Education

BALLAGH, Allan - Mr. — by Jodi-Anne M Smith — last modified 07-May-2008 19:56

Allan is Director of RMIT TAFE. He is leading a project to integrate climate change issues into RMIT TAFE courses.

BEKESSY, Sarah - Dr. — by Jodi-Anne M Smith — last modified 07-May-2008 19:56

Sarah specialises in biodiversity planning, population and landscape modelling in the urban environment and sustainable forestry management. She is also involved in education for sustainability and incorporating this into universities.

BERGMANN, Iris - Dr. — by Jodi-Anne M Smith — last modified 07-May-2008 19:56

Iris is involved in an ARC funded project titled "Carbon Neutral Communities /Social Learning and Behaviour Change".

FIEN, John - Professor — by Jodi-Anne M Smith — last modified 07-May-2008 19:56

John is Professor of Sustainability in the Innovation Leadership programme of RMIT University. John has been awarded 8 ARC Grants to research social change processes and education for sustainability approaches for advancing sustainable development. He is leading a project to establish an ATN Grad Cert in Carbon management to commence in 2009 and an ARC funded project titled 'Carbon Neutral Communities /Social Learning and Behaviour Change'.

HAYNES, Katharine - Dr. — by Jodi-Anne M Smith — last modified 07-May-2008 19:56

Katherine is involved in projects with communities at risk from CC related disasters. She focuses on children and helping their voices to be heard in development policy issues. She explores the future for children in these areas and works with them as effective communicators of disaster risk and initiators of disaster prevention activities.

JONES, Lyndal - Ms. — by Jodi-Anne M Smith — last modified 28-Jul-2008 16:31

Lyndal is an artist who uses art as a way of raising awareness about climate change and adaptation. She manages the Avoca Project which involves collaborations across a range of artworks with social and environmental scientists, architects and planners who are working to adapt 'The Swiss House in Avoca' in central Victoria to predicted climate changes and to improve it's sustainability all round.

LOWE, Tom - Mr. — by Jodi-Anne M Smith — last modified 07-May-2008 19:56

Tom has worked for the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research in the UK before joining RMIT. His research has been concentrated upon decision-making for adaptation under conditions of environmental change. In particular he has investigated public perceptions of climate change and other environmental risks and the development of appropriate risk communication strategies that may encourage appropriate adaptation. Tom is also researching human security issues, his focus is upon social, cultural, demographic and environmental transition in urban areas and their influence upon community resilience to natural hazards. The Centre for Risk & Community Safety looks at community vulnerability and resilience to natural hazards such as wildfires, flooding, earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunami.

MALLER, Cecily - Dr. — by Jodi-Anne M Smith — last modified 07-May-2008 19:56

Cecily is involved in an ARC funded project titled 'Carbon Neutral Communities /Social Learning and Behaviour Change'.

MOLONEY, Susie - Dr. — by Jodi-Anne M Smith — last modified 07-May-2008 19:56

Susie is involved in an ARC funded project titled 'Carbon Neutral Communities /Social Learning and Behaviour Change'.

SMITH, Jodi-Anne - Dr. — by Jodi-Anne M Smith — last modified 07-May-2008 19:56

Jodi-Anne uses scenario planning to help communities explore predicted CC impact and adaptation issues for their areas and plan accordingly. She also uses systems thinking to explore solutions to complex problems and has specialised in methods for obtaining behaviour change for sustainability. Jodi-Anne has a coordination role with the CCAP working with Program Managers Felicity Roddick and Peter Hayes.

THOMAS, Ian — by Jodi-Anne M Smith — last modified 07-May-2008 19:56

Ian is setting up climate change short courses.