social Research, Charles Sturt University.
Lawrence, Geoffrey (1987). Capitalism and the countryside: The rural crisis in Australia. Sydney: Pluto Press.
Book Chapters
Langford, Alexandra, Brekelmans, Alana and Lawrence, Geoffrey (2021). 'I want to sleep at night as well': guilt and care in the making of agricultural credit markets. Markets in their place: context, culture, finance. (pp. 122-140) edited by Russell Prince, Matthew Henry, Carolyn Morris, Aisling Gallagher and Stephen FitzHerbert. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780429296260-7
Lawrence, Geoffrey and Smith, Kiah (2020). Neoliberal Globalization and Beyond: Food, Farming, and the Environment. The Cambridge Handbook of Environmental Sociology. (pp. 411-428) edited by Katherine Legun, Michael Bell and J. Keller. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/9781108554558.026
Lawrence, Geoffrey, Sippel, Sarah Ruth and Larder, Nicolette (2020). State-led and finance-backed farming endeavours: changing contours of investment in Australian agriculture. Finance or food? : the role of cultures, values, and ethics in land use negotiations. (pp. 150-177) edited by Hilde Bjørkhaug, Philip McMichael and Bruce Muirhead. Toronto, ON, Canada: University of Toronto Press.
Bjørkhaug, Hilde, Magnan, André and Lawrence, Geoffrey (2018). Introduction: The financialization of agri-food. The Financialization of Agri-food Systems: Contested Transformations. (pp. 1-19) Abingdon, Oxon United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315157887
Bjørkhaug, Hilde, Magnan, André and Lawrence, Geoffrey (2018). Introduction: the financialization of agri-food. The Financialization of Agri-Food Systems: Contested Transformations. (pp. 1-19) edited by Hilde Bjorkhaug, Andre Magnan and Geoffrey Lawrence. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315157887-1
Lawrence, Geoffrey and Smith, Kiah (2018). The concept of 'financialization': criticisms and insights. The financialization of agri-food systems: contested transformations. (pp. 23-41) edited by Hilde Bjørkhaug, André Magnan and Geoffrey Lawrence. London, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315157887-2
Sippel, Sarah Ruth, Lawrence, Geoffrey and Burch, David (2017). The financialization of farming: the Hancock Company of Canada and its embedding in rural Australia. Transforming the rural: global processes and local futures. (pp. 3-23) edited by Terry Marsden, Mara Miele, Vaughan Higgins, Hilde Bjørkhaug and Monica Truninger. London, United Kingdom: Emerald Insight. doi: 10.1108/S1057-192220170000024001
Lawrence, Geoffrey (2016). Food systems and land: connections and contradictions. Routledge international handbook of rural studies. (pp. 183-191) edited by Mark Shucksmith and David L. Brown. London, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315753041-28
Lawrence, Geoffrey, Sippel, Sarah Ruth and Burch, David (2015). The financialisation of food and farming. Handbook on the globalization of agriculture. (pp. 309-327) edited by Guy Robinson and Doris Carson. Cheltenham, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar. doi: 10.4337/9780857939838
Lawrence, Geoffrey and Dixon, Jane (2015). The political economy of agri-food: supermarkets. Handbook of the International Political Economy of Agriculture and Food. (pp. 213-231) edited by Alessandro Bonanno and Lawrence Busch. Cheltenham, Glos, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing. doi: 10.4337/9781782548263.00019
Lawrence, Geoffrey and Campbell, Hugh (2014). Neoliberalism in the antipodes: understanding the influence and limits of the neoliberal political project. The Neoliberal Regime in Agri-food: Crisis, Resilience and Restructuring. (pp. 263-283) edited by Steven A. Wolfe and Alessandro Bonanno. Abingdon, Oxon, England: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780203583111
Lawrence, Geoffrey and McMichael, Philip (2014). Global change and food security: introduction. Global environmental change. (pp. 667-676) edited by Bill Freedman. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer Netherlands. doi: 10.1007/978-94-007-5784-4_114
Lawrence, Geoffrey, Richards, Carol and Burch, David (2013). The impacts of climate change on Australia's food production and export. Food security in Australia: challenges and prospects for the future. (pp. 173-186) edited by Quentin Farmer-Bowers, Vaughan Higgins and Joanne Millar. New York, NY, United States: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4614-4484-8_12
Carl, John D. and Lawrence, Geoffrey (2012). Environmental sustainability and social movements: how do societies connect with nature?. Think sociology. (pp. 244-267) edited by John D. Carl, Sarah Baker, Brady Robards, John Scott, Wendy Hillman and Geoffrey Lawrence. Frenchs Forest, NSW, Australia: Pearson Australia.
Carl, John D. and Lawrence, Geoffrey (2012). Globalisation: the economy and society. Think sociology. (pp. 186-206) edited by John D. Carl, Sarah Baker, Brady Robards, John Scott, Wendy Hillman and Geoffrey Lawrence. Frenchs Forest, NSW, Australia: Pearson Australia.
Lawrence, Geoffrey and Cheshire, Lynda (2012). Queensland towns. Sociology: Antipodean perspectives. (pp. 133-143) edited by Peter Beiharz and Trevor Hogan. South Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Oxford University Press.
Lawrence, Geoffrey and Cheshire, Lynda (2012). Regions. Sociology: antipodean perspectives. (pp. 31-37) edited by Peter Beiharz and Trevor Hogan. South Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Oxford University Press.
Lawrence, Geoffrey, Richards, Carol, Gray, Ian and Hansar, Naomi (2012). Climate change and the resilience of commodity food production in Australia. Food systems failure: The global food crisis and the future of agriculture. (pp. 131-146) edited by Christopher Rosin, Paul Stock and Hugh Campbell. London, U.K.: Earthscan. doi: 10.4324/9781849776820
Kingsford, Richard and Lawrence, Geoff (2011). Peter Cullen: chair of the Lake Eyre Basin Scientific Advisory Panel. This land our water: water challenges for the 21st century. A collection of papers by Peter Cullen. (pp. 36-39) edited by Vicky Cullen. Hindmarsh, SA, Australia: ATF Press.
Lawrence, Geoffrey, Miller, Toby and Rowe, David (2010). The new international division of cultural labor and sport. Sport and migration : Borders, boundaries and crossings. (pp. 217-229) edited by Joseph Maguire and Mark Falcous. Abbingdon, Oxon, U.K.: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780203877319
Burch, David and Lawrence, Geoffrey (2010). The "Wellness" phenomenon: Implications for global agri-food systems. Food security, nutrition and sustainability. (pp. 175-187) edited by Lawrence, Geoffrey, Lyons, Kristen and Wallington, Tabatha. London, U.K. ; Sterling, VA, U.S.A.: Earthscan. doi: 10.4324/9781849774499
Lawrence, Geoffrey, Lyons, Kristen and Wallington, Tabatha (2010). Introduction: Food security, nutrition and sustainability in a globalised world. Food security, nutrition and sustainability. (pp. 1-23) edited by Geoffrey Lawrence, Kristen Lyons and Tabatha Wallington. London, U.K. ; Sterling, VA, U.S.A.: Earthscan. doi: 10.4324/9781849774499
Gray, Ian, Lawrence, Geoffrey and Sinclair, Peter (2009). The sociology of climate change for regional Australia: Considering farmer capacity for change. Climate change in regional Australia: Social learning and adaptation. (pp. 136-158) edited by J. Martin, M. Rogers and C. Winter. Victoria, Australia: VURRN Press.
Wallington, Tabatha and Lawrence, Geoffrey (2009). Accounting for performance: Public environmental governance in the shadow of the future. Contested Country. (pp. 91-107) edited by Marcus Lane, Cathy Robinson and Bruce Taylor. Australia: CSIRO Publishing.
Lawrence, Geoffrey and Grice, Janet (2008). Agribusiness, Genetic Engineering and the Corporatisation of Food. A Sociology of Food & Nutrition: The Social Appetite. (pp. 78-99) edited by John Germov and Lauren Williams. Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Oxford University Press.
Cheshire, Lynda, Higgins, Vaughan and Lawrence, Geoffrey (2007). Rural governance and power relations: Theorising the complexity of state-citizen interactions. Rural governance: International perspectives. (pp. 291-303) edited by L. Cheshire, V. Higgins and G. Lawrence. London, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780203968178
Cheshire, L., Higgins, V. and Lawrence, G. (2007). Introduction: Governing the rural. Rural Governance: International Perspectives. (pp. 1-18) edited by L. Cheshire, V. Higgins and G. Lawrence. London, United Kingdom: Routledge.
Lawrence, G. and Burch, D. (2007). Understanding Supermarkets and Agri-food Supply Chains. Supermarkets and Agri-food Supply Chains: Transformations in the Production and Consumption of Foods. (pp. 1-26) edited by Burch, D. and Lawrence, G.. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar.
Burch, D. and Lawrence, G. (2007). Supermarkets Own Brands, New Foods and the Reconfiguration of Agri-food Supply Chains. Supermarkets and Agri-food Supply Chains: Transformations in the Production and Consumption of Foods. (pp. 100-128) edited by Burch, D. and Lawrence, G.. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar.
Lawrence, G. and Everingham, J. (2007). Regionalism. Oxford Companion to Australian Politics. (pp. 501-503) edited by Galligan, B. and Roberts, W.. Melbourne: Oxford University Press.
Burch, D., Lyons, K. and Lawrence, G. (2006). What do we mean by green? Consumers, agriculture and the food industry. Rikka rokassa vai sattumia sopassa? Johdatus yhteiskuntatieteelliseen maatalous-ja elintarviketutkimukseen. (pp. 69-87) Helsinki, Finland: University of Joensuu, Karelian Institute.
Lawrence, G A and Cheshire, L A (2006). Regions. Sociology: Place, Time and Division. (pp. 20-25) edited by P. Beilharz and T. Hogan. Melbourne, Australia: Oxford University Press.
Lawrence, G A and Cheshire, L A (2006). Queensland Towns. Sociology: Place, Time and Division. (pp. 107-111) edited by P. Beilharz and T. Hogan. Melbourne, Australia: Oxford University Press.
Campbell, Hugh, Lawrence, Geofffrey and Smith, Kiah (2006). Audit Cultures and the Antipodes: The Implications of EurepGAP for New Zealand and Australian Agri-food Industries. Between the Local and the Global: confronting complexity in the contemporary Agri-food sector. (pp. 69-94) edited by T. Marsden and J. Murdoch. Oxford, England: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/S1057-1922(06)12004-1
Lockie, Stewart, Lawrence, Geoffrey and Cheshire, Lynda (2006). Reconfiguring rural resource governance: The legacy of neoliberalism in Australia. Handbook of Rural Studies. (pp. 29-43) edited by P. Cloke, T. Marsden and P. Mooney. London: Sage. doi: 10.4135/9781848608016.n3
Grice, Janet and Lawrence, Geoffrey (2006). Promovarea dezvoltarii durabile: Problematica guvernarii. Catalyse: Cunoastere, participare, si dezvoltare in spatiu comunitar. (pp. 15-45) edited by Mihai Pascaru. Cluj-Napoca, Romania: Editura Argonaut.
Lawrence, G (2006). Mita 'Vihertyminen' Tarkoittaa? Kuluttajat, Maatalous ja Elintarviketeollisuus. Ruokakysymys: Nakokulmia Yhteiskuntatieteelliseen Elintarviketutkimukseen. (pp. 69-87) edited by T. Mononen and T. Silvasti. Helsinki, Finland: Gaudeamus.
Lawrence, Geoffrey (2005). Promoting Sustainable Development: The Question of Governance. New directions in the sociology of global development. (pp. 145-174) edited by Frederick H. Buttel and Philip McMichael. Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Elsevier.
Cheshire, L. A. and Lawrence, G. A. (2005). Reshaping the State: Global/local networks in association and the governing of agricultural production.. Agricultural Governance: Globalization and the New Politics of Regulation. (pp. 35-49) edited by V. Higgins and G. Lawrence. London: Routledge.
Higgins, V. and Lawrence, G. A. (2005). Introduction: Globalization and Agricultural Governance. Agricultural Governance: Globalization and the New Politics of Regulation. (pp. 1-15) edited by V. Higgins and G. Lawrence. London: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780203698907
Lawrence, Geoffrey (2005). Globalisation, agricultural production systems and rural restructuring. Sustainability and change in rural Australia. (pp. 104-120) edited by Chris Cocklin and Jacqui Dibden. Sydney: New South Wales University Press.
Lawrence, G. A., Cheshire, L. A. and Richards, C. A. (2004). Agricultural production and the ecological question. Controversies in environmental sociology. (pp. 221-237) edited by R. White. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/CBO9780511804434.014
Lyons, K., Burch, D., Lawrence, G. A. and Lockie, S. (2004). Contrasting paths of corporate greening in Antipodean agriculture: Organics and green production. Agribusiness and society: Corporate responses to environmentalism, market opportunities and public regulation. (pp. 91-113) edited by K. Jansen and S. Vellema. London: Zed Books.
Lawrence, G. A. (2004). Foreword. Social Innovations in Natural Resource Management Handbook. (pp. i-ii) edited by C. Richards and L. Atikens. Qld: Dept Natural Resources & MInes, Qld.
Lyons, K., Lockie, S. and Lawrence, G. A. (2004). Consumer views of organic and GM food. Recoding Nature: Critical Perspectives on Genetic Engineering. (pp. 94-107) edited by R. HIndmarsh and G. Lawrence. Sydney: UNSW Press.
Lawrence, G. A. and Cheshire, L. A. (2004). The social consequences of the rural reform agenda. The Politics of Australian Society: Political Issues for the New Century. (pp. 338-356) edited by P. Boreham, G. Stokes and R. Hall. Frenchs Forest, NSW: Pearson Longman.
Hindmarsh, R. and Lawrence, G. A. (2004). Recoding nature: Deciphering the scripts. Recoding Nature: Critical Perspectives on Genetic Engineering. (pp. 23-41) edited by R. HIndmarsh and G. Lawrence. Sydney: UNSW Press.
Richards, Carol, Lawrence, Geoff and Cheshire, Lynda (2004). Environmental sustainability in the beef grazing sector of Central Queensland: What helps, what hinders?. Social innovations in natural resources management handbook. (pp. 65-67) edited by Carol Richards and Lyn Aitken. Brisbane, Australia: Department of Natural Resources & Mines.
Lawrence, Geoffrey and Grice, Janet (2004). Agribusiness, biotechnology and food. A sociology of food and nutrition : the social appetite. (pp. 77-95) edited by John Germov and Lauren Williams. South Melbourne, Australia: Oxford University Press.
Lawrence, G. (2004). Foreword. Social Innovations in Natural Resource Management Handbook. (pp. i-ii) Brisbane, QLD Australia: Department of Natural Resources and Mines.
Lawrence, G. (2004). Foreword in social Innovations in natural resource management. Social innovations in natural resources management handbook. (pp. i-ii) edited by C. Richards and L. Aitken. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines.
Miller, T., Lawrence, G. A., Mckay, J. and Rowe, D. (2004). Sports media sans frontieres. Critical Readings: Sport, Culture and the Media. (pp. 84-98) edited by D. Rowe. Maidenhead, United Kingdom: McGraw Hill.
Cheshire, L. A. and Lawrence, G. A. (2003). Monto, Queensland. Community Sustainability in Rural Australia: A Question of Capital?. (pp. 10-37) edited by C. Cocklin and M. Alston. Wagga Wagga: Centre for Rural Res., Charles Sturt Univ.
Almas, R. and Lawrence, G. A. (2003). Introduction: The global/local problematic. Globalization, Localization and Sustainable Livelihoods. (pp. 3-24) edited by R. Almas and G. Lawrence. Aldershot: Ashgate.
Campbell, H. and Lawrence, G. A. (2003). Assessing the neoliberal experiment in Antipodean agriculture. Globalization, Localization and Sustainable Livelihoods. (pp. 89-101) edited by R. Almas and G. Lawrence. Aldershot, England: Ashgate. doi: 10.4324/9781315194240
Lockie, S., Herbert-Cheshire, L. A. and Lawrence, G. A. (2003). Rural sociology. The Cambridge Handbook of Social Sciences in Australia. (pp. 604-625) edited by Ian McAllister, Steve Dowrick and Riaz Hassan. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
Burch, David, Lyons, Kristen and Lawrence, Geoffrey (2001). What do we mean by green? Consumers, agriculture and the food industry. Consuming foods, sustaining environments. (pp. 45-68) Bowen Hills, Qld: Australian Academic Press.
Hindmarsh, R. A. and Lawrence, G. (2001). Bio-utopia: Future Natural?. Altered Genes II: The Future?. (pp. 11-35) edited by R. Hindmarsh and G. Lawrence. Melbourne: Scribe Publications.
Lyons, Kristen and Lawrence, Geoffrey (2001). Institutionalisation and resistance – organic agriculture in Australia and New Zealand. Food, nature and society: rural life in late modernity. (pp. 124-147) edited by Hilary Tovey and Michel Blanc. Aldershot: Ashgate.
Miller, Toby and Lawrence, Geoffrey (2001). Globalization and Culture. A Companion to Cultural Studies. (pp. 490-509) edited by Toby Miller. Malden, MA, United States: Blackwell Publishing . doi: 10.1002/9780470998809.ch28
Lawrence, G., Norton, J. and Wood, G. (2001). Agri-genetics, Food Consumption and the Environment: Science and the Australian Public . Consuming Foods, Sustaining Environments. (pp. 63-81) edited by Lockie, S. and Pritchard, B.. Brisbane, QLD Australia: Australian Academic Press.
Gray, I., Knutilla, M. and Lawrence, G. (2001). Globalisation, Neoliberalism and Rural Decline: Australia and Canada. Writing Off Rural Communities: Globalization, Governments, and the Transformation of Rural Life. (pp. 89-105) edited by Epp, R. and Whitson, D.. Edmonton, Canada: University of Alberta Press.
Lawrence, G. and McMichael, P. (2001). Globalising Agriculture: Structures of Constraint for Australian Farming. Rurality Bites: The Social and Environmental Transformation of Rural Australia. (pp. 89-102) edited by Lockie, S. and Bourke, L.. Sydney, NSW Australia: Pluto Press.
Lawrence, G., Higgins, V. and Lockie, S. (2001). Introduction. Environment, Society and Natural Resource Management. (pp. 1-15) edited by Lawrence, G., Higgins, V. and Lockie, S.. London, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar.
Lawrence, G., Norton, J. and Vanclay, F. (2001). Gene-technology, Agri-food Industries and Consumers. Altered Genes II: The Future?. (pp. 143-159) edited by Hindmarsh, R and Lawrence, G. Melbourne, VIC Australia: Scribe.
McKay, J., Lawrence, G., Miller, T. and Rowe, D. (2001). Gender equality, hegemonic masculinity and the governmentalisation of Australian amateur sport. Culture in Australia. (pp. 233-251) edited by T. Bennett and D. Carter. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press.
Hughson, J., Lawrence, G. W., McKay, J. and Rowe, D. (2000). Sport and Australian society. A Sociology of Australian Society. (pp. 275-300) Melbourne: MacMillan.
Lawrence, G. and Gray, I. (2000). The Myths of Modern Agriculture: Australian Rural Production in the 21st Century. Land of Discontent: the Dynamics of Change in Rural and Regional Australia. (pp. 33-51) edited by Pritchard, B. and McManus, P.. Sydney, NSW Australia: University of NSW Press.
Lawrence, G. (2000). Australian communities in a 'Greening' world. A decade of Landcare: our achievements: report on proceedings. (pp. 34-51) Rockhampton, QLD, Australia: Department of Natural Resources and mines.
Burch, D., Goss, J. and Lawrence, G. (1999). Foreword, in Restructuring Global and Regional Agricultures. Restructuring Global and Regional Agricultures: Transformations in Australasian Economies and Spaces. (pp. xvii-xix) edited by Burch, D., Goss, J. and Lawrence, G.. Aldershot, United Kingdom: Ashgate.
Gray, I., Lawrence, G. and Stehlik, D. (1999). Changing Spaces: the Effects of Macro-social Forces on Rural Australia. Local Responses to Global Integration: Towards a New Era Of Rural Restructuring. (pp. 63-87) edited by Kasimas, B and Papadopoulos, A. London, United Kingdom: Ashgate.
Lawrence, Geoffrey, Meyers, Melissa, Lockie, Stewart and Clark, Richard (1999). An Action Learning approach to grower-focussed change: research among cotton producers in Queensland. Restructuring Global and Regional Agricultures. (pp. 289-305) Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780429448355-18
Lawrence, Geoffrey, Meyers, Melissa, Lockie, Stewart and Clark, Richard (1999). An Action Learning approach to grower-focussed change: research among cotton producers in Queensland. Restructuring Global and Regional Agricultures. (pp. 289-305) Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780429448355-18
Lawrence, G. and Vanclay, F. (1998). Gene Biotechnology, the State and Australia's Agri-food industries. Altered Genes - Reconstructing Nature: The Debate. (pp. 147-159) edited by Hindmarsh, R., Lawrence, G. and Norton, J.. Sydney, NSW Australia: Allen and Unwin.
Lawrence, G. (1998). The Institute for Sustainable Regional Development at Central Queensland University. Sustainable Futures: Towards a Catchment Management Strategy for the Central Queensland Region. (pp. 6-8) edited by Grimes, J., Lawrence, G. and Stehlik, D.. Rockhampton, QLD Australia: Institute for Sustainable Regional Development.
Gray, I., Lawrence, G., Stehlik, D. and Bulis, H. (1998). Agricultural Restructuring under conditions of drought in Central Queensland. Australasian Food and Farming in a Globalised Economy: Recent Developments and Future Prospects. (pp. 3-14) Melbourne, VIC Australia: Department of Geography and Environmental Sciences, Monash University.
Hindmarsh, R., Lawrence, G. and Norton, J. (1998). Bio-utopia: the way forward?. Altered Genes - Reconstructing Nature: The Debate. (pp. 3-23) edited by Hindmarsh, R., Lawrence, G. and Norton, J.. St Leonards, NSW Australia: Allen and Unwin.
Rowe, David and Lawrence, Geoffrey (1998). Framing a critical sports sociology in the age of globalisation. Tourism, leisure, sport: critical perspectives. (pp. 159-169) Sydney, NSW, Australia: Hodder Headline.
Rowe, David and Lawrence, Geoffrey (1998). Introduction. Tourism, leisure, sport: critical perspectives. (pp. 1-9) Sydney, NSW, Australia: Hodder Headline.
Lawrence, G. and Morrisey, P. (1997). A Critical Assessment of Landcare in a Region of Central Queensland. Critical Landcare. (pp. 217-226) edited by Lockie, S. and Vanclay, F.. Wagga Wagga, NSW Australia: Centre for Rural Social Research.
Lawrence, G., Stehlik, D., Gray, I. and Bulis, H. (1997). Framing the Drought: a Sociological Approach. Mapping Regional Cultures. (pp. 67-83) edited by Mules, W. and Miller, H.. Rockhampton, QLD Australia: Rural Social and Economic Research Centre, Central Queensland University.
Lawrence, G. and Rowe, D. (1997). Nationalism. The Oxford Companion to Australian Sport. (pp. 252-254) edited by Vamplew, W. Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Oxford University Press.
Burch, D., Lawrence, G. and Rickson, R. (1996). Introduction. Globalisation and Agri-food Restructuring: Perspectives from the Australasia Region. (pp. 1-13) edited by Burch, D., Lawrence, G. and Rickson, R.. London, United Kingdom: Avebury.
Lawrence, G. (1996). Contemporary Agri-food Restructuring: Australia and new Zealand. Globalisation and Agri-food Restructuring: Perspectives from the Australasia Region. (pp. 45-72) edited by Burch, D., Rickson, R. and Lawrence, G.. London, United Kingdom: Avebury.
Lawrence, G., Lyons, K. and Momtaz, S. (1996). Introduction. Social change in rural Australia. (pp. 1-8) edited by Geoffrey Lawrence, Kristen Lyons and Salim Momtaz. Rockhampton, QLD, Australia: Rural Social and Economic Research Centre.
Lawrence, G. (1996). Rural Australia: insights and issues from contemporary political economy. Social change in rural Australia. (pp. 332-349) edited by Lawrence, G, Lyons, K and Momtaz, S. Rockhampton, QLD, Australia: Rural Social and Economic Research Centre.
Passfield, R., Lawrence, G. and McAllister, J. (1996). Not so sweet: rural restructuring and its community impact - the Mackay sugar district, Queensland. Social change in rural Australia . (pp. 188-200) edited by Geoffrey Lawrence, Kristen Lyons and Salim Momtaz. Rockhampton, QLD, Australia: Rural Social and Economic Research Centre.
Stehlik, D., Witcomb, A., Lawrence, G. and Gray, I. (1996). Towards a social construction of drought: a preliminary analysis. Social change in rural Australia. (pp. 263-275) edited by Geoffrey Lawrence, Kristen Lyons and Salim Momtaz. Rockhampton, QLD, Australia: Rural Social and Economic Research Centre.
Norton, J. and Lawrence, G. (1996). Consumer attitudes to genetically-engineered food products: focus group research in Rockhampton, Queensland. Social change in rural Australia. (pp. 290-311) edited by G. Lawrence, K. Lyons and S. Momtaz. Rockhampton, QLD, Australia: Rural Social and Economic Research Centre.
Lawrence, G. (1996). The future of agriculture and rural society in Central Queensland. Futures for Central Queensland. (pp. 53-58) edited by D. Cryle, G. Griffin and D. Stehlik. Rockhampton, QLD, Australia: Rural Social and Economic Research Centre.
Share, P. and Lawrence, G. (1995). Fear and loathing in Wagga Wagga: cultural representations of rurality and possible policy implications. Communication and culture in rural areas. (pp. 97-106) edited by P. Share. Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia: Centre for Rural Social Research.
Lawrence, G. and Vanclay, F. (1994). Agricultural change in the semi-periphery: the Murray Darling Basin, Australia. The global restructuring of agro-food systems. (pp. 76-103) edited by P. McMichael. Ithaca, NY, United States: Cornell University Press.
Lawrence, G. (1993). Preface. Rural education issues: an Australian perspective. (pp. ix-x) edited by C. Boylan and M. Alston. Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia: Rural Social and Economic Research Centre.
Lawrence, G., Gray, I. and Share, P. (1993). Rural Australia. A Sociology of Australian Society: Introductory Readings. (pp. 554-583) edited by Jake Najman and John S. Western. Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Macmillan.
Lawrence, Geoffrey and Vanclay, Frank (1992). Agricultural production and environmental degradation in the Murray-Darling Basin. Agriculture, environment and society. (pp. 33-59) edited by Geoffrey Lawrence , Frank Vanclay and Brian Furze. London, United Kingdom: Macmillan Education UK.
Lawrence, Geoffrey and Vanclay, Frank (1992). Agricultural production and environmental degradation in the Murray-Darling Basin. Agriculture, environment and society. (pp. 33-59) London, United Kingdom: Macmillan Education UK.
Share, P., Campbell, H. and Lawrence, G. (1991). The vertical and horizontal restructuring of rural regions: Australia and New Zealand. Family farming. (pp. 1-23) edited by M. Alston. Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia: Rural Social and Economic Research Centre.
Lawrence, G. and Williams, C. (1990). The dynamics of decline: implications for social welfare delivery in rural Australia. Rural health and welfare in Australia. (pp. 38-59) edited by T. Cullen, P. Dunn and G. Lawrence. Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Arena.
Rowe, D. and Lawrence, G. (1990). Introduction. Sport and leisure: trends in Australian popular culture. (pp. 1-23) edited by D. Rowe and G. Lawrence. Sydney, NSW, Australia: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.
Lawrence, G. (1990). Football hooliganism: Australian media representations of the Heysel Stadium riot. Sport and leisure: trends in Australian popular culture. (pp. 40-58) edited by D. Rowe and G. Lawrence. Sydney, NSW, Australia: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.
Lawrence, Geoffrey (1989). The rural crisis downunder: Australia’s declining fortunes in the global farm economy. The international farm crisis. (pp. 234-274) New York, NY USA: Palgrave Macmillan. doi: 10.1007/978-1-349-10332-4_10
Lawrence, G. (1989). Structural change in rural Australia: community concerns. The Murray-Darling Basin Commission: the community response. edited by Department of Primary Industries and Energy. Canberra, ACT, Australia: Australian Government Publishing Service.
Lawrence, G. and Rowe, D. (1986). Introduction: towards a sociology of sport in Australia. Power play: essays in the sociology of Australian sport. (pp. 13-45) edited by G. Lawrence and D. Rowe. Sydney, NSW, Australia: Hale and Iremonger.
Lawrence, G. (1986). It's just not cricket!. Power play: essays in the sociology of Australian sport. (pp. 151-165) edited by G. Lawrence and D. Rowe. Sydney, NSW, Australia: Hale and Iremonger.
Williams, C., Lawrence, G. and Rowe, D. (1986). Patriarchy, media and sport. Power play: essays in the sociology of Australian sport. (pp. 215-229) edited by G. Lawrence and D. Rowe. Sydney, NSW, Australia: Hale and Iremonger.
Lawrence, G. and Rowe, D. (1986). The corporate pitch: televised cricket under capitalism. Power play: essays in the sociology of Australian sport. (pp. 166-178) edited by G. Lawrence and D. Rowe. Sydney, NSW, Australia: Hale and Iremonger.
Rowe, D. and Lawrence, G. (1986). Saluting the state: nationalism and the Olympics. Power play: essays in the sociology of Australian sport. (pp. 196-203) edited by G. Lawrence and D. Rowe. Sydney, NSW, Australia: Hale and Iremonger.
Rowe, D. and Lawrence, G. (1986). Postscript: sport as popular culture. Power play: essays in the sociology of Australian sport. (pp. 230-240) edited by G. Lawrence and D. Rowe. Sydney, NSW, Australia: Hale and Iremonger.
Lawrence, G. (1986). In the race for profit: commercialism and the Los Angeles Olympics. Power play: essays in the sociology of Australian sport. (pp. 204-214) edited by G. Lawrence and D. Rowe. Sydney, NSW, Australia: Hale and Iremonger.
Lawrence, G. (1984). The 'Poor Old Farmer' revisited: structural problems and contradictions of Australian agriculture. Capital essays. (pp. 1-15) edited by D. Cottle. Sydney, NSW, Australia: University of NSW Press.
Journal Articles
Smith, Kiah, Langford, Alexandra and Lawrence, Geoffrey (2022). Tracking farmland investment in Australia: Institutional finance and the politics of data mapping. Journal of Agrarian Change, 23 (3), 518-546. doi: 10.1111/joac.12531
Langford, Alexandra, Lawrence, Geoffrey and Smith, Kiah (2021). Financialization for development? Asset making on Indigenous land in remote northern Australia. Development and Change, 52 (3), 574-597. doi: 10.1111/dech.12648
Smith, Kiah and Lawrence, Geoffrey (2021). Agri-food scholarship: Past, present and future contributions to Australasian rural sociology. Journal of Sociology, 58 (2) 144078332110096, 1-22. doi: 10.1177/14407833211009616
Smith, K. and Lawrence, G. (2021). Finance's social license? Sugar, farmland and health. International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 10 (12), 1-11. doi: 10.34172/IJHPM.2021.11
Langford, Alexandra, Smith, Kiah and Lawrence, Geoffrey (2020). Financialising governance? State actor engagement with private finance for rural development in the Northern Territory of Australia. Research in Globalization, 2 100026, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.resglo.2020.100026
Lawrence, Geoffrey (2020). Understanding the 'Land-grab' phenomenon. Agriculture and Food, 14 (1), 19-20.
Belesky, Paul and Lawrence, Geoffrey (2018). Chinese State Capitalism and Neomercantilism in the Contemporary Food Regime: Contradictions, Continuity and Change. Journal of Peasant Studies, 46 (6), 1-23. doi: 10.1080/03066150.2018.1450242
Smith, Kiah and Lawrence, Geoffrey (2018). From disaster management to adaptive governance? Governance challenges to achieving resilient food systems in Australia. Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning, 20 (3), 387-401. doi: 10.1080/1523908X.2018.1432344
Lawrence, Geoffrey (2017). Re-evaluating food systems and food security: A global perspective. Journal of Sociology, 53 (4), 774-796. doi: 10.1177/1440783317743678
Sippel, Sarah Ruth, Larder, Nicolette and Lawrence, Geoffrey (2017). Grounding the financialization of farmland: perspectives on financial actors as new land owners in rural Australia. Agriculture and Human Values, 34 (2), 251-265. doi: 10.1007/s10460-016-9707-2
Singh-Peterson, Lila and Lawrence, Geoffrey (2016). The changing face of the Mary Valley: considering the fairness, sustainability and resilience of the agricultural system in a peri-urban setting. Local Environment, 22 (5), 1-13. doi: 10.1080/13549839.2016.1233953
Smith, Kiah, Lawrence, Geoffrey, MacMahon, Amy, Muller, Jane and Brady, Michelle (2016). The resilience of long and short food chains: a case study of flooding in Queensland, Australia. Agriculture and Human Values, 33 (1), 45-60. doi: 10.1007/s10460-015-9603-1
MacMahon, Amy, Smith, Kiah and Lawrence, Geoffrey (2015). Connecting resilience, food security and climate change: lessons from flooding in Queensland, Australia. Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences, 5 (3), 378-391. doi: 10.1007/s13412-015-0278-0
Lawrence, Geoffrey (2015). Defending financialization. Dialogues in Human Geography, 5 (2), 201-205. doi: 10.1177/2043820615588155
Larder, Nicolette, Sippel, Sarah Ruth and Lawrence, Geoffrey (2015). Finance capital, food security narratives and Australian agricultural land. Journal of Agrarian Change, 15 (4), 592-603. doi: 10.1111/joac.12108
Cheshire, Lynda, Everingham, Jo-Anne and Lawrence, Geoffrey (2014). Governing the impacts of mining and the impacts of mining governance: challenges for rural and regional local governments in Australia. Journal of Rural Studies, 36, 330-339. doi: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2013.10.010
Singh-Peterson, Lila and Lawrence, Geoffrey (2014). Insights into community vulnerability and resilience following natural disasters: perspectives with food retailers in Northern NSW, Australia. Local Environment, 20 (7), 782-795. doi: 10.1080/13549839.2013.873396
Smith, Kiah and Lawrence, Geoffrey (2014). Flooding and food security: a case study of community vulnerability and resilience in Rockhampton. Rural Society, 23 (3), 215-227. doi: 10.1080/10371656.2014.11082066
Lawrence, Geoffrey (2014). Financialization. Journal of Peasant Studies, 41 (3), 421-426. doi: 10.1080/03066150.2014.912429
Burch, David, Lawrence, Geoffrey and Hattersley, Libby (2013). Watchdogs and ombudsmen: monitoring the abuse of supermarket power. Agriculture and Human Values, 30 (2), 259-270. doi: 10.1007/s10460-012-9412-8
Burch, David, Dixon, Jane and Lawrence, Geoffrey (2013). Introduction to symposium on the changing role of supermarkets in global supply chains: from seedling to supermarket: agri-food supply chains in transition. Agriculture and Human Values, 30 (2), 215-224. doi: 10.1007/s10460-012-9410-x
Burch, David and Lawrence, Geoffrey (2013). Financialization in agri-food supply chains: private equity and the transformation of the retail sector. Agriculture and Human Values, 30 (2), 247-258. doi: 10.1007/s10460-012-9413-7
Richards, Carol, Bjorkhaug, Hilde, Lawrence, Geoffrey and Hickman, Emmy (2013). Retailer-driven agricultural restructuring-Australia, the UK and Norway in comparison. Agriculture and Human Values, 30 (2), 235-245. doi: 10.1007/s10460-012-9408-4
Singh-Peterson, Lila, Shoebridge, Amanda and Lawrence, Geoffrey (2013). Food pricing, extreme weather and the rural/urban divide: a case study of northern NSW, Australia. Journal of Food Security, 1 (2), 42-48. doi: 10.12691/jfs-1-2-5
Lawrence, Geoffrey, Richards, Carol and Lyons, Kristen (2013). Food security in Australia in an era of neoliberalism, productivism and climate change. Journal of Rural Studies, 29, 30-39. doi: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2011.12.005
Taylor, B. M. and Lawrence, G. A . (2012). Agri-political organisations in environmental governance: representing farmer interests in regional partnerships. Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning, 14 (4), 337-359. doi: 10.1080/1523908X.2012.714565
Richards, Carol, Lawrence, Geoffrey and Kim, Chul-Kyoo (2012). Productivism, culture and the challenges of sustainable beef production in Australia. Eco, 16 (1), 101-128.
Lawrence, Geoffrey (2012). Review of Bryan McDonald, Food Security. Cambridge: Polity Press, 2010, pp. 205, ISBN 978 0 7456 4808 8.. Australian Journal of International Affairs, 66 (2), 281-282. doi: 10.1080/10357718.2012.658620
Lawrence, Geoffrey and McMichael, Philip (2012). The question of food security. International Journal of Sociology of Agriculture and Food, 19 (2), 135-142.
Lawrence, Geoffrey, Richards, Carol, Loong, Mark and Burch, David (2012). A toothless chihuahua? The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, neoliberalism and supermarket power in Australia. Rural Society, 21 (3), 250-263. doi: 10.5172/rsj.2012.21.3.250
Lawrence, Geoffrey (2012). Address to the General Assembly of IRSA from the in-coming President. Agriculture and Food, 6 (2), 4-7.
Lawrence, Geoffrey (2012). Food security. Australian Journal of International Affairs, 66 (2), 281-282. doi: 10.1080/10357718.2012.658620
Richards, Carol, Lawrence, Geoffrey and Burch, David (2011). Supermarkets and agro-industrial foods: The strategic remanufacturing of consumer trust. Food, Culture & Society, 14 (1), 29-47. doi: 10.2752/175174411X12810842291146
Lawrence, Geoff and Burch, David (2011). Food security in Australia: Cornucopia or catastrophe?. Australian Options: Discussions for Social Justice and Political Change (64), 4-7.
Buchler, Sandra, Smith, Kiah and Lawrence, Geoffrey (2010). Food risks, old and new demographic characteristics and perceptions of food additives, regulation and contamination in Australia. Journal of Sociology, 46 (4), 353-374. doi: 10.1177/1440783310384449
Smith, Kiah, Lawrence, Geoffrey and Richards, Carol (2010). Supermarkets’ governance of the agri-food supply chain: Is the ‘corporate-environmental’ food regime evident in Australia?. International Journal of Sociology of Agriculture and Food, 17 (2), 140-161.
Burch, David and Lawrence, Geoffrey (2009). Towards a third food regime: behind the transformation. Agriculture and human values, 26 (4), 267-279. doi: 10.1007/s10460-009-9219-4
Cheshire, Lynda Anne, Rosenblatt, Ted, Lawrence, Geoffrey and Walters, Peter (2009). The governmentality of master planning: Housing consumption, aesthetics and community on a new estate. Housing Studies, 24 (5), 653-667. doi: 10.1080/02673030903082302
Richards, Carol and Lawrence, Geoffrey (2009). Adaptation and change in Queensland’s rangelands: Cell grazing as an emerging ideology of pastoral-ecology. Land Use Policy, 26 (3), 630-639. doi: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2008.08.016
Rosenblatt, Ted, Cheshire, Lynda and Lawrence, Geoffrey (2009). Social interaction and sense of community in a master planned community. Housing Theory and Society, 26 (2), 122-142. doi: 10.1080/14036090701862484
Wallington, Tabatha J. and Lawrence, Geoffrey (2008). Making democracy matter: Responsibility and effective environmental governance in regional Australia. Journal of Rural Studies, 24 (3), 277-290. doi: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2007.11.003
Wallington, Tabatha, Lawrence, Geoffrey and Loechel, Barton (2008). Reflections on the legitimacy of regional environmental governance: Lessons from Australia's experiment in natural resource management. Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning, 10 (1), 1-30. doi: 10.1080/15239080701652763
Lawrence, G. A., Loechel, B., Cheshire, L.A. and Oliver, P. (2008). Understanding Agency culture: Findings from the Engaged Government Project, Queensland, Australia. International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, 3 (4), 127-135. doi: 10.18848/1833-1882/cgp/v03i04/52570
David, P., Burch, D. and Lawrence, G. (2007). Neither 'family' nor 'corporate' farming: Australian tomato growers as farm family entrepreneurs. Journal of Rural Studies, 23 (1), 75-87. doi: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2006.04.001
Jakku, E., Bellamy, J., Kelly, G., Ross, H., Darbis, T., Lawrence, G., Benn, G., Bohnet, I. and Smith, T. (2007). Social drivers and process of change: Community and regional issues and opportunities for people development in the Australian sugar industry. Research and development strategies to advance the Australian sugarcane industry, 2007 (1), 235-263.
Everingham, Jo-Anne, Cheshire, Lynda and Lawrence, Geoffrey (2006). Regional renaissance? New forms of governance in nonmetropolitan Australia. Environment And Planning C-government And Policy, 24 (1), 139-155. doi: 10.1068/c47m
Grice, J. C. and Lawrence, G A (2006). Paradigms of Genetic Engineering Among Australian Scientists. Tailoring Biotechnologies: Politics, Doctrines and Trajectories, 2 (3), 87-106.
Grice, Janet and Lawrence, Geoffrey (2006). Misreading mindsets: Paradigms of genetic engineering among Australian scientists. Tailoring Biotechnologies, 2 (3), 87-103.
Cheshire, Lynda, Higgins, Vaughan and Lawrence, Geoffrey (2006). Guest editorial rural governance in Australia: changing forms and emerging actors. Rural Society, 16 (3), 231-235. doi: 10.5172/rsj.351.16.3.231
Cheshire, L.ynda and Lawrence, Geoffrey (2005). Neoliberalism, individualisation and community: Regional restructuring in Australia. Social Identities, 11 (5), 85-96. doi: 10.1080/13504630500407869
Lockie, Stewart, Lawrence, Geoffrey, Lyons, Kristen and Grice, Janet (2005). Factors underlying support or opposition to biotechnology among Australian food consumers and implications for retailer-led food regulation. Food Policy, 30 (4), 399-418. doi: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2005.06.001
Burch, D. and Lawrence, G. A. (2005). Supermarket Own Brands, Supply Chains and the Transformation of the Agri-food System. International Journal of Sociology of Agriculture and Food, 13 (1), 1-18.
Richards, C., Lawrence, G. A. and Kelly, N. (2005). Beef production and the environment: Is it really 'hard to be green when you are in the red'?. Rural Society, 15 (2), 192-209. doi: 10.5172/rsj.351.15.2.192
Lawrence, Geoffrey (2005). Review of Tim Lang and Michael Heasman, Food Wars: the battle for mouths, minds and markets. International Journal of Sociology of Food and Agriculture, 13 (2). doi: 10.48416/ijsaf.v13i2.310
Lawrence, Geoffrey, Richards, Carol and Cheshire, Lynda (2004). The environmental enigma: Why do producers professing stewardship continue to practice poor natural resource management. Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning, 6 (3/4), 251-270. doi: 10.1080/1523908042000344069
Grice, Janet and Lawrence, Geoffrey (2004). Biotechnology and sustainable agriculture in Central Queensland. The International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Society, 2 (2), 66-81.
Lawrence, G. A. and Grice, J. C. (2004). Encuestas a consumidores sobre biotecnologia: Formular preguntas hasta obtener las respuestas deseadas, O facultar al publico para expersar sur opinion? [Consumer surveys of biotechnology: Asking the questions until we get the answers we want ]. Revista Iberoamerican de Ciencia, 1 (3), 157-181.
Lawrence, G. A. (2004). The end of the rural. Nexus, 16 (1), 13-14.
Lockie, S., Lyons, K., Lawrence, G. A. and Grice, J. C. (2004). Choosing organics: A path analysis of factors underlying the selection of organic food among Australian consumers. Appetite, 43 (2), 135-146. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2004.02.004
Lawrence, G. and Grice, J. (2004). Consumer evaluation of risks associated with GM crops. Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences.
Miller, Toby, Rowe, David, McKay, Jim and Lawrence, Geoffrey (2003). The over-production of US sports and the new International Division of Cultural Labor. International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 38 (4), 427-440. doi: 10.1177/1012690203384004
Lawrence, Geoffrey (2002). The state of Australia's regions. Government News, 21 (11), 11-11.
Lockie, S., Lawrence, G. A., Dale, A. P. and Taylor, B. (2002). Capacity for change? Testing a model for inclusion of social indicators in Australia's national land and water resources audit. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 45 (6), 813-826. doi: 10.1080/0964056022000024352
Lockie, Stewart, Lyons, Kristen, Lawrence, Geoffrey and Mummery, Kerry (2002). Eating 'Green': Motivations behind organic food consumption in Australia. Sociologia Ruralis, 42 (1), 23-40. doi: 10.1111/1467-9523.00200
Herbert-Cheshire, L. A. and Lawrence, G. A. (2002). Political economy and the challenge of governance. Journal of Australian Political Economy, 1 (50), 135-145.
Lyons, Kristen, Lockie, Stewart and Lawrence, Geoffrey (2001). Consuming ‘Green’: the symbolic construction of organic foods. Rural Society, 11 (3), 197-210. doi: 10.5172/rsj.11.3.197
Reis, Julie, Lawrence, Geoffrey and Lockie, Stewart (2001). A cultural economy study of beef as a commodity: A preliminary analysis from Central Queensland. Rural Society: the journal of research into rural and regional social issues in Australia, 11 (3), 225-241. doi: 10.5172/rsj.11.3.225
Gray, Ian and Lawrence, Geoffrey (2001). Neoliberalism, individualism and prospects for regional renewal. Rural Society: the journal of research into rural and regional social issues in Australia, 11 (3), 283-298. doi: 10.5172/rsj.11.3.283
Lawrence, Geoffrey (2001). Review of One-eyed: a view of Australian sport. Culture, Sport, Society, 4 (3), 116-119.
Lawrence, G. and Greer, L. (2001). Review of Joseph Maguire, Global Sport: Identities, Societies, Civilizations. International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 36 (1), 94-96.
Gray, I. and Lawrence, G. (2001). Regional Australia: the 'Other Nation'. Nexus, 13 (2).
Lawrence, G. and Norton, J. (2001). Review of The Exploitation of Plant Genetic Information. Sociologia Ruralis, 41 (4), 477-478.
Lawrence, G (2000). Welfare bushed: Social care in rural Australia. Rural Sociology, 65 (4), 673-675.
Stehlik, D, Lawrence, G and Gray, L (2000). Gender and drought: Experiences of Australian women in the drought of the 1990s. Disasters, 24 (1), 38-53. doi: 10.1111/1467-7717.00130
Drummond, I, Campbell, H, Lawrence, G and Symes, D (2000). Contingent or structural crisis in British agriculture?. Sociologia Ruralis, 40 (1), 111-+. doi: 10.1111/1467-9523.00134
Lockie, Stewart, Lyons, Kristen and Lawrence, Geoffrey (2000). Constructing "green" foods: corporate capital, risk and organic farming in Australia and New Zealand. Agriculture and Human Values, 17 (4), 315-322. doi: 10.1023/A:1026547102757
Lyons, Kristen and Lawrence, Geoffrey (1999). Alternative knowledges, organic agriculture, and the biotechnology debate. Culture and Agriculture, 21 (2), 1-12. doi: 10.1525/cag.1999.21.2.1
Lawrence, Geoff (1999). Review of Agricultural Biotechnology and the Environment: Science, Policy, and Social Issues:Agricultural Biotechnology and the Environment: Science, Policy, and Social Issues. Culture and Agriculture, 21 (1), 53-54. doi: 10.1525/cag.1999.21.1.53
Lawrence, Geoffrey, Lyons, Kristen and Lockie, Stewart (1999). Healthy for you, healthy for the environment: corporate capital, farming practice and the construction of 'Green' foods. Rural Society, 9 (3), 543-554. doi: 10.5172/rsj.9.3.543
Burch, D, Goss, J, Lawrence, G and Rickson, RE (1999). The global restructuring of food and agriculture: Contingencies and parallels in Australia and New Zealand. Rural Sociology, 64 (2), 179-185.
Dalal, R. C., Lawrence, P., Walker, J., Shaw, R. J., Lawrence, G., Yule, D., Doughton, J. A., Bourne, A., Duivenvoorden, L., Choy, S., Moloney, D., Turner, L., King, C. and Dale, A. (1999). A framework to monitor sustainability in the grains industry. Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture, 39 (5), 605-620. doi: 10.1071/EA98108
Lawrence, Geoffrey (1999). Agri-food restructuring: a synthesis of recent Australian research. Rural Sociology, 64 (2), 186-202. doi: 10.1111/j.1549-0831.1999.tb00013.x
Lawrence, G. (1999). In search of sustainable regional development: Exploring the regional context of environmental issues. Univation, 14 (1), 9-10.
Lyons, K. and Lawrence, G. (1999). Europe's growing interest in organic food. Nexus, 11 (3).
Miller, Toby, Lawrence, Geoff, McKay, Jim and Rowe, David (1999). Playing the World. Peace Review, 11 (4), 495-498. doi: 10.1080/10402659908426297
Norton, J. and Lawrence, G. (1999). Genetically Modified Foods: Consumer Concerns - or Simply Scaremongering?. Australasian Science.
Miller, Toby, Lawrence, Geoffrey, McKay, Jim and Rowe, David (1999). Modifying the sign: sport and globalization. Social Text, 60, 15-33.
Norton, J., Wood, G. and Lawrence, G. (1999). One disaster too many? Australian consumer doubts about the promises of genetic engineering. Journal of Australian Studies.
Norton, Janet, Lawrence, Geoffrey and Wood, Graham (1998). Consumer misgivings over genetically engineered foods. Australasian Science, 19 (9), 23-26.
Norton, J., Lawrence, G. and Wood, G. (1998). The Australian public's perception of genetically-engineered foods - Methodology. Australasian Biotechnology, 8 (4), 241-242.
Norton, J., Lawrence, Geoffrey and Wood, Graham (1998). The Australian public's perception of genetically-engineered foods. Australasian Biotechnology, 8 (3), 172-181.
Gray, Ian, Stehlik, Daniela, Lawrence, Geoffrey and Bulis, Helen (1998). Community, communion, and drought in rural Australia. Community Development Society. Journal, 29 (1), 23-37. doi: 10.1080/15575339809489771
Lawrence, G. (1998). The state of regional sociology in Australia. Nexus.
Lawrence, G. (1998). Sustainability and regional development: the research agenda for Central Queensland. Central Queensland Journal of Regional Development.
Lawrence, Geoffrey (1997). Review & Booknote: Making Sense of Sport. Media International Australia, 83 (1), 137-137. doi: 10.1177/1329878x9708300124
Rowe, D, McKay, J and Lawrence, G (1997). Out of the shadows: The critical sociology of sport in Australia, 1986 to 1996. Sociology of Sport Journal, 14 (4), 340-361. doi: 10.1123/ssj.14.4.340
Lawrence, Geoffrey (1997). Rural sociology – Does it have a future in Australian universities?. Rural Society: the journal of research into rural and regional social issues in Australia, 7 (1), 29-36. doi: 10.5172/rsj.7.1.29
Cuskelly, D., Purnell, K. and Lawrence, G. (1997). Improving distance education delivery. Northern Radius, 4 (2), 13-15.
Gray, Ian and Lawrence, Geoffrey (1996). Predictors of stress among Australian farmers. Australian Journal of Social Issues, 31 (2), 173-189. doi: 10.1002/j.1839-4655.1996.tb01048.x
Lawrence, Geoffrey and Stehlik, Dani (1996). A direction towards sustainability? Australian rural communities and care for the aged. Community Development Society. Journal, 27 (1), 45-55. doi: 10.1080/15575339609489848
Lawrence, G. and Vanclay, F. (1996). Australian farming after agriculture. Arena, 24.
Rowe, David and Lawrence, Geoffrey (1996). Beyond national sport: Sociology, history and postmodernity. Sporting Traditions, 12 (2), 3-16.
Lawrence, G. (1996). Agricultural extension: the place for sociology. ExtensionNet, 4 (4).
Stehlik, D. and Lawrence, G. (1996). 'Rural Policy' a contradiction in terms? The example of aged care policy in Australia. Journal of the Australian Studies Institute, 3 (1), 91-108.
Norton, J. and Lawrence, G. (1995). Genetic-engineering - public approval or public concern. Search, 26 (6), 186-187.
Hindmarsh, R., Lawrence, G. and Norton, J. (1995). Manipulating genes or public-opinion. Search, 26 (4), 117-121.
Vanclay, Frank and Lawrence, Geoffrey (1995). Agricultural extension as social welfare. Rural Society: the journal of research into rural and regional social issues in Australia, 5 (1), 20-33. doi: 10.5172/rsj.5.1.20
Gray, J. and Lawrence, G. (1995). Management of trees on central Queensland beef properties. ExtensionNet, 2 (6), 4-5.
Lawrence, G. (1995). Sustaining rural communities. Progress, 3 (1).
Lawrence, G. (1995). A National Rural Health Unit for Australia, Central Queensland . Central Queensland Journal of Regional Development, 3 (3), 49-54.
Norton, J. and Lawrence, G. (1995). Farmers and scientists: views on agrobiotechnologies. Agricultural Science, 8 (5), 39-42.
Vanclay, F. and Lawrence, G. (1994). Farmer rationality and the adoption of environmentally sound practices; A critique of the assumptions of traditional agricultural extension. European Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 1 (1), 59-90. doi: 10.1080/13892249485300061
Rowe, David, Lawrence, Geoffrey, Miller, Toby and McKay, Jim (1994). Global sport? Core concern and peripheral vision. Media, Culture & Society, 16 (4), 661-675. doi: 10.1177/016344379401600408
Lawrence, Geoffrey (1994). Rural adjustment revisited: In defence of a sociological approach. Rural Society: the journal of research into rural and regional social issues in Australia, 4 (3-4), 11-16. doi: 10.5172/rsj.4.3-4.11
Lawrence, G. and Norton, J. (1994). Industry involvement in Australian agrobiotechnology: the views of scientists. Australasian Biotechnology, 4 (6), 362-368.
Share, Perry, Lawrence, Geoffrey and Boylan, Colin (1994). Education policy and the Australian rural economy. Journal of Research in Rural Education, 10 (1), 58-67.
Lawrence, G. (1994). The National Rural Health Unit: promise and problems. Regional Journal of Social Issues, 28.
Lawrence, Geoffrey, McKenzie, Helen and Vanclay, Frank (1993). Biotechnology in Australian agriculture: the views of farmer representatives. Prometheus (Abingdon), 11 (2), 234-251. doi: 10.1080/08109029308629356
Lawrence, Geoffrey (1993). Review of Conservation and development issues in North Australia. Journal of Rural Studies, 9 (2), 197-198. doi: 10.1016/0743-0167(93)90041-h
Share, P. and Lawrence, G. (1993). Rural Australia: current problems and policy directions. Regional Journal of Social Issues, 27.
Vanclay, F. and Lawrence, G. (1993). Environmental and social consequences of economic restructuring in Australian agriculture. International Journal of Sociology of Food and Agriculture, 3.
Share, P. and Lawrence, G. (1993). Structural change in rural Australia. Impact, 2 (3).
McKay, J., Lawrence, G., Miller, T. and Rowe, D. (1993). Globalisation and Australian sport. Sport Science Review, 2 (1), 10-28.
Lawrence, Geoffrey (1992). Farm structural adjustment: the imperative for the nineties?. Rural Society: the journal of research into rural and regional social issues in Australia, 2 (4), 5-7. doi: 10.5172/rsj.2.4.5
Lawrence, Geoffrey, Share, Perry and Campbell, Hugh (1992). The global restructuring of agriculture and its implications for Australia and New Zealand. Journal of Australian Political Economy, 30, 2-23.
Lawrence, Geoffrey, McKenzie, Helen and Vanclay, Frank (1992). Rural restructuring, genetic engineering and Australian agriculture: some preliminary observations. Rural Society: the journal of research into rural and regional social issues in Australia, 2 (2), 2-6. doi: 10.5172/rsj.2.2.2
Lawrence, Geoffrey (1992). Review: Games and Sets: The Changing Face of Sport on Television. Media Information Australia, 64 (1), 88-89. doi: 10.1177/1329878x9206400113
Vanclay, F. and Lawrence, G. (1992). A blue green politics?. Arena, 98.
Lawrence, G. (1992). A sociological understanding of agricultural biotechnologies. Australasian Biotechnology, 1 (2).
Lawrence, Geoffrey (1991). Review: Sport Commercialisation and Culture: No Pain, No Gain? Sport and Australian Culture. Media Information Australia, 62 (1), 95-96. doi: 10.1177/1329878x9106200118
Campbell, Hugh and Lawrence, Geofrey (1991). Rural sociology and the media. Rural Society: the journal of research into rural and regional social issues in Australia, 1 (1), 13-13. doi: 10.1080/10371656.1991.11005029
Lawrence, G. and Campbell, H. (1991). Review of Guy Robinson, Conflict and Change in the Countryside. Australian Geographer, 22 (1).
Campbell, H. and Lawrence, G. (1991). The crisis of agriculture. Arena, 94.
Lawrence, G. (1991). Sport, Commercialism and Culture. Media Information Australia, 62, 95-96.
Moore, D. and Lawrence, G. (1990). Rural retreat. Australian Left Review, 118.
Share, P. and Lawrence, G. (1990). Fear and loathing in Wagga Wagga: cultural representations of rurality and possible policy implications. Culture and Policy, 1 (2).
Lawrence, Geoffrey (1989). Genetic engineering and Australian agriculture: the agenda for corporate control. Journal of Australian Political Economy, 25, 1-17.
Lawrence, Geoffrey (1989). Agricultural restructuring and rural settlements. Urban Policy and Research, 7 (3), 129-131. doi: 10.1080/08111148908551400
Lawrence, G. (1988). The NFF doesn't rule OK?. Australian Left Review.
Lawrence, G (1987). Out of the rural crisis. Australian Society, 6 (6).
Lawrence, G. (1987). McLachlan: Beating up the Bush. Arena, 81.
Lawrence, G (1986). Family farming and corporate capitalism: the uneasy alliance. Regional Journal of Social Issues.
Lawrence, G. (1986). The cricket season. Australian Left Review, 98.
Lawrence, G. (1986). A rural Renaissance? Towards a socialist agriculture for Australia. Social Alternatives, 5 (2), 36-45.
Williams, Claire Louise, Lawrence, Geoffrey and Rowe, David (1985). Women and sport: a lost ideal. Women's Studies International Forum, 8 (6), 639-645. doi: 10.1016/0277-5395(85)90103-7
Lawrence, Geoffrey (1985). 'The gladiatorial lust for blood': the media and soccer violence. The Australian Quarterly, 57 (3), 192-202. doi: 10.2307/20635326
Lawrence, G. (1985). Farming: The Answer Doesn't Lie in the Soil. Australian Society, 4 (8).
Lawrence, G. (1985). In the race for profit: commercialism and sport. Access, 20.
Lawrence, G. (1985). Progress and poverty: the farmers' plight. Arena, 72.
Lawrence, G. (1984). Biotechnology: sunrise or sunset?. Journal of Australian Political Economy, 17, 3-15.
Lawrence, G. (1984). Selling the state: nationalism and the Olympics. Australian Left Review, 90.
Rowe, D. and Lawrence, G. (1984). Sport as popular culture. Arena, 69.
Rowe, D. and Lawrence, G. (1984). Cricket: the corporate pitch. Arena, 66.
Lawrence, G. (1984). Who owns the sunrise?. Australian Society, 3 (1).
Lawrence, G. (1983). It's not cricket. Arena, 64.
Lawrence, Geoffrey (1982). Rural unemployment in Australia: orthodox and radical perspectives. Journal of Australian Political Economy, 11, 59-72.
Lawrence, Geoffrey (1982). Sunrise on the corporate farm. Chain Reaction, 36.
Lawrence, G. (1982). The rural crisis in Australia: an overview of recent trends. Australian Left Review, 79.
Lawrence, Geoffrey (1981). Review of K.O. Campbell, Australian Agriculture: Reconciling Change and Transition. Sociologia Ruralis, 21 (4), 317-318.
Lawrence, Geoffrey (1980). Agribusiness: the American example and its implications for Australia. Journal of Australian Political Economy, 7, 41-62.
Conference Papers
Smith, K. and Lawrence, G. (2021). Finance's social license? Sugar, health, farmland and the reef. International Sociological Association Forum of Sociology, Porto Alegre, Brazil, 25 February 2021.
Langford, Alexandra , Lawrence, Geoffrey and Smith, Kiah (2019). Assetising Indigenous land: New approaches to development from northern Australia. Agri-Food XXVI: The 26th International Conference of the Agri-food Research Network, Christchurch, New Zealand, 1-4 December 2019.
Campbell, H. and Lawrence, G. (2019). Agricultural Science and Education: Using Farm Education Texts to Reveal the Ontology of Modernist Farming. XXVI Meeting of the Australasian Agri-food Research Network, Christchurch, New Zealand, 1-4 December 2019.
Smith, K. and Lawrence, G. (2019). Mapping Farmland Ownership in Australia: The Politics of Investment Data and Implications for 'Financialisation'. XXVI Meeting of the Australasian Agri-food Research Network, Christchurch, New Zealand, 1-4 December 2019.
Lawrence, G. and Smith, K. (2019). The contribution of agri-food scholarship to australian rural sociology. Rural Issues Symposium - The Future of Rural Sociology in Australia, Bendigo, Australia, 28 June 2019.
Smith, Kiah, Lawrence, Geoffrey and Langford, Alexandra (2019). Mapping farmland ownership in Australia: corporate, state and institutional capital investments since 2008. XXVIII European Society for Rural Sociology Congress (ESRS2019), Trondheim, Norway, 25-28 June 2019.
Lawrence, G., Smith, K. and Langford, A. (2018). A 'Quintis'sential Failure? The sandalwood saga in the Ord. XXV Meeting of the Australasian Agri-food Research Network, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 30 November-5 December 2017.
Lawrence, G. (2017). Developing Australia's North: A Financialised Future for the Ord?. XXIV Meeting of the Australasian Agri-food Research Network, Bandung, Indonesia, 2-5 December 2017.
Lawrence, Geoffrey (2016). Rethinking food systems and food security: a global perspective. International Symposium on Rethinking Food and Sustainability, Seoul, South Korea, 12 May 2016. Seoul, Korea: Institute of Food and Sustainability.
Lawrence, G. (2016). The future of 'Financialisation': criticisms and conceptual insights. XIV World Congress of Rural Sociology, Toronto, Canada, 10-14 August 2015.
Lawrence, G. (2016). Food Security Challenges for the 21st Century. Global Change Institute Seminar Series, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 2 June 2016.
Lawrence, G., Sippel, S., Smith, K. and Raymond, S. (2016). Recent Chinese Investment in Australia's Agri-food Industries. XXII Meeting of the Australasian Agri-food Research Network, Adelaide, South Australia, 7-10 December 2015.
Lawrence, G. (2015). Neoliberalism, Financialisation and the Transformation of Agri-food Industries in Australia. Annual Conference of The Australian Sociological Association, Cairns, QLD Australia, 23-26 November 2015.
Muller, J., Lawrence, G. and Brady, M. (2015). Governing resilience to climate risks in the political economy of fresh food supply chains. XXII Meeting of the Australasian Agri-food Research Network, Queenstown, New Zealand, 6-9 December 2015.
Lawrence, G., Sippel, S. and Larder, N. (2015). The financialisation of farming in australasia: land grabbing or rural modernisation?. XXII Meeting of the Australasian Agri-food Research Network, Queenstown, New Zealand, 6-9 December 2015.
Lawrence, G., Kim, C-K., Sippel, S. and Larder, N. (2015). Neoliberalism's role in promoting the financialisation of agri-food industries: evidence from Australia and South East Asia. XXVI Congress of the European Society for Rural Sociology, Aberdeen, Scotland, 18-21 August 2015.
Singh-Peterson, L. and Lawrence, G. (2015). The changing face of Mary: a story of agricultural resilience. 2nd International Global Food Security Conference, Ithaca, United States, 11-15 October 2015.
Larder, N., Sippel, S. and Lawrence, G. (2014). Negotiating Shifting Land Control: Finance Actors as Land Owners in Rural NSW, Australia. XXI Meeting of the Australasian Agri-food Research Network, Sydney, NSW Australia, 24-26 November 2014.
Smith, K. and Lawrence, G. (2014). From Disaster Management to Reflexive Governance? Challenges to the Governance of Australian Food Systems in 'Crisis'. XXI Meeting of the Australasian Agri-food Research Network, Sydney, NSW Australia, 24-26 November 2014.
Muller, J., Lawrence, G. and Brady, M. (2014). Responses to natural disasters in mainstream and alternative fresh produce supply chains in Queensland: exploring resilience and climate risk governance in agri-food systems. XXI Meeting of the Australasian Agri-food Research Network, Sydney, NSW Australia, 24-26 November 2014.
Sippel, S. and Lawrence, G. (2014). The Financialisation of Food and Farming in Australia. XVIII World Congress of Sociology, Yokohama, Japan, 13-19 July 2014.
Lawrence, Geoffrey, Sippel, Sarah Ruth, Larder, Nicolette and DesFours, Lotus (2014). Will the 'financialisation' of food and farming provide the basis for a prosperous future for rural Asia?. ARSA 2014: 5th International Conference of the Asian Rural Sociology Association, Vientiane, Lao, 2-5 September, 2014. Laguna, Philippines: Asian Rural Sociology Association.
Lawrence, G. (2013). The Global Land Grab: Investment and Resistance. XX Meeting of the Australasian Agri-food Research Network, Melbourne, VIC Australia, 1-5 December 2013.
Muller, J., Lawrence, G. and Brady, M. (2013). Recovery and Resilience in Horticultural Farms Following Recurrent Natural Disasters: What are the Implications for Australia's Food Security. XX Meeting of the Australasian Agri-food Research Network, Melbourne, VIC Australia, 1-5 December 2013.
Smith, K. and Lawrence, G. (2013). Flooding and Food Security: A Case Study of Community Resilience in Rockhampton, Australia. XX Meeting of the Australasian Agri-food Research Network, Melbourne, VIC Australia, 1-5 December 2013.
Smith, K., Lawrence, G., MacMahon, A., Muller, J. and Brady, M. (2013). The Performance of Long and Short Food Chains in the Queensland Floods of 2011 - a Preliminary Analysis. XX Meeting of the Australasian Agri-food Research Network, Melbourne, VIC Australia, 1-5 December 2013.
Smith, K., Lawrence, G. and MacMahon, A. (2013). Governance of food security in times of climate crisis: insights from the 2011 Queensland Floods. XX Meeting of the Australasian Agri-food Research Network, Melbourne, Australia, 1-5 December 2013.
Smith, K., Lawrence, G., MacMahon, A., Muller, J. and Brady, M. (2013). The resilience of long and short food chains during the Queensland floods of 2011. XX Meeting of the Australasian Agri-food Research Network, Melbourne, Australia, 1-5 December 2013.
Lawrence, G., Gray, I. and Richards, C. (2012). Adapting to Climate Change: Options for Australian Food Producers. Annual Conference of the Australian Sociological Association, Sydney, NSW Australia, 6-9 December 2012.
Muller, J. and Lawrence, G. (2012). Governance of Food Supply Chains to Improve Food Security under Climate Change. Annual Conference of the Australian Sociological Association, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 26-29 November 2012.
Hawkes, S., Lyons, K. and Lawrence, G. (2012). Reimagining the State in World Agriculture: Observations and Questions. Annual Conference of the Australian Sociological Association, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 26-29 November 2012.
Larder, N., Sippel, S. and Lawrence, G. (2012). Situating financialisation with changing land control: new forms of farm ownership in NSW. Annual Conference of the Australian Sociological Association, Brisbane, Australia, 26-29 November 2012.
Sippel, S., Lawrence, G. and Burch, D. (2012). Financialisation and farming: the case of Hancock. XIII World Congress of Rural Sociology, Lisbon, Portugal, 29 July - 4 August 2012.
Everingham, J., Cheshire, L. and Lawrence, G. (2012). Governing the impacts of mining and the impacts of mining governance: challenges for local government in Australia. XIII World Congress of Rural Sociology, Lisbon, Portugal, 29 July - 4 August 2012.
Burch, D., Lawrence, G., Lyons, K. and Richards, C. (2011). Financialisation: Is this a Useful Concept in Understanding Contemporary Developments in the Agri-food System?. XVIII Australasian Agri-food Research Network Conference, Canberra, ACT Australia, 6-9 December 2011.
Lawrence, G., Richards, C., Burch, D. and Lyons, K. (2011). Is Australia Food Secure?. XVIII Conference of the Australasian Agri-food Network, Canberra, ACT Australia, 6-9 December 2011.
Richards, C., Almas, R., Lawrence, G. and Bjorkhaug, H. (2011). Power and the food supply chain: proprietary and hybrid governance in Australia and Norway. XXIV European Congress of Rural Sociology, Chania, Crete, 22-25 August 2011.
Lawrence, G., Richards, C., Burch, D. and Lyons, K. (2011). Food security: emerging challenges for Australia. XXIV European Congress of Rural Sociology, Chania, Crete, 22-25 August 2011.
Lawrence, G. (2011). Productivist agriculture and food security in Australia. The Australian Sociological Association and Global Change Institute Symposium 'Food Security: Policy, Practice and New Directions for Research', Brisbane, Australia, 14 November 2011.
Burch, D., Graham, N. and Lawrence, G. (2010). The Financialisation of Food and Agriculture: Sovereign Wealth Funds and Farmland Investment in Australia. XVII Conference of the Australasian Agri-food Research Network, Gippsland, VIC Australia, 29 November - 1 December 2010.
Hansar, N., Lawrence, G. and Richards, C. (2010). Financialisation and Food Security. XVII Conference of the Australasian Agri-food Research Network, Gippsland, VIC Australia, 29 November - 1 December 2010.
Richards, C., Cheshire, L., Lawrence, G., Smith, K., Skrbis, Z. and Woods, M. (2010). The Globally-engaged Family Farmer: Understanding a New, Transnational, Cosmopolitan Actor. XVII Conference of the Australasian Agri-food Research Network, Gippsland, VIC Australia, 29 November - 1 December 2010.
Lawrence, G. (2010). The Past Ten Years: Where have we Been? What have we Learned? Lake Eyre Basin Retrospect. Lake Eyre Basin Fifth Biennial Conference, Alice Springs, NT Australia, 10-11 September 2010.
Lawrence, G., Burch, D. and Richards, C. (2010). The wonderful world of 'Wellness': a sociological exploration. Second Conference of the Food Study Group, British Sociological Association, London, United Kingdom, 5-6 July 2010.
Richards, C. and Lawrence, G. (2010). The rise of corporate governance and the demise of small-scale agri-food producers through private regulation. Research Committee on Agriculture and Food, International Sociological Association, Gothenburg, Sweden, 11-17 July 2010.
Richards, C., Bjorkhaug, H. and Lawrence, G. (2009). Agri-food Restructuring through Quality Assurance: Proprietary and Hybrid Governance of Food Supply Chains in Australia and Europe. XVI Conference of the Australasian Agri-food Research Network, Auckland, New Zealand, 24-27 November 2009.
Richards, C., Burch, D., Lawrence, G. and Leong, M. (2009). Workably competitive? Supermarkets, market power and the ACCC. XVI Conference of the Australasian Agri-food Research Network, Auckland, New Zealand, 24-27 November 2009.
Davies, S., Lawrence, G. and Richards, C. (2009). Australian food-safety regulatory tools and shifts in agri-food governance. XVI Conference of the Australasian Agri-food Research Network, Auckland, New Zealand, 24-27 November 2009.
Wallington, T. and Lawrence, G. (2009). Uncertainty and environmental responsibility: closing the knowledge-action gap. Asia-Pacific Science, Technology and Society Network Conference, Brisbane, Australia, 23-25 November 2009.
Lawrence, G., Burch, D. and Almas, R. (2009). Food security in a globalised world: a critical assessment. Keynote Address, 23rd Congress of the European Society for Rural Sociology, Vaasa, Finland, 17-21 August 2009.
Burch, D. and Lawrence, G. (2009). 'Sell Banks - Buy Cheese': The global financial crisis and farmland investment in the developed countries. XVI Conference of the Australasian Agri-food Research Network, Auckland, New Zealand, 24-27 November 2009.
Lawrence, G. (2009). Growing pressures on first world food exporters: from climate change to supermarkets. Keynote Address, University of Otago 44th Foreign Policy School 'Dimensions of the Global Food Crisis', Dunedin, New Zealand, 26-28 June 2009.
Richards, C. and Lawrence, G. (2008). The Myth of Trust: Supermarkets, Risk and the Re-manufacturing of Food Providence. XV Conference of the Australasian Agri-food Research Network, Sydney, NSW Australia, 26-28 November 2008.
Gray, I., Lawrence, G. and Sinclair, P. (2008). The Sociology of Climate Change for Regional Australia: Farmer Capacity for Change Amid Drivers for Consensus and Certainty in an Uncertain Environment. XV Conference of the Australasian Agri-food Research Network, Sydney, NSW Australia, 26-28 November 2008.
Burch, D. and Lawrence, G. (2008). Financialisation of the Food System: A Preliminary Analysis. XV Conference of the Australasian Agri-food Research Network, Sydney, NSW Australia, 26-28 November 2008.
Buchler, S., Lawrence, G. and Smith, K. (2008). Safety, Quality and the Future of Food: Consumer Perspectives of Traditional and Modern Food Risks. XV Conference of the Australasian Agri-food Research Network, Sydney, NSW Australia, 26-28 November 2008.
Neal, S. and Lawrence, G. (2008). Organics Industry in Australia. XII World Congress of Rural Sociology, Goyang, South Korea, 6-11 July 2008.
Burch, D. and Lawrence, G. (2008). The 'Wellness' Phenomenon: Implications for Global Agri-food Systems. XII World Congress of Rural Sociology, Goyang, South Korea, 6-11 July 2008.
Wallington, T. and Lawrence, G. (2008). (No?) Accounting for Performance. Contested Country: Local and Regional Environmental Management in Australia, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 15-16 April 2008.
Wallington, T. and Lawrence, G. (2008). Accounting for performance: public environmental governance in the shadow of the future. Annual Conference of the Australian Sociological Association, Melbourne, Australia, 2-5 December 2008.
Richards, C. and Lawrence, G. (2008). Embedded power and food supply: an examination of farmer submissions to the ACCC's inquiry into retail price competition. Annual Conference of the Australian Sociological Association, Melbourne, Australia, 2-5 December 2008.
Gray, I. and Lawrence, G. (2008). The Sociology of Climate Change for Regional Australia: Farmer Capacity for Change. Climate Change Responses Across Regional Australia: Social Learning and Adaptation Workshop, Bendigo, VIC Australia, 9-11 April 2008.
Neal, S., Lyons, K. and Lawrence, G. (2007). Governing Organic: the Changing Industry Regimes in Australia. XIV Conference of the Australasian Agri-food Research Network, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 25-29 November 2007.
Wallington, T. and Lawrence, G. (2007). Regional Arrangements for Natural Resource Management in Australia: Toward Responsive Environmental Governance. Annual Conference of the European Sociological Association, Glasgow, Scotland, 3-6 September 2007.
Burch, D. and Lawrence, G. (2007). Towards a third food regime: behind the transformation. Joint Meeting of the Agriculture, Food and Human Values Society and the Association for the Study of Food and Society, The University of Victoria, British Columbia, 30 May - 3 June, 2007. Columbia: University of Victoria. doi: 10.1007/s10460-009-9219-4
Cheshire, Lynda, Rosenblatt, Ted and Lawrence, Geoffrey (2007). The Governmentality of Master Planning: Creating Community in a New Estate. State of Australian Cities Conference, University of South Australia, Adelaide, 28-30 November 2007.
Lawrence, Geoffrey A. (2007). Climate Change and Food Provision in Australia: Assessment and Implications. Public Health Nutrition in Australia: New Directions, New Priorities, Brisbane; UQ, 29-30 November, 2007.
Schiavi, P. and Lawrence, G. (2007). Third Party Certification as an emerging form of regulation in the Minerals Industry. SDIMI 2007, Milos, Greece, 17 - 20 June 2007. Greece: Heliotopos Conferences.
Burch, D. and Lawrence, G. (2007). From Food Producers to 'Wellness Companies': Recent Developments in the Global Food Processing Industry. XIV Conference of the Australasian Agri-food Research Network, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 25-29 November 2007.
Neal, S., Grice, J. and Lawrence, G. (2006). Clean and Green? Regulating the Australian Organics Industry. XIII Conference of the Australasian Agri-food Research Network, Dunedin, New Zealand, 27-30 November 2006.
Grice, J. and Lawrence, G. (2006). Perceptions of Food Safety within the Australian Community. XIII Conference of the Australasian Agri-food Research Network, Dunedin, New Zealand, 27-30 November 2006.
Lawrence, G., Burch, D. and Smith, K. (2006). Food Safety Regulation in Australia: an Agenda for Agri-food Research. XII Conference of the Australasian Agri-food Research Network, Dunedin, New Zealand, 27-30 November 2006.
Lawrence, G. and Smith, K. (2006). Australia's Third Food Regime? Global versus National Trends. XIII Conference of the Australasian Agri-food Research Network, Dunedin, New Zealand, 27-30 November 2006.
Wallington, T. and Lawrence, G. (2006). Regional Governance Arrangements for Natural Resource Management in Australia: Emerging Tensions in the Civil/State Nexus. XVI World Congress of Sociology, Durban, South Africa, 23-29 July 2006.
Lawrence, Geoffrey A. (2006). Sustainable regional development: Building upon the Australian Landcare experience. International Landcare Conference, Melbourne Exhibition & Conference Centre, 8 -11 October, 2006.
Cheshire, L., Rosenblatt, T. and Lawrence, G. (2006). Creating Community in a New Estate: the Governmentality of Master Planning. The Annual Conference of The Australian Sociological Association: Community, Place, Change, University of Tasmania (UTAS) Sandy Bay campus, 15-18 December. Institute for Social Research, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne: The Australian Sociological Association.
Lawrence, G. and Burch, D. (2006). Watchdogs and ombudsmen: the pressures for re-regulation of agri-food supply chains in Australia and the UK. XVI World Congress of Sociology, Durban, South Africa, 23-29 July 2006.
Lockie, S., Lyons, K., Lawrence, G. and Halpin, D. (2006). Conventionalisation, radicalisation or both? The structural and ideological transformation of organic agriculture. XVI World Congress of Sociology, Durban, South Africa, 23-29 July 2006.
Grice, J. and Lawrence, G. (2006). Misreading mindsets? Paradigms of genetic engineering among Australia scientists. XVI World Congress of Sociology, Durban, South Africa, 23-29 July 2006.
Richards, C. and Lawrence, G. (2006). Environmental sustainability in the beef grazing sector of Central Queensland: variants of productivism?. Second International Conference on Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability, Hanoi, Vietnam, 9-12 January 2006.
Rosenblatt, T., Cheshire, L. and Lawrence, G. (2005). The governmentality of master planning: creating community in a new estate. Annual Conference of the Australian Sociological Association, Hobart, TAS Australia, 6-8 December 2005.
Lyons, K., Burch, D., Lawrence, G. and Rickson, R. (2005). Globalisation, Sustaining Rural Livelihoods and Organics. Shaping Sustainable Systems, 15th IFOAM Organic World Congress, Adelaide, 20 - 23 September, 2005.
Lawrence, G. (2005). The regional approach to natural resource management in Australia: achievements and continuing concerns. 11th International Symposium on Society and Resource Management, Ostersund, Sweden, 16 - 19 June, 2005. CD ROM:
Cheshire, L., Rosenblatt, T. and Lawrence, G. (2005). Social ties and new communities. International Conference on Engaging Communities, Brisbane, Australia, 14-17 August 2005.
Loechel, B., Cheshire, L. and Lawrence, G. (2005). Multi-sector collaboration in Central Queensland: bringing the state back in?. International Conference on Engaging Communities, Brisbane, Australia, 14-17 August 2005.
Richards, C. and Lawrence, G. (2005). Changing visions/static practices: culture, tradition and sustainability in the beef heartland. Annual Conference of the Australian Sociological Association, Hobart, Tasmania, 6-8 December 2005.
Wallington, T., Loechel, B. and Lawrence, G. (2005). Regional arrangements for natural resource management in Queensland: preliminary findings from a case study of the Fitzroy Basin Association. Annual Conference of the Australian Sociological Association, Hobart, Tasmania, 6-8 December 2005.
Lawrence, G. A. and Cheshire, L. A. (2004). Whither rural protest? Responses to Globalisation and restructuring in contemporary rural Australia. Annual Conference Australian Sociological Assoc, La Trobe Campus, Beechworth, Victoria, 8-11 December, 2004. Australia: Aust Sociological Assoc.
Lawrence, G. A. and Grice, J. C. (2004). Consumer evaluation of risks associated with GM crops. XI World Congress of Rural Sociology, Trondheim, Norway, 25-30 July, 2004. USA: International Rural Sociology Assoc.
Lawrence, G. A. and Cheshire, L. A. (2004). From protest to partnership: Rethinking local responses to change and restructuring in rural Australia. XI World Congress of Rural Sociology, Trondheim, Norway, 25-30 July, 2004. USA: International Rural Sociology Assoc.
Lawrence, G. A. (2004). Promoting sustainable development: The question of governance. Plenary address. XI World Congress of Rural Sociology, Trondheim, Norway, 25-30 July, 2004. USA: International Rural Sociology Assoc.
Lawrence, G. A. and Cheshire, L. A. (2004). Managing nature: The promises and problems of sustainable development in regional Australia, Plenary Address. Ecopolitics XV Conference. Environmental Governance: Transforming Regions & Localities, Macquarie University, Sydney, 12-14 November, 2004. Sydney: Maquarie Univ.
Burch, D. and Lawrence, G. (2004). Supermarket own brands, supply chains and the changing agri-food system: the UK experience. XI Conference of the Australasian Agri-food Research Network, Canberra, Australia, 9-11 June 2004.
Lawrence, G. (2003). Do it yourself, or be damned: the precarious future for rural Australians. New Times, New Worlds, New Ideas: Sociology Today and Tomorrow, Armidale, N.S.W., 4-6 December. Institute for Social Research: Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn VIC: The Australian Sociological Association and The University of.
Gray, I. and Lawrence, G. (2003). Capacity building, governance and uncertainty for Australian rural communities. Strengthening Community Competence for Social Development: Asia-Pacific Perspectives, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, 6-10 October, 2003. Thailand: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Naresuan University.
Lawrence, Geoffrey, Lyons, Kristen and Lockie, Stewart (2003). Food sovereignty, food security and the environment: Australian consumer attitudes to organics and genetic engineering. Conference on Organic Agriculture, Havana, Cuba, 27-30 May 2003.
Everingham, J., Herbert-Cheshire, L. and Lawrence, G. (2003). Regional renaissance? New forms of governance in non-metropolitan Australia. Annual Conference of the Australian Sociological Association, Armidale, NSW, Australia, 4-6 December 2003.
Richards, C., Herbert-Cheshire, L. and Lawrence, G. (2003). You can't be green when you are in the red. Annual Conference of the Australian Sociological Association, Armidale, NSW, Australia, 4-6 December 2003.
Moffatt, J. and Lawrence, G. (2003). 'It's that Catch 22': overgrazing today and tomorrow. Annual Conference of the Australian Sociological Association, Armidale, NSW, Australia, 4-6 December 2003.
Lawrence, G., Richards, C. and Herbert-Cheshire, L. (2003). The environmental enigma: why do producers professing stewardship continue to practice poor natural resource management?. Xth Conference of the Australasian Agri-food Research Network, Akaroa, New Zealand, 21-24 April 2003.
Grice, J. and Lawrence, G. (2003). Consumer surveys of biotechnology: asking questions until we get the right answers or empowering the public to express their own opinions?. X Conference of the Australasian Agri-food Research Network, Akaroa, New Zealand, 21-24 April 2003.
Lawrence, G. and Herbert-Cheshire, L. (2003). Regional restructuring, neoliberalism, individualisation and the community: the recent Australian experience. Congress of the European Society for Rural Sociology, Sligo, Ireland, 18-23 August 2003.
Lawrence, G. (2003). The regional promise. Forum of the Environment Institute of Australia and New Zealand, 'Community-based Regional Planning: Are we Getting it Right?', Brisbane, Australia, 18 September 2003.
Lawrence, G. (2003). Sustainable regional development: recovering lost ground. The Social Dimensions of the Triple Bottom Line: One Day Seminar for Researchers, Canberra, Australia, 26 February 2003.
Lyons, K., Lockie, S. and Lawrence, G. (2003). Backlash? Media discourses on food, environment and health. Xth Conference of the Australasian Agri-food Research Network, Akaroa, New Zealand, 21-24 April 2003.
Lawrence, G. A. and Gray, I. W. (2002). A future for regional Australia: Escaping global misfortune. SEGRA Conference,2001, Thuringowa, Queensland, September 2001. Australia: SEGRA.
Lawrence, G. A., Reis, J and Lockie, S. (2002). From the paddock to the plate: 'Quality' and beef commodity chains in Central Queensland. USA: International Sociological Assoc.
Lawrence, G. A., Lockie, S., Mummery, K. and Lyons, K. (2002). Why do people eat organic food? A multivariate analysis of organic food choice by Australian consumers. World Congress of Sociology, International Sociological Assoc, Brisbane, 7-13 July 2002. USA: International Sociological Assoc.
Lawrence, G. A., Norton, J., Lockie, S. and Lyons, K. (2002). Organics and biotechnology: Never the twain shall meet?. World Congress of Sociology: International Sociological Assoc., Research Committee on Agriculture & Food, x, 2002. USA: International Sociological Assoc.
Herbert-Cheshire, L. A. and Lawrence, G. A. (2002). Towards sustainability? Resource dependency and development in rural Australia. TASA 2002 Conference, Brisbane`, 5-6 July, 2002. Australia: TASA.
Lawrence, G. A., Lyons, K. and Lockie, S. (2002). Localism, community and the politics of organic food systems. Cultivating Communities, 14th IFOAM Organic World Conference, Victoria, Canada, 21-24 August, 2002. Canada: IFOAM.
Lawrence, G. A. (2002). Globalisation, community and Australian social research: Challenges and opportunities: Plenary Address. Australian Association of Social Research, Hydro Majestic Hotel, Katoomba, 1-4 October, 2002. Australia: Australian Assoc of Social Research.
Lyons, K., Lockie, S. and Lawrence, G. (2002). Global moves on the local level - community supported agriculture. Australian Organics Conference 'Local Global Organics', Lismore, NSW, Australia, 3-4 October 2002.
Higgins, V., Lockie, S. and Lawrence, G. (2001). Governance, 'local' knowledge and the adoption of sustainable farming practices. 8th International Symposium on Society and Resource Management (ISSRM), Brisbane QLD Australia, July 1999. Cheltenham, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing.
Lockie, S., Lyons, K., Lawrence, G., Norton, J. and Mummery, K. (2001). Organic foods: Australian consumer motivations, concerns and preferences. IX Conference of the Australasian Agri-food Research Network, Palmerston North, New Zealand, 11-14 September 2001.
Lyons, K., Mummery, K., Lockie, S. and Lawrence, G. (2001). Who buys organics, who doesn't, and why? Insights from a national survey of Australian consumers. Inaugural National Organic Conference 'The Organic Challenge - Unity Through Diversity', Sydney, Australia, 27-28 August 2001.
Lockie, S., Lyons, K., Mummery, K. and Lawrence, G. (2001). Eating 'Green': the relative importance of environmental concerns in the consumption of organic foods. Kyoto Environmental Sociology Conference, Kyoto, Japan, 21-23 October 2001.
Lyons, K., Lockie, S. and Lawrence, G. (2001). Organic: what do consumers really think?. Third National Public Health Association of Australia Food and Nutrition Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 15-17 July 2001.
Lawrence, G. (2001). Keynote Address: 'Self Help' in natural resource management: the way forward for regional Australia?. 2001 Western Australian State Landcare Conference, Mandurah, WA, Australia, 11-14 September 2001.
Herbert-Cheshire, L. and Lawrence, G. (2001). Creating the active citizen: fostering entrepreneurship in rural Australia. XIX Congress of the European Society for Rural Sociology, Dijon, France, 3-7 September 2001.
Lawrence, G. (2000). Global Perspectives on Rural Communities - Trends and Patterns. International Landcare 2000 Conference & Exhibition, Melbourne, VIC Australia, 2-5 March 2000. Melbourne, VIC Australia: Landcare Australia.
Lockie, S., Dale, A., Lawrence, G. and Taylor, B. (2000). 'Capacity for Change' and Adoption of Improved Natural Resource Management Practices in Australian Agriculture. 10th World Congress of Rural Sociology and the 38th Congresso Brasileiro de Economia e Sociologia Rural, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 30 July - 5 August 2000. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: International Rural Sociology Association.
Lawrence, G. (2000). Rural Resentment, Participant Essay Series. Symposium on Australian Values - Rural Policies, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 30 July - 5 August 2000.
Lawrence, Geoffrey (2000). Reflexivity and Neoliberalism in Regional Australia. Sights/Sites TASA 2000 Conference, Adelaide, SA, Australia, 6-8 December 2000. Parkville, VIC, Australia: The Australian Sociological Association.
Reis, J., Lawrence, G. and Lockie, S. (2000). A preliminary analysis of beef as a commodity in Central Queensland. VIII Conference of the Australasian Agri-food Research Network, Tumbarumba, NSW, Australia, 1-2 December 2000.
Windle, J. and Lawrence, G. (2000). The Fitzroy Basin: a showcase for transdisciplinary approaches to ecosystem health. International Symposium on Ecosystem Health, Brisbane, Australia, 12-14 July 2000.
Gray, I. and Lawrence, G. (2000). Neoliberalism, individualism and prospects for regional renewal. VIII Conference of the Australasian Agri-food Research Network, Tumbarumba, NSW, Australia, 1-2 December 2000.
Norton, J. and Lawrence, G. (2000). Genetic engineering - consumer concerns. Regional Biotechnology Conference, Emerald, QLD, Australia, 6 September 2000.
Lawrence, G. (2000). Promoting community-university partnerships for sustainable regional development. Regional Cooperation and Development Forum, Australian Local Government Association, Canberra, Australia, 3 December 2000.
Cavaye, J. and Lawrence, G. (2000). Keynote Address: Rural and regional development - fulfilling a partial approach. Fourth National Sustainable Economic Growth for Regional Australia (SEGRA) Conference, Ballarat, VIC, Australia, 20-22 November 2000.
Campbell, H. and Lawrence, G. (2000). Assessing the neo-liberal experiment in antipodean agriculture: an investigation into the 'Sociology of Instability'. Xth World Congress of Rural Sociology 'Sustainable Rural Livelihoods', Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 30 July - 5 August 2000.
Lawrence, G. (2000). Opening address. Annual Conference of the Committee for Economic Development of Australia, Hervey Bay, QLD, Australia, 11-12 October 2000.
Lawrence, G. and Norton, J. (2000). Public Perceptions of Biotechnology: Communication Strategy Options. 15th Australasian Biotechnology Conference, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 2-6 July 2000.
Lyons, K. and Lawrence, G. (1999). Standard Resistance: Organic Growers in Australia and New Zealand. Farming for the Future: Organic Producer for the 21st Century Conference, Mackay, QLD Australia, 22-23 September 1999.
Lawrence, G. and Gray, I. (1999). The Restructuring of Australia's Farm Population. VII Conference of the Australasian Agri-food Research Network, Sydney, NSW Australia, 14-16 July 1999.
Higgins, V., Lockie, S. and Lawrence, G. (1999). Governance, Local Knowledge and the Adoption of Sustainable Farming Practices. 8th International Symposium on Society and Resource Management, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 7-10 July 1999.
Meyers, M., Lockie, S., Lawrence, G. and Clark, R. (1999). Changing Perceptions and Practices? Action Learning Among Cotton Producers. 2020 Vision: Extension into the New Millennium, Yeppoon, QLD Australia, 18-20 May 1999.
Lawrence, G. (1999). Socio-economic Issues for Regional Universities. National Tertiary Education Union Regional Conference 1999, Rockhampton, QLD Australia, 3 February 1999.
Taylor, B., Lockie, S., Dale, A. and Lawrence, G. (1999). Regional Extension Report: Changing Practices, Changing Landscapes. Central Queensland extension forum, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 1999. Brisbane, QLD Australia: Department of Primary Industries.
Lyons, K. and Lawrence, G. (1999). Greening, Agriculture and Change: Incorporation and Resistance. Farming for the future : organic produce for the 21st century, Mackay, QLD Australia, 22-23 September 1999. Mackay, QLD Australia: Central Queensland University.
Lawrence, G. (1999). Sustainable regional development: what is it, and why is it important for GIS professionals?. Central Queensland GIS User Group Conference, Rockhampton, QLD Australia, 10-11 November 1999.
Lyons, K. and Lawrence, G. (1999). Institutionalisation and resistance: organic agriculture in Australia and New Zealand. XVIII Congress of the European Society for Rural Sociology, Lund, Sweden, 24-28 August 1999.
Burch, D., Lyons, K. and Lawrence, G. (1998). What do we mean by Green? Consumers, Agriculture and the Food Industry. Annual Conference of the Australian Sociological Association, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 1-5 December 1998.
Norton, J., Lawrence, G. and Wood, G. (1998). Agri-genetics, Food and Sustainability: What the Australian Public Thinks. VI Conference of the Australasian Agri-food Research Network, Rockhampton, QLD Australia, 27-29 August 1998.
Lawrence, G. (1998). Who Controls our Future?. Ninth Australian Agronomy Conference, Wagga Wagga, NSW Australia, 20-23 July 1998. Wagga Wagga, NSW Australia: Australian Society of Agronomy.
Lawrence, G. and McMichael, P. (1998). The agri-food research network, critical issues in transitional agri-food systems: the millennium and beyond. Annual Conference of the Australian Sociological Association, Brisbane, Australia, 1-5 December 1998.
Norton, J., Lawrence, G. and Wood, G. (1998). Public acceptance of genetically-engineered foods. Annual Conference of the Australian Sociological Association, Brisbane, Australia, 1-5 December 1998.
McKay, J., Lawrence, G., Miller, T. and Rowe, D. (1998). Gender and the governmentalisation of Australian amateur sport. Institutions of Australian Culture Workshop, Canberra, ACT Australia, 12-14 July 1998.
Lockie, S., Lyons, K. and Lawrence, G. (1998). 'Healthy for you: healthy for the environment': corporate capital, farming practice and the construction of 'green' foods. XIV World Congress of Sociology, Montreal, Canada, 26 July-1 August 1998.
Rowe, D. and Lawrence, G. (1997). The Australian Canon in Leisure, Tourism and Sports Studies. ANZALS Conference 1997, Newcastle, NSW Australia, 1997. Newcastle, NSW Australia: Department of Leisure Studies, University of Newcastle.
Gray, I. and Lawrence, G. (1997). Limits to the Australian Sugar Industry: Social Factors. Sugar 2000 Symposium, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 20–23 August 1996. London, United Kingdom: CAB International.
Lawrence, G., Lockie, S. and Meyers, M. (1997). Best practices/trying circumstances: reflections upon an action learning study of cotton producers in Queensland. V Conference of the Australasian Agri-food Research Network, Akaroa, New Zealand, 4-6 December 1997.
Lawrence, G. (1997). Rural sociology in Australian universities: a critical review. Annual Conference of the Australian Sociological Association, University of Wollongong, NSW Australia, 9-12 December 1997.
Lyons, K. and Lawrence, G. (1997). Reconstruction of knowledges and the biotechnology debate: views from growers and grower representatives. Ecopolitics XI Conference, University of Melbourne, Melbourne , 4-5 October 1997.
Gray, I., Lawrence, G. and Stehlik, D. (1997). Changing spaces: the effects of macro-social forces on rural Australia. XVII Congress of the European Society for Rural Sociology, Chania, Crete, 25-29 August 1997.
Stehlik, D., Gray, I. and Lawrence, G. (1997). Farm families in times of crisis: drought, health and family decision-making. National Conference on Rural Health, Department of Primary Industries and Energy, Adelaide, 13-15 October 1997.
Gray, I., Stehlik, D. and Lawrence, G. (1997). Economic management, social contradiction and climate disaster: drought policy in the 1990s. Rural Australia 2000 Conference, Wagga Wagga, NSW Australia, 2-4 July 1997.
Bulis, H., Stehlik, D., Gray, I. and Lawrence, G. (1996). The Shifting Sands of Disadvantage - a Social Policy Analysis of Drought. National Disaster Reduction Conference, Surfers Paradise, QLD Australia, 29 September-2 October 1996. Barton, ACT Australia: Institution of Engineers.
Stehlik, D., Bulis, H., Gray, I. and Lawrence, G. (1996). Rural families and the impact of drought in the 1990s. Australian Family Research Conference, 'Family Research: Pathways to Policy', Brisbane, QLD Australia, 27-29 November 1996.
Stehlik, D., Bulis, H., Gray, I. and Lawrence, G. (1996). Regional communities and rural policy: a Central Queensland case study. 20th Annual Conference of the Australia and New Zealand Regional Science Association, Canberra, ACT Australia, 23-25 September 1996.
Stehlik, D., Bulis, H., Gray, I. and Lawrence, G. (1996). Towards a social construction of drought: Australian farm families' experience of drought in the 1990s. Natural Disaster Reduction '96 Conference, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 29 September-2 October 1996.
Gray, I., Stehlik, D., Lawrence, G. and Bulis, H. (1996). Communities in crisis? Towards a concept of quality of life in Australian rural communities that have experienced the drought of the early 1990s. World Congress on the Quality of Life, Prince George, Canada, 22-25 August 1996.
Stehlik, D., Bulis, H., Gray, I. and Lawrence, G. (1996). The impact of gender issues in social research: a sociological study of drought in Queensland and NSW. Australian Women's Studies Association Conference 'Feminist Futures: New Directions in Theory and Practice', Perth, WA Australia, 27-29 November 1996.
Gray, I., Lawrence, G., Stehlik, D. and Bulis, H. (1996). Impacts of the drought on Australian rural communities: is it socially binding or socially divisive?. 28th International Conference of the Community Development Society, 'Windows on the World', Melbourne, Australia, 22-24 July 1996.
Lawrence, G., Gray, I. and Stehlik, D. (1996). Rural restructuring: the impact of drought in Central Queensland. IV Conference of the Australasian Agri-food Research Network, Melbourne, Australia, 4-6 July 1996.
Gray, I. and Lawrence, G. (1995). Unmasking the situational grief in rural families. Biennial Conference of the National Association of Loss and Grief, Adelaide, SA, Australia, 12-14 September 1995. Adelaide, SA, Australia: National Association of Loss and Grief.
Lawrence, G. (1995). Contemporary agri-food restructuring: Australia and New Zealand. III Conference of the Australasian Agri-food Research Network, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 7-9 July 1995.
Rowe, D. and Lawrence, G. (1995). Beyond national sport: sociology and history. Sporting Traditions X Conference, Australian Society for Sports History, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 26-30 June 1995.
Stehlik, D. and Lawrence, G. (1995). 'Rural Policy' - A contradiction in terms? The example of aged care policy in Australia. NSW Rural Social Policy Conference, 'Rural Communities Looking Ahead', Dubbo, NSW, Australia, 28-30 June 1995.
Stehlik, D. and Lawrence, G. (1995). A direction for sustainability? Australian rural communities and care for the aged. 27th Annual International Conference of the Community Development Society, Feyetteville, AR, United States, 23-26 July 1995.
Norton, J. and Lawrence, G. (1995). Consumer attitudes to genetically-engineered food products: focus group research in Rockhampton, Queensland. Annual Conference of the Australian Sociological Association, Newcastle, NSW, Australia, 4-8 December 1995.
Stehlik, D., Witcomb, A., Lawrence, G. and Gray, I. (1995). Towards a social construction of drought: a preliminary analysis. Annual Conference of the Australian Sociological Association, Newcastle, NSW, Australia, 4-8 December 1995.
Passfield, R., Lawrence, G. and McAllister, J. (1995). Not so sweet: rural restructuring and its community impact - the Mackay Sugar District, Queensland. Annual Conference of the Australian Sociological Association, Newcastle, NSW, Australia, 4-8 December 1995.
Hungerford, L. and Lawrence, G. (1994). Rural restructuring: sociological meaning, social impacts and policy implications. International Conference on Issues Affecting Rural Communities, Townsville, QLD, Australia, 10-15 July 1994. Townsville, QLD, Australia: James Cook University.
Lawrence, G. (1994). Recent theoretical insights from studies of global agri-food restructuring. 2nd Conference of the Australasian Agri-food Research Network, Sydney, Australia, 12-13 November 1994.
Lawrence, G. (1994). A contribution towards a contemporary political economy of rural Australia: issues and insights. Political Economy Twentieth Year Anniversary Conference, Sydney, Australia, 22 October 1994.
Morissey, P. and Lawrence, G. (1994). Is Queensland different? Findings from a study of Landcare Groups in the Wide-Bay - Burnett region. Landcare in the Balance Conference, Australian Landcare Movement, Hobart, Tasmania, 6-9 September 1994.
Morrisey, P. and Lawrence, G. (1994). A critical assessment of Landcare: evidence from Central Queensland. Annual Conference of the Australian Sociological Association, Geelong, Australia, 7-10 December 1994.
Lawrence, G. and Killion, F. (1994). Keynote Address: Beyond the eastern seaboard: what future for rural and remote Australia?. Annual Congress of the Australian Council of Social Services, Brisbane, Australia, 26-28 October 1994.
Lawrence, G. (1994). Is Australian agriculture post-Fordist?. 2nd Conference of the Australasian Agri-food Research Network, Brisbane, Australia, 2-3 April 1994.
Vanclay, F. and Lawrence, G. (1994). Science, scientists and biotechnology: public and private research in Australia. XIII World Congress of Sociology, Bielefeld, Germany, 18-23 July 1994.
Lawrence, G. (1993). Agriculture and biotechnology: prospects for sustainability. Ecopolitics VII Conference, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 2-4 July 1993. Brisbane, QLD, Australia:
Lawrence, G. (1993). Community ownership and change: problems and opportunities. DPIE Workshop on Socio-economic Issues and Research Needs in the Murray-Darling Basin, Melbourne, Vic, Australia, 17-18 November 1992. Adelaide, SA, Australia: South Australian Department of Primary Industies.
Gray, I. and Lawrence, G. (1993). Farm coping strategies: some sociological analysis. Conference on Water Resource Management, Griffith, NSW, Australia, 9-10 July 1993. Griffith, NSW, Australia: CSIRO.
Gray, I. and Lawrence, G. (1993). Personal and social consequences of the rural crisis. Annual Conference of the National Association of Loss and Grief, Yeppoon, QLD, Australia, 7-10 September 1990. Rockhampton, QLD, Australia: National Association of Loss and Grief.
Lawrence, G. and Vanclay, F. (1993). Biotechnology and globalisation: the contribution of biotechnology to agro-food restructuring in Australia. XV European Congress of Rural Sociology, Wageningen, The Netherlands, 2-6 August 1993.
Gray, I. and Lawrence, G. (1993). Some implications of agricultural restructuring for farm families. Annual Conference of the Australian Sociological Association, Sydney, Australia, 12-15 December 1993.
Lawrence, G. (1993). Rural restructuring and community change: issues, problems and policy directions in Australia. National Rural and Remote Youth Affairs Conference, Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia, 27-29 April 1993.
Gray, I. and Lawrence, G. (1992). The impact of restructuring within land-based production systems: sociological perspectives on farm-family stress. Annual Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Geographers Association, Auckland, New Zealand, 24-28 January 1992. Auckland, New Zealand: Department of Geography, University of Auckland.
Lawrence, G. (1992). Rural social structure: implications for water management in Australia. Australian Rural Water Demand Management Workshop, Sydney, NSW, Australia, 26-27 February 1992. Sydney, NSW, Australia: Australian Water Resources Council.
Lawrence, G. and Vanclay, F. (1992). The environmental problems of Australian agriculture: a sociological assessment. Annual Conference of the Australian Sociological Association, Adelaide, SA, Australia, 10-13 December 1992.
McKenzie, H., Lawrence, G. and Vanclay, F. (1992). Biotechnological applications in Australian agriculture: an assessment of the views of rural producer representatives. Annual Conference of the Australian Sociological Association, Adelaide, SA, Australia, 10-13 December 1992.
Lawrence, G., McKenzie, H. and Vanclay, F. (1992). Genetic engineering and rural restructuring. Nature Conservation Council of Australia, Genetic Engineering Forum, Sydney, Australia, 1-2 August 1992.
Vanclay, F and Lawrence, G (1992). Farmer rationality and the adoption of environmentally sound practices: a critique of the assumptions of agricultural extension. 55th Annual Meeting of the Rural Sociological Society, State College, PA, United States, 16-19 August 1992.
Lawrence, G. and Vanclay, F. (1992). Environmental and social consequences of capitalist agriculture: the Australian experience. 8th World Congress of Rural Sociology, International Rural Sociology Association, State College, PA, United States, 11-16 August 1992.
Vanclay, F., Lockie, S. and Lawrence, G. (1992). A sociological approach to the improvement of extension methods in agriculture. Improved Extension Methods Workshop, Department of Primary Industries and Energy, Bendigo, Victoria, 26-28 May 1992.
Share, P., Gray, I. and Lawrence, G. (1991). Rural sociology and the sociology of agriculture: research priorities for rural sociologists in the 1990s. Rural Economy and Society Section, Sociological Association of Aotearoa (NZ), Lincoln, New Zealand, 7-9 December 1990. Canterbury, New Zealand: Agribusiness and Economic Unit, Lincoln University.
Share, P., Gray, I. and Lawrence, G. (1991). Rural restructuring in Australia and New Zealand. Conference on Ecology, Socialism and Human Survival, Melbourne, Australia, 18-21 July 1991.
Lawrence, G. and Vanclay, F. (1991). Rural restructuring in the Murray-Darling Basin, Australia: economic imperatives and ecological consequences. Conference of the Rural Sociological Society 'Food Systems and Agrarian Change in the Late Twentieth Century', Columbus, OH, United States, 21-22 August 1991.
Lawrence, G. (1991). Sustaining agricultural communities. Biennial Conference of the NSW Agricultural Teachers Association, Leeton, NSW, Australia, 23 January 1991.
Lawrence, G. (1990). The management of change in resource use and its consequences in the Murray-Darling Basin. Conference of the Community Advisory Committee of the Murray-Darling Basin, Shepparton, VIC, Australia, 20-21 November 1990.
Lawrence, G., Gray, I. and Share, P. (1989). Rural social research in Australia: issues for the 1990s. Annual Conference of the Australian Sociological Association, Melbourne, Australia, 8-12 December 1989.
Lawrence, G. and Williams, C. (1989). The dynamics of decline: implications for social welfare delivery in rural Australia. Tenth National Conference, Student Initiatives in Community Health and Welfare, Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia, 26-28 September 1989.
Lawrence, G. (1989). Problems of Australian rural communities. National Youth Advocacy Conference, Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia, 24-25 September 1989.
Lawrence, G. (1989). A sociological perspective on change in Agriculture. Farming as a Business Conference, Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia, 11-13 September 1989.
Lawrence, G. (1988). Structural change in Australian agriculture: the impact of agri-genetics. Annual Conference of the Sociological Association of Australia and New Zealand, Canberra, Australia, 28 November - 2 December 1988.
Lawrence, G. (1988). Keynote Address: Agribusiness: past, present and future. National Outlook Conference, Sydney, Australia, 26 November 1988.
Lawrence, G. (1988). The impact of technology on Australian farming and rural society. Conference of the Australian Institute of Agricultural Science, Adelaide, SA, Australia, 6 May 1988.
Lawrence, G. (1988). Agriculture, the environment and social change in Australia - and crisis on the farm: why, and what can be done?. Remaking Australia Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 12-14 March 1988.
Lawrence, G. (1988). Organisation and control: the social, economic and political future for Australian agriculture. Conference on 'A Vision for Australian Agriculture in the 21st Century', Richmond, NSW, Australia, 10 April 1988.
Lawrence, G. (1987). Capital accumulation and Australian agriculture. Annual Conference of the Sociological Association of Australia and New Zealand, Sydney, Australia, 14-17 July 1987.
Lawrence, G. (1987). The Ideology of the New Right and its potential impact upon rural Australia. Community Fightback Conference, Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia, 8 March 1987.
Lawrence, G. (1987). The future of sports history: a sociological perspective. Conference of the Australian Society for Sports History, Melbourne, Australia, 18-22 May 1987.
Lawrence, G. (1986). Coping with the corporations: farmers and agribusiness in Australia. XIII European Congress of Rural Sociology, Braga, Portugal, 1-4 April 1986.
Lawrence, G. (1986). Theorising the farm problem: the limitations of orthodoxy. Conference of the British Sociological Association Rural Economy and Society Study Group, London, United Kingdom, 7 May 1986.
Lawrence, G. (1985). Social change in rural Australia: contemporary issues for educators. National Conference for the Provision of Education in Rural Australia, Armidale, NSW, Australia, 3-6 May 1985.
Lawrence, G. (1985). Sunrise industries: government policies and union responses. Australian Industry - The Future Conference, Wollongong, NSW, Australia, 16-17 March 1985.
Lawrence, G. (1983). The 'Poor Old Farmer' revisited. Australian Capital History Conference, Sydney, Australia, 22-23 July 1983.
Creative Work
Lawrence, Geoffrey (2012). World hunger day. Routledge.
Research Reports
Smith, Kiah, Langford, Alexandra and Lawrence, Geoffrey (2020). Submission to Senate Standing Committee on Economics Inquiry into foreign investment proposals. Canberra, ACT: Senate Standing Committees on Economics.
MacMahon, Amy, Smith, Kiah, Muller, Jane, Belesky, Paul, Lawrence, Geoffrey and Brady, M. (2013). Submission to the Senate Committee on Recent Trends in the Preparedness for Extreme Weather Events. Federal Standing Committee on Environment and Communications St Lucia, Qld, Australia: The University of Queensland.
Jones, Andrew, Lawrence, Geoffrey, Muirhead, Bruce, Bartlett, Helen, Cheshire, Lynda, Woolcock, G., Graham, Philip, Rosenblatt, Ted and Walters, P. (2007). Building Sustainable Social Capital in New Communities: Report to the Industry Partner. St Lucia, Brisbane: The University of Queensland.
Guthrie, D., Bishop, P., Lawrence, G., Rolfe, J. and Cheshire, L. (2005). Engaged Government: A Study of Government: Community Engagement for Regional Outcomes, Report 1: Project Overview. Central Queensland University, Rockhampton.
Bishop, Patrick James, Cheshire, Lynda, Howes, Michael James, Lawrence, Geoff, Liebrecht, Tanya Louise, Loechel, Barton, Oliver, Peter, Rolfe, John and Yee, Shion (2005). Engaged Government: A Study of Government-Community Engagement for Regional Outcomes, Report 2: Selection of Case Studies. Central Queensland University, Rockhampton.
Lawrence, Geoffrey A. (2004). Technical Review of the CQ Strategy for Sustainability 2.. Rockhampton: The Fitzroy Basin Association.
Newspaper Articles
Generic Documents
Lawrence, Geoffrey (2016). Neoliberalism - Growing Resistance?. International Rural Sociology Association.
Bryden, Wayne L. and Lawrence, Geoffrey (2015). Food, Water, Energy: The Sustainability Trilemma. Global Change Institute, The University of Queensland.
Lawrence, Geoffrey (2015). Neoliberalism, agriculture and rural society: reaching some conclusions. International Rural Sociology Association - IRSA.
Singh-Peterson, L., Smit, S., Lawrence, G. and Carter, R. (2015). The Changing Face of Mary. University of the Sunshine Coast.
Lawrence, Geoffrey (2015). President's corner. International Year of Soils 2015: what role social science?. International Rural Sociology Association.
Lawrence, Geoffrey (2014). Food people planet: the 21st conference of the Australasian Agri-food Research Network. International Rural Sociology Association.
Lawrence, Geoffrey (2014). A prosperous future for rural Asia?. International Rural Sociology Association.
Lawrence, Geoffrey (2014). The International Year of Family Farming. International Rural Sociology Association - IRSA.
Lawrence, Geoffrey (2013). CAFO contradictions and test tube meat. International Rural Sociology Association.
Lawrence, Geoffrey (2013). 'Land-grabbing' and rural sociology. International Rural Sociology Association.
Bishop, P., Lawrence, G., Cheshire, L., Howes, M., Liebrecht, T., Loechel, B., Oliver, P., Rolfe, J. and Yee, S. (2010). Engaged Government: A Study of Government-Community Relations for Regional Outcomes, Final Report. Central Queensland University.
Lawrence, G., Loechel, B. and Cheshire, L. (2006). Agency Culture and Engaged Government, Occasional Paper. ARC Engaged Government Project, Griffith University.
Wallington, T. and Lawrence, G. (2006). Institutional Arrangements for Community-Government Interactions Relating to Natural Resource Management, Occasional Paper. Lake Eyre Basin Scientific Advisory Panel.
Lawrence, G. (2005). An Analysis of Science Futures for NR&M – 2006-2016. Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines.
Lawrence, G. (2005). The Australian Food Safety System. Centre for Rural Research, Norwegian University of Science and Technology.
Lawrence, G. (2003). Social Issues, Occasional Paper. Lake Eyre Basin Scientific Advisory Panel.
Cavaye, J., Blackwood, B., Lawrence, G., Paton, S. and Windle, J. (2002). Sustainable Regional Development: the Stalled Agenda and the Way Forward. Institute for Sustainable Regional Development.
Stehlik, D. and Lawrence, G. (1999). Key Issues and Strategic Directions Relating to Rural and Remote Communities, Submission to the Community Services Strategy Secretariat, Policy Coordination Division, Department of Premier and Cabinet, Queensland Government. Rural Social and Economic Research Centre.
Faraizi, A., Momtaz, S. and Lawrence, G. (1998). Micro credit in Bangladesh: improving the lives of the rural poor: independent evaluation report of Assistance for Organisation and Development (ASOD). Institute for Sustainable Regional Development.
Stehlik, D., Lawrence, G. and Gray, I. (1998). The social construction of drought: report to the Land and Water R&D Corporation and the Rural Industries R&D Corporation. Rural Social and Economic Research Centre.
McAllister, J., Lawrence, G. and Passfield, R. (1995). Extended Hours of Cane Harvesting: Findings from Focus Groups, Questionnaire Surveys and Community-based Research in the Mackay Region of Queensland. Rural Social and Economic Research Centre.
Gray, J., Lawrence, G. and Brennan, M. (1994). Management of Trees on Farms in Central Queensland: Report to the Rural Industries R&D Corporation. Rural Social and Economic Research Centre.
Gray, I. and Lawrence, G. (1993). Coping Strategies Among Farmers Facing Structural Adjustment: Report to the Rural Industries R&D Corporation. Centre for Rural Social Research.
Lawrence, G. (1986). Thugs, Hooligans and Animals: Australian Media Analysis of the Brussels Football Riot. Australian Studies Centre, University of London.
Lawrence, G. (1986). Class in Australian Rural Society. School of Community Studies, Phillip Institute of Technology.
Lawrence, G. (1983). Federal Government Intervention in Australian Agriculture and Rural Society. Centre for Comparative Studies in the Sociology of Agriculture, University of Madison, Wisconsin.
Seminar Papers
Lawrence, G. (2011). Food Security: Global Realities. Queensland Branch of Australian Institute of International Affairs.
Lawrence, G., Gray, I. and Richards, C. (2009). Australian farmers and climate change: competing forms of adaptation. Centre for Rural Research, University Centre Dragvoll, Norway.
Lawrence, G. (2009). Emerging issues in food safety regulation in Australia. Department of Sociology, Michigan State University.
Wallington, T. and Lawrence, G. (2008). Accountability and Legitimacy in Regional NRM. CSIRO Workshop on 'Contested Country: Regional Natural Resource Management in Australia'.
Lawrence, G. and Loechel, B. (2007). Rural Ideology. NRM Land Manager Information Meeting, Australian Bureau of Statistics, Brisbane.
Lawrence, G. (2007). Great Expectations: Managing and Maximising Collaborations. Working Partnerships: Collaborative Research in Rural and Remote Cultures, Cultural Studies Workshop, State Library of Queensland.
Lawrence, G. (2006). Regulation of Food Safety in Australia: Some Questions for Social Scientists. Food Science Seminar, University of Queensland.
Lawrence, G. (2005). Governing Resources in Regional Australia: Problems and Prospects. Faculty of Social Science, Monash University, Gippsland.
Lawrence, G. (2005). Invited guest seminar: managing for sustainable development in regional Australia. Department of Sociology, University of Bergen.
Lawrence, G. (2005). Sustainable Catchment Management in Australia: the 'Partnership' Approach. Senter for Bygdeforskning, Universitetssenteret, Dragvoll, Trondheim, Norway.
Lawrence, G. and Oliver, P. (2005). To Collaborate or Not to Collaborate: Working Effectively Across Government Departments. Queensland Government Lunchtime Forum, Government Offices, Brisbane.
Lawrence, G. and Cheshire, L. (2004). Invited Guest Seminar: Globalisation and the Restructuring of Regional Australia. Department of Sociology, University of Bergen, Norway.
Herbert-Cheshire, L. and Lawrence, G. (2003). Structural Adjustment and Sustainability: a Case Study of Monto, Queensland. Public Forum, Monto, Queensland.
Herbert-Cheshire, L. and Lawrence, G. (2003). Rural governance in Australia: the state, community and the active citizen. School of Political Science & International Studies, University of Queensland.
Lawrence, G. (2003). Public Lecture: Becoming Part of a Greener Future? Australian Agriculture in the New Millennium. La Trobe University, Mildura, Victoria.
Lawernce, G. (2003). Thinking Regionally. Staff/Post-Graduate Student Seminar, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria.
Lawrence, G. (2003). People in the Landscape. Postgraduate Symposium on Landscape Ecology, Gatton Campus, University of Queensland.
Lawrence, G. (2002). Discussant - Third Policy Forum: Social Inclusion and the 'New Regionalism' - the Next Steps. Third Party Forum, University of Queensland, Brisbane.
Lawrence, G. (2002). The Regional Context. Policy Skills Development Course (Advanced), Yungaba Conference Centre, Queensland Government, Brisbane.
Lawrence, G. (2002). Social issues and policy implications of natural resource management. Strategic Directions Workshop: Triple Bottom Line for NR&M, Department of Natural Resources and Mining, Brisbane.
Lawrence, G. (2002). Organics meets Biotechnology: In Partnership or Protest?. School of Land and Food Seminar Series, University of Queensland, Brisbane.
Lawrence, G. (2002). The Value of Involving the Community in Social Research. Workshop to Identify Priority Research Directions for the Regions, Consortium for Integrated Research Management, Griffith University, Brisbane.
Lawrence, G. (2002). Regional Development and Queensland's Future. Executive Policy Forum, Department of Premier and Cabinet, Queensland Government.
Lawrence, G. (2002). Keynote address: maximising the contribution of the social sciences and humanities to a prosperous regional Australia. Address to Staff and Students, La Trobe University, Beechworth Conference Centre, Victoria.
Lawrence, G. and Gray, I. (2001). Keynote address: a future for regional Australia - escaping global misfortune. Queensland Regional Development Conference 'Building Diversity in Economic Development Opportunities for Regional Queensland, Toowoomba, Queensland.
Lawrence, G. (2001). The education reform agenda - drivers from the tertiary perspective. Workshop on Department of Natural Resource Management, University and Community Collaboration.
Lawrence, G. (2001). A future for agriculture in the new millennium. Address to Senior Management of the Department of Primary Industries, Brisbane.
Lawrence, G. (2001). Reinvigorating rural and regional Australia. Staff and Student Seminar, Murcoch University, Perth, Western Australia.
Lawrence, G. (2001). The reconfiguring of regional Australia: implications for the mining industry. Staff and Student Seminar, University of Queensland, Brisbane.
Gray, I. and Lawrence, G. (2001). The economic, social and cultural conditions behind rural political volatility. Now we the People Worshop 'Rural and Regional Protest and the Hanson Backlash', Sydney University.
Lawrence, G. (2001). Global change and natural capitalism. Address to Stanwell Corporation Management, Rockhampton, Queensland.
Lawrence, G. (2001). Global change and regional development. Advanced Policy and Skills Training and Development Program, Queensland Department of Main Roads, Rockhampton, Queensland.
Lawrence, G. (2000). Sociology in Australia's universities at a time of crisis. Sociological Sites/Sights Conference, The Sociological Association of Australia, Flinders University, South Australia.
Lawrence, G. (2000). The future of regional Australia. Guest Lecture to Staff and Students, Launceston Campus, University of Tasmania.
Lawrence, G. (2000). Consumer attitudes to food biotechnologies: GMOs versus organic agriculture. Guest Lecture to Staff and Students, Hobart Campus, University of Tasmania.
Lawrence, G. (1999). Australian rural communities in a 'greening' world. Regional Landcare and Catchment Management Conference, Boyne Island, Queensland.
Lawrence, G. (1999). Genetic engineering and consumer resistance: the situation in Australia. Centre for Rural Research, University Centre Dragvoll, Norway.
Lawrence, G. (1999). Opening address: Theoretical issues in environment and natural resource management. International Symposium on Society and Natural Resources, University of Queensland, Brisbane.
Lawrence, G. (1999). The media, sport and regional cultures. Panel Member, Sport and Community Life - a One Day Conference.
Lawrence, G. (1999). Concluding remarks - Regional Communities Program Launch. Regional Communities Program Central Queensland Region, Pilbeam Theatre, Rockhampton, Queensland.
Lawrence, G. (1999). What is sustainability?. Central Highlands Sustainability Think Tank and Coordination Workshop, Emerald, Queensland.
Lawrence, G. (1998). Rural society and Pauline Hanson - not-so-strange bedfellows. Staff-Student Seminar, Faculty of Arts, Health and Sciences, Rockhampton Campus, Central Queensland University.
Lawrence, G (1998). Damming of rivers in the Fitzroy Basin. Address to the Water Infrastructure Task Force, Rockhampton City Council, Rockhampton, Queensland.
Lockie, S. and Lawrence, G. (1997). Indicators of farm-family and rural community health. Seminar on Sustainable Production in the Grains Industry, Department of Primary Industry, Rockhampton, Queensland.
Lawrence, G. (1997). Sociology and the sugar industry: Community attitudes to extended season length. Community Assessment Panel of the CRC for Sustainable Sugar Production.
Lawrence, G. (1996). Global realities: rural restructuring in Australia. Staff-Student Seminar, Department of Sociology, Lexington, Kentucky.
Lawrence, G. (1996). Global meets local: evidence of agro-food restructuring in Australia. Rural Sociology Seminar, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.
Lawrence, G. (1996). What hope is there for Rural Australia?. Address to the Heads of Australian University Distance Education Centres, Rockhampton Campus, Central Queensland University.
Lawrence, G. (1996). Barriers to change in the sugar industry. Management Workshop, Canegrowers Association, Mackay, Queensland.
Lawrence, G. (1995). Globalisation and the olympics. Panel Member, Annual Meeting of the Australian Sociological Association, University of Newcastle, NSW.
Lawrence, G. (1995). Contextualising environmental problems in agriculture. Landcare and Catchment Management Seminar, Clermont, Queensland.
Lawrence, G. (1995). Inaugural address: futures for regional Australia - from agricultural productivism to community sustainability. Public Address, Rockhampton Campus, Central Queensland University.
Lawrence, G. (1994). Invited guest seminar: the impacts of rural restructuring on Australian Rural Society. Staff-Student Seminar, Department of Rural Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wisconsin.
Lawrence, G. (1993). Sociological research for Queensland agriculture. Meeting of Queensland Department of Primary Industries Agricultural Economists.
Lawrence, G. (1992). A sociological understanding of extension practice. Improved Extension Methods Workshop, Commonwealth Department of Primary Industries and Energy, Bendigo, Victoria.
Lawrence, G. (1992). Social aspects of Australian agriculture. CSIRO Division of Water Resources Seminar Series, Griffith, NSW.
Lawrence, G. (1991). Invited guest seminar: local responses to global changes in agriculture. Address to Staff and Students, Hawkesbury Campus, University of Western Sydney.
Lawrence, G. (1991). Opening address: the future of the bush. Business Planning in Farming Conference, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, NSW.
Lawrence, G. (1990). Who cares about rural Australia?. Annual Meeting of NSW Farmers, South West Region, Rankins, Springs, NSW.
Lawrence, G. (1990). Biotechnology and the changing structure of Australian agriculture. Department of Rural Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wisconsin.
Lawrence, G. (1990). The sociology of agriculture in Australia. Departments of Sociology and Rural Sociology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky.
Lawrence, G. (1990). The political economy of rural Australia. 'Social Problems of Rural Australia' Seminar, La Trobe University, Bendigo.
Lawrence, G. (1989). Biotechnology and its socio-economic impact on Australian agriculture. Division of Science and Technology, Griffith University, Brisbane, Queensland.
Lawrence, G. (1988). Invited Guest Seminar: Rural Australia - Problems and Priorities. Griffith Chamber of Commerce, Griffith, NSW.
Lawrence, G. (1988). The rural crisis: What have been the lessons?. Address to the Australian Association of Agricultural Economists, Sydney University, Sydney, NSW.
Lawrence, G. (1988). Australian agriculture: Prospects for the future. Address to Staff, Hawkesbury Agricultural College, Richmond, NSW.
Lawrence, G. (1988). Invited guest seminar: capital and agriculture - aspects of the rural crisis. Department of Anthropology and Sociology, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland.
Lawrence, G. (1988). Address to staff: Problems of capitalist agriculture. Agricultural Research Institute, Wagga Wagga, NSW.
Lawrence, G. (1988). Keynote Address: The End of the Rural Crisis: Myth or Reality?. Annual General Meeting of the Union of Australian Farmers, Dubbo, NSW.
Lawrence, G. (1986). Invited Guest Seminar: Revolting Farmers - Farmer Militancy in Advanced Capitalist Nations. Department of Sociology, University of Essex, UK.
Lawrence, G. (1986). Thugs, hooligans and animals: media images of football spectator violence. Postgraduate Seminar Series, The Australian Studies Centre, University of London, UK.
Lawrence, G. (1985). State intervention and the high tech industries. Department of Sociology, University of New England, Armidale, NSW.
Lawrence, G. (1984). Invited Guest Lecture: Fooling the Farmers - The State and Agriculture in Australia. Warnambool Institute of Advanced Education, Warnambool, Victoria.
Lawrence, G. (1982). Invited Guest Seminar: The State and Agriculture - An Australian Perspective. Department of Rural Sociology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.
Lawrence, G. (1982). State interventionist strategies for agriculture. Address to Staff and Students, Department of Rural Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wisconsin.
Lawrence, G. (1978). Invited Guest Seminar: Understanding Regionalism. Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wisconsin.
Department Technical Reports
Taylor, B., Lockie, S., Dale, A., Lawrence, G., Bischof, R., Fenton, M. and Coakes, S. (2000). Capacity of farmers and other land managers to implement change. Technical Report, Theme 6. National Land and Water Audit.
Taylor, B., Lockie, S., Dale, A. and Lawrence, G. (2000). Changing practices, changing landscapes: a survey of extension personnel working in the Fitzroy Basin and Central Highlands. National Land and Water Audit.
Stehlik, D., Lawrence, G. and Gray, I. (1999). Drought in the 1990s: Australian farm families' experiences. Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation.