Discover the awards Johanna Nalau has won over the years and the impact she has made within the industry.
2024 Pro Vice Chancellor (Science) Excellence of a Mid-Career Researcher Award. Griffith Sciences Group, Griffith University, July 2024.
2023 Emerging Leadership. Awarded by Australian Financial Review Higher Education Awards for national research excellence and leadership in climate change adaptation, August 2023.
2022 Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity. Awarded jointly to Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) for outstanding action in fighting against the ecological and climate crises on the basis that scientific evidence is of the utmost importance for accelerating climate action.
2022 Queensland Women in STEM Highly Commended Award. Awarded by Queensland Museum on the grounds of research excellence in climate change adaptation heuristics research.
2020 Queensland Young Tall Poppy Award. Awarded by the Australian Institute for Policy and Science (AIPS) on the grounds of emerging research leadership and outstanding science communication.
2019 Transformational Staff Award, December 2019, School of Environment and Sciences, Griffith Sciences, Griffith University.
2019 Griffith Outstanding Young Alumnus Award 2019 for Sciences Group, Griffith University.
2019 Gold Coast City Council’s International Women’s Day recognition as one of the 10 women leaders in environmental science on the Gold Coast. https://wearegc.com.au/articles/women-leading-charge-environment-sustainability/
2012 Adaptation Leadership Award from Social, Economic and Institutional Network (SEI), National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility (NCCARF).
