Faculty Researchers Look Into Sustainability

Researchers discussing sustainability research

Researchers from across the Faculty whose primary research area is sustainability met on Friday August 3 to talk about their work, share ideas, and to consider what makes our sustainability research 'distinctive'. Convenor Dr Colin Higgins (School of Management and Information Systems) said it was staggering how much good quality work was going on, the sophisticated nature of both qualititative theorising and statistical analysis, and also how much crossover there was in terms of climate change, water, reporting and evaluation, and evaluation of public policy.

Associate Dean (Research and Research Training) Professor Anne-Marie Hede has been keen to make sustainability a part of the Faculty's research strengths for some time. She said it was important the Faculty looked to leverage the university's distinctive specialisations and the Collaborative Reserch Network in a way that strengthened our prospects for the next ERA round.

Several of the researchers identified opportunities for collaboration and made plans to meet together again. Dr Higgins said 'Decision-Making' appeared to be something that cut across all of our work - and was a valuable way to start working towards some kind of distinctive profile. The group will meet again later in the year.