会议通知：“Symposium on Sustainable Development Research in Asia Pacific”
25th to 28th July 2017
In July 2017, RMIT University will host the“Symposium on Sustainable Development Research in Asia Pacific”, in partnership with Manchester Metropolitan University, HAW Hamburg, under the auspices of the Inter-University Sustainable Development Research Programme (IUSDRP).
The aim of the Inter-University Sustainable Development Research Programme, established at the World Symposium on Sustainable Development at Universities 2014 in Manchester is to provide a platform, on which member universities may undertake research on matters related to sustainable development and to assemble interdisciplinary, cross-Faculty teams among its member universities, focusing on sustainable development, with a keen interest to engage on bidding for national and international sustainability research projects.
The Symposium at RMIT University is designed to foster and facilitate the exchange of information, ideas and experiences acquired in the execution of research projects, especially successful initiatives and good practice. It is not limited to a specific discipline, but intentionally seeks to promote sustainable development research across multi disciplines.
Four key themes will be explored at the conference:
Education for Sustainability
Sustainable Cities
Sustainable Buildings
Sustainable Infrastructure
A further aim of the event will be to document and disseminate the wealth of experiences on sustainable development research in the Asia-Pacific today. To this purpose, a peer-reviewed book titled“Sustainable Development Research at Universities in the Asia-Pacific”will be published, with all accepted papers. This will be part of the award-winning “World Sustainability Series”, published by Springer, one of the world´s top five scientific publishers.
Keynote Speakers include:
Jeff Oatman, Senior Manager–Market Engagement, Green Building Council of Australia
Joining the GBCA in 2010, Jeff started work in Green Star certification where he oversaw the certification of more than 700 Green Star projects - from hospitals to hotels, schools to shopping centres, office towers to large-scale community developments the size of new cities. Jeff spearheaded the GBCA's continuous improvement strategy that has reduced Green Star assessment times, increased cost-effectiveness of certification and boosted customer satisfaction.
Professor Walter Leal
Professor Walter Leal teaches at Hamburg University of Applied Sciences in Germany, and holds the Chair of Environment and Technology at Manchester Metropolitan University (UK). He is the founding director of the Inter-University Sustainable Development Research Programme (IUSDRP) and founding editor of the International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education.
Sujeeva Setunge, Deputy Dean Research and Innovation for Engineering at RMIT University and also a professor of Civil Engineering
Sujeeva's current research interests focus on disaster resilience and sustainability of buildings and infrastructure and innovative and sustainable construction materials. She is currently leading seven industry funded projects in these areas. Sujeeva is the chair of the research committee of the Centre for Pavement Excellence- Asia Pacific and a committee member of the UNISDR working group on construction policy and practice for disaster resilience. She is a fellow of Engineers Australia and a Chartered professional Engineer.
Professor Kerry Shephard
Kerry is Professor of Higher Education Development at the University of Otago, New Zealand. He has a background in the biological sciences and extensive experience as university teacher and researcher before developing particular interests in learning and teaching. Kerry's interests span policy and practice in higher education, educational development and student learning. In particular, Kerry has broad interests in‘learning in the affective domain’and so is not only interested in what students know or in what skills they have to put their knowledge to effect but
also in what they choose to do with the knowledge and skills they learn. Kerry’s recent research focuses on community-engaged learning and teaching, academic integrity, 'the public understanding of science' and‘education for sustainability’.
会议链接：https://www.haw-hamburg.de/en/ftz-als/events/sustainable-development-research2017.html
