Melusine Martin

Melusine Martin is an environmental and digital social scientist, formerly a Landhaus Fellow at the Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society and currently an Adjunct Research Fellow at James Cook University. A member of the Social Science Community for the Great Barrier Reef and the Marine Social Network Australia, Melusine investigates humans’ relationships with nature in the digital age, focusing on the interactions between identity, marine environments and digital technology. Holding a PhD in environmental sociology from Sorbonne Université (France) and James Cook University (Australia), she has contributed to  globally significant projects including the International Coral Reef Initiative and the Reef Restoration and Adaptation Program. Her first popular science book, “Reconnectez-vous à la nature” [Reconnect to nature], based on her PhD research, was published in 2024 by the French publishing house Larousse.