The impact (real and imagined) of research to Defence strategy operations and tactics is of great interest to those involved and also to those who can see opportunities to invest effort on the promise of returns or of extending the impact of research investment. Over the last year we have been working to provide a synthesis of how this strategic and military geography approach works.

Problem-based or mission-directed research provides a focus for various disciplines to apply their approaches in a multi-disciplinary 'space' to avoid 'dis-integrated' solutions.  Examples will be presented that show how impact can be achieved using these approaches.

Place-based approaches similarly define the problem with a specific place and peoples that act to recruit various kinds of knowledge that can be focused to long-term thinking that contributes toward desirable futures.  Regional geography championed by Australia's first Geography professor Griff Taylor remains highly relevant in climate adaptation, military, strategic and geopolitical thinking.  

Geographers often lack discipline fidelity and engaged in wanton boundary-crossing.  Some of these actions may have increased the impact of geography or individual geographers.  The efforts to establish a strategic and military Geography group is to have impact and efficacy through a multidisciplinary work that delivers new knowledge, skills and attitudes to graduates and research-users.  Examples will be presented that show how impact can be achieved using these approaches.

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