Dr Jane O'Sullivan
Honorary Senior Fellow
School of Agriculture and Food Sustainability
Researcher biography
Plant nutrition, specialising in tropical root crops.
Since joining the University of Queensland in 1992, Dr. O'Sullivan has completed a series of projects characterising deficiencies and toxicities of mineral nutrients, in species of sweetpotato, aroids and yams, and identifying and remediating nutritional disorders in semi-subsistence production contexts in collaboration with project partners in Pacific Island countries.
Publications
Book
Jane N. O'Sullivan (2010). Yam nutrition: Nutrient disorders and soil fertility management. Canberra, ACT, Australia: Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR).
Book Chapters
O’Sullivan, Jane N. (2023). Demographic transition. Dictionary of ecological economics: terms for the new millennium. (pp. 117-118) edited by Brent M. Haddad and Barry D. Solomon. Cheltenham, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing. doi: 10.4337/9781788974912.D.24
O’Sullivan, Jane N. (2023). Population aging. Dictionary of ecological economics: terms for the new millennium. (pp. 414-415) edited by Brent M. Haddad and Barry D. Solomon. Cheltenham, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing. doi: 10.4337/9781788974912.P.38
O’Sullivan, Jane N. (2023). Population dynamics. Dictionary of ecological economics: terms for the new millennium. (pp. 415-415) edited by Brent M. Haddad and Barry D. Solomon. Cheltenham, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing. doi: 10.4337/9781788974912.P.40
O’Sullivan, Jane N. (2023). Pathway. Dictionary of ecological economics: terms for the new millennium. (pp. 401-401) edited by Brent M. Haddad and Barry D. Solomon. Cheltenham, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing. doi: 10.4337/9781788974912.P.10
McFarlane, Rosemary A., Barry, John, Cissé, Guéladio, Gislason, Maya, Gruca, Marta, Higgs, Kerryn, Horwitz, Pierre, Nguyen, Giang Huu, O'Sullivan, Jane, Sahu, Subhashis and Butler, Colin D. (2020). SDG 3: Good health and well-being: framing targets to maximise co-benefits for forests and people. Sustainable development goals: their impacts on forests and people. (pp. 72-107) edited by Pia Katila, Carol J. Pierce Colfer, Wil de Jong, Glenn Galloway, Pablo Pacheco and Georg Winkel. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/9781108765015
O'Sullivan, Jane N. (2018). Synergy between population policy, climate adaptation and mitigation. Pathways to a sustainable economy: bridging the gap between Paris climate change commitments and net zero emissions. (pp. 103-125) edited by Moazzem Hossain, Robert Hales and Tapan Sarker. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-67702-6_7
O'Sullivan, Jane (2014). Ageing paranoia, its fictional basis and all too real costs. Sustainable futures: linking population, resources and the environment. (pp. 47-60) edited by Jenny Goldie and Katharine Betts. Collingwood, VIC, Australia: CSIRO Pubishing.
O'Sullivan, J. (2013). Nutrient disorders. Compendium of Sweetpotato Diseases, Pests, and Disorders. (pp. 120-133) edited by Christopher A. Clark, Donald M. Ferrin, Tara P. Smith and Gerald J. Holmes. St. Paul, Minn., United States: APS Press.
Journal Articles
O’Sullivan, Jane N. (2023). Demographic delusions: world population growth is exceeding most projections and jeopardising scenarios for sustainable futures. World, 4 (3), 545-568. doi: 10.3390/world4030034
Speidel, J. Joseph and O’Sullivan, Jane N. (2023). Advancing the welfare of people and the planet with a common agenda for reproductive justice, population, and the environment. World, 4 (2), 259-287. doi: 10.3390/world4020018
Barnard, Phoebe, Moomaw, William R., Fioramonti, Lorenzo, Laurance, William F., Mahmoud, Mahmoud I., O’Sullivan, Jane, Rapley, Christopher G., Rees, William E., Rhodes, Christopher J., Ripple, William J., Semiletov, Igor P., Talberth, John, Tucker, Christopher, Wysham, Daphne and Ziervogel, Gina (2021). World scientists’ warnings into action, local to global. Science Progress, 104 (4), 003685042110562. doi: 10.1177/00368504211056290
O'Sullivan, Jane N (2021). Trends in population health and demography. The Lancet, 398 (10300), 580-580. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)01050-3
O'Sullivan, Jane N. (2020). The social and environmental influences of population growth rate and demographic pressure deserve greater attention in ecological economics. Ecological Economics, 172 106648, 106648. doi: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2020.106648
O'Sullivan, Jane N. (2018). Is failure to develop due to fundamentally different economic pathways or simply too much population growth?. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 115 (48), E11200-E11201. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1817105115
Götmark, Frank, Cafaro, Philip and O’Sullivan, Jane (2018). Aging human populations: good for us, good for the Earth. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 33 (11), 851-862. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2018.08.015
Schultz, Rosalie, Kochmann, Karin and O'Sullivan, Jane (2017). Response to Editorial: Children, poverty and health promotion in Australia. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 28 (2), 174-174. doi: 10.1071/HE17032
O'Sullivan, Jane N. (2016). Population projections: recipes for action, or inaction?. Journal of Population and Sustainability, 1 (1), 45-57.
O'Sullivan, Jane N. (2015). Resource use peak dates distract from real planetary limits. Ecology and Society, 20 (2), 32-32. doi: 10.5751/ES-07579-200232
O'Sullivan, Jane N. (2015). Population stabilization potential and its benefits underestimated. PNAS, 112 (6), E507-E507. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1422507112
O'Sullivan, Jane N. (2012). The burden of durable asset acquisition in growing populations. Economic Affairs, 32 (1), 31-37. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-0270.2011.02125.x
O'Sullivan, Jane (2010). What's carrying capacity got to do with it?. Australasian Science (91)
O'Sullivan, Jane N. (2008). Root distribution of yam (Dioscorea Alata) determined by strontium tracer. Experimental Agriculture, 44 (2), 223-233. doi: 10.1017/S0014479708006169
Melteras, Marie-Vianney, Lebot, Vincent., Asher, Colin. J. and O'Sullivan, Jane N. (2008). Crop development and root distribution in lesser yam (Dioscorea esculenta): Implications for fertilization. Experimental Agriculture, 44 (2), 209-221. doi: 10.1017/S0014479708006339
O'Sullivan, J. N. and Ernest, J. (2007). Nutrient deficiencies in lesser yam (Dioscorea esculenta) characterized using constant-water table sand culture. Journal of Plant Nutrition And Soil Science-zeitschrift Fur Pflanzenernahrung Und Bodenkunde, 170 (2), 273-282. doi: 10.1002/jpln.200625049
O'Sullivan, Jane N. and Jenner, Rachel (2006). Nutrient deficiencies in greater yam and their effects on leaf nutrient concentrations. Journal of Plant Nutrition, 29 (9), 1663-1674. doi: 10.1080/01904160600851569
Ivahupa, S. R., Asher, C. J., Blamey, F. P. C. and O'Sullivan, J. N. (2006). Effects of sodium on potassium nutrition in three tropical root crop species. Journal of Plant Nutrition, 29 (6), 1095-1108. doi: 10.1080/01904160600689241
Hartemink, A. E. and O'Sullivan, J. N. (2001). Leaf litter decomposition of Piper aduncum, Gliricidia sepium and Imperata cylindrica in the humid lowlands of Papua New Guinea. Plant and Soil, 230 (1), 115-124. doi: 10.1023/A:1004868502539
Hartemink, A. E., Johnston, M., O'Sullivan, J. N. and Poloma, S. (2000). Nitrogen use efficiency of taro and sweet potato in the humid lowlands of Papua New Guinea. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 79 (2-3), 271-280. doi: 10.1016/S0167-8809(00)00138-9
Hartemink, A. E., Poloma, S., Maino, M., Powell, K. S., Egenae, J. and O'Sullivan, J. N. (2000). Yield decline of sweet potato in the humid lowlands of Papua New Guinea. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 79 (2-3), 259-269. doi: 10.1016/S0167-8809(00)00139-0
Halavatau, Siosiua M., O'Sullivan, Jane N., Asher, Colin J. and Blamey, F. Pax C. (1998). Better nutrition for the improvement of sweetpotato and taro yields in the South Pacific. Tropical Agriculture, 75 (1-2), 6-12.
Conference Papers
O'Sullivan, J. N., Ivahupa, S., Asher, C. J. and Blamey, F. P. C (2005). Interpretation of tissue analysis for potassium nutrition in tropical root crops dependent on sodium concentration. Fifteenth International Plant Nutrition Colloquium, Beijing, China, 14-19 September 2005. Beijing, China: Tsinghua University Press.
O'Sullivan, J. O., Norton, G., Amante, V. and Vasquez, E. (2005). Development of a computer-based extension support tool for diagnosising problems in sweetpotato crops. 1st International Symposium on Root and Tuber Crops: Food Down Under, Palmerston North, New Zealand, 9-12 February 2004. Leuven, Belgium: International Society for Horticultural Science. doi: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2005.670.15
O'Sullivan, Jane, Norton, Geoff, Amante, Vilma and Vasquez, Erlinda (2004). Development of a matrix-based, multi-media diagnostic key to sweetpotato problems. 4th International Crop Science Congress, Brisbane, Australia, 26 September-1 October 2004. Gosford, N.S.W., Australia: The Regional Institute.
Ernest, James and O'Sullivan, Jane (2004). Improved fallow and live-staking of yam using Gliricidia sepium in Papua New Guinea. 4th International Crop Science Congress, Brisbane, Australia, 26 September-1 October 2004. Gosford, N.S.W., Australia: The Regional Institute.
Melteras, Marie, O'Sullivan, Jane, Asher, Colin and Lebot, Vincent (2004). Comparison of soil tests with plant response to nutrients in selected soils of Vanuatu. 4th International Crop Science Congress, Brisbane, Australia, 26 September-1 October 2004. Gosford, N.S.W., Australia: The Regional Institute.
O'Sullivan, J. N., Jenner, R. and Edwards, D. G. (2002). Nutrient deficiences in greater yam (Dioscorea alata) and their effects on leaf nutrient concentrations. 12th Symposium of the Intern'l Society for Tropical Root Crops, Tsukuba, Japan, 10-16 September, 2000. Tsukuba, Japan: Organising Committee of ISTRAC2000.
Hartemink, Alfred E. and O'sullivan, J. N. (2001). Leaf litter decomposition of Piper aduncum, Gliricidia sepium and Imperata cylindrica in the humid lowlands of Papua New Guinea. doi: 10.1023/A:1004868502539
O'Sullivan, J. N., Humphrey, B. and Igua, P. (2001). Selecting sweet potato genotypes tolerant of specific environmental constraints. Food Security for Papua New Guinea, PNG University of Technology, Lae, 26-30 June, 2000. Canberra, ACT: ACAIR.
Hartemink, A. E., Poloma, S. and O'Sullivan, J. N. (2001). Integrated nutrient management research on sweet potato at Hobu, Morobe Province. Food Security for Papua New Guinea, PNG University of Technology, Lae, 26-30 June, 2000. Canberra, ACT: ACIAR.
Newspaper Article
O'Sullivan, Jane (2011, 05 19). Oil: the real reason we need a carbon price The Drum TV
Generic Document
O'Sullivan, J., Amante, V., Norton, G., van de Fliert, E., Vasquez, E. and Paradales, J. (2005). Sweetpotato DiagNotes: a diagnostic key and information tool for sweetpotato problems. Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research.