Corrine’s background is in market research and communication. Her PhD research will develop a framework to support management decision-making aimed at reducing stakeholder conflict in Tasmania’s aquaculture industry. In particular, the structural and mechanistic changes that are required for successful operation in the new paradigm of complex communication networks, transnational debate and increasing public unrest. The research will use social network analysis and dynamic network modelling to understand the changes observed in communication networks, and then test alternative strategies aimed at reducing conflict by narrowing ‘perception gaps’ between stakeholder groups.