Michael Santhanam-Martin

Lecturer in Agricultural Production Systems
School of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences
University of Melbourne
Australia

Michael Santhanam-Martin teaches and researches at the University of Melbourne, Australia. Research interests include farm work organization and farm employment relationships, and agricultural transitions towards sustainability. He has studied family succession processes, work organisation and feeding system transitions in the Australian dairy industry, and workforce organisation and job satisfaction in the Australian orchard industry.

Contact:

Professional Address: School of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences, University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010 AUSTRALIA
+61 (0)447 130 505
mpmartin[at]unimelb[dot]edu[dot]au

Publications

Santhanam-Martin, M., Wilkinson, R., Cowan, L., & Nettle, R. (2024). Elaborating decent work for agriculture: Job experiences and workforce retention in the Australian orchard industry. Journal of Rural Studies, 103330. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2024.103330

Santhanam-Martin, M., Nettle, R., Major, J., Fagon, J., Beguin, E., & Bridge, P. (2022). The Work Assessment Method shows potential to improve performance and social sustainability on Australian dairy farms. Animal Production Science, 62(1), 90-100. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1071/AN20438

Santhanam-Martin, M., Bridge, P., & Stevens, L. (2019). Working with stuckness: lessons from an intervention to support intergenerational transitions on Australian dairy farms. Canadian Journal of Development Studies / Revue canadienne d'études du développement, 40(2), 254-271. doi:10.1080/02255189.2018.1517302

Santhanam-Martin, M., Ayre, M., & Nettle, R. (2015). Community sustainability and agricultural landscape change: insights into the durability and vulnerability of the productivist regime. Sustainability Science, 10(2), 207-217. doi:10.1007/s11625-014-0268-2

Santhanam-Martin, M., & Nettle, R. (2014). Governing Australia's dairy farm workforce: a new terrain for negotiating rural community sustainability. International Journal of Sociology of Agriculture & Food, 21(1), 31-50. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.48416/ijsaf.v21i1.154