Climate Change and Sustainable Transitions Research Cluster
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Growing concern about climate change and environmental sustainability and the political responses to these concerns are transforming organisations, communities and the nature of work. At the forefront of this research agenda is the objective of understanding how organisations, communities and other social actors are assessing and engaging with climate change and sustainability issues. Through this research agenda, the cluster seeks to engage and inform educators, governments and other social actors on ways to address practical problems stemming from the challenges of creating a more sustainable world.
Aims
The Climate Change and Sustainable Transitions Research Cluster aims to:
- Promote multidisciplinary research on climate change and its social implications
- Investigate the forms and content of the transition from a high carbon economy to a low carbon one
- Investigate the complex relationships between mitigation and adaptation in the context of climate change
- Consider how communities, and embedded organisations, such as emergency services, engage with disasters and cataclysmic events that are associated with the climate change.
- Evaluate the proposals and options for addressing the implications of climate change
- Provide the basis for informed and evidence-based policy formulation and decision-making
There are two broad areas of work in the cluster:
Transitions to Low Carbon Economies – further information
Climate Change and Disaster Preparation – further information
Members
Dr Darryn Snell (Cluster Coordinator) – School of Management
Professor Peter Fairbrother – School of Management
Professor George Cairns – School of Management
Professor John Fien – School of Design & Social Context
Dr Keith Toh – School of Management
Dr Ruth Barton – School of Management
Dr Bernard Mees – School of Management
Dr Larissa Bamberry – School of Management
Dr Warren Staples – School of Management
Dr David Schmitt
Dr Meagan Tyler
Ms Alison Hart
Ms Julie Stratford
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To join the Climate Change and Sustainable Transitions Research Cluster’s mailing list and receive invitations about forthcoming events, please email the coordinator, Dr Darryn Snell (darryn.snell@rmit.edu.au).
Recent Events
21 October 2010
Just Transitions to a Low Carbon Economy
Forum Program
Forum Statement
ABC Interview
1 October 2009
Just Transitions: Energy, Employment and Environment