Monash Sustainability Institute - Annual Activity Report 2013

Annual Activity
Report 2013
Building a Global Community
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Annual Activity Report 2013

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1 Monash Sustainability Institute Annual Activity Report 2013
Contents
02 Building a Global Community
03 From the Chair
03 From the Director
04 Our Successes in 2013
06 About the Institute
07 Solving the Worlds Sustainability Problems
08 Our People
10 World-Leading Programs
11 BehaviourWorks Australia
14 ClimateWorks Australia
16 Indigenous Communities and Climate Change
18 Monash Water for Liveability Centre
21 Natural Resources Management in
Asia in Response to Climate Change
24 Social and Environmental Sustainability
26 Soil Carbon Program
28 Sustainable Development
31 Sustainability Economics
33 Sustainable Places
35 Systemic Governance Research
38 Australian Bushfire Prevention Initiative
40 Green Steps
42 Education for Sustainability
44 Sustainability at Monash
45 Monash Universitys Green Credentials
48 Sustainable Campus Group Report
49 Our Impact
50 Seminars
51 Postgraduate Program in Sustainability
53 Awards and Fellowships
53 Representation
55 Presentations
62 Publications and Opinion Pieces
68 Grants and Philanthropic Support
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Building
a Global
Community
In 2013, The Monash Sustainability
Institute consolidated its international
work, building a global community of
experts dedicated to solving our most
intractable sustainability challenges.
From
the
Chair
Australia is a wealthy country
surrounded by developing countries.
As our region develops and
becomes more prosperous there
are tremendous opportunities
for Australia.
We are already reaping the benefits
of the economic growth in China and
if we are smart we will also enjoy the
benefits of a close relationship with
other fast growing countries in the
region like Indonesia. Our farmers,
miners, universities and increasingly
our service industries will rely in a large
part on the success of sustainable
development in our region.
But it is not a free ride. For Australia
to reap the benefits we will need to
contribute to sustainable development
in the region and help meet key
challenges like climate change, food
security, social inclusion, governance,
fast-growing cities and sustainable
management of our energy, water
and waste.
Leading universities like Monash
have an important role to play in
developing the knowledge required to
meet these challenges. The Monash
Sustainability Institute (MSI) is working
with researchers and educators across
Monash to develop this knowledge and
solve key sustainability problems.
In the past year, MSI has increased
its focus on international activities.
Our Sir Louis Matheson Distinguished
Visiting Professor, Sir Bob Watson,
is leading an important project to
support the implementation of the
Sustainable Development Goals,
which are proposed to replace the
Millennium Development Goals in
2016. We have been appointed the
Australia Pacific Regional Centre
for the United Nations Sustainable
Development Solutions Network.
This makes Monash a major partner
in the world-wide effort to accelerate
practical problem solving for
sustainable development.
Monash is a truly global university
and I am very pleased that our great
researchers and educators at MSI are
making a real contribution to promoting
a more sustainable world.

Professor John Thwaites
Chair
From
the
Director
Over the first few years of its life
MSIs focus has been primarily in
Australia. This was both a strategic
and pragmatic decision. We had to
demonstrate our value and establish
a track record of success (and it
was simply easier). However, this
year has seen us really take our
place on the international stage.
Our Sustainable Development
Goals (SDGs) work, generously
supported by the Harold Mitchell
Foundation, saw us not only hold
a national workshop in Melbourne
but also a regional workshop in
Malaysia, attended by about 100
senior delegates from nine countries
across south east Asia. A paper
that colleagues and I published
in Nature on SDGs generated
considerable interest and resulted
in me making two trips to the United
Nations in New York and trips to
Japan, including an audience with
the Crown Prince and Princess,
to present our work. Monash
University, through the Monash
Sustainability Institute (MSI),
has also been designated as the
Australia/Pacific Regional Centre
for the Sustainable Development
Solutions Network (SDSN),
established by the UN Secretary-
General under the leadership of
Jeffrey Sachs. Our Chairman John
Thwaites has been appointed to its
leadership council.
We have continued our extensive
work on natural resource management
in south and south-east Asia with
projects involving Vietnam, Myanmar,
Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bangladesh
and Bhutan, plus three Australian Aid
PhD scholarships from Indonesia.
Our Water for Liveability team has
established a Water Sensitive Cities
Research Centre in China as part of
the Monash-Southeast University Joint
Research Centre, joining their ongoing
work in Israel and Singapore. Our work
with the Yorta Yorta to incorporate
Indigenous knowledge into policy and
decision making has also attracted
international interest, and in late 2013
the World Bank sent a delegation
from Zambia, Samoa, Laos, Vietnam,
Cambodia and Bangladesh to learn
from the work we have done in that
area. Finally, ClimateWorks Australia
has got in on the international act,
embarking on a project with the SDSN
and 11 other countries to develop
deep decarbonisation pathways.
As always I want to finish my report
by thanking the staff of MSI, who
are absolutely outstanding, along
with everyone who has worked with
us or supported our work. It is truly
humbling to be part of what this year
has become a global MSI community
striving to ensure a sustainable future
for the world.

Professor Dave Griggs
Director
Our
Successes
in 2013
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In 2013, MSI has
been building a global
community committed
to nding sustainable
solutions to our most
stubborn sustainability
challenges.
MSI holds widely lauded
workshops on Sustainable
Development Goals
MSI held two widely lauded national
and regional workshops in 2013 on
Sustainable Development Goals. The
national workshop, held in Melbourne,
was attended by leaders from around
Australia and across government,
industry, business, academia and civic
society. The regional workshop, held in
Malaysia in November 2013, attracted
over 100 senior delegates from nine
countries across south-east Asia. The
workshops have sparked a region-wide
dialogue on international sustainable
development goals. In 2013, Monash
University was officially established as
the Australia/Pacific Regional Centre
for the UN Sustainable Development
Solutions Network.
Nature Paper sparks
international attention
MSI Director, Professor Dave Griggs,
and his colleagues published a paper
on sustainable development goals in
Nature Magazine in 2013. The paper
generated considerable international
interestincluding articles in the
New York Times, The Guardian, and
other international media. Professor
Griggs was invited to make two trips
to the United Nations in New York and
multiple trips to Japan off the back
of the paper. He was also invited to
an audience with the Crown Prince
and Princess of Japan to present
MSIs work.
World Bank sends
international delegates
to learn from our work
MSIs work with Victorias Yorta Yorta
community to incorporate indigenous
knowledge into policy and decision
making attracted international
interest in 2013. The World Bank
sent a delegation from Bangladesh,
Cambodia, the Lao Peoples
Democratic Republic, Samoa, Vietnam
and Zambia to learn from the work that
MSI has done in this area. Dr Habiba
Gitay, Senior Environmental Specialist
with The World Bank, said the
attraction of coming to Monash was to
tap into how local communities have
taken a leadership role in integrating
technical and indigenous knowledge
to adapt to the multiple impacts of
climate change on Australia.
Our Impact in Numbers
In 2013, Monash Sustainability Institute staff:
Gave 247 presentations and speeches
Published 73 peer-reviewed journal
and conference papers
Published 59 reports, books, book-chapters,
and non-peer reviewed articles
Represented MSI on 125 boards,
organisations and committees
Partnered with over 120 industry,
government, academic and civic partners
See the Our Impact section on page 53 for more detail.
Water for Liveability team
establishes international Water
Sensitive Cities Research
Centres in China and Israel
In 2013, the Monash Water for
Liveability Centre reached an agreement
with Southeast University in China
to establish a Water Sensitive Cities
Research Centre within the Monash-
Southeast University Joint Research
Institute in Suzhou, China. It also
announced the creation of a joint Centre
on Creating Water Sensitive Cities in
Israel. The Israel centre will be an active
partnership between the Jewish National
Fund of Australia, the Israeli water
industry, three leading Israeli Universities
and Monash University.
First-of-its-kind Tracking
Progress Report launched
ClimateWorks Australia launched a
highly-anticipated report on Australias
progress in reducing its greenhouse
gas emissions in 2013. The report is the
first economy-wide study of its kind to
be conducted in the country. The study
found that there has been an increase
in activity to improve energy efficiency
and reduce greenhouse gas emissions in
the last decade across all sectors of the
economy that were studied.
Education for Sustainability
strategy developed for
Monash University
MSI led the development of a University-
wide Education for Sustainability strategy
for Monash in 2013. The strategy
formalises Monashs commitment to
embed sustainability in all its education
programs and identifies how that will
happen. The strategy was developed
by MSI in partnership with the Monash
University Better TeachingBetter
Learning initiative.
UKs University of Exeter
joins our Green Steps Program
MSIs award-winning Green Steps
program expanded even further into
the United Kingdom in 2013 with the
delivery of a second Green Steps course
at the University of Warwick and the
first delivery of a course with our new
partnersthe University of Exeter.
A Water Sensitive Cities Research Centre
was established in Suzhou, China in 2013.
MSI would like to gratefully acknowledge the kind
support of the Harold Mitchell Foundation in 2013.
About the
Institute
MSI brings together national and international
experts from multiple elds of endeavour
in world leading interdisciplinary programs
and centres of excellence.
Solving the Worlds
Sustainability Problems
Sustainability and its intrinsic multiple crises
is one of the most challenging issues facing
society today. Many of these challenges,
however, often end up in the too hard basket.
Monash through the Monash Sustainability
Institute (MSI) is tackling these great global
challenges head on with a unique and distinctive
interdisciplinary approach and through a broad
international alliance of experts.
A paradigm shift
We bring together the best minds from
multiple fields of endeavour in world-
leading cross disciplinary programs.
We pull together top scientists,
lawyers, economists, psychologists,
biologists, engineers, health
professionals, training experts and
more to nut out the worlds wicked
problems. Our success comes down to
the partnerships weve forged between
our own experts from MSI and the
best from across Monash and other
universities, industry, government and
civil society. While our researchers,
educators, partners and funders may
speak different languages, they
work together to achieve a common
purpose. Its a crucial paradigm shift
that has allowed us to have a unique
real-world impact.
Now, that the UN Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals is about to complete
the rst phase of its mission and move to the next one, Id like to use the opportunity to express
my acknowledgement and appreciation to [MSI] for the valuable support we received. The ideas
provided in the Griggs et al Nature paper and the presentation of these ideas to us here in New York
was a signicant input to the deliberations of the Open Working Group (OWG) in our consideration
of future Sustainable Development Goals.
Csaba K rsi
Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Hungary to the United Nations
Co-Chair of the UN Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals.
World-leading programs
Exciting sustainability research,
cutting-edge education programs and
practical solutions define MSIs work.
Were making a difference through our
world-leading partnerships:
BehaviourWorks Australia
ClimateWorks Australia
Green Steps
Sustainable Development Program
Monash Water for Liveability
MSI is also leading a range of cross-
disciplinary research programs:
Australian Bushfire Arson
Prevention Initiative
Sustainability Economics
Indigenous Communities
and Climate Change
Natural Resource Management in
Asia in Response to Climate Change
Social and Environmental
Sustainability
Soil Carbon
Sustainable Places
Systemic Governance Research
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A world-expert in atmospheric science
and global environmental issues.
The rst woman to ever win the Victoria Prize
for Science and Innovation in Physical Sciences.
An Australia-Davos Connection leadership
award-winner.
A Top 100 global sustainability leader.
A Top 100 most inuential Victorian.
A leading expert on sustainability and climate
change invited to speak before the United Nations
and the Crown Prince and Princess of Japan.
Its clear that MSIs greatest
strength is its people.
Our
People
MSI's people are it's greatest strength.
Staff List
Management and administration
Professor John Thwaites, Chair
Professor Dave Griggs, Director of MSI and
CEO of ClimateWorks Australia
Vicki Kyriakakis, Marketing & Communications
Manager
Julie Arcilla, PA to the Director
Research projects
Dr Janet Stanley, Chief Research Officer
Dr Paul McShane, Chief Research Officer
Sir Bob Watson, Sir Louis Matthesson Fellow
Professor Michael Ward, Professor of
Sustainability Economics
Dr Philip Wallis, Research Fellow
Dr Max Richter, Research Fellow
Dr Gill Owen, Research Program Leader
David McInnes, Professorial Fellow
Dr Tahl Kestin, Research Project Manager
Dr Tina Kalivas, Research Fellow
Professor Ray Ison., Professor, Systems for
Sustainability and Open University UK
Dr Terry Chan, Research Fellow
Professor Carol Adams, Professor (Research)
Dr Jeremy Aarons, Research Fellow
Simon J Rowntree, Project Coordinator
Nicole Reichelt, Research Assistant
Jacqueline Mandelbaum, Senior Legal
Researcher
Dr Liam Smith, Director
Dr Jim Curtis, Research Fellow
Dr Haywantee Ramkissoon, Research Fellow
Dr Josh Newton, Research Fellow
Michael Lam, Research Assistant
Pauline Forbes, Administration
Education Team
Professor Geoff Rose, Professor and
Convenor Education for Sustainability
Mark Boulet, Education for
Sustainability Researcher
Belinda Allison, Project Manager,
Trent McCarthy, Manager Green Steps
Kati Thompson, Green Steps Training Coordinator
Erin Simpson, Green Steps Internship
and Alumni Coordinator
Helena Schultze, Green Steps
Marketing Coordinator
Emma Grace, Green Steps Project Administrator
Kendra Scaife, Green Steps Project Administrator
Professor Rob Skinner, Director
Professor Ana Deletic, Associate Director
Professor Rebekah Brown, Associate Director
Professor Nigel Tapper, Associate Director
Jenny Edwards, Executive Assistant
ClimateWorks Australia
Anna Skarbek, Executive Director
Meg Argyriou, Head of Engagement
Amandine Denis, Head of Research
Brigid OBrien, Head of Information Systems
Samantha Tannahill, Executive assistant
Rob Kelly, Business Analyst
Wei Sue, Business Analyst
Emma Lucia, Business Analyst
Sebastian Barney, Business Analyst
Eli Court, Engagement Project Manager
Scott Ferraro, Engagement Project Manager
Shane Gladigau, Engagement Project Officer
Rafi Mohamed Feroze, Senior Analyst Programmer
Steven Mann, Web Developer
Jackys work with Columbia University
and MSI is focusing on international
investments in the extractive industries
(oil, gas and mining). In particular, she is
looking at optimizing legal frameworks
for promoting sustainable development
from these investmentswith the
objective of balancing the countrys
interest in capturing the benefit of the
resources while remaining competitive.
Jacky is researching and providing
advice on issues related to environmental
regulation, local community development
requirements, transparency, capital gains
tax, local content requirements, and
allocation rights.
Jacky is working on a raft on projects,
including:
A legal review of oil, gas and mining
laws, regulations and contracts.
A global survey of local content
provisions inserted in legal frameworks
governing resource investments,
including in contracts, legislation
and bidding practices.
Development, in collaboration with
the World Bank Institute and Revenue
Watch Institute, of the first online,
searchable, user-friendly database of
publicly available oil, gas and mining
contracts from around the world
(www.resourcecontracts.org).
Compiling and reviewing community
development requirements in legislation,
regulations and policies globally, such as
provisions for entering into a community
development agreement, paying a
special tax for the community, preparing
a community development plan or for
consulting with the community.
Conceptualising a user-friendly online
portal that will include a roadmap
of the process of negotiating large-
scale extractive industry contracts,
to help countries visualise the stages
of preparing for, negotiating and
monitoring complex contracts.
A world-wide survey of competitive
bidding requirements for mineral rights
allocation in national legislation.
Senior legal researcher,
Jacky Mandelbaum was
welcomed into the MSI
team in 2013. Jacky
comes to us from the
Vale Columbia Center on
Sustainable International
Investment (VCC), a joint
centre of the Columbia
Law School and the Earth
Institute at Columbia
University, and a member
of the UN Sustainable
Development Solutions
Network.
Jacky
Mandelbaum
joins the
MSI team
World-Leading
Programs
Exciting research, cutting-edge
education programs and real-world
impact dene MSIs work.
BehaviourWorks Australia is at the forefront
of behaviour change research, bringing
interdisciplinary researchers at Monash
and other universities together with leading
practitioners in government and business
who share an interest in behaviour change
for individual and social good.
Were committed to understanding the behaviour and
audience our partners want to inuence. We apply
leading behaviour change theories and thinking, build
the behaviour change capacity of our collaborators and
conduct formative research and eld trials to try and
answer the all-important question: what works best?
Our core partners are the Monash Sustainability
Institute (MSI), Environment Protection Authority (EPA)
Victoria, The Shannon Company, Sustainability Victoria
and the NSW Ofce of Environment and Heritage.
Together we incorporate the expertise and learnings of
a host of behaviour change disciplines and practices
to better understand behaviour and develop applied
approaches to inuence the everyday decisions that
are integral to living in a sustainable world.
2013 Highlights
We developed a new five-year
strategic plan.
We undertook a range of new
projects on pollution and waste,
illegal dumping, zoo staff and
visitor behaviour, low income
energy efficiency, water use,
flood preparedness, business
compliance, organisational change,
household recycling, education
for sustainability, sustainable
transportation and bridging the
research-practice and research-
policy gap.
We hosted world leading thinkers
on behaviour change, including
Professor Icek Ajzen from the
University of Massachusetts,
Professor Uri Gneezy from the
University of California San Diego
and Professor Neil Gunningham from
Australian National University.
We coordinated a plenary session
and gave three presentations at
the Australasian Environmental
Law Enforcement and Regulators
Network (AELERT) conference
in Melbourne.
BehaviourWorks
Australia
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Core Team
Dr Liam Smith, Director
Dr Jim Curtis, Research Fellow
Dr Haywantee Ramkissoon, Research Fellow
Dr Josh Newton, Research Fellow
Dr Gill Owen, Research Program Leader
Michael Lam, Research Assistant
Pauline Forbes, Administration
Project Staff
Dr Itir Binay, Research Assistant
Sarah Kneebone, Research Assistant
Stephanie Judd, Research Assistant
Tara-Lyn Camilleri, Research Assistant
Dr Lisa Curtis-Wendlandt, Research Assistant
Collaborating Academics
Dr Judith Mair, Department of Management,
Monash University
Dr Pieter van Dijk, Department of Management,
Monash University
Dr Andrea Kirk-Brown, Department of
Management, Monash University
Professor Julie Wolfram-Cox, Department of
Management, Monash University
Dr Kelly Fielding, Institute of Social Science
Research, University of Queensland
Associate Professor Jo Lindsay, School of
Political and Social Inquiry, Monash University
Professor Michael Ward, Monash Sustainability
Institute and Department of Economics
Professor Roy Ballantyne, School of Tourism,
University of Queensland
Dr Jan Packer, School of Tourism, University
of Queensland
Associate Professor Phillip Payne,
Faculty of Education, Monash University
Dr Fiona Newton, Department of Marketing,
Monash University
Professor Lata Ganghadaran, Department
of Economics, Monash University
Dr Rory Gallagher, NSW Behavioural Insights Team
Dr Eve Merton, La Trobe University
Professor Betty Weiler, Southern Cross
University
Professor Harmen Oppewal, Department
of Marketing, Monash University
Associate Professor Jan Brace-Govan,
Department of Marketing, Monash University
Dr Damian Morgan, Federation University
Key Initiatives
In 2013, BehaviourWorks
Australia undertook a
range of exciting initiatives.
Accelerating transitions
to water sensitive cities
BehaviourWorks Australia researchers
are identifying and prioritising behaviours
that are key to making the transition to
water sensitive cities. Their work is part
of the CRC for Water Sensitive Cities
program. The identified behaviours will
be sequenced to create a road map
to water sensitivity, including testing
interventions designed to foster spill-over
between behaviours.
Illegal and charity
store dumping
Researchers on this project are
developing and evaluating interventions
to reduce illegal dumping. The first phase
of the project investigated the impact
of different deterrence interventions on
reducing dumping outside charity stores.
The second phase is examining strategies
to motivate alternative desirable
behaviours to reduce illegal dumping
in public spaces.
Improving household recycling
behaviours
Working with Sustainability Victorias
Get It Right on Bin Night team, our
researchers developed a workshop and
toolkit of behaviour change approaches
that local councils can use to improve
household recycling.
Home composting and worm
farming trials
BehaviourWorks Australia audited
resident beliefs related to home
composting and worm farming in
the City of Whitehorse and evaluated
a council trial to determine which
elements worked best in promoting
the uptake of composting and worm
farming behaviours.
PhD and Masters Candidates in 2013
Sarah Kneebone, PhD candidate
Franz Carillo-Higueras, PhD candidate
Kate Buckley, PhD candidate
Nita Smith, PhD candidate
Lena Jungblath, Masters candidate
Daniel Simons, Masters candidate
Advisory Board
Professor John Thwaites, Chair,
Professor Dave Griggs, Director,
John Merritt, CEO, EPA Victoria
Bill Shannon, Principal, The Shannon Company
Stan Krpan, CEO, Sustainability Victoria
Michael Reid, Senior Manager, Statewide
Programs, NSW Office of Environment
and Heritage
BWA Working Group
Dr Stefan Kaufman, Social Science
Portfolio Leader, EPA Victoria
Roger Clifton, Board Member,
The Shannon Company
Ian Forsyth, Managing Partner,
The Shannon Company
Susan Pyke, Research Lead, Strategy
and Planning, Sustainability Victoria
Alex Graham, Senior Team Leader,
Sustainable Households, NSW Office
for Environment Heritage
Organisational Partners
Sustainability Victoria, Funder and Delivery
Partner
NSW Office for Environment and Heritage,
Funder and Delivery Partner
EPA Victoria, Funder and Delivery Partner
The Shannon Company,
Funder and Delivery Partner
Our researchers are testing different ways to
encourage more energy efficient behaviours in
the home.
Business compliance
indicator framework
EPA Victorias environment protection
officers are responsible for monitoring
business compliance requirements
designed to prevent pollution. Our
researchers formalised the officers
field experiences into a structured
framework of compliance indicators,
which will inform future intervention
strategies with businesses and the
practices of the officers.
Business values, organisational
change and sustainability
BehaviourWorks Australia worked with
The Shannon Company to integrate
behaviour change processes within its
Sustainability 360 toolkit. The toolkit
targets the disconnects between
espoused and enacted business values,
and adapts key learnings from leading
behaviour change researchers into a
formal organisational change process
that supports sustainability outcomes.
Home Power Savings Program
Working with the NSW Office of
Environment and Heritage, our
researchers refined the Home Power
Savings Program and experimentally
tested different behaviour change
principles to encourage the uptake
of energy efficiency behaviours. This
involved working with Green Steps to
train energy experts in these principles.
Evaluation of low income
energy efciency projects
BehaviourWorks Australia is evaluating
two projects. The first, led by the
Brotherhood of St Laurence, investigates
the impact of a subsidised hot water
upgrade on energy and monetary
savings. The second, led by Goulburn
Valley Community Energy, evaluates
the impact of different engagement
strategies on energy use, behaviour,
self-efficacy and dollars saved.
New home buyers
decision making
In collaboration with Ergon Energy
and the Department of Marketing at
Monash, BehaviourWorks Australia
focused on understanding consumer
decisions when building a new home.
The researchers mapped the decision
making processes of new home buyers,
developed a model of key decision
points, and made recommendations
on how to promote energy efficiency
decisions.
Environmental education
and intergenerational inuence
Those who run environmental education
programs are often interested in whether
their programs have an impact both
within and beyond the school gates.
Working with the Faculty of Education
at Monash, our researchers examined
evidence and data related to the impacts
of such programs, and how they can
be modified to foster a range of desired
behavioural outcomes.
Improving cogeneration of
knowledge between research
and policy
Working with La Trobe University and the
Department of Management at Monash,
our researchers are investigating how
projects funded by the Victorian Centre
for Climate Change Adaptation Research
have co-generated knowledge with
Government partners. The project
includes case studies of good practice
and tests how different activities
influence policy impact.
Using websites to inuence
the pro-wildlife behaviour
of zoo visitors
Researchers in this ongoing project are
investigating whether websites can be
used to influence the behaviour of zoo
visitors post-visit and the usefulness of
different website content. It is an ARC
Linkage Project with the University of
Queensland, Taronga Conservation
Society Australia, Territory Wildlife Park,
Bronx Zoo, and Wellington Zoo.
BehaviourWorks Australia gets things that arent academic. It generally gets working with government
entities [and] that has worked really well. It is very unusual within the university context, but it has been very
well-focused on what [stakeholders] need. These guys are way ahead of many other university groups.
BehaviourWorks Partner
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ClimateWorks Australia is an independent, non-
prot, multi-award winning organisation founded
by The Myer Foundation and Monash University
(under the auspices of the Monash Sustainability
Institute). We are focused on translating
research into action and committed to catalysing
substantial reductions in greenhouse gas
emissions in Australia. In 2013, our focus has
been on tracking Australias progress towards a
low carbon economy and achieving its emissions
reduction targets by 2020.
2013 Highlights
In July 2013, ClimateWorks
published major research Tracking
Australias Progress Towards a Low
Carbon Economy, which shows
where Australia has made significant
progress towards reducing
greenhouse gas emissions and
building a low carbon economy.
In May 2013, ClimateWorks released
its Industrial Energy Efficiency Data
Analysis detailing how Australian
companies are implementing
projects that will save 4.8% of their
energy use, the equivalent of nearly
a quarter of all national residential
energy use and worth $1.2 billion in
annual savings.
In March 2013, ClimateWorks
and the Carbon Market Institute
produced a comprehensive guide
and tool enabling companies
to manage the costs, risks and
uncertainty associated with the
carbon price and to examine the
impact of their carbon emissions
on their operations.
In October 2013, ClimateWorks
began a new public engagement
program to clearly and simply state
the business case for Environmental
Upgrade Agreements to small and
medium sized building owners and
tenants to help them to finance
energy and environmental upgrades
to their buildings.
In December 2013, the Australian
Energy Market Commission
formally approved a rule change
to the National Electricity Rules to
facilitate simpler, more inexpensive
connections to the national electricity
grid. It will take effect from 1 July
2014. ClimateWorks, the Property
Council and Seed Advisory
spearheaded the reforms in the
first successful customer-led rule
change proposal.
ClimateWorks
Australia
ClimateWorks research provided a crucial benchmark for Australia,
highlighting areas of the most effective activity to reduce greenhouse
gas emissions and analysing the factors during that success. This
is the rst time national data across economic sectors have been
collected in a comparable way, and as such, it is a foundation for
tracking Australias progress.
Olive Yates, CEO, Clean Energy Finance Council
ClimateWorks Australias study into
Australias progress towards a low
carbon economy is a national first.
Core Team
Professor Dave Griggs, CEO
Anna Skarbek, Executive Director
Meg Argyriou, Head of Engagement
Amandine Denis, Head of Research
Samantha Tannahill, Executive Assistant
Rob Kelly, Business Analyst
Wei Sue, Business Analyst
Emma Lucia, Business Analyst
Eli Court, Engagement Project Manager
Scott Ferraro, Engagement Project Manager
Shane Gladigau, Engagement Project Officer
Brigid OBrien, Head of Information Systems
Rafi Mohamed Feroze, Senior Analyst
Programmer
Sebastian Barney, Business Analyst
Steven Mann, Web Developer
Board
Professor John Thwaites, Chairman,
Monash University
David Shelmerdine, Deputy Chairman, Gold
Standard Foundation, The Myer Family
Howard Bamsey AM, United States Studies
Centre, Sydney University
Professor Edwina Cornish, Provost,
Monash University
Sam Mostyn, Board Member of multiple
business and community organisations
Professor Robert Hill AC, US Studies Centre,
Sydney University
Heather Ridout AO, Board, Reserve Bank
of Australia
William Spraggett, Bell Potter Securities Ltd
Jon Myer, The Foundation for Young
Australians, The Myer Foundation
Business Associates
Carbon Market Institute
Melbourne Water
Property Council of Australia
Seed Advisory
Supply Chain and Logistics Association
of Australia
Various industrial companies
Government Partners
Department of Climate Change and
Energy Efficiency
Department of Resources, Energy and
Tourism City of Melbourne
Sustainable Melbourne Fund
Climate Change Authority
NSW Office of Environment and Heritage
Victorian Department of State Development
and Business
Sustainable Development Solutions Network
Monash e-Research Centre
The Myer Foundation, Funder and Co-Founder
Monash University, Funder and Co-Founder
Key Initiatives
Tracking Australias
Progress Towards a
Low Carbon Economy
ClimateWorks major research report
is the first whole-of-economy report
charting Australias progress in reducing
emissions. It covers the key sectors
of power, industry, buildings, land-use
and waste, as well as a special report
on factors affecting energy efficiency
activity among 47 large industrial
companies who account for 70% of
Australias industrial energy use. The
research found that if recent trends
were sustained, Australia would achieve
over 40% of the minimum 5% national
emissions reduction target by 2020
through domestic abatement alone. A
series of reports providing key findings
were released including a National
Progress Report; Power; Industry;
Buildings; Land-Use and Waste; and
a Special Report focusing on 47 large
industrial companies.
Industrial Energy Efciency
Data Analysis
ClimateWorks used company data from
energy assessments to examine energy
saving opportunities and associated
costs and benefits, and analysed why
some opportunities are not being
taken up. The analysis revealed that
companies accounting for half of
Australias total energy consumption
are implementing projects that will
save 4.8% of their energy use, the
equivalent of $1.2 billion a year. The
report investigated the energy efficiency
opportunities available in 587 medium
to large companies from the mining,
manufacturing and transport sectors.
The research showed that energy
savings could be more than doubled
through projects that have been
identified, but not yet implemented.
This would achieve energy savings of
up to 11% in the three big sectors,
reducing company energy costs by
$3.2 billion a year.
The Carbon Decision Making
and Risk Management Tool
ClimateWorks Carbon Decision
Making and Risk Management Tool is
a comprehensive guide and tool that
enables companies to manage the
costs, risks and uncertainty associated
with the carbon price. Developed in
partnership with the Carbon Market
Institute, the global law firm Baker
& McKenzie, Climate Mundial and
Seed Advisory, the initiative provides
companies with the information they
need to meet compliance obligations
and manage their financial exposure.
ClimateWorks developed the tool to
allow companies to compare the value of
different options to reduce their carbon
liability and to assess the performance
of these under different scenarios such
as changing energy or carbon prices.
The Business Case for
Environmental Upgrade
Agreements (EUAs) Program
ClimateWorks has launched a new
public engagement program to clearly
and simply state the business case for
Environmental Upgrade Agreements
to small and medium sized building
owners and tenants. The program will
help owners and tenants learn how
to finance energy and environmental
upgrades to their buildings. Developed
with the Sustainable Melbourne Fund,
working with industry and government,
the program shows building owners and
tenants how to access funds for energy
efficiency improvements. It outlines how
under EUAs, building owners can secure
finance for energy efficiency upgrades
from finance providers. These loans
are then repaid through a local council
special charge on the land, similar to
the current council rates system. In
2014, the program will be rolled out in
New South Wales, South Australia and
within the City of Melbourne. Resources
are also being developed to apply to
businesses throughout the country.
Australian Energy Market
Commission Rule Change
The Australian Energy Market
Commission (AEMC) approved changes
to the National Electricity Rules to
make it simpler and less expensive
for embedded generators (co and
tri-generation, solar PV, micro wind
and others) to connect to the national
electricity grid. The rule change will take
effect from 1 July 2014. ClimateWorks
Australia, Seed Advisory and the
Property Council of Australia initiated
the rule change process through a
formal submission to the AEMC. It is the
first successful customer led proposal
to amend the NER aimed at reducing
connection barriers for embedded
energy systems.
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Australias Indigenous communities hold a vast
treasure-trove of wisdom and knowledge about
the Australian landscape and environment. They
are the oldest living civilisation on this planet,
says Professor David Griggs in the short lm
Nhawul Bultjubul MaTo See with Both Eyes.
They have an oral history which goes back
many thousands of years. They have an intrinsic
knowledge of how natural systems work.
Thats why MSI is working in partnership with
Victorias Yorta Yorta community and other Indigenous
communities to assist them to respond to climate
change and have a stronger say in the policies and
management decisions that affect their traditional lands.
The program is also improving our understanding of
traditional livelihoods, values, practices and needs,
as well as the common benets and risks associated
with national responses to climate change.
Indigenous
Communities and
Climate Change
2013 Highlights
A short film about our Indigenous
Knowledge for Climate Change
Workshop has been viewed over
1000 times and acquired for
screening by SBSs NITV.
A demonstration version of a GIS
system combining conventional
information on the Barmah-Millewa
and Yorta Yorta interviews was
presented at the National Climate
Change Adaptation Research Facility
(NCCARF) Conference.
The Swiss Academies of Sciences
rated the Yorta Yorta project
amongst the best six submissions
for its Award for Transdisciplinary
Research, and included our
project publication in the list of the
most important transdisciplinary
publications in 2013.
The Yorta Yorta have shared their
experiences with an international
audience as part of a World Bank
adaptation study tour. The study tour
involved participants from Zambia,
Bangladesh, Cambodia, Laos,
Samoa and Vietnam.
MSI researchers have helped Victoria's Yorta
Yorta community map and capture their deep
knowledge of country.
Core Team
Professor Dave Griggs, Program Leader
Dr Tahl Kestin, Program Coordinator
Lee Joachim, Yorta Yorta Nation Aboriginal
Corporation, Yorta Yorta Project Co-Leader
Professor Amanda Lynch, Brown University,
USA, Yorta Yorta Project Co-Leader
Key Associates
Dr Pan Wang, GIS Programmer, MSI
Dr Carolina Adler, ETH Zurich,
Switzerland, Project Team
Sonia Cooper, Yorta Yorta Nation
Aboriginal Corporation, Project Team
Zac Bischoff-Mattson, Brown University,
USA, Project Team
Chris Heider, Watershed Professionals
Network, USA, Project Team
Ed Salminen, Watershed Professionals
Network, USA, Project Team
Dr Xuan Zhu, School of Geography and
Environmental Science, Monash University,
Project Team
Professor Kate Auty, Commissioner for
Environmental Sustainability Victoria,
Project Advisor
Yorta Yorta Nation Aboriginal
Corporation, Partner
Brown University, USA, Partner
Victorian Centre for Climate Change
Adaptation Research (VCCCAR), Funder
National Climate Change Adaptation Research
Facility (NCCARF), Funder
Watershed Professionals Network, Partner
Key Initiatives
MSIs work with Indigenous
communities has been
a valuable experience
for both the communities
were working with and
MSI researchers.
Learning from Indigenous
knowledge
We are exploring how the deep
knowledge of country of the Yorta Yorta
people on the Murray River could be
used to strengthen their participation
and influence in regional natural resource
management processes affecting the
Barmah-Millewa Forest. To this end
we undertook a community mapping
process to collect Yorta Yorta knowledge
and combine it in a Geographical
Information System (GIS) framework with
conventional environmental and other
data. This framework is the basis for
producing integrated maps and analyses
to support decision making in the region.
In 2013, the team completed final project
reports to VCCCAR and NCCARF;
developed an online demo of the GIS
system and transferred the full system
to the Yorta Yorta. In addition, the team
has been developing proposals for the
next phase of work, which will include
creating decision-making products and
visualisations from the GIS system and
GIS training for the Yorta Yorta.
We acknowledge the immense freedom, respect and dignity MSI have shown to our Yorta Yorta peoples
in relation to our project under our Intellectual Property Protocols. It is not often, if at all, an Australian
research institute will assist in data collection without even seeing or hearing the data. Our work with
MSI continues to benet the Yorta Yorta Nation in so many ways.
Lee Joachim, Yorta Yorta Nation Aboriginal Corporation
Nhawul Bultjubul MaTo See
With Both Eyes
Filmmaker Michael ODwyer and the
Yorta Yorta worked together to create
a short documentary film on the National
Workshop on Indigenous Knowledge for
Climate Change Adaptation that we held
in late 2012. The film, featuring national
and international Indigenous leaders,
as well as scientists, has generated
a lot of interest and been viewed
over 1000 times on You Tube. SBSs
National Indigenous Television (NITV)
has acquired the rights to screen the
short film.
Community-based ecosystem
approaches to climate change
adaptation
In December 2013, The Yorta Yorta
met with international delegates from
six countries to share Indigenous
knowledge and ecosystem approaches
to land management as part of a World
Bank-sponsored study tour hosted by
MSI. The tour involved participants from
Zambia, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Laos,
Samoa and Vietnam. See page 23 for
more details on this initiative.
Aerial imagery of the Barmah Lakes (source: NSW Land and
Property Information) with a small sample of the locations
included in the Yorta Yorta Community mapping process.
(Photos: Yorta Yorta Nation Aboriginal Corporation)
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The Monash Water for Liveability Centre
is working to transform cities and their
communities in ways that will help them live
in harmony with natural water environments.
The work of the centre (formerly the Centre for
Water Sensitive Cities) is playing an important
role in transforming Australian cities to become
resilient to current and future challenges.
Were building Australias capacity to advance
sustainable urban water practices through:
Research excellence
Engagement with planning, development
and water management professionals
Supporting the development of government policies
Monash Water for
Liveability Centre
2013 Highlights
Researchers at the Centre
delivered around half of the
CRC for Water Sensitive Cities
first year research program.
We reached an agreement
with Southeast University to
establish the Water Sensitive
Cities Research Centre within the
Monash-Southeast University
Joint Research Institute in
Suzhou, China.
We announced the establishment
of a joint centre on Creating Water
Sensitive Cities in Israel, that will
be an active partnership with the
Jewish National Fund of Australia,
the Israeli water industry, three
leading Israeli Universities and
Monash University.
Our 2013 report for the National
Climate Change Adaptation
Research Facility (NCCARF)
A spatial vulnerability analysis of
urban populations during extreme
heat events in Australian capital
cities written by the Centres
urban climate group was the
single most downloaded report
of several hundred reports on the
NCCARF website.
Monash Water for Liveability is working to
support the transition to water sensitive cities.
Core Team
Professor Rob Skinner, Director
Professor Rebekah Brown, Associate Director
Professor Ana Deletic, Associate Director
Professor Nigel Tapper, Associate Director
Jennifer Edwards, Executive Assistant
Key Associates
Professor John Thwaites, MSI, Chair of Project
Management Committee
Professor Tony Wong, CEO, Cooperative
Research Centre (CRC) for Water Sensitive Cities
Ross Allen, CRC for Water Sensitive Cities,
Project Leader
Associate Professor Phill Johnstone, CRC for
Water Sensitive Cities, Project Leader
Tess Flottmann, CRC for Water Sensitive Cities,
Research Officer
Jeroen Rijke, Delft University of Technology
and Monash University
Professor Derk Loorbach, Dutch Research
Institute for Transitions
Jane-Louise Lampard, Griffith University
Professor Chris Cocklin, James Cook University
Professor Tim Fletcher, The University of
Melbourne
Dr Mike Stewardson, The University of Melbourne
Dr Geoff Vietz, The University of Melbourne
Associate Professor Chris Walsh, The University
of Melbourne
Professor Beate Escher, University of Queensland
Dr Wolfgang Guernjak, University of Queensland
Dr Janet Tang, University of Queensland
Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture
Professor Shane Murray
Associate Professor Diego Ramirez
Associate Professor Jon Shinkfield
School of Biological Science,
Faculty of Science
Professor Jenny Davis, Research Collaborator
Dr Ross Thompson, Senior Lecturer
Department of Civil Engineering,
Faculty of Engineering
Dr David McCarthy, Senior Lecturer
Dr Belinda Hatt, Lecturer
Chunhui Lu, Lecturer
Associate Professor Peter Breen, Lecturer
Dr Cintia Dotto, Research Fellow
Dr Rebekah Henry, Research Fellow
Christian Urich, Research Fellow
Dr Yaron Zinger, Research Fellow
Peter Kolotelo, Research Assistant
Christelle Schang, Research Assistant
Richard Williamson, Research and
Technical Assistant
Louisa John-Krol, Administrative Officer
and Personal Assistant
Department of Economics,
Faculty of Business and Economics
Dr Dinusha Dharmaratna, Lecturer
Professor Lata Gangadharan, Project Leader
Dr Anke Leroux, Senior Lecturer
Dr Paul Raschky, Lecturer
Department of Geography
and Environmental Science
Professor Jason Beringer, Project Leader
Dr Annette Bos, Research Fellow
Dr Andrew Coutts, Research Fellow
Dr Meredith Dobbie, Research Fellow
Jennifer Edwards, Executive Assistant
Dr Megan Farrelly, Research Fellow
Dr Briony Ferguson, Research Fellow
Dr Ffalar de Haan, Research Fellow
Dr Margaret Loughan, Research Fellow
School of Mathematical Sciences,
Faculty of Science
Dr Lorenzo de la Fuente, Research Fellow
Professor Christian Jakob, Project Leader
Dr Bhupendra Raut, Research Fellow
Professor Michael Reeder, Research
Collaborator
Cooperative Research Centre for Water
Sensitive Cities, Funding and Collaboration
Australian Research Council, Funding
Office of Living Victoria, Funding and
Collaboration
LICB Investments, Funding
Dutch Research Institute for Transitions,
Erasmus, University Rotterdam,
Research Partner
Jewish National Fund of Australia,
Funding Partner
UNESCO-IHE, The Netherlands,
Research Partner
Key Initiatives
The Monash Water for
Liveability Centre may
have changed names, but
its excellence in research
continues in 2013.
Exploring pathways towards
water system resilience
Researchers are developing modelling
tools that can support strategists and
planners to understand the implications
of possible water infrastructure
adaptations. This work will enable
robust and resilient water management
solutions to be developed by testing
many different scenarios of climate,
population growth, city development
and societal change patterns.
Enabling policy and
practice transitions to
water sensitive cities
The Urban Water Transitions and
Governance Program is supporting cities
to transition towards water sensitive
policy and practice. By undertaking
fundamental and applied social research
on topics such as transition dynamics,
institutional change, strategic planning,
landscape perceptions, innovation and
learning, researchers are examining
and providing guidance on how water
management can be improved in
different urban contexts.
Water Sensitive Cities
Research Centre in China
Agreement has been reached between
Monash University and Southeast
University (SEU) to establish the Water
Sensitive Cities Research Centre within
the Joint Research Institute in Suzhou,
China. The Centre will undertake
research and foster collaboration with
industry and government partners in
China in a manner that will transform
the way water is managed in the
planning and design of the urban form
to achieve more sustainable, resilient
and liveable cities. Five PhD candidates,
jointly supervised by SEU and Monash
Water for Liveability scholars, will
commence at the Centre in 2014 with
the plan to have a total of 20 PhD
candidates enrolled each year after
the third year of operation.
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Identication of the climate
benets of water sensitive
urban design
Using a combination of measurement,
modelling and remote sensing, the
urban climate group is actively assessing
the positive climate impacts of green
infrastructure, irrigation and water
sensitive urban design. As the work
matures researchers are focusing more
on building and assessing a range of
models capable of determining the
degree of cooling provided by different
urban design, at a range of spatial scales
from the micro (household) to the meso
(citywide) scale.
Heat, thermal comfort and
human health relationships
for Australian cities
In this initiative, the urban climate
group is assessing the relationship
between urban heat and human health
for Australian urban environments
and developing novel approaches to
mapping human heat vulnerability in
Australian cities. The group is also
assessing the role of water sensitive
urban design and green infrastructure
in human thermal comfort, particularly
under extreme conditions.This will
eventually enable us to assess the direct
health and thermal comfort benefits of
water sensitive urban design.
A key direction of the City of Melbourne is to explore the potential of green infrastructure to
cool the city, decrease ooding and provide t for purpose water for the urban forest. Our
partnership with Professor Nigel Tapper and his team has been integral in advancing our
knowledge around the role of trees and green infrastructure in inuencing the microclimate
of our public realm and identifying key aspects of our climate adaptation program.
Ian Shears, Manager Urban Landscapes, City of Melbourne
Green and blue infrastructure
for liveable cities
We are now developing vertical water
biofiltration technologies. This includes
green walls for treatment of greywater
that also can actively contribute to
mitigation of urban heat issues as
well as deliver aesthetically pleasing
urban environments. This is a logical
extension of our on-going work on
stormwater water sensitive urban
design technologies.
Environmental and Public
Health Microbiology Lab
(EPHM LAB)
The EPHM Lab has a specific focus on
health related urban water microbiology.
There are four main projects:
(1) understanding the physical pathways
pathogens follow in urban stormwater
treatment systems; (2) pathogenic risks
of using urban stormwater for growing
vegetables; (3) development of novel
antimicrobial filtration media; and (4)
pathogens in the Yarra River Estuary.
The laboratory is a recent addition to our
existing urban water laboratories (the
water biofiltration greenhouse and the
hydraulic lab), which are located within
Department of Civil Engineering on
Monashs Clayton Campus.
The Urban Climate group in Monash Water
for Liveability is undertaking groundbreaking
research on the relationship between water
sensitive urban design (WSUD), green
infrastructure and human thermal comfort
and health. This image shows a DJI 800 Evo
Hexacopter equipped with a thermal camera
and an example of a daytime thermal image
collected above Errol St Park, Melbourne in
March 2014.
Funded by Australian Aid, this program brings
together the multidisciplinary research expertise
of Monash University with international teams
to link research and policy relevant on climate
change adaptation and mitigation in south
and south-east Asia. The program is assisting
efforts to reduce poverty in the region through
sustainable development of natural resources.
Natural Resources
Management in
Asia in Response
to Climate Change
2013 Highlights
A Centre for Knowledge
Management was established
in Vietnam as a result of our work
on knowledge sector development
in the country. Funded by Australian
Aid, this project focused on
developing policies and action in
response to climate change
in Vietnam.
MSIs interdisciplinary work on
health challenges in Myanmar
was welcomed and lauded by
stakeholders in the country, including
the Ministry of Health, the University
of Public Health and several
non-government agencies active
in maternal health and HIV/AIDs.
In partnership with Indias Energy
and Resources Institute (TERI), MSI
co-hosted a meeting in New Dehli
to address the emerging water crisis
in India.
MSI joined forces with the Monash
University English Language
Centre (MUELC) to provide English
language training in Kalimantan,
Indonesia. The ten-week program
with the University of Palangka Raya
addressed issues of deforestation
and forest degradation in Kalimantan,
culminating in improved English
language capacity and a successful
application for three Australia Aid
funded scholars to study their PhDs
at Monash University.
The Sustainability Institute of Monash University coordinated a
south-south knowledge sharing focused on practical and innovative
solutions on enhancing resilience to climate change using ecosystem
and community-based approaches. The MSI team brought in a
range of organizations (government, private sector and NGOs) from
Victoria and South Australia into the week long knowledge sharing
event involving six countries... The practical but diverse inputs were
the major factor for the success of this knowledge sharing. This
illustrates MSIs ability and networking capacity to deal with the
multi-sectoral issues of climate resilient development.
Dr Habiba Gitay, Senior Environmental Specialist, World Bank
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Core Team
Dr Paul McShane, Chief Researcher
Simon Rowntree, Project Coordinator
Dr Terry Chan, Research Fellow
Dr Tina Kalivas, Research Fellow
Dr Max Richter, Research Fellow
Dr Jeremy Aarons, Research Fellow
Dr Fabrizio DAprile, Research Fellow
Key Associates
Dr Craig Thorburn, School of Geography and
Environmental Science, Faculty of Arts,
Monash University
Professor Nigel Tapper, School of Geography
and Environmental Science, Faculty of Arts,
Monash University
Professor Frada Burnstein, School of Information
Technology, Monash University
Dr Henry Linger, School of Information
Technology, Monash University
Professor Marika Vicziany, Monash Asia Institute
Professor Gordon Whyte, Faculty of Medicine,
Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University
Dr Paulo Santos, Faculty of Business and
Economics, Monash University
Professor Rob Skinner, Monash Water for Liveability
Professor Lisa Cameron, Faculty of Business
and Economics, Monash University
Dr Ha Phan, Faculty of Education, Monash
University
Dr Katy Cornwell, Faculty of Business
and Economics, Monash University
Dr Yacinta Kurniasih, School of Language,
Cultures and Linguistics, Faculty of Arts,
Monash University
Matthew Piscioneri, Arts Academic Language
and Learning Unit, Faculty of Arts, Monash
University
Australian Aid, Funder
National Council on Climate Change
Indonesia, Collaborator
University of Palangka Raya, Indonesia,
Collaborator
Institute of Development Studies Koltkata,
Collaborator
University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, Collaborator
Institute of Meteorology, Hydrology and
Environment, Ministry of Natural Resources
and Environment, Vietnam, Collaborator
International Centre for Integrated Mountain
Development (ICIMOD), Partner
Water and Power Development Authority
Pakistan, Collaborator
Tribhuvan University, Nepal, Collaborator
Lahore University of Management Studies
Pakistan, Collaborator
Ministry of Natural Resources and
Environment, Vietnam, Collaborator
Thai Nguyen University, Vietnam, Collaborator
Hanoi National University of Education,
Vietnam, Collaborator
Climate Change Institute, Australian National
University, Partner
The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI),
India, Collaborator
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB),
India, Collaborator
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD),
India, Collaborator
Centre for Global Change, Bangladesh,
Collaborator
National Environment Commission, Bhutan,
Collaborator
Department of Geography, University of
Otago, Collaborator
University of Public Health, Myanmar,
Collaborator
Key Initiatives
MSIs extensive work
on natural resource
management in south
and south-east Asia grew
in 2013, with projects
now running in Vietnam,
Myanmar, Pakistan, India,
Nepal, Bangladesh and
Bhutan.
Developing regional
collaboration in response
to climate change
This two-year program, involving
countries that rely on the Hindu Kush
Himalayan Rivers, commenced in 2013.
Water resource management and
research agencies from Bangladesh,
Bhutan, India, Nepal and Pakistan
are participating in the program. The
program is supported by Australian Aid,
Monash University and the International
Centre for Integrated Mountain
Development (ICIMOD). Researchers
are working to link research and policy
to enable collaborative approaches to
international river management. In 2013,
MSI held workshops in Kathmandu
(Nepal) and Thimphu (Bhutan) to bring
together counterparts to examine
improved governance arrangements in
response to climate change impacts
on three major river systems: the Indus,
Teesta, and Koshi.
In 2013, MSIs Professor Dave Griggs, Dr Paul McShane and
Dr Max Richter joined the Vice-Chancellor and other Monash
University academics in the largest international delegation to
Indonesia in the Universitys history.
What sustainable development
opportunities exist that can
help us both reduce poverty
and conserve peat-land in
Indonesia?
MSI is working with the Indonesia-
Australia Forest Carbon Partnership,
Kalimantan Forests and Climate
Change (KFCP), and the University
of Palangka-Raya on a program
to identify sustainable economic
development opportunities that will
help reduce poverty and conserve
ecosystems. Under the KFCP, Reduced
Emissions from Deforestation and
Forest Degradation (REDD) schemes
are being trialled in the local district,
Katingen. In 2013, we worked with
local district officials and staff from the
University of Palangka Raya to develop
evidence-based approaches to examine
alternative livelihoods linked to the REDD
scheme trials.
Helping Indonesia develop
research capacity for
sustainable development
MSI is working with prominent
Indonesian universities in a research skills
development program. Researchers are
helping to develop Indonesias knowledge
sector as part of a strategy to mobilise
Indonesias natural capital of nearly 250
million people, develop its economy
sustainably, and reduce rates of poverty
across the archipelago. The universities
involved include the University of
Indonesia, University of Gadjah Mada,
the Institute of Technology of Bandung,
the Institute Pertanian Bogor, the
University of Palangka Raya, and
Tanjungpura University. The 10-week
program involves most of Monash
Universitys faculties and is improving
research performance in those
universitiesincluding publication in
peer-reviewed journals and presentation
of research results to end users. The
program has yielded three Australian Aid
scholars who have joined Monash to
study for their PhDs in areas aligned to
sustainable resource development.
Extending successful
community-based forest
management in response
to climate change
With the support of Australian Aid, we
coordinated a series of workshops
to address community-based forest
management. The workshops brought
together researchers and policy makers
from Australia, Cambodia, India,
Indonesia and Vietnam to improve the
link between research and effective
policy. It followed a workshop in Kolkata,
India, which identified shared issues
among participating countries. The
project draws on many disciplines,
including law, economics, political
science, sociology, anthropology and
geography. Key outcomes in 2013
included policy recommendations to
incorporate community-based forest
management and a framework for
research addressing identified gaps in
knowledge. This work has now focused
on developing spatial planning initiatives
that promote economic development
through sustainable forestry but reduce
environmental and community health
impacts through reducing forest
degradation and anthropogenic fires.
Knowledge management in
response to climate change
MSI researchers are working with
Vietnams National Target Program on
Climate Change, through the Vietnamese
Ministry of Natural Resources and
the Environment, and their Ministry of
Agriculture and Rural Development.
We are addressing barriers and
opportunities for sharing information
and looking at ways of adapting to
climate change and allocating water
resources. In 2013, MSI held workshops
in Hanoi to bring together relevant
stakeholders to develop knowledge
management frameworks that can
enable collaboration among agencies
responsible for climate change policy
development and implementation.
Strategic engagement
with Indonesia
MSI is playing a key role in Monashs
revitalised strategic engagement with
Indonesia. Dr Paul McShane, Dr Max
Richter and Professor Dave Griggs
participated in the largest international
delegation to Indonesia in Monashs
history (led by the Vice Chancellor).
Sustainability is a key component of the
new initiatives developed through MSI
and Monashs networks in Indonesia.
This complements established initiatives
and activities led by MSI over the past
five years.
World Bank delegates
visit Monash
MSI hosted a week-long visit from
representatives of six countries in
late 2013Bangladesh, Cambodia,
Lao Peoples Democratic Republic,
Samoa, Vietnam and Zambia. The
visit was supported by the Climate
Investment Funds Pilot Program for
Climate Resilience and the World
Bank. Participants came to Monash
to learn about practical and innovative
adaptation solutions used in Australia
and the six participating countries,
to address the shared challenges of
climate change. Senior Environment
Specialist with the World Bank, Dr
Habiba Gitay, said Monash provided
the group with the opportunity to
learn by example. The attraction of
coming to Monash was to tap into
how local communities have taken a
leadership role in integrating technical
and indigenous knowledge to adapt to
the multiple impacts of climate change
in Australia, Dr Gitay said. MSIs Dr
Paul McShane, who developed the
program for the World Bank visit, said
MSIs work was especially relevant to
the needs of the group. Our work in
engaging experts from most of the
Universitys faculties examines the
link between knowledge and policy
to develop realistic solutions to climate
change, Dr McShane said. We
were pleased to extend our capability
and our integrated approach to the
World Bank.
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Researchers on this program are examining the
relationship between social and environmental
sustainability and working to develop policy
solutions to the challenges Australia faces in
both areas.
Researchers are looking at how climate change and
other environmental issues connect with social policy,
and how they impact people experiencing social
exclusion and other disadvantages. Researchers
are seeking to better understand how to improve
the well-being of socially excluded people who will
be the most adversely impacted by climate change
and other environmental impacts such as pollution
and biodiversity loss.
Social and
Environmental
Sustainability
2013 Highlights
MSI researchers presented their
work on social exclusion and mobility
at an international conference held at
Oxford University in 2013.
Two book chapters were commissioned
on transport and social inclusion,
and sustainability and transport in
international books published by
Edward Elgar and Springer.
New research was published, linking
transport and the psychological
measurement of wellbeing.
MSI researchers are examining ways
to improve the well-being of socially
excluded people who will be most
affected by climate change.
Core Team
Dr Janet Stanley, Program Leader
Professor John Stanley, Researcher
Dr Diana Vella-Brodrick, Researcher
Key Associates
ADC Forum
National Institute of Economic and
Industry Research
BusVic, Funder
Connect U, Partner
Warrnambool Bus Lines, Funder
Deakin University, Partner The establishment of ConnectU is a new innovative approach in
the transport eld. The collaboration between MSI and Warrnambool
Bus Lines has been important in getting this project operational and
successful.
Sam Lucas, Director, Transit South West
MSI researchers are exploring the infrastructure
needed to create a city where everything can be
reached in 20-minutes without a car.
Key Initiatives
MSI researchers are
working to understand
how to increase the
well-being of our most
vulnerable people and
reduce their exposure
to climate change.
The 20-Minute City
MSIs researchers are exploring how
larger urban areas can move to local
nodes where most services and
needs can be reached in 20 minutes
through non-car travel. Researchers
are examining the infrastructure needed
to achieve this, and the likely impact
on people, the environment and local
economies.
ConnectU: Helping people
get around
Our researchers are supporting
ConnectU, a social enterprise that
provides travel options to people who
have trouble accessing transport in
Warrnambool and the surrounding area.
The organisation now has an office
and vehicles, and two staff supported
by volunteers. MSIs researchers are
evaluating the effectiveness of ConnectU,
in partnership with Deakin University.
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The Monash Soil Carbon program is a
multidisciplinary program that pulls together
Monashs considerable soil research expertise
under the stewardship of the Monash
Sustainability Institute. The program brings
together researchers from MSI, the School of
Biological Sciences, the School of Chemistry,
the Department of Civil Engineering, the
Centre for Green Chemistry, and the School
of Geography and Environmental Science.
Our joint aim is to address the sustainability and
climate change challenges of soil health, soil
productivity and carbon storage in Australia. The
programs researchers are particularly interested
in investigating sustainable solutions to improve
soil quality. The program aims to increase our
understanding of soil carbon processes and
function to improve land management strategies
and better inform public policy.
Soil Carbon
Program
2013 Highlights
We conducted a soil field day with
Victorian farmers, co-sponsored by
the Bass Landcare Group.
We initiated compost trials and ongoing
monitoring of field trial sites in the
Colac region in Victoria.
Our researchers produced a meta-
analysis of research into the plant-
growth effects of humic substances,
which was accepted for publication
in Advances in Agronomy.
We completed and continued trials on
biochar in native plant establishment
and carbon sequestration.
We engaged with several new
industries, looking at organic fertilizer
blends that utilise waste organics from
food industries and domestic sources.
Core Team
Associate Professor Tony Patti, Program
Leader, School of Chemistry
Dr Tim Cavagnaro, Program Leader, School
of Biological Sciences
Dr Vanessa Wong, Program Leader, School of
Geography and Environmental Science
Professor Roy Jackson, Emeritus Professor,
School of Chemistry
Dr Will Gates, Senior Research Officer,
Department of Civil Engineering
Dr Jessica Drake, Research Fellow,
School of Chemistry
Dr Mick Rose, Research Fellow,
School of Chemistry
Dr Jie-Lian Beh, Research Fellow,
School of Chemistry
Dr Priscilla Johnson, Research Assistant,
School of Chemistry
Dr Philip Wallis, Program Liaison, Monash
Sustainability Institute
Brown Coal Innovation Australia, Funder
CSIRO, Delivery Partner
Greening Australia, Delivery Partner
Department of Environment and Primary
Industries, Victoria, Delivery Partner
Department of Agriculture, Funder
Fuels and Technology Institute, Curtin
University, Delivery Partner
Australia-China Joint Research Centre for
Energy, Funder and Collaborator
Feeco Australia, Delivery Partner
At the base of a lot of the big issues we must deal with climate
change, food security, environmental quality, biodiversity are
processes that occur in the soil. We have to deal with the question
of providing enough food for the worlds population, and of
sequestering carbon in soil. Working with the Monash Sustainability
Institute has really helped us ramp up our efforts to meet these
research challenges.
Dr Tim Cavagnaro, School of Biological Sciences
Key Initiatives
The Monash Soil Carbon
Program pulls together
Monashs considerable
soil research expertise
in these key initiatives.
A green option for improving
soil carbon, soil fertility and
agricultural productivity
This project is spearheading research
on the use of coal-derived additives
for improving soil carbon through
increases in soil fertility and agricultural
productivity.
The contribution of biochar
in increasing soil carbon in
native woody bioenergy crops
and on-farm vegetation
Replanting of native vegetation on
farms is being widely undertaken
across Australia. This project has two
primary aims. The first is to demonstrate
the potential of biochar and biochar/
compost blends to increase soil carbon
in native woody bioenergy crops. The
second aim is to determine if biochar
improves soil conditions for native plant
establishment and growth, particularly
of degraded soils.
Researchers are studying the potential of
biochar to increase soil carbon and improve
soil conditions.
Options for the utilisation
of biochar by-products
from bio-oil production
for agriculture
Monash is a partner in the new Australia-
China Joint Research Centre for Energy,
led by Curtin University, Western
Australia. Our current project involves
an investigation of carbon by-products
from bio-oil production from wood.
These have potential as possible soil
amendments and possibly fall into the
category of a biochar.
Action on the grounddairy
compost
This national project extends the
Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) and
Greenhouse Gas Emission methodology
to dairy compost. Evidence suggests
that composting dairy waste reduces
methane emissions on farms. It also
suggests that using compost as an
alternative to mineral fertiliser should
increase carbon sequestration and
reduce nitrous oxide emissions.
Farmers are already composting
their waste and reusing it on site. This
project aims to determine if composting
reduces methane and nitrous oxide
emissions, while simultaneously
increasing carbon in soils and
maintaining pasture productivity.
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MSIs Sustainable Development Program aims
to provide input to inuence the national and
international discussion on practical solutions
to global sustainability challenges.
Monash University, through MSI, has been appointed
as the Australia/Pacic Regional Centre of the United
Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network
(SDSN). The SDSN was established under the auspices
of the UN Secretary-General in August 2012 and is led
by Professor Jeffrey Sachs at Columbia University. It
is a global network that aims to mobilise scientic and
technical expertise from academia, civil society, and
the private sector to solve the sustainable development
challenge locally, nationally, and globally.
Together, the Regional Centre and the MSI Sustainable
Development Program are creating a national and
regional dialogue on sustainable development and
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The UN is
in the process of developing SDGs that will replace
the Millennium Development Goals in 2016 and
promote an economically, socially and environmentally
sustainable future for our planet. This program
is providing Australian and regional leadership in
the development of the SDGs and solutions for
implementing them. Sir Bob Watson, one of the worlds
leading scientic experts on sustainability, has joined
MSI to chair this program.
MSI staff are also playing key roles internationally. Sir
Bob Watson is the vice-chair of the Intergovernmental
Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services and
was until recently the UK representative on the UN
Open Working Group, tasked with development of the
SDGs. MSI Chair, Professor John Thwaites has been
appointed to the Leadership Council of the Sustainable
Development Solutions Network. And MSI Director,
Professor Dave Griggs (along with an international
team of scientists) published a paper in the journal
Nature that proposes a set of SDGs that integrate
developmental and environmental considerations.
Sustainable
Development
2013 Highlights
We held two highly successful
workshops on the implications of the
Sustainable Development Goals for
Australia (in Melbourne) and the south-
east Asia/Australia region (in Kuala
Lumpur), with over 80 senior leaders
from government, business, civil
society and academia attending each.
Professor Dave Griggs led a much
cited article in Nature on the
Sustainable Development Goals
and presented it at an Expert Group
meeting at the UN in New York.
Seventy Monash staff attended a joint
MSI and Faculty of Arts forum on
how to ramp up Monash research on
Sustainable Development.
Professor Dave Griggs became an
advisor to the Japanese POST 2015:
Project on sustainability transformation
beyond 2015.
By invitation, Professor Dave Griggs
gave a keynote presentation at
the Global Environmental Action
Conference in Tokyo, which included
an audience with the Crown Prince
and Crown Princess of Japan.
Core Team
Sir Bob Watson, Sustainable Development
Goals Initiative Chair
Professor Dave Griggs, Program Leader
Professor John Thwaites, Program Leader
Dr Tahl Kestin, Project Manager
Key Associates
Rosemary Bissett, National Australia Bank
Sacha Courville, National Australia Bank
Professor Emeritus Dato Sri Dr Zakri Abdul
Hamid, Science Advisor to the Prime Minister
of Malaysia
Academician Dato Ir (Dr) Yee Cheong Lee,
International STI Centre for South-South
Cooperation, Malaysia
Dr Shiv Someshwar, Director Climate Policy,
Earth Institute, Columbia University, USA
Professor Wing Thye Woo, Executive Director,
Penang Institute, Malaysia
Professor Sisira Jayasuriya, Department of
Economics, Monash University
Professor Michael Ward, MSI and Department
Professor Gamini Herath, Department of
Economics, Monash University, Malaysia
Professor Jacqui True, Faculty of Arts,
Monash University
Kim McGrath, Consultant, MSI
Simon Rowntree, MSI
Professor Will Steffen, Australian National
University
Dr Mark Stafford-Smith, CSIRO
Siamak Sam Loni, Monash student and SDSN
Youth Executive Director
Harold Mitchell Foundation, Funder and
Partner
National Australia Bank, Funder and Partner
Australia Aid, Funder and Partner
Department of Environment, Australian
Government, Funder and Partner
City of Melbourne, Funder and Partner
Yarra Valley Water, Funder and Partner
United Nations Sustainable Development
Solutions Network, Partner
Malaysian Industry-Government Group for
High Technology (MIGHT), Partner
Office of the Science Adviser to the Prime
Minister, Malaysia, Partner
Centre for Development Economics, Monash
University, Partner
Arts Research Office (ARO), Monash
University, Partner
Global Engagement, Monash University, Partner
Key Initiatives
MSIs exciting Sustainable
Development Program is
leading an international
dialogue on improving
human wellbeing without
destroying the planets
life-support systems.
SDSN Regional Centre for the
Australia/Pacic Secretariat
As the Regional Centre, MSI has
developed a website (ap-unsdsn.org) for
regional network news, and worked with
SDSN members in the region to develop
stronger regional ties. An SDSN Youth
Initiative is currently under development.
The Secretariat has also been working
across Monash University to identify
and build on sustainable development
research strengths.
What Sustainable Development
Goals should Australia aim for?
This workshop, held on 13-14 May
2013 in Melbourne, brought together
over 80 senior leaders from across the
community to develop a vision of a
sustainable Australia and how Australia
could play a leadership role in the SDG
negotiations. A series of short papers on
the sustainable development challenges
facing Australia, and potential goals and
targets, is being prepared as follow up.
We are honoured to work with
Monash University as a major
partner and leader to accelerate
practical problem solving for
sustainable development
Jeffrey D. Sachs, Director of the UN
Sustainable Development Solutions
Network
Monash has been chosen as the regional
research hub for the UN's Sustainable
Development Solutions Network.
A new paradigm for
sustainable development.
(Diagram from: Griggs et al
(2013), Nature, 495: 305-307)
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Sustainable Development
Goals for the South-East
Asia/Australia region
priorities and solutions
This regional workshop, held in
conjunction with the SDSN Malaysia
Chapter in Kuala Lumpur on 7-8
November 2013, brought together over
100 key stakeholders from across the
region, including Malaysia, Singapore,
Vietnam, Thailand, Philippines, Malaysia,
Indonesia, Cambodia and Australia to
explore key sustainable development
priorities for the region and how these
could be captured in the SDGs.
MSI would like to gratefully
acknowledge the kind
support of the Harold Mitchell
Foundation in 2013.
Monash University launched the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) for Australia
and the Pacic in May 2013 to bring together universities and research centers from the region
to promote practical problem solving for sustainable development. Monash has also been deeply
involved in the Malaysia and SE Asia SDSNs that were launched in the second half of 2013. The rst
regional SDSN event held in Malaysia in November 2013 was a great success. Researchers from
Monash are also making an important contribution to the Deep Decarbonization Pathway Project,
which will prepare national strategies for deep decarbonization in the largest emitters of greenhouse
gases. We are very grateful for Monash leadership on sustainable development in the region and
look forward to working closely with the university during 2014 to advance practical solutions for
sustainable development in the region and beyond. Together with other members of the SDSN we will
also support governments in negotiating the Sustainable Development Goals by September 2015.
Guido Schmidt-Traub, Executive Director, UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network
The science of Sustainable
Development Goals
The stable functioning of the Earth
system is a prerequisite for a thriving
global society. This research by
Professor Dave Griggs and global
collaborators is developing a science-
based framework for sustainable
development goals and targets
that integrates environment and
development. The initial work has
been published in Nature and has
been presented widely at the UN
and other forums.
The Honourable Dato Dr James Dawos Mamit,
Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and
Environment, Malaysia, opening the Regional
Workshop on Sustainable Development Goals
in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, with workshop
Co-Chairs Prof Zakri Abdul Hamid and
Sir Bob Watson.
MSIs Sustainability Economics Program,
launched in 2012, is conducting high-impact
research and engagement on economics
of the environment, natural resources and
sustainability. Our researchers are working on:
Consumer engagement in the energy market.
Adaptive economic management of water
resources (with the help of major grants from
the Australian Research Council and the CRC
for Water Sensitive Cities).
Recovering value from discarded
household electronics.
A major new partnership was also forged in 2013
with the launch of Monashs Centre for Development
Economics and Sustainability (CDES). The team
from the CDES bring with them a wealth of expertise
in economicsfrom environmental regulation, to
resources management in developing countries,
to biodiversity and ecosystem services.
Sustainability
Economics
2013 Highlights
We launched the Centre for
Development Economics and
Sustainability (CDES) as a new
partnership with the former Monash
Centre for Development Economics.
Work commenced on economics
of recycled household electronics,
funded by the CSIRO Wealth from
Waste Flagship Cluster.
Dr Danny Brent joined the program
to work on various grants on water
economics.
Work commenced on two
Low Income Energy Efficiency
Program projects.
Dr Gill Owen was appointed to
the Consumer Challenge Panel,
Australian Energy Regulator,
Expert Reference Panel for
the Commonwealths Energy
White Paper.
MSI's Sustainability Economics program
forged a major new partnership with the
Centre for Development Economics and
Sustainability in 2013.
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Core Team
Professor Michael Ward, Lead Researcher
Dr Gill Owen, Lead Researcher
Dr Daniel Brent, Research Fellow
Key Associates
Professor Lata Gangadharan, Department
Professor Sisira Jayasuriya, Department
Professor Jeffrey LaFrance, Department
Dr Anke Leroux, Department of Economics,
Monash University
Dr Paul Raschky, Department of Economics,
Monash University
Australian Research Council, Funder
Centre for Development Economics, Partner
CRC for Water Sensitive Cities, Funder
CSIRO FlagshipWealth from Waste, Funder
Centre for Development Economics and
Sustainability, Partner
Department of Economics, Monash
University, Partner
AGL Energy, Funder
Department of Industry, Commonwealth
Government, Funder
Brotherhood of St Laurence, Partner
Goulburn Valley Community Energy, Partner
Key Initiatives
How effective are economic
levers when managing
Australias urban water?
This ARC Discovery Project, led by
Professor Michael Ward, is analysing
the effectiveness and distributional
consequences of using economic
leverssuch as price-based demand
managementfor urban water. In 2013,
Dr Danny Brent joined the project as a
postdoctoral research fellow. He has
been helping design a pilot set of field
experiments on water consumption.
How willing are people to pay
for stormwater management?
This three-year project, funded by the
CRC for Water Sensitive Cities and
led by Professor Lata Gangadharan,
commenced in 2012. Researchers
on the project are working to identify
consumer willingness to pay for
stormwater management, in order to
quantify the contribution urban water
amenities make to property values and
to determine the optimal portfolio of
urban water supply sources.
The Centre for Development Economics and Sustainability, is very
pleased to be an MSI partner. In fact, we attach such importance
to sustainability that we recently expanded our name to include the
word. MSI staff played a key role in launching this expansion, and we
look forward to as productive a future relationship as weve already
had in 2013.
Lisa Cameron, Director, Centre for Development Economics and Sustainability
MSI researchers are studying ways to
recover value from electronic waste
such as mobile phones.
Recovering value from
household waste
In this project, researchers will be looking
at economically effective strategies for
recovering value from the household
waste stream, such as old mobile
phones and other electronics. This
project is funded by a grant from the
CSIROs Wealth and Waste Flagship
Cluster. In 2013, work commenced on
a baseline household survey.
Low income energy
efciency program
Our researchers are working on these
two BehaviourWorks Australia projects
to evaluate the impact of different
interventions (measures and advice)
on household energy use. We will also
be looking at designing subsidies to
low income households to encourage
the uptake of energy efficient devices,
which will maximise impact per dollar of
assistance. In the latter part of 2013 the
two projects were in the set-up phase
as we developed the monitoring and
evaluation frameworks.
The Sustainable Places program brings
together expertise from across Monash and
externally to better understand the challenges
facing modern citiesparticularly those
presented by climate change. Were working
to envisage what a future climate adapted
city would look like, how to meet the needs
of disadvantaged people and other social
sustainability issues.
Sustainable
Places
2013 Highlights
Dr Janet Stanley was invited
to contribute to the Victorian
Governments Metropolitan
Planning Strategy.
A major report was launched on
what a climate-adapted settlement
would look like in 2030. The report
was a case study of Inverloch and
Sandy Point for the National Climate
Change Adaptation Research Facility.
MSI's Sustainable Places program
contributed to the New Melbourne
Metropolitan Planning Strategy.
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Core Team
Professor Dave Griggs, Research and Advice
Dr Marion Carey, Researcher
Dr Mark Symmons, Researcher
Dr Bob Birrell, Researcher
Dr Wendy Wright, Researcher
Dr Michelle Duffy, Researcher
Key Associates
Helen Martin, Consultant
Dr Ian Manning, Consultant
Dr Peter Brain, Consultant
Chris Stanley, Consultant
Steb Fisher, Consultant
Scott Ferraro, Gippsland Climate
Change Network
Craig Lyon, Local Government
Lisa Price, Local Government
Ashley Hall, State Government
Carole Macmillan, State Government
National Climate Change Adaptation
Facility, Funder
Department of Sustainability and
Environment, Funder
Association of South East Councils, Funder
Department of Transport, Planning and Local
Infrastructure, Funder
Key Initiatives
MSI researchers are
imagining the cities of
the future through these
exciting initiatives.
What does a climate change
adapted city look like?
This collaboration between the National
Climate Change Adaptation Research
Facility (NCCARF), the Department of
Sustainability and Environment, Bass
Coast Shire Council, South Gippsland
Shire Council and Monash examined
the question: What would a climate
adapted settlement look like in 2030?.
The final report for this project was
completed and launched in 2013.
A New Melbourne Metropolitan
Planning Strategy
During 2013 Program leader, Dr Janet
Stanley, worked with a group of experts
on the Victorian Governments Plan
Melbourne. This strategy will contribute
to the overall vision for the state,
including links with regional Victoria and
will help guide Melbournes growth and
change over the next thirty to forty years.
The impact of Tertiary and
Further Education (TAFE)
cuts on outer south-eastern
Melbourne
MSI examined the impact of cuts to
TAFE in the outer south eastern parts
of Melbourne. Researchers looked at the
impact on both individuals and the wider
regional economy. They investigated the
types of courses that were cut, who
was likely to be impacted and the
broader social and economic impacts
on the region. The project was
completed in 2013.
Climate Adaptation
Governance
This new project, launched in 2013, is
examining new forms of governance
needed for adaptation to climate
change. Outcomes of the work will be
detailed in a book chapter.
I have spent a very productive
year working with MSI on case
studies of adaptation challenges
in Gippsland I have found
it an invaluable experience
and recommend that there be
more unions formed between
government and researchers.
Ashley Hall, Sustainability Program
Officer, Department of Sustainability
Environment
The Systemic Governance Research Program
explores the practical and theoretical
robustness of current water, climate change,
natural resources management and research
for development governance regimes. The
program was established by Professor Ray
Ison in 2008. Researchers are developing new
practices, models and strategies to make future
governance t-for-purpose in a climate-changing
world. The program includes projects on water
governance, program and project governance,
climate change adaptation, food security
research, social learning, systems thinking,
learning system design and the purposeful
creation of communities of practice.
Systemic
Governance
Research
2013 Highlights
We hosted a collaborative workshop
with the international Climate
Adaptation and Water Governance
project and leading researchers on
the topic of understanding systemic
governance.
Professor Ray Ison became
President Elect of the International
Society for the Systems Sciences
(ISSS).
We commenced a research
partnership with the Monash
University Performance Research
Unit, beginning with a workshop
on Knowing Water.
In 2013, we launched a regular
engagement process with the
Monash academic community
across disciplines to grapple
with complex social systems.
We conducted a successful research
visit to Kenya as part of the CSIROs
Africa Food Security Initiative and
published a technical report based
on the visit.
I do wonder how much of the success of the project was heavily based on the personalities
of the team. Alis positive, enthusiastic and organised personality is so engaging, and Phils
remarkable ability to take the disorganised words from us and make such profound sense
has [made it] amazing and enjoyable to work [with] the research team.
Participant, Southern Grampians Primary Care Partnership
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Core Team
Professor Ray Ison, Program Leader
Dr Philip Wallis, Research Fellow
Nicole Reichelt, Research Assistant
Naomi Rubenstein, Research Assistant
Ben Iaqunito, Research Assistant
Sophie Millin, Research Assistant
Key Associates
Robyn Holder, Research Associate, Australian
National University
Dr Harmut Fuenfgeld, Centre for Urban
Research, RMIT University
Dr Kate Lonsdale, VCCCAR Visiting Fellow 2012
Alianne Rance, Centre for Urban Research,
RMIT University
Sophie Millin, Centre for Urban Research,
RMIT University
Dr Peat Leith, Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture,
University of Tasmania
Dr Andrew Harwood, Tasmanian Institute of
Agriculture, University of Tasmania
Dr Karyn Bosomworth, Centre for Risk and
Community Safety & Climate Change Adaptation
Program, RMIT University
Liz Hamilton, Victorian Department of
Environment and Primary Industries
Professor Rod Keenan, Victorian Centre for
Graeme Anderson, Victorian Department of
Environment and Primary Industries
Professor James Walter, School of Political
and Social Inquiry, Monash University
Professor Brian Head, Institute for Social
Science Research, The University of Queensland
Professor John Thwaites, Monash Sustainability
Institute
Dr Matthew Laing, School of Political and
Social Inquiry, Monash University
Associate Professor Jens Zinn, School of
Social and Political Sciences, The University
of Melbourne
Patricia Fizsimmons, The University
of Melbourne
Professor Lee Godden, Melbourne Law
School, The University of Melbourne
Erin ODonnell, Melbourne Law School, The
University of Melbourne
Associate Professor Ken Coghill, Department
of Management, Monash University
Dr Yongping Wei, Melbourne School of
Engineering, The University of Melbourne
Dr Sharon Pollard, Association for Water and
Rural Development (AWARD), South Africa
Dr Harry Briggs, SANParks, South Africa
Dr Derick du Toit, Association for Water and
Rural Development (AWARD), South Africa
Dr Stefanie Fritag, SANParks, South Africa
Dr Hector Magombe, SANParks, South Africa
Associate Professor, Maryrose Casey, Centre for
Theatre and Performance, Monash University
Dr Stuart Grant, Centre for Theatre and
Performance, Monash University
Centre for Resources, Energy and
Environmental Law, University of
Melbourne, Partner
Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University,
Partner
CSIRO, Sustainable Agriculture, Funder and
Partner
Open Systems Research Group, The Open
University, Partner
Adaptation Research, Funder
Performance Research Unit, Monash
University, Partner
Industries, Partner
Cooperative Research Centre for Water
Sensitive Cities, Funder
Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture, Partner
Key Initiatives
MSI researchers are
working with leading
researchers across the
country to determine
how Australia should
govern and manage
climate change adaptation
and our scarce water
resources.
Water governance for social-
ecological sustainability
Professor Ray Ison is akey research
consultant and international reference
group member for an Association for
Water and Rural Development (AWARD)
African project (RESILIM-Olifants,
Olifants Basin in RSA and Mozambique)
that aims to address water governance
issuesfrom a systemic and socially
inclusive framework. The initiative
aims to give corporate stakeholders
and rural villagers thetools, capacity
and understanding to conserve and
rehabilitate the catchment basin, and
contribute to ongoing improvements
to the overall management of this key
river system. Bringing to bear decades
of research and hands-on experience
in the water sector, RESILIM works
with cognisance of the interlinked
complexities which must inform any
meaningful attempt to preserve the
sustainability of our water resources.
On a break from a Resilience in the Limpopo Basin Program (RESILIM) International
Reference Group meeting, in the Blyde River Canyon Nature Reserve in Mpumalanga,
South Africa, (L-R Dr Harry Biggs, SanParks, Dr Sharon Pollard and Derek du Toit,
Award and Roopa Karia (USAID, South Africa).
Improving food security for
the poor in Africa
The Learning Project is a part of the
Africa Food Security Initiative (AFSI); a
multi-million dollar CSIRO and Australian
Aid program to improve agricultural
productivity through joint research and
capacity-building with African agricultural
research organisations. During a visit to
Kenya in January 2013, MSI researchers
studied the integration of social and
biophysical sciences in research
for development. The findings were
published as a report, which is available
from the MSI website. A workshop with
key AFSI CSIRO personnel was held in
February 2013 to reflect and share views
on the projects progress and overall
AFSI program. We are sharing our
experience during the two year project
in a series of journal articles about the
lessons learned on designing social
learning in Research for Development
(R4D) programs. We are also conducting
an inquiry to learn how better
applications of science and evidence-
based approaches can improve the
design, implementation, and evaluation
of food security interventions.
Implementing climate
change adaptation
The Implementing Adaptation in the
Community and Natural Resources
Management Sectors project is a
collaborative action research project with
RMIT University, funded by the Victorian
Centre for Climate Change Adaptation
Research (VCCCAR). Our researchers
are working to better understand if
and how government service providers
and funded agencies adapt to climate
change impacts. In 2013 the research
team engaged with five organisations
from the health and community services
sector through an intensive phase of
action research. The project has had a
great influence on participants. It was
presented in reports and seminars and is
now being written up in journal articles.
Helping national resource
management agencies plan
for climate change
The Southern Slopes Climate Change
Adaptation Research Partnership
(SCARP) is a four-year initiative that
aims to support natural resource
management agencies to develop
climate change adaptation plans. The
project is funded by the Commonwealth
Government through the Natural
Resource Management Planning for
Climate Change fund. The partnership
is led by the Tasmanian Institute of
Agriculture at the University of Tasmania
and includes two other core partners
the Victorian Centre for Climate Change
Adaptation Research (VCCCAR) and the
Industries in Victoria. Monash University
is a member of VCCCAR. In 2013 the
project got underway, with a series of
workshops, focus group interviews
and the development of an interactive
information portal.
Policy as performance
MSI researchers are collaborating
with the Performance Research
Unit at Monash University to explore
viewing policy processes as a series
of performances, which establish
and re-establish social and aesthetic
relationships with water. A two-day
workshop Knowing Water was
held in August 2013 to explore the
collaboration further. A journal special
issue is in progress.
Inuencing the political
dynamics of decision making
Researchers on this project are
investigating the interactions between
politicians and researchers in the
context of creating water sensitive
cities. Funded by the CRC for Water
Sensitive Cities, this project will run
from 2012 until 2016. In 2013, project
activities focused on the completion
of a preliminary literature review, as
well as organising a lunchtime politics
discussion and recruiting a Research
Fellow for 2014, to be based in the
School of Political and Social Inquiry.
[MSIs technical report on the CSIROs Africa Food Security Initiative] is REALLY good
to the extent that I think that we can follow closely [in another project]. It is in fact the best
publication of this sort for focussing on learning in such projects.
Derick Du Toit, Association for Water and Rural Development, South Africa
MSI researchers took part in a multi-million dollar
CSIRO and Australian AId program to improve
agricultural productivity in Africa.
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Each year, approximately 40,000 bushres res
are deliberately lit around Australia. Many of
these res have signicant detrimental effects
on human life, communities, ecosystems and
the economy. However, current responses
to bushre arson prevention do not reect
the magnitude of the impact of re on our
community, which is why MSIs arson experts
are on the case.
The Australian Bushre Arson Prevention Initiative
was launched in 2009 with the help of funding from
RACV Insurance. Program leader Dr Janet Stanley,
and senior research fellow Paul Read are two of
Australias leading experts on the subject of arson.
Janets extensive experience in social policy and
the social sciences, together with Pauls expertise in
psychology, health, marketing and economics, put the
Australian Bushre Arson Prevention Initiative at the
forefront of research for developing better methods
of arson related bushre prevention. Janet and Paul
are called on by the national and regional media to
make regular expert commentary on the subject of
arson and bushre prevention.
Australian Bushfire
Arson Prevention
Initiative
It is good to have access to MSI and their research. They
help explain a lot, especially as we hear more about arson
a major cause of bushres.
Andrew Jaspan, Executive Director and Editor, The Conversation
2013 Highlights
In 2013, there was intense media
interest in the problem of bushfire
arson, helping to raise awareness
of MSIs program. MSIs researchers
wrote several opinion pieces on the
subject and were interviewed by
major news outlets.
Core Team
Paul Read, Senior Research Fellow
Key Associates
Dr Roshan Bhandari, Bushfire Cooperative
Research Centre, University of Tasmania
Dr Kate McDonald, Country Fire Authority
Crime Stoppers, Partner
Department of Justice Victoria, Funder
RACV Insurance, Funder
Country Fire Authority, Partner
Department of Sustainability and
Environment, Partner
Fire Services Commissioner, Funder
University of Tasmania, Partner
Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC, Partner
Key Initiatives
MSIs research is
continuing to make a big
impact in the area of arson
and bushre prevention.
Current and future directions
for the place of community
in the prevention of bushre
arson
This project explored the present
role of communities in the prevention
of bushfire arson, the nature of the
interface between fire services and local
communities, and the opportunities
that were available. The work has been
written as a chapter in a forthcoming
book: Practical Guide to the Psychology
of Firesetting.
Gippsland Arson
Prevention Program
Launched in February 2011, this group
meet regularly throughout the fire season
to plan arson prevention responses.
Founding members include the Country
Fire Authority (CFA), Department of
Sustainability and Environment, Victoria
Police, Latrobe City Council, HVP
Plantations, Loy Yang Power, Gippsland
Water, Tru Energy and MSI. The group
is working on joint marketing initiatives,
coordinating surveillance on fire danger
days, improving inter-organisational
communication and coordinating risk-
management activities.
The danger of res in
municipal tips
This project explored the risks of fire
originating in municipal tips and their
impact on local residents and the local
environment. This work is the first
investigation of its type in Australia and
one of the few of its kind in the world.
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Established in 2000, Green Steps is an
award-winning training and education
program run through MSI.
Their mission is to equip people to play their part
in a more sustainable future at work and beyond.
This is done through environmental sustainability
training programs that are practical, applied, and
transformative. Green Steps training helps people turn
talk into action in their workplaces and communities.
Green Steps runs nationwide sustainability
training programs for university students and for
those in organisations. We also specialise in the
design and delivery of tailored, on-site, training
programs within organisations.
Green Steps contribution to a more sustainable future
has been recognised through awards from the national
Banksia Environmental Awards, the Victorian Premiers
Sustainability Awards, the UNAA Environment Day
Awards and the Australasian Green Gown Awards.
Green Steps
2013 Highlights
We delivered nine Green Steps
@

Uni courses across Australia and
internationally, and ran Green Steps
@
Work courses in both Melbourne
and Sydney.
There are now over 900 alumni of
Green Steps worldwide.
Weve expanded even further into the
United Kingdom with the delivery of
a second Green Steps course at the
University of Warwick and the first
delivery of a course with our new
partners the University of Exeter.
Our behaviour change training
course was delivered to over 90
Home Energy Assessors working
for the NSW Home Power Saving
program.
Our new national partnership with
the Australian Council of Social
Services (ACOSS) is delivering
energy efficiency opportunity training
to community sector organisations
across Australia.
We launched our new website
www.greensteps.edu.au at the
end of 2013.
Core Team
Mark Boulet, Manager
Helena Schulze, Marketing Coordinator
Kati Thompson, Training Coordinator
Erin Simpson, Internship and Alumni
Coordinator
Kendra Scaife, Project Administrator
Emma Grace, Project Administrator
Key Associates
David Robertson, Sessional Trainer
Eli Court, Sessional Trainer
Emma Schaefer, Sessional Trainer
Helen Barclay, Sessional Trainer
Jessica Fritze, Sessional Trainer
Joel Johnsson, Sessional Trainer
Kat Lavers, Sessional Trainer
Kerstin Schnekenburger, Sessional Trainer
Matt Wicking, Sessional Trainer
Meaghan Webster, Sessional Trainer
Michaela Lang, Sessional Trainer
Nate Matthews, Sessional Trainer
Stefan Hladenki, Sessional Trainer
Tom McMurchy, Sessional Trainer
Australian National University, Delivery Partner
Charles Sturt University, Delivery Partner
Griffith University, Delivery Partner
La Trobe University, Delivery Partner
Macquarie University, Delivery Partner
Monash University, Delivery Partner
University of Exeter, Delivery Partner
University of Warwick, Delivery Partner
AECOM Pty Ltd, Consultancy Delivery Partner
Australian Conservation Program,
Consultancy Client
Australian Council of Social Services,
Delivery Partner
Centre for Sustainability Leadership, Co-host,
Changemaker Events
City of Whitehorse, Consultancy Client
CitySwitch, Consultancy Client
ClimateWorks Australia, Delivery Partner
Department of Health, Victoria,
Consultancy Client
Fuji Xerox, Consultancy Client
Office of Environment and Heritage, NSW,
Consultancy Client
School for Social Entrepreneurs, Co-host,
Changemaker Events
Sustainability Victoria, Consultancy Client
Wannon Water, Consultancy Client
Warrnambool City Council, Consultancy Client
Key Initiatives
MSIs award-winning
Green Steps program
expanded its international
offerings in 2013.
Green Steps
@
University
Nine courses in eight universities
across Australia and in the United
Kingdom were run in 2013. These
courses engaged over 100 students in
intensive sustainability skills training and
internships. Two new university partners
joined the program: La Trobe University
(VIC) and the University of Exeter (UK).
Green Steps Internships
Green Steps managed the internship
component for three of its
@
University
courses and will place 40+ students
within as many host organisations
across Australia.
Green Steps
@
Work
professional development
Two courses were run in 2013
(Sydney and Melbourne), engaging 20
professionals from a wide diversity of
sectors, including government, business,
industry, and the community and
education sectors.
Green Steps
@
Work
onsite training
Green Steps provided tailored,
on-site training for organisations
such as Wannon Water, Sustainability
Victoria and the City of Whitehorse.
These courses engaged employees
and stakeholder groups within these
organisations in hands-on sustainability
skills learning and the creation of
action-based projects.
Green Steps consultancies
Green Steps provided high level
consultancy servicesprimarily around
the development and delivery of
sustainability training packages, staff
engagement programs and behaviour
changeto a number of organisations,
including Fuji Xerox Australia, the
Victorian Department of Health, the
NSW Office of Environment and Heritage
and Warrnambool City Council.
Green Steps public events
Green Steps hosted panel events in
Sydney (Re-thinking Consumption)
and Melbourne (the State of the
Sustainability sector) for alumni and
the general public. Panel members
included the Victoria Commissioner for
Environmental Sustainability, the CEO
of Interface Carpets Australia and the
heads of sustainability of Fuji Xerox
and the National Australia Bank. Green
Steps also co-hosted the annual Change
Makers Connect events in Sydney
and Melbourne with the Centre for
Sustainability Leadership and the School
for Social Entrepreneurs.
Retrotting [our] existing high-performing program to include
behaviour change techniques and retraining an established
workforce of assessors to adopt new work practices was a complex
and challenging task which Green Steps performed brilliantly.
Michael Reid, Senior Manager, Statewide Programs Households and Communities
Regional Operations, NSW Office of Environment and Heritage
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It was Sir John Monash who counselled:
adopt as your fundamental creed that you
will equip yourself for life, not solely for your
own benet but for the benet of the whole
community. MSIs Education for Sustainability
program is working across the University to
help equip Monash graduates to address the
grand challenge of sustainability.
We believe that doing so will do more than simply
provide a personal benet for our graduates through
improved employment prospects. We believe the whole
community will also benet through the improved
environmental, social and economic outcomes our
graduates will be equipped to deliver to the world.
Monash believes that we must go beyond simply
understanding the problems we face, to equipping
our graduates with the necessary knowledge, skill
and understanding to do something about them.
Addressing the challenge of sustainability, however,
cant be left to chance. Thats why Monash has
adopted a University-wide Education for Sustainability
Strategyled by MSIto guide our journey to
embed sustainability in our education offerings
across the University.
Education for
Sustainability
2013 Highlights
MSIs Education for Sustainability
program was a finalist in the 2013
Premiers Sustainability Awards
for our strategic curriculum
renewal initiative which focused
on embedding sustainability in
Monashs first year engineering
program.
We designed and began
development of a new Master
of Education for Sustainability
in partnership with the Faculty
of Education.
We worked collaboratively with
the University of Warwick on new
education initiatives in sustainability.
We held our first meeting with the
Education for Sustainability Advisory
Group, which brings together
academic staff with students and
external stakeholders.
I thoroughly enjoyed the Embedding Sustainability Through Unit
Renewal professional development session I attended with Geoff
at MSI. I was impressed by the preparation Geoff had us undertake
before the face-to-face session. This was one of my rst experiences
with online learning and I was surprised at how much I participated
despite being on my own I have been inspired by Geoff to
incorporate the immediate surroundings into my teaching. I now
regularly include campus walks and understandings of our everyday
natural environments into my teaching.
Dr Sylvia Almeida, Faculty of Education, Monash University
Core Team
Professor Geoff Rose, Professor and
Convenor
Mark Boulet, Researcher
Belinda Allison, Program Manager
Key Associates
Professor Kate Auty, Victorian Commissioner
for Environmental Sustainability
Professor Peggy Barlett, Professor of
Anthropology, Emory University, Atlanta, USA
Dr Cheryl Desha, Senior Lecturer in
Sustainable Development, Queensland
University of Technology
Jan Fitzgerald, Sustainability Program Manager,
Store Development and Operations, Coles
Breanna Magrath, Bachelor of Civil
Engineering Student, Green Steps Alumni
Associate Professor Alan Reid, Associate
Dean (Education), Faculty of Education
Professor Kate Rigby, Professor of
Environmental Humanities, Faculty of Arts
Dr Kris Ryan, Associate Dean (Education),
Faculty of Education
Joshua Sheppard, Bachelor of Commerce/
Bachelor of Law Student
Dr Wendy Stubbs, Senior Lecturer, School of
Tony Tan, Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of
Science Student, Vice Chancellors Ancora
Imparo Student Leadership Program
Associate Professor Paul Taylor, Director,
IATL, University of Warwick, UK
Key Initiatives
MSIs Education for
Sustainability program
led the development of
a University-wide strategy
in 2013.
Developing the strategic
and tactical plans to drive
at Monash University
Continuing on from the planning work in
the previous year, 2013 saw a focus on
more tactical planning and engagement
across Monash to further the Education
for Sustainability agenda. A highlight of
this work was the creation of an Advisory
Group which brought together academic
staff from Monash and other Australian
and overseas universities, Monash
students and external stakeholders
including the Victorian Commissioner
for Environmental Sustainability.
Monash students taking part in the MON2222
Unit Sustainability: learning and living it run a
city simulation on a visit to Siemens headquarters
Exploring the business case for
a new joint Masters program
Supported by the Monash Warwick
Alliance, we have been collaborating
with colleagues at the Warwick Institute
of Advanced Teaching and Learning to
develop the business case for a possible
joint Masters in the field of Sustainability.
Focusing on a blended learning model
of delivery and potentially drawing from
sustainability expertise across disciplines
at both Monash University and the
University of Warwick, it is anticipated
that the business case for this new joint
Masters will be completed in 2014.
Collaborating on a new
Masters in Education for
Sustainability
Professor Geoff Rose has been working
with colleagues at the Monash Faculty
of Education to develop a new Masters
in Education for Sustainability. It is
anticipated that this new degree will
be ready to launch in 2014.
Sustainability education
for students
2013 was the second year that we
ran MON2222 Sustainability: learning
and living it. Monash students from all
faculties can develop their sustainability
knowledge and skills by enrolling in
this very interactive undergraduate
unit offered on the Clayton Campus.
In this six point unit, Monash students
explore what sustainability means for
them personally, professionally and as
a member of the broader community.
The unit considers the economic,
social and environmental dimensions
of sustainability.
[The Sustainability Depth Unit] made me realise that sustainability is
everywhere and every decision we make can impact on our global
footprint. [Its] different to any other unit I have experienced whilst at
University; [it] challenges you to be involved.
Elliott Reid, Monash University Student
Sustainability
at Monash
Monash is playing its part in a
sustainable Australian future.
As part of Facilities and Services at Monash
University, Environmental Sustainability works
with staff and students to develop operational
and infrastructural improvements and to lead
behavioural change that supports environmental
initiatives. These initiatives include energy and
water efciencies, reducing waste, developing
green purchasing practices, supporting
more environmentally sustainable buildings,
monitoring carbon output and working towards
more sustainable transport to the University.
An international University, with a rich and diverse
teaching and student population, Monash contributes
to a more sustainable world both locally and
internationally. Our students and staff use the
Universitys infrastructure, teaching and research
capabilities to test, study, teach, apply, and share
information, technologies and policies in a living
laboratory of environmental sustainability.
2013 Highlights
Monash Universitys first 6 Star
Green Star Education Design v1
rating building was completed and
occupied in 2013.
We generated one million kilowatt
hours through the solar photovoltaic
arrays installed across five of the
Universitys campuses.
Public transport travel discounts of
10% were offered to international
students, staff and postgraduates
for the first time with Monash
implementing the Myki commuter
club program.
A new free bus service from the
Mornington Peninsula to the
Peninsula and Clayton campuses
was introduced in Semester 2.
Energy conservation programs in
2013 delivered an estimated 4%
energy reduction and $500,000 in
resources savings compared to
business as usual.
Monash Universitys
Green Credentials
Monash generated one million kW hours of
solar energy in 2013.
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Key Initiatives
The Facilities and Services
Team is ensuring Monash
University can walk
the talk with these key
initiatives.
Making Monash Universitys
buildings more sustainable
The first 6 Star Green StarEducation
Design v1 rating building at Monash
was opened by the Federal Minister
for Innovation, Industry, Science and
Research, Minister for Higher Education,
in July this year. New Horizons is
a collaborative, multi-disciplinary
research and teaching facility that
houses engineers and scientists from
Monash and CSIRO. Design features
of the building include a 1.2 megawatt
co-generation plant that generates
electricity and heating for the building
and the wider campus, exposed thermal
mass to moderate indoor temperature,
lights with sensors that adjust to daylight
levels and occupancy, and basement
tanks that hold harvested storm water
and rainwater for use in toilet flushing,
landscape irrigation, and the buildings
cooling system.
Integrating theory and practice
in environmental sustainability
In addition to providing a range
of lectures to various courses,
Environmental Sustainability staff
coordinated an engineering unit,
Energy and the Environment. Students
used engineering buildings as a case
study to identify a range of energy
efficiency opportunities for the building
sector. Energy savings of 40-60%
were identified, with some buildings
theoretically able to generate their annual
energy requirements from rooftop solar
panels. Many of these opportunities
have the potential to significantly reduce
the Universitys ongoing operational
costs and dependence on fossil fuel
and will be further investigated for
potential implementation.
Solar energy generated
on all six campuses
The installation of a solar photovoltaic
array at Peninsula campus, the last of
Monashs six Victorian campuses to
be fitted with solar, was completed this
year. The University installed the first
solar panels at Clayton campus in 2010,
with peak capacity for generating just
over 70 kilowatt hours (kWp). Other
arrays have since been established at
Berwick, Caulfield, Gippsland, Parkville
and, now Peninsula, campuses. Further
panels have been added throughout the
Clayton campus with the largest on the
roof of the Briggs and Jackomos halls
of residence that now generates 38 %
of the total output. With the addition
of 135 kWp at Peninsula, the eight
separate arrays have an overall capacity
of 563 kWp.
Installation of solar arrays is a
demonstration of Monashs commitment
to sustainability, not only to generate
renewable energy but also to engage
the thousands of staff, students and
visitors to its campuses. The link to
teaching was in evidence when Faculty
of Education students, undertaking
Sustainable Futures course units at the
Peninsula campus, were taken onto
the library roof to view and then switch
on, the panels to power the building
for the first time.
Improving environmental
performance
Three of Monashs campuses, Berwick,
Gippsland and Peninsula, were successful
in reducing their total energy consumption
in 2012-13 compared to the same period
in 2011-12.
Gippsland achieved a 7% decrease in
energy consumption (gas and electricity)
in 2012-13. Effective energy management
practices are part of day-to-day operations
at Gippsland, contributing significantly to
annual reductions in consumption spanning
4 years (2008/092012/13), resulting in
cumulative energy savings of over one
million kilowatt hours (kWh) during that
period. Peninsula campus also reduced
its total energy consumption by 5% in
2012/13 through the energy conservation
practices of local staff. Recommissioning
of energy control systems at Berwick
campus contributed to a 2% reduction
in energy use in 2012-13. The combined
energy savings across all three campuses
in 2012/13 represents 942,000 kWh,
enough energy to power 1,700* average
households for one month or a small town
such as Wonthaggi.
The impact of reduced energy consumption
has seen a related decrease in carbon
emissions with a 7% reduction at
Gippsland campus, a 6% reduction at
Berwick campus and a 4% reduction
at Peninsula campus. The abatement
of carbon emissions across the three
campuses represents a saving of 634
tonnes of carbon equivalent emissions.
*Annual consumption of 6617 kWh is based on four
occupants (including children) in Victorian postcode 3006
(http://www.energymadeeasy.gov.au/bill-benchmark).
Monash University's award-winning five-star
Green Star Briggs & Jackomos student
residences at Clayton campus.
Powershift Youth Climate
Summit hosted by Monash
Clayton was the host campus for the
national Power Shift 2013 summit in
July. The summit was Australias largest
ever climate change summit and it
brought together over 1500 students
for three days of inspiring speakers and
workshops from some of Australias
most renowned scientists, economists,
campaigners and young activists. The
summit was an incredible display of the
strength and energy of the youth climate
movement, gaining significant national
media attention, putting the spotlight on
climate change, and inspiring thousands
to take deeper action on climate change.
Our Impact
Improvements in Monashs environmental
sustainability performance in 2013 compared to 2012
On-campus energy (electricity and gas)
consumption per equivalent full-time student
load has decreased by 1%.
Renewable energy generation increased 23%
with solar voltaic capacity (563 kWp) now
installed at all 6 campuses.
Use of sustainable transport options by staff
and students improved by 6% with increases
in walking (3%), cycling (2%), and the use of
shuttle bus, public bus and carpooling (1%).
Water harvesting capacity increased to
2.9 million litres, which is used to flush
toilets and water grounds.
The total amount of waste generated
(landfill and recycled) decreased by 1%,
the sixth annual consecutive decrease.
The reams of paper purchased per equivalent
full-time student load decreased by 7%, the
sixth annual consecutive decrease.
3770 students and staff liked the Connect
with your Environment Facebook campaign.
Expansion of share
bike scheme
The share bike scheme at Clayton
campus has now been active for four
years. The green Unicycle bikes are
available to all students who live on
campus at Clayton. Due to the schemes
popularity, 60 green bikes were added
to the existing 100 bikes available for
students this year. In feedback received
from student users, 88% said that share
bikes had positively impacted their
attitudes about cycling with 49% stating
that they would be much more likely to
consider cycling as a mode of transport
into the future because of the initiative.
The scheme was also expanded for staff
use on campus with 40 new blue bikes
made available to participating faculties.
Aiming for zero potable
water on sports grounds
Clayton campus has seen a new
330,000 litre water tank installed
adjacent to its hockey field. Responding
to changing climate conditions, existing
smaller tanks were removed to make
way for the new catchment facility,
which is capable of pumping 128,000
litres of irrigation water per hour. The
new system will also reclaim 70% of the
water it sprays on to the hockey field.
Together with water captured from a
nearby lake and bore, the tanks will also
irrigate the sporting ovals, with the aim
to service the sporting ovals entirely with
harvested water.
Understanding our greenhouse
gas emissions
The major contributors to the carbon
footprint continue to be electricity (69%)
and gas (9%) consumption, and air travel
(17%). Monash Universitys environmental
efforts are reducing the growth of its
carbon footprint as the increase in the
Universitys carbon footprint since 2009
is now 1% below the business as usual
growth of the University.
In 2012 (the latest data available), gross
total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions
increased by 1% when compared to
the 2011 carbon footprint. The GHG
emissions arising from gas used for
heating and cooling (scope 1 emissions)
increased by 7%, with the emissions
from electricity consumption (scope 2
emissions) increasing by 2% compared
to the previous year. The increase in
GHG emissions was less significant than
the increase in energy consumption
as a result of a reduction in scope
3 emissions (2%) and an increased
contribution from GreenPower and
renewable energy generation.
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The sixth and nal Sustainable Campus Report
was launched in August 2013, bringing to a
close a successful six-year program run by MSI.
The report was launched at an event exploring
the role of the tertiary education sector in
creating a sustainable Australia.
Sustainable Campus
Group Report
As a member of the Sustainable
Campus Group for four years,
Deakin University has received
considerable value, guidance
and direction from participating
in the annual Sustainable
Campus Group report
Paula Tovey, Manager Environment,
Deakin University
The highly successful event attracted
over 50 people and included high
profile guest speakers including:
MSI Chair, Professor John Thwaites;
Director of the Institute for Sustainable
Futures (University of Technology),
Professor Stuart White; head of
the Climate Change Adaptation
Program (RMIT University), Professor
Darryn McEvoy; and CEO of the VET
Development Centre, Denise Stevens.
Other speakers included Professor Ove
Hoegh-Guldbert, Director of the Global
Change Institute at the University of
Queensland and world-renowned
expert on the effects of global warming
and ocean acidification on coral reefs.
In 2013, nine tertiary institutions took
part in the Sustainable Campus Group
including Charles Darwin University,
Chisholm Institute of TAFE, Deakin
University, the Goulburn Ovens
Institute of TAFE, Monash University,
Murdoch University, SkillsTech
Australia, Sunraysia Institute of TAFE,
and the Sunshine Coast Institute
of TAFE.
The report highlighted an increase in
energy consumption and greenhouse
gas emissions from 2011 to 2012 but a
decrease in water use, paper use and
waste being sent to landfill. Education
for Sustainability was also found to be
gaining momentum across the sector.
Additional image
The Monash Furniture Reuse Program
distributes surplus furniture to other
departments within the University,
diverting furniture from landfill.
Our Impact
A commitment to real-world impact and
practical outcomes drives MSIs work.
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Seminars
In 2013, MSI hosted six seminars and
workshops on key sustainability topics.
MSI Director, Professor Dave Griggs,
addresses the World Health Summit
in Berlin via video.
Multiple speakers
Building climate resilient cities
responding to the emerging water crisis
New Dehli, India
30 January 2013
Multiple speakers
Developing regional collaboration in
river basin management in response
to climate change
Kathmandu, Nepal
26-27 February 2013
Professor Iceck Ojzen, University
of Massachusetts
Why interventions can fail (or succeed)
Melbourne, Victoria
18, 22 and 23 April 2013
Thin Ice: The Inside Story of
Climate Science
Melbourne, Victoria
22 April 2013
Sir Bob Watson, Sir Louis Matheson
Distinguished Visiting Professor
at MSI
Is there a sustainable future for the world?
Melbourne, Victoria
20 and 22 May 2013
Professor Uri Gneezy, University
of California
When and why incentives (dont) work
Melbourne, Victoria
17 and 18 September 2013
Postgraduate Program
in Sustainability
Peter Bach, PhD candidate,
UrbanBEATS: A Virtual Urban Water
System Tool for Exploring Strategic
Planning Scenarios
Yvette Bettini, PhD completed
2013, School of Geography and
Environmental Science
Processes and pathways to water
sensitive cities
Annette Bos, PhD completed
Sustainable urban water management:
the art of translation
Jeddah Breman, PhD candidate,
Understanding the interactions
between centralised and decentralised
wastewater services and the implications
for system resilience
Ashley Broadbent, PhD candidate,
School of Geography and
Mitigating urban extreme heat in
Adelaide and Melbourne through
irrigation and stormwater
Christoph Brodnik, PhD Candidate:
The role of actor strategies and agency
as processes of systemic change in a
transition to sustainable urban water
management
Matthew Burns, PhD completed
2013, Department of Civil
Engineering
Flow-regime management: a paradigm
for urban stream protection and
restoration
Gayani Chandrasena, PhD
candidate, Department of
Civil Engineering
Faecal microorganism removal
in stormwater biofilters
David Choy, Masters student,
Nutrient behaviour in dry and wet
weather of stormwater drainage
Cintia Dotto, PhD completed 2013,
Parameter sensitivity and uncertainty
analysis in conceptual urban drainage
models
Nadine DArgent, PhD candidate,
Climatic and bioclimatic assessment of
the compact city urban morphologya
case study of Melbourne 2030
Jason Ellerton, PhD (lapsed)
candidate, Department of Civil
Engineering
The effect of competition between
plants on the treatment performance
of stormwater biofiltration systems
Wenjun Feng (Kent), PhD candidate,
Ti02 based photo-catalysis disinfection
for stormwater harvesting & WSUD
Briony Ferguson, PhD completed
Transitioning to a water sensitive city:
the case of Melbourne
Harsha Fowdar, PhD candidate,
Development of dual-mode biofiltration
systems
Bonnie Glaister, PhD candidate,
Optimisation of phosphorus removal
in stormwater biofiltration systems
Ana Guzman, PhD candidate,
Transdisciplinary practices in local
governments
Perrine Hamel, PhD completed 2013,
Integration of stormwater harvesting
and baseflow restoration measures to
restore catchment hydrology
Arezou Houshmand, Masters
student, Department of Civil
Engineering
Improving urban stream condition
by redirecting sediments
Dusan Jovanovic, PhD candidate,
Modeling faecal microorganisms in
the Yarra River estuary
Harpreet Kandra, PhD (lapsed)
Engineering
Clogging of stormwater filters with
high infiltration rates
Dr Yali Li, PhD candidate,
Passive filtration for pathogen removal
in urban stormwater
Anna Lintern, PhD candidate,
Digging up the Yarras dirty Past
Katherine Lizama-Allende, PhD
completed 2013, Department of
Civil Engineering
Arsenic and metal removal using
constructed wetlands
In 2013, MSI and the Monash Water for Liveability Centre
were proud to host a number of Doctorate, Masters and
Honours students conducting exciting research.
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Shirin Malepour, PhD candidate,
Strategic planning in urban water sector
to enable transformativechange using
exploratory scenario modelling tools
Ze Meng (Mia), PhD candidate,
The Study of Treatment Processes of
Pathogens in Stormwater Constructed
Wetlands, with a Focus on the Influence
of Direct Deposition
Sultana Nury, PhD candidate, School
of Geography and Environmental
Science
Estimation of actual evapotranspiration
using remote sensing data to assess the
role of vegetation and water on urban
climate: a study of Melbourne city
Darien Pardinas-Diaz, PhD
candidate, School of Geography
and Environmental Science
Evaluating the effectiveness of the
urban forestry as a UHI mitigation
strategy at city scale
Emily Payne, PhD candidate,
The influence of plant species and
water dynamics on nitrogen removal
within stormwater biofilters
Tracey Pham, Masters student,
The influence of vegetation on
hydrology and nutrient removal in
biofilters
Michael Poustie, PhD candidate,
Transitioning to sustainable urban water
management in the developing countries
of the South West Pacific Region
Anja Randjelovic, visiting PhD
Engineering
Modelling micropollutants in
stormwater systems
Mahbubul Siddiquee (Sid), PhD
Engineering
Process of pathogens in the
Yarra River Estuary
Minna Tom, Masters student,
Roof-harvested rainwater irrigation of
vegetablesis there a risk to human
health
Christian Urich, PhD candidate,
Modelling the Coevolution of Cities
and their Urban Water Infrastructure
Systems
Lara Werbeloff, PhD candidate,
Adaptive Institutional Capacity: the
dynamics of institutional change to
support sustainable urban water
transitions
Kefeng Zhang, PhD candidate,
Micropollutants validation framework for
passive stormwater treatment systems
Yaron Zinger, PhD completed 2013,
Stormwater Biofiltration Systems;
development, optimization and
application
Mohammed Bhuyan, PhD candidate,
Monash Asia Institute
The politics and economics of
resilience: Peasant perceptions and
responses to disaster in the Sundarban
area, Bangladesh
Stephen Derrick, PhD candidate,
School of Political and Social Inquiry,
Faculty of Arts
Sustainability and time: a case study of
representations of sustainability in higher
education institutions
Sarah Kneebone, PhD candidate,
BehaviourWorks Australia and
Department of Marketing, Faculty
of Business and Economics
Accelerating transitions to water
sensitive cities by influencing behaviour
Chris Lowe, PhD candidate
Social externalities of family business:
a bus industry case study
Paul Read, PhD candidate, School
of Psychology and Psychiatry,
Faculty of Medicine, Nursing, and
Health Services
Reconceptualising needs, equity
and wellbeing in the context of global
sustainability
Michael Spencer, PhD candidate,
Department of Business Law and
Taxation, Faculty of Law
An institutional framework for including
ecosystem services and natural capital
in public policy and business decisions
Our Impact
In 2013, Monash Sustainability Institute staff gave 247 presentations
and speeches, published 73 peer-reviewed journal and conference
papers, published 59 reports, books, book-chapters and articles,
represented MSI on 125 boards, organisations and committees,
and partnered with over 120 industry, government, academic, and
civic partners.
Awards and Fellowships
Professor Ana Deletic, Deputy Chair,
Water Forum, Australian Academy of
Technological Sciences and Engineering
Dr Paul McShane, Fellow, Australian
Institute of Company Directors
Representation
Belinda Allison
Lecturer, Sustainability Reporting for
Perspectives on Environment and
Sustainability, Monash University
Member, Sustainable Procurement
Committee, Monash University
Member, Environmental Sustainability
Stakeholder/Reference Committee,
Monash University Member, Tertiary
Sustainability Network, Victoria Member,
Steering Group for Strategic Research
Partnership between the Environmental
Protection Authority Victoria, Monash
University, University of Melbourne and
RMIT University.
Mark Boulet
Regional Director, Victoria, Australian
Campuses Towards Sustainability Board.
Professor Rebekah Brown
Council member, Monash University
Council Editorial board member,
Urban Water Journal Editorial board
member, International Journal of Water
Governance Editorial board member,
Environmental Innovation and Societal
Transitions.
Professor Ana Deletic, EA, FTSE
Co-Director, Monash Water for Liveability
Chair, Technical Review Committee, Best
Practice Environmental Management,
Environment Protection Authority,
Melbourne Water, CSIRO, Office of
Living Victoria, Department of Education
Member and elected Deputy Chair
(effective 2014), Water Forum, Australian
Academy of Technological Sciences
and Engineering Member, Governance
Review Committee, Australian Academy
of Technological Sciences and
Engineering Panel member, Urban Water
Stakeholder Reference Panel, Water
Policy Branch, Water Reform Division,
Federal Department Sustainability,
Environment, Water, Population and
Communities Forum member, National
Recycled Water Regulators Forum
Chair, International Working Group on
Data and Models International expert
advisor, Pennine Water Group, Sheffield
University & Bradford University, United
Kingdom International expert advisor,
Urban Drainage Systems as Key
Infrastructures in Cities and Towns a
Serbian Joint National Project (Serbia)
International expert advisor, Water in
Cities, Danish National Program on
Urban Water, Denmark Guest editor,
Water Research (Special Issue) CRC
Executive, Southeast University, Nanjing,
China Participant, Re-inventing the
Nations Urban Water Infrastructure,
CRC/ ERC with links to Stanford,
Colorado and Irvine Universities
Regional Executive Director, CRC for
Water Sensitive Cities Co-Supervisor of
PhD candidate, AusAID: Transitioning to
Sustainable Urban Water Management
in the Pacific Region Co-Leader, Smart
Water Fund, Monitoring of Troups Creek
Stormwater Harvesting.
Amandine Denis
Member, Technical Working Group for
the Emissions Reduction Fund Taskforce
Member, European Starting Grants Panel
Advisor, Project on Sustainability
Transformation Beyond 2015, Ministry of
Environment, Japan Member, Australian
Council of Environmental Deans and
Directors Member, EPA University
Partnership Reference Group Member,
VCCCAR Advisory Board Member,
Monash University Research Committee
Member, Monash University Education
Executive Group Member, Climate
Institute Strategic Council Member,
ClimateWorks Australia Board Member,
BehaviourWorks Australia Advisory
Board Member, Australian Indonesia
Centre Working Group Member, MSI
Advisory Board Member, International
Union for Conservation of Nature,
Commission on Education and
Communication Member, Urban Climate
Change Research Network (UCCRN)
Steering Group.
Professor Ray Ison
Invited member of expert consultation
on Innovation Systems Towards more
effective theories of change, CTA
(Technical Centre for Agricultural and
Rural Cooperation), Waganingen,
The Netherlands Led reform of OSRG,
Applied Systems Thinking in Practice
(ASTiP) Research Group and Network
Editorial Board, New Water Policy
and Practice Journal President Elect,
International Society for the Systems
Sciences (ISSS) International Reference
Group Member, USAID-funded RESILIM
Project on Water Governance in
South Africa.
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Dr Paul McShane
Editor, Journal of Ocean Technology
Editor, International Journal of
Indonesian Studies.
Dr Joshua Newton
Campus research coordinator, Research
Committee, Penninsula Campus,
Monash University.
Dr Gil Owen
Member, Program Committee, Energy
Efficiency Summer Study Member,
Consumer Challenge Panel, Australian
Energy Regulator.
Haywantee (Rumi) Ramkissoon
Research note editor, Journal of
Hospitality Management and Marketing
Editorial advisory board member,
International Journal of Contemporary
Hospitality Management Editorial board
member, International Journal of Event
and Festival Management Editorial board
member, European Journal of Tourism
Research Editorial advisory board
member, Journal of Tourism Editorial
advisory board member, Ecoforum
Member, Monash Institute of Graduate
Research, Monash University Reviewer,
Annals of Tourism Research Reviewer,
Tourism Management Reviewer, Journal
of Sustainable Tourism Reviewer, Journal
of Environmental Policy and Planning
Reviewer, Society and Natural
Resources Reviewer, Tourism Analysis
Reviewer, Current Issues in Tourism
Reviewer, International Journal of Event
and Festival Management Reviewer,
European Journal of Tourism Research
Reviewer, Journal of Hospitality
and Tourism Research Reviewer,
International Journal of Hospitality
Research Reviewer, Journal of
Hospitality Marketing and Management
Reviewer, eReview for Tourism
Reviewer, International Journal of
Contemporary Hospitality Management
Reviewer, The International Journal
of Environmental, Cultural, Economic
and Social Sustainability Reviewer,
Annual Conference of the Council for
Australasian University Tourism and
Hospitality Education (CAUTHE).
Dr Max Richter
Advisory board member and MAI Deputy
Director, Monash Asia Institute, Monash
University AIC member, Arts International
Advisory Committee, Monash University
PGCC member, Arts Post Graduate
Coursework Committee, Monash
University.
Anna Skarbek
Board member, Clean Energy Finance
Corporation Member, Energy White
Paper Reference Panel Board member,
Sustainable Member Fund.
Professor Rob Skinner
Deputy chair, CRC for Water Sensitive
Cities Board Principal investigator,
Monash-Southeast University Water
Sensitive Cities Research Centre Expert
advisor, Office of Living Victoria Chair,
Dili Drainage and Sanitation Masterplan
Steering Committee Chair, WaterAid
Australia Board Member, WaterAid
International Chair, International Water
Association, Cities of the Future
Program Committee Chair, Environment
Protection Authority Victoria, People
and Culture Committee Chair of
Cities of the Future Theme, Singapore
International Water Week 2014, Water
Convention Organising Committee
Member, Northern Territory Power and
Water Board Consultant, Melbourne
Metropolitan Strategy Ministerial
Advisory Committee Member, National
Water Commission, Urban Water
Strategic Advisory Panel.
Dr Liam D.G. Smith
Member, Zoos Victoria Scientific
Advisory Committee.
Dr Janet Stanley
Manager, Postgraduate Research
Students Unit, MSI Reviewer, National
Fund for Scientific and Technological
Development, Santiago, Chile Reviewer,
Transport Geography Reviewer,
International Journal of Sustainable
Transportation Reviewer, African Journal
of Business Management Reviewer,
Urban Studies Reviewer, Transportation
Research A: Policy and Practice
Reviewer, Australian and NZ Journal of
Public Health Reviewer, Urban Affairs
Review Board member, George Hicks
Foundation Board member, ConnectU
Policy advisor, Australian Council of
Social Services.
Professor Nigel Tapper
Reviewer, ANSTO Environmental
Programs Member, VCCCAR
Implementation Committee Associate
Director and Member of Executive,
Monash Water for Liveability Co-Leader
Program B and Member of Executive,
CRC for Water Sensitive Cities Member
of Executive, Monash School of
Member, Progress in Earth and Planeary
Science Journal Editorial Board.
Kati Thompson
Organising committee, Victorian
Facilitation Network.
Monash Sustainability Institute Chair,
ClimateWorks Australia Chair, National
Sustainability Council Chair, Australian
Building Codes Board Chair, Peter
Cullen Water and Environment Trust
Chair, Brotherhood of St Lawrence
Climate Change and Low Income
Households Project Director, Australian
Green Building Council Board, Monash
Injury Research Institute Leadership
Council, United Nations Sustainable
Development Solutions Network
Member, Australian Government Urban
Policy Forum.
Dr Philip Wallis
MSI Safety Officer, Provost Portfolio
OHS Committee Founding member,
The Fresh Water Network.
Professor Michael Ward
Associate editor, Australian Journal of
Agriculture and Resource Economics
Associate editor, Sustainability
Accounting, Management and Policy.
Presentations
Dr Jeremy Aarons
Knowledge management for
collaborative participation in natural
resource management in response
to climate change, presented at
workshop Developing regional
collaboration in river basin management
in response to climate change,
Hotel Himalaya, Kathmandu, Nepal,
26-27 February 2013
Knowledge management linking
research to climate change policy
and action, presented as guest lecture
for APG4425 Perspectives on
environment and sustainability,
Monash University, Clayton Campus,
30 April 2013
Introduction to knowledge management;
engagement and collaboration
for policy-relevant research; local
knowledge and traditional wisdom; the
research-policy nexus; presented at
Australian Leadership Awards (ALA)
Fellowships Program: Knowledge
Sector Development Vietnam, Week 7
workshops, Monash University, Caulfield
Campus, 15-18 April 2013
Knowledge management for linking
research to climate change policy and
action (with Professor Frada Burstein),
presented at Australian Leadership
Awards (ALA) Fellowships Program:
Knowledge Sector Development
Vietnam, closing symposium, Punt Hill
Apartments, Melbourne, 9 May 2013
Knowledge management for climate
change policy and action, Vietnam,
presented at workshop: Developing
effective climate change (adaptation
and mitigation), Vietnam, Hotel Sofitel,
Legend Metropole, Hanoi, Vietnam,
5-6 June 2013
A knowledge management framework
for sustainable development: a case of
natural resource management policy
work in Indonesia, presented at Pacific
Asia Conference on Information Systems
(PACIS) 2013, Jeju Island, Korea,
18-22 June 2013
Knowledge management challenges
for south-south knowledge exchange,
presented at workshop: Community-
based ecosystem approaches to climate
change adaptation: knowledge transfer
among exposed countries, Monash
University, Clayton Campus, Melbourne,
Victoria, 2 December 2013
Benefit sharing through knowledge
management, presented at workshop:
Developing regional collaboration in
river basin management in response
to climate change, Thimpu, Bhutan,
December 2013
Building a knowledge management
framework for the Indus, Teesta
and Koshi river basins, presented
at workshop: Developing regional
in response to climate change, Thimpu,
Bhutan, December 2013
Mark Boulet
A more enduring employee sustainability
training model, presented to the
Australian Water Association
Conference, Sydney, Australia,
February 2013
Green teams that work, presented at
Sustainable Transformation Conference,
Melbourne, Australia, June 2013
Are people just bloody idiots? Two steps
when designing behavioural change
programs, presented at Australian
Campuses Towards Sustainability
Conference, Sydney, Australia,
September 2013
Green teams that work, presented at
Sustainability Professional Conference,
Melbourne, Australia, October 2013
Behaviour change: first two steps,
presented at Sustainability Drinks,
Melbourne, Australia, June 2013
Lectures: Waste, energy and carbon
auditing, Monash Sustainability Depth
Unit, Melbourne, Australia, August 2013
Professor Rebekah Brown
Introduction to water sensitive cities,
presented to Monash Council Water
Sensitive Cities Workshop, Monash
City Council, Melbourne, Australia,
27 May 2013
Creating opportunities for developing
interdisciplinary research relationships
and projects, presented to Monash
Researcher Accelerator (MRA) Program
Leadership Breakfast, Monash
University, Melbourne, Australia,
6 June 2013
Urban water and sustainability transitions
technology innovation, development
and diffusion processes, presented at
UC Irvine-Monash Symposium, Monash
12 July 2013
Managing a large project and engaging
stakeholders, presented to Emerging
Research Excellence Fellows Workshop,
Monash University, Melbourne, Australia,
9 August 2013
Sustainable environments and liveable
places, presented at Collaboration
Forum Showcasing Arts Research,
2 September 2013
Plenary Session: Intersections Panel:
Interdisciplinary impact and engagement
outside academia, presented at the
TASA Conference, Monash University,
Caulfield, Melbourne, Australia,
27 November 2013
Dr Terence Chan
Systemic modelling for climate change
and policy options in integrated river
basin management, presented as part
of the workshop Developing regional
in response to climate change,
Hotel Himalaya Conference Centre,
Kathmandu, Nepal, 26 February 2013
Shortcourse: Introduction to modelling
and Bayesian network modelling,
presented at Australian Leadership
Awards Fellow Vietnam, Monash Asia
Institute, Monash University, Caulfield
Campus, Melbourne, Victoria,
8-12 April 2013
Systemic modelling: bringing together
social, economic and environmental
factors to assess sustainable
development options, closing
symposium at Knowledge Sector
Development for Sustainable Resource
Management in Response to Climate
Change, Punt Hill Conference Room,
Burwood, Victoria, 7 May 2013
The Cau River Basin, climate change
and future research needs, workshop
presented at Developing Effective
Climate Change Policy (Adaptation
and Mitigation) in Vietnam, Sofitel
Conference Centre, Hanoi, Vietnam,
5 June 2013
Participatory water resource
management, workshop presented
at Community-based climate change
adaptation, Monash Sustainability
Institute, 2 December 2013
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Systemic approaches to river basin
management, workshop presented
at Developing regional collaboration
in river basin management in response
to climate change, Thimpu, Bhutan,
20 December 2013
Eli Court
Tracking Australias progress towards
a low carbon economy, presented
to Jewish Ecological Coalition AGM,
Caulfield, Victoria, 10 November 2013
a low carbon economy, presented to
Corporate Environment Managers Group
Meeting, Amcor, Hawthorn, Victoria,
19 November 2013
Dairy Manufacturers Innovation Council,
Werribee, Victoria, 3 July 2013
Dr Jim Curtis
Behaviour change master class,
presented to NSW Office of Environment
and Heritage, Sydney, NSW,
19 February 2013
Food for thought: influencing behaviour,
presented to Sustainability Victoria,
Melbourne, Victoria, 5 February 2013
Behaviour change master class,
presented to MON222 Sustainability:
Learning and Living It, Clayton,
Melbourne, Victoria,
12 and 26 September 2013
Get it right on bin night: Behaviour
change workshop, presented to
Sustainability Victoria, Melbourne,
Victoria, 29 May 2013
Improving compliance outcomes: An
examination of the experiences and
practices of EPA Victorias environment
protection officers, presented at 2013
AELERT Conference, Melbourne,
Victoria, 13 November 2013
Professor Ana Deletic, EA, FTSE
Keynote: Water Sensitive Cities,
presented at 2nd International
Conference on Water Research,
Elsevier, Singapore Expo, Singapore,
20-23 January 2013
How to create an ecologically healthy
urban stream what does the research
tell us? Presented at Urban Stream
Catchment Management, Cooperative
Research Centre (CRC) for Water
Sensitive Cities, Evening Seminar Series,
Monash University Law Chambers,
Melbourne, Victoria 19 February 2013
Introduction to Cooperative Research
Centre for Water Sensitive Cities,
presented to Jewish National Fund,
Westfield Tower 2, Sydney, NSW,
28 February 2013
Water property rights: how can they
support a transition to Water Sensitive
Cities, presented at the CRC for Water
Sensitive Cities monthly evening seminar
series, Spire Offices, Melbourne, Victoria,
14 March 2013
Water Sensitive Urban Design,
presented at the Local Government
Designers Forum: Healthier Cities by
Design, Urban Design, Monash City
Council, Central Reserve Sports and
Community Pavilion, Glen Waverley,
Melbourne, Victoria, 19 March 2013
Building socio-technical flood resilience
in cities and towns, presented at Flood
Resilience Workshop, CRC for Water
Sensitive Cities, Monash Law Chambers,
Water Sensitive Cities, presented to
Jewish National Fund and Minister
for Environment, Victorian State
Government, Parliament House,
Spring Street, Melbourne, Victoria,
21 March 2013
Water Sensitive Cities, presented
to Department of Sustainability and
Environment, Regulatory Government
meeting, Victorian State Government,
Water conservation, flood mitigation
and pollution control: identifying and
prioritising behaviours, presented
at CRC for Water Sensitive Cities
workshop, Fraser Suites, Perth, WA,
2 April 2013
Linking research and practice, presented
at CRC for Water Sensitive Cities
workshop, Fraser Suites, Perth, WA,
3-4 April 2013
Water sensitive cities: urban design
model, social transition model,
biophysical module, economical
valuation model, presented as part
of a workshop for the CRC for Water
Sensitive Cities, A4.3, DAnCE4Water,
Civil Engineering Seminar Room, Clayton
Campus, Monash University, Melbourne,
7 May 2013
The economics of water sensitive cities
and liveability, presented at a seminar
to the CRC for Water Sensitive Cities
and Stormwater Victoria, Bayview Eden,
Melbourne, Victoria, 7 May 2013
Water Sensitive Cities, presented at
CRC Research Workshop, Monash
Law Chambers, Melbourne, Victoria,
8-9 May 2013
ATSE Round Table with Sir Bob
Watson FRS, presented at Australian
Academy of Technological Sciences and
Engineering, 17 May 2013
Keynote: Water Sensitive Cities,
presented at Roundtable, Local
Government Association, Adelaide,
South Australia, 24 May 2013
Why Monash? Local perspectives
and city perspectives, presented at
Water Sensitive Cities Workshop,
Healthy Liveable Places for People,
Monash City Council with Monash
Water for Liveability, Monash University,
Springvale, Melbourne, 27 May 2013
Keynote: Green water technologies in
water sensitive cities, presented at Swiss
Federal Institute of Aquatic Science
and Technology, EAWAG, Zurich,
Switzerland, June 2013
Keynote: Socio-technical modelling
of integrated urban water systems,
presented at Swiss Federal Institute
of Aquatic Science and Technology,
EAWAG, Zurich, Switzerland, June 2013
Keynote: Water sensitive cities,
presented at Interurba III Workshop,
Obergurgl, Austria, 17 June 2013
Keynote: Monash Water for Liveability
and CRC for Water Sensitive Cities
Research progress in Australia,
presented at World Leadership
Conference, Jerusalem, Israel,
20 June 2013
Welcome and introduction, presented
at the launch of Water Sensitive City
Modelling Toolkit Beta Release,
Monash University Law Chambers,
Melbourne, Victoria, 5 July 2013
Overview of Monash Water for
Liveability, CRC for Water Sensitive
Cities, and stormwater research at
Monash University, presented at Mini
Symposium: Stormwater Management,
Monash Water for Liveability hosting
guests from USA including Professor
Stan Grant, Monash Sustainability
Institute, Clayton Campus, Monash
University, Melbourne, Victoria,
11-12 July 2013
Monitoring and evaluation of ABC
Waters design features at Punggol
East C39 precinct and common
green, presented at workshop on CRC
collaboration in Singapore, CRC for
Water Sensitive Cities, Singapore,
16-17 July 2013
Pollution generated by roads and current
management practices, presented at
Water Sensitive Road Design Workshop,
30 July 2013
Blueprint2013 stormwater
management in water sensitive cities,
presented at Recent Advances in Water
Sensitive Urban Design event, CRC
for Water Sensitive Cities Hub activity,
evening seminar, Adelaide, SA,
13 August 2013
Keynote: Women in science Monash
Water for Liveability, presented to
Parliamentary Friends of Women in
Science, Maths and Engineering,
AMREP Lecture Theatre, The Alfred,
Melbourne, Victoria, September 2013
Cities as Water Supply Catchments,
presented to State Government,
Melbourne, Victoria, 30 September 2013
Sustainable Development Solutions
Network, presented to the Vice
Chancellors senior delegation to
Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia,
13 February 2013
Climate change, sustainability and
health, presented at Determinants of
Health lecture series, Deakin University,
22 February 2013
Climate change and sustainability,
presented as part of the ALAF Vietnam
program, Melbourne Museum,
Melbourne, Australia, 6 March 2013
presented to Freshfields Bruckhaus
Deringer, New York, 19 March 2013
Science and Sustainable Development
Goals, presented at UN Expert Group
Meeting, United Nations, New York,
20 March 2013
Research commencement and
collaboration, presented to Future
Research Leaders Program, Monash
28 March and 7 August 2013
Sustainability and leadership, presented
at David Ben Gurion Sir John Monash
Leadership Forum 2013, Monash
10 April 2013
presented at SEWPAC, Canberra,
Australia, 8 May 2013
Guest lecture: Climate change and
the sustainability challenge, presented
to ENE1621 first year Environmental
Engineering program, Monash University,
Melbourne, Australia, 10 May 2013
presented at Sustainable Development
Goals National Workshop, National
Australia Bank, Melbourne, Australia,
14 May 2013
presented at UN Open Working Group
Side Event, United Nations, New York,
19 June 2013
presented to UN Mining Working Group,
New York, 20 June 2013
Indigenous voices in climate change
adaptation: Building the capacity of the
Yorta Yorta community to respond to
climate change, presented at NCCARF
Annual National Conference, Sydney,
Australia, 25 June 2013
presented to Fifth International Forum
for Sustainable Asia and the Pacific
2013 (ISAP2013), Yokohama, Japan,
24 July 2013
presented at POST 2015, Yokohama,
Japan, 25 July 2013
Earth system governance, presented at
SDG-ESG (Earth System Governance)
Retreat, Yokohama, Japan, 28 July 2013
presented to MON2222, Monash
1 August 2013
Climate change and sustainability in a
nutshell, presented to Master of Public
Health postgraduate unit on climate
change (MPH5042 Climate Change
and Public Health), Alfred Hospital,
Melbourne, Australia, 8 August 2013
Monash Sustainability Institute,
presented to the Chinese delegation
study tour from the Organisation
Department of Fuzhou City, Jiangxi
Province, Monash University,
12 August 2013
The Millennium Development Goals
Where to from here? Presented at
the Castan Centre for Human Rights
Law, Human Rights Forum, Monash
12 August 2013
a seminar for Bachelor of Science
(with Advanced Honours) students,
12 September 2013
presented at Law Faculty Research Staff
Seminar, Monash University, Melbourne,
Australia, 25 September 2013
Climate change, sustainability and
health, presented to World Health
Summit (pre-recorded) in Berlin,
Germany, 11 October 2013
presented to Global Environment
Action Conference (GEA): Advancing
From Rio+20 Towards a Sustainable
Future Economic Revitalisation and
Contribution to the International Society
Through Green Economy, Tokyo, Japan,
18 October 2013
Sustainable Development, presented
to Australian Council of International
Development council meeting, Canberra,
Australia, 31 October 2013
Future Earth, presented to the
Sustainable Development Goals
Workshop, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia,
8 November 2013
presented at the Faculty of Arts and MSI
Forum on UN Sustainable Development
Goals, Monash University, Melbourne
Australia, 13 November 2013
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Archiving for the future: heritage seeds
and heritage culture for an uncertain
future, chaired public seminar on
eco-musicology on the occasion of
the official visit to Monash of Professor
Anthony Seeger, Adjunct Professor of
Ethnomusicology, University of California,
Los Angeles (UCLA), Monash University,
Melbourne, Australia, 14 November 2013
Sustainable development, presented
at Development Futures: Alternative
Pathways to End Poverty Conference,
Sydney, Australia, 22 November 2013
Learning from Indigenous knowledge:
Climate change and water management
in the Barmah-Millewa, presented to the
Royal Society of Victoria, Melbourne,
Australia, 28 November 2013
Indigenous voices in climate change
adaptation: Building the capacity of
the Yorta Yorta community to respond
to climate change, presented on WB
Knowledge Transfer Project field trip,
Barmah-Millewa, Victoria, Australia,
3 December 2013
presented at the Environmental,
Resource and Sustainability Workshop,
9 December 2013
Professor Ray Ison
Reflections on COCE 2013, presented
as invited final plenary speaker,
Conference on Communication and
Environment, International Environmental
Communication Association, Uppsala,
Sweden, 6-11 June 2013
Systems and design: mutually
influencing disciplines, presented to
Design Research Group, The Open
University, UK, 26 June 2013
Research practice experiential workshop,
presented to The Open University, UK,
9 July 2013
Europe and Global Challenges
Workshop, OU CADWAGO Research
Team, Herrenhausen Palace, Hannover,
27-29 September 2013
Keynote: From sustainable to
systemic development: an inquiry into
transformations in discourse and praxis,
presented at Interdisciplinarites Entre
Nature et Societes Symposium, Centre
Culturel, International de Cerisy-La-Salle,
France, 30 September 5 October 2013
Panel: Entre resilience, des socio-
ecosystems et relations Hommes,
Interdisciplinarites entre Nature et
Societes Symposium/ Milieu des ponts
de vue en debat, Centre Culturel,
International de Cerisy-La-Salle, France,
30 September 5 October 2013
Lead Roundtable Discussion of the
Sustainability Research Unit, Nelson
Mandela Metropolitan University, South
Africa, 21 October 2013
Discussing collaborative research, Guest
of Conservation Services Directorate
Head, Dr Hector Magombe, SANParks
Pretoria, South Africa, 25 October 2013
Rob Kelly
Guest Lecture: Clean energy
investment, presented to AFF9012:
Carbon Pricing and Emissions Trading,
Monash University, Clayton, Melbourne,
Australia, 15 April 2013
Energy and emissions cost
management, presented at Carbon
Expo, MCG, Melbourne, Australia,
3 December 2013
Tracking progress towards a low carbon
economy, presented at the public launch
of ClimateWorks Australias Tracking
Progress research, Federation Square,
Melbourne, Australia, 31 July 2013
Carbon decision making and risk
management, presented to Liable Entity
Carbon Summit, Marriot Hotel, Sydney,
Australian Sustainability Leaders Forum,
Perth, Australia, 13 November 2013
Michael Lam
Using social research to improve
organisational performance on
delivering outcomes for the public, duty
holders, customers and stakeholders,
presented at 2013 AELERT Conference,
Melbourne, Victoria,
13-14 November 2013
Dr Paul McShane
Resolving tension between poverty,
economic development and climate
change in South Asia, presented at the
Asian Studies Association of Australia
(ASAA) 19th Biennial Conference,
University of Western Sydney,
11 and 13 July 2013
Community engagement for improved
HIV/AIDS and maternal health outcomes
in Myanmar, presented at the 5th
International Conference on Public
Health among Greater Mekong Sub-
regional countries; University of Public
Health, Yangon, Myanmar,
Food inspection and Certification
ASEAN: Train the Trainer, presented
at the AusAID Public Sector Linkage
Program, Phnom Penh, Cambodia,
May 2013
Food inspection and Certification
ASEAN: Train the Trainer, presented
at the AusAID Public Sector Linkage
Program, Yangon, Myanmar,
September 2013
Dr Joshua Newton
Using the theory of planned behaviour
to design and evaluate interventions,
presented at Peninsula Campus
Research Seminar, Monash University,
Melbourne, Australia, 6 June 2013
Preventing illegal dumping at charitable
recyclers, EPA training session for
Litter Prevention Officers, Melbourne,
Using randomised control trials to
inform public policy responses to illegal
dumping, presented to Australian
Evaluation Society International
Conference, Brisbane, Qld,
6 September 2013
Interventions to reduce illegal dumping,
presented to Council Litter Environment
Network (CLEAN), Melbourne, Victoria,
11 September 2013
presented to Victorian Litter Action
Alliance (VLAA) Executive Meeting,
Melbourne, Victoria, 13 September 2013
presented at Australian Evaluation
Society seminar series, Melbourne,
Victoria, 9 October 2013
Evaluating interventions to reduce illegal
dumping at charity stores, presented
at National Association of Charitable
Recycling Organisations (NACRO)
annual conference, Gold Coast, Qld,
15 October 2013
Preventing illegal dumping on charitable
recyclers, presented at 2013 AELERT
Conference, Melbourne, Victoria,
13 November 2013
Dr Gil Owen
Its all about the customer developing
an effective electricity demand side,
presented to Alliance to Save Energy,
Summer Study on Energy Efficiency,
Sydney, NSW, February 2013
Invited speaker: Where is the
vulnerable consumer in market-led
reforms? Presented at Australian Council
of Social Service Annual Conference,
Adelaide, South Australia, March 2013
Keynote speaker: UK energy efficiency
schemes to tackle fuel poverty some
considerations for Victoria, presented to
Environment Victoria, One Million Homes
Roundtable, Melbourne, Victoria,
April 2013
Electricity demand, Presented at and
chaired plenary sessions at UK Energy
Research Centre, Sustainability First and
National Grid, London, UK, 16 May 2013
The Great Britain energy retail market
recent Ofgem proposals, presented
to Consumer Utilities Advocacy Centre
Reference Group, Melbourne, Victoria,
30 May 2013
The Great Britain energy retail market
recent Ofgem proposals, presented
to Consumer Action Law Centre Policy
Trilemma Seminar, 27 June 2013
Energy efficiency for low income
households, presented at Clean Energy
Week, Brisbane, Qld, 25 July 2013
The role of consumer challenge in energy
regulation in Great Britain, presented at
Energy Networks Association Regulation
Seminar, Brisbane Qld, 24 July 2013
The role of demand side in the electricity
market, presented to Australian Institute
of Energy, Melbourne, Victoria,
18 July 2013
Consumer experiences in the UK:
pathway to re-regulation? Presented at
QCOSS Forum on Deregulating Energy
Prices, Brisbane, Qld, 24 October 2013
Protecting vulnerable customers in
the GB energy and water sectors,
presented at workshop on Utility
Pricing and Vulnerable Customers,
La Trobe University, Albury-Wodonga,
6 November 2013
Smart meter roll-out in Great Britain,
presented to Smart Utilities Australia and
New Zealand Conference, Melbourne,
Victoria, 26 November 2013
Lecture: Smart grid economics,
Monash Smart Grids Course,
Melbourne, Victoria, November 2013
Haywantee (Rumi) Ramkissoon
Predictors of compliance table of
eleven, presented to Writers Retreat
on Behaviour Change, hosted by
BehaviourWorks Australia, Cape
Shanck, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria,
2-5 September 2013
Dr Max Richter
Background and context to my book,
presented to 3ZZZ Community Radio,
Melbourne, Victoria, 13 February 2013
Ethnography, interviewing and
participant-observation, presented at
Qualitative Research Methods (with Dr
Tina Kalivas), Vietnam ALAF Program,
Clayton Campus, Monash University,
Popular music and peoples negotiations
with power (Indonesia), presented
at Monash Asia Institute Seminar,
Local knowledge: between scientism
and romanticism, presented at ALAF
Knowledge Sector Development
Vietnam, International Symposium,
9 May 2013
Anthropology and development theory:
an introduction to key concepts and
approaches, presented at Australia
Awards Scholarships Guest Speakers
Program, Jakarta, 11 June 2013
Climate change, environmental security
and food security, presented at Australia-
Indonesia Dialogue, Melbourne, Victoria,
25-26 June 2013
Indonesias 2009 presidential election:
some ethnographic dimensions,
presented at Indonesia Council Open
Conference, 11-12 July 2013
Applied research for sustainable
development, presented at ASEAS-
Australia Youth Summit, Melbourne,
Victoria, 24 August 2013
Looking back at culture and
development debates Looking
Forward to New Australia-Indonesia
collaborations, presented as guest
lecture at Bogor Agricultural Institute,
Bogor, Indonesia, 28 October 2013
Popular music, everyday peace, and the
negotiation of power: from Yogyakarta to
the regions, presented as guest lecture
at State Islamic University, UIN, Jakarta,
Indonesia, 31 October 2013
Anna Skarbek
Presentation to the Group of Eight on
ClimateWorks Australia, presented at
Monash University, Clayton Campus,
2 May 2013
Energy efficiency progress: towards
a low carbon economy, presented at
the Australian National Conference
on Resources and Energy, Canberra
Theatre Centre, Canberra,
3-4 October 2013
Energy efficiency, presented at Carbon
Expo Australasia 2013, Melbourne,
Australia, 2 December 2013
Energy efficiency, presented at Energy
Efficiency Council's 5th annual National
Conference, Rydges Melbourne,
Victoria, 4 December 2013
Energy efficiency, presented at
the CSIRO Future Grid Forum,
6 December 2013
Helena Schultze
Introducing Green Steps, presented
at Metro Waste Management Group
Forum, Melbourne, Australia,
August 2013
Professor Rob Skinner
Liveable and resilient cities, presented
at a joint Monash-TERI Forum (The
Environment Research Institute),
New Delhi, India, January 2013
Keynote address: Stormwater: the
elixir of liveability, Victorian Stormwater
Conference, Melbourne, Australia,
May 2013
Leadership in the water sector,
presented at the International Water
Centre Leadership Program, Brisbane,
Australia, February 2013
Keynote address: Leadership
excellence in times of change, presented
at the IPWEA Annual Conference,
Melbourne, Australia, March 2013
Water in cities of the future, presented
at the Ben-Gurion Sir John Monash
Leadership Forum, Melbourne, Australia,
April 2013
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Keynote address: Waters role in
creating liveable cities, presented at the
International Water Associations Cities
of the Future Conference, Istanbul,
Turkey, September 2013
The case for the water sensitive cities
research centre, presented to the Joint
Research Institute, Monash-Southeast
University, Suzhou, China,
November 2013
Dr Liam D.G. Smith
Behaviour Change Masterclass,
presented to Ocean Park, Hong Kong,
Mapping behaviours to transition to
water sensitive cities, presented at
8th International Water Sensitive Urban
Design Conference, Gold Coast,
Queensland, Australia,
25-29 November 2013
Preventing illegal dumping on
charitable recyclers, presented to
Australasian Environmental Law
Enforcement and Regulators Network
13-14 November 2013
An examination of environmental
protection officers experiences
and practices to improve compliance
outcomes, presented to Australasian
Environmental Law Enforcement
and Regulators Network Conference,
Melbourne, Australia,
13-14 November 2013
Working at scale: tools of influence
at the wide end of the regulatory
pyramid, presented and participated
in panel discussion at the Australasian
Environmental Law Enforcement and
Regulators Network Conference,
Melbourne, Australia,
13-14 November 2013
When does change become bankable?
Presented at 6th Annual Water Forum,
La Trobe University, Wodonga, Australia,
7 November 2013
Preventing illegal dumping on charity
stores, presented to Australasian
Evaluation Society Victoria Branch,
Melbourne, Australia, 9 October 2013
Using randomised control trials to
inform public policy responses to illegal
dumping, presented to Australasian
Evaluation Society, Brisbane, Australia,
4-6 September 2013
Behaviour change and sustainable
consumption, presented to United
Nations Association of Australia
Victoria Branch, Sustainable Production
and Consumption Forum, Melbourne,
Common behaviour change mistakes,
presented to Senate SHJ Issues
Exchange Forum, Melbourne, Australia,
25 June 2013
Convenor: Communication and
engagement workshop, VCCCAR
Annual Forum, Geelong, Australia,
13 May 2013
Behaviour change: the next phase
of activation, presented to the World
Wildlife Fund Earth Hour Renewal
Forum, Sydney, Australia, 16 April 2013
Common behaviour change mistakes,
presented at Monash University-Ben
Gurion University Leadership and
Sustainability Forum, Melbourne,
Dr Janet Stanley
Cities as performance enablers, speaker
and panel member at the Australian
Leadership Retreat, Hayman Island,
Queensland, 23-25 August 2013
A conversation with Admiral Chris Barrie,
moderator at the Australian Leadership
Retreat, Hayman Island, Queensland,
23-25 August 2013
A conversation with David Ritter,
moderator at the Australian Leadership
Retreat, Hayman Island, Queensland,
23-25 August 2013
The place of citizen action to improve
the social and environmental
sustainability of local rural transport,
presented at Thredbo: The 13th
International Conference on Competition
and Ownership in Land Passenger
Transport, University of Oxford, UK,
Invited speaker: Fire and the
environment, presented at community
meeting in Dromana, Victoria,
30 June 2013
Invited speaker: Unmet needs
of people in Boroondara, Rotary,
Boroondara, Melbourne, Australia,
18 June 2013
Lecture: Transport and the clean
energy plan, Master of Economics,
6 May 2013
Invited speaker: The social and
economic impact on the south east
councils of Melbourne arising from the
cuts to the TAFE sector, presented to
South East Group of Councils Regional
Forum, Frankston City Hall, Victoria,
The danger of fire in the proposed
landfill in Dromana, presented at 20B
Conference, EPA Victoria, Mornington
Community Hall, Victoria,
11 September 2013
Lecture: What might a sustainable
transport system look like? Presented
to Sociology Unit, Monash University,
Melbourne, Australia, 29 August 2013
Lecture: Social sustainability, presented
to Sustainability, Learning and Living
it Unit, Monash University, Melbourne,
Australia, 1 August 2013
Invited speaker: Social exclusion and
transport policy, presented to Regional
Forum on Mobility, (with JK Stanley),
Adelaide, South Australia, 17 April 2013
Invited speaker: ConnectU a social
enterprise approach which offers more
transport opportunities, presented at
Regional Forum on Mobility, Adelaide,
South Australia, 17 April 2013
Wei Sue
Government, policy and industry
perspectives on the future of climate
change policy, presented to Young
Economists Panel Discussion,
Melbourne, Victoria, 13 November 2013
Professor Nigel Tapper
Designing urban futures, presented
as a third/ fourth year unit based on
microclimate program in the CRC for
Water Sensitive City, Monash University,
Melbourne, Australia, Semester 2, 2013
Frontiers of environment and
sustainability urban water, presented
as a fourth year unit, Monash University,
Melbourne, Australia, August 2013
Heat, health and urban design How
cooler cities can save lives, presented
to Climate Ready and Water Sensitive
Southern Hub (CRC) event, Melbourne,
Australia, September 2013
Sustainable environments and liveable
places, presented to inter-faculty
research collaboration forum, Monash
2 September 2013
Lecture: How cooler cities can save
lives an overview of the urban
microclimate program, presented to
CRC for Low Carbon Living Researchers
Workshop, September 2013
The CRC for Water Sensitive Cities
research program, presented to the
Department of Innovation, Industry,
Science and Research, Canberra,
Australia
Overview of urban climate research
in the CRC for Water Sensitive Cities,
presented at a workshop Coping
with Heat in Birds and Humans,
Deakin University and Victorian Centre,
Melbourne, Australia, 14 May 2013
Addressing issues of current and
future heat vulnerability in Australian
cities, presented at NCCARF Annual
Conference, (Loughnan, M., Tapper,
N., Phan, T., Lynch, K. & McInnes, J.),
Sydney, Australia, June 2013
How cooler cities can save lives an
overview of the urban microclimate
program of the CRC for Water Sensitive
Cities, presented to Moonee Valley City
Council Sustainability Team, Melbourne,
Australia, June 2013
Spatial vulnerability of Australian urban
populations to extreme heat events,
presented at European Geophysical
Congress, (Loughnan, M., Tapper, N.,
Phan, T., Lynch, K. & McInnes, J.),
Vienna, Austria, April 2013
Lecture: Urban population vulnerability
to climate extremes mitigating urban
heat through water sensitive urban
design in Australian cities, presented
at Cranbourne and Royal Botanical
Gardens, Melbourne, Australia,
22 August and 2 September 2013
Spatial vulnerability of Australian urban
populations to extreme heat events,
presentation to Inner Melbourne Climate
Adaptation Network, Melbourne Town
Hall, Melbourne, Australia,
November 2013
Design and placement of WSUD for
improved microclimate, presented with
Rick Harris at the Water Sensitive Urban
Design Conference 2013, Gold Coast,
Queensland, Australia, November 2013
Keynote address: Urban population
vulnerability to climate extremes
mitigating urban heat through
technology and water sensitive urban
design in Australian cities, presented
at Urban Areas and Global Change
session of the American Geophysical
Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, USA,
December 2013
Kati Thompson
Staff engagement the key to improved
waste management in organisations,
presented at Tipping Point Waste
Management Conference, Metropolitan
Waste Management Group, Melbourne,
Victoria, April 2013
Waste auditing an approach to
quantifying environmental impact in
organisations, presented at Quantifying
Sustainability course, Sustainability
Masters program, Monash University,
Melbourne, Victoria, September 2013
Beyond greenwash green marketing
best practice, presented to Green
Marketing course, Marketing
Department, Caulfield Campus,
Monash University, Melbourne,
Victoria, October 2013
Engaging your staff on waste, presented
at Waste Expo, Melbourne, Victoria,
October 2013
Keeping water reform high on the public
agenda, presented at the 8th Annual
Water Symposium, Sydney, Australia,
22 February 2013
What is the role of state governments in
reducing carbon emissions? Presented
at National Environmental Law
Association Conference, Melbourne,
Australia, 7 March 2013
A sustainable future? Presented to
Williamson Community Leadership,
Melbourne, Australia, 15 March 2013
Leadership and governance in local
government, presented at LGPro
Seminar, Yarra Valley, Victoria, Australia,
21 March 2013
The sustainable development goals and
a vision of a better world, presented at
closing ceremony of the Youth Model
United Nations, Melbourne, Australia,
23 March 2013
Influencing political dynamics, presented
to CRC for Water Sensitive Cities
Industry Partner Workshop, Perth,
Monitoring Australias sustainability,
presented at Business sustainability
stakeholder event, National Australia
Bank, Sydney, Australia, 8 April 2013
The United Nations Sustainable
Development Solutions Network,
presented at David Ben-Gurion Sir John
Monash Leadership Forum, Melbourne,
Launch of the Sustainable Australia
Report 2013, presented at Macquarie
University, Sydney, Australia, 9 May 2013
A Sustainable Australia? Presented at
Monash SDSN Workshop on What
sort of Sustainable Development Goals
should Australia aim for?, Melbourne,
Financing a sustainable future:
opportunities in energy efficiency
and low carbon growth, presented
at National Australia Bank Executive
Conference, 22 May 2013
Innovation and business growth,
presented to Sustainable Business
Australia, Melbourne, Australia,
22 May 2013
Conversation with the future. The
Sustainable Australia report, presented
at The Sustainable Transformation
18 June 2013
The Sustainable Australia Report 2013,
presented at Barangaroo Board Lunch,
Sydney, Australia, 19 June 2013
Are our cities sustainable? Presented
at Victorian Transport Infrastructure
Conference, Convention Centre,
Melbourne, 20 June 2013
Sustainable Australia Report 2013
How well are we travelling? Presented
at Continuing Legal Education
Maddocks, Melbourne, Australia,
17 July 2013
Sustainability and productivity, presented
at Productivity Commission Seminar,
Canberra, ACT, 23 July 2013
Measuring sustainability, presented
to Department of Sustainability,
Environment, Water and Communities
staff seminar, Canberra, ACT,
23 July 2013
Keeping urban water reform on the
political agenda, presented at WATER
2013: Affordability, Liveability and
Efficiency Conference, Sydney Harbour
Marriott at Circular Quay, Sydney,
Australia, 29 July 2013
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Launch of ClimateWorks Australias
Tracking Progress report, Chair of the
Industry Panel, BMW Edge, Melbourne,
Australia, 31 July 2013
The role of the tertiary sector in
a sustainable Australia and The
Sustainable Australia Report, presented
to Sustainable Campus Group, Telstra
Conference Centre, Melbourne, Victoria,
6 August 2013
Achieving a step change in productivity,
presented at SKM Industry and
Government Dinner, Westin Hotel,
Melbourne, Victoria, 6 August 2013
presented to The Warren Centre for
Advanced Engineering Governors
Launch, Sydney, Australia,
21 August 2013
Future proofing your business, presented
to 3 Pillars New Economy Summit,
Sydney, Australia, 21 August 2013
The triple bottom line cost of an
unsustainable future, presented to
Leadership Victoria, Melbourne,
Australia, 27 August 2013
Sustainability on the world stage: setting
goals, targets, and measurements,
presented at Victorian State Planning
Conference, Lorne, Victoria,
30 August 2013
Science to policy, presented at Peter
Cullen Trust Leadership Program,
Canberra, ACT, 9 September 2013
Sustainability policies that work
water trading and water conservation,
presented at Global Policy Shapers
Roundtable, GLTE, Shell and Unilever,
London, UK, 25 September 2013
Do we need to reengineer Australias
economic model? Presented at
Australian Sustainability Conference,
Melbourne, Victoria, 9 October 2013
The Millennium Development Goals and
Timor Leste, presented at Spend It Well
Fundraiser, Cornwall Stodart, Melbourne,
Victoria, 15 October 2013
presented at Australian Industry Group
Lunch, Melbourne, Victoria,
23 October 2013
Tracking progress in carbon emissions
reduction, presented to Royal Society
of Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria,
23 October 2013
Facilitating adaptation to climate change
in building regulation, presented to
CSIRO Climate Adaptation Engineering
Symposium, Windsor Hotel, Melbourne,
29 October 2013
What should come after the Millennium
Development Goals to help shape
human development? Presented at
Australia Aid and Development NGO
Conference, Canberra, ACT,
31 October 2013
Enhancing wellbeing within planetary
boundaries Australias sustainability
performance, presented to The
Australian and New Zealand Society for
Ecological Economics, Canberra, ACT,
12 November 2013
The role of Monash researchers with the
UN Sustainable Development Solutions
Network, presented at Arts Faculty
Workshop, Melbourne, Victoria,
13 November 2013
Leadership, governance and influence in
local government, presented to Mildura
Rural City Council, Victoria,
18 November 2013
Local government advocacy, presented
to Yarra Ranges Council, Victoria,
25 November 2013
Dr Phil Wallis
Organisational learning for resilience,
presented to VCCCAR Annual Forum,
Geelong, Victoria, 13 May 2013
Perceptions of climate change
adaptation among catchment
management authorities: Findings from
an empirical study in Victoria, presented
to NCCARF Climate Adaptation 2013:
Knowledge + Partnerships Conference,
Sydney, Australia, 24-27 June 2013
The Fresh Water Network (digital
poster), presented to First Global
Conference on Research Integration and
Implementation, Canberra, Australia and
online, 8-11 September 2013
Human interfaces with technology
at the water-carbon-energy nexus,
presented at ENV3022 Environmental
Technology, 19 September 2013
Social learning for the integrated
managing of Australia river catchments,
presented at Riversymposium, Brisbane,
Australia, 23-25 September 2013
Governance, participation and
management, presented to MON2222
Sustainability: living and learning it,
10 October 2013
What does climate change adaptation
mean to us? Engaging the health and
community sectors in dealing with the
impacts of climate change, presented
to Public Health Association of Australia
Victoria Branch Seminar, Melbourne,
Australia, 28 October 2013
Adapting to climate change for public
health and wellbeing in rural Victoria,
presented to Australian Sociological
Association Conference, Melbourne,
Victoria, 25-28 November 2013
Professor Michael Ward
Climate change: projected impacts on
the agricultural sector, presented to the
Faculty of Business and Economics,
multi-campus workshop on Sustainability
and Business, Johannesburg, South
Africa, November 2013
Climate change, land use, and
land value: estimates for Australian
agriculture, presented at the launch of
the Monash Centre for Development
Economics and Sustainability,
Melbourne, Australia, December 2013
Guest lecture: Cost benefit analysis
for environmental decision making,
presented to the School of Geography
and Environment Science, Monash
University, Clayton, Melbourne, Australia,
August 2013
Guest lecture: The economics of
sustainability, presented to Monash
Sustainability Institute, Education for
Sustainability, Clayton, August 2013
Publications and
Opinion Pieces
Books and book chapters
Bettini, Y., Rijke, J., Farrelly, M. &
Brown, R. (2013), Connecting levels
and disciplines: connective capacity
of institutions and actors explored,
In Edelenbos, J., Bressers, N. &
Scholten, P. (Eds), Water governance
as connective capacity, Ashgate, ISBN:
978-1-4094-4746-7, eISBN: 978-1-
4094-4747-4, Chapter 7
Griggs, D.J., Lynch, A.H., Joachim, L.,
Zhu, X., Adler, C., Bischoff-Mattson, Z.,
Wang, P. & Kestin, T. (2013), Indigenous
voices in climate change adaptation:
Addressing the challenges of diverse
knowledge systems in the Barmah-
Millewa, National Climate Change
Adaptation Research Facility, Gold
Coast, Queensland, Australia
Ramkissoon, H. (2013), Samadhi Spa
and Wellness Retreat: An Australian
Case Study, in Service Management,
Ed. Kandampully, J., Kendall Hunt
Publishing Company, pp 394-397
Richter, Max M. (2013), Musical worlds
in Yogyakarta, KITLV Press, Leiden
(2012), ISEAS Press, Singapore (2013)
Stanley, J.R. (In press), Climate change:
a new challenge for social policy, In
McClelland, A. & Smyth, P. (Eds), Social
Policy in Australia: Understanding for
Action, 3rd Edition, Oxford University
Press, Australia
Stanley, J.R., Birrell, R.J., Brain, P.,
Carey, M.G., Duffy, M., Ferraro, S.,
Fisher, S., Griggs, D.J., Hall, A., Kestin,
T., Macmillan, C., Manning, I., Martin H.,
Rapson, V.J., Spencer, M., Stanley, C.,
Steffen, W., Symmons, M.A., Wright, W.
(2013), What would a climate-adapted
settlement look like in 20130? A case
study of Inverloch and Sandy Point,
National Climate Change Adaptation
Research Facility, Gold Coast,
Queensland, Australia
Stanley, J. & Read, P. (In press), Current
and future directions for the place of
community in the prevention of bushfire
arson, In Doley, R., Dickens, G. &
Gannon, T. (Eds), Practical guide to the
psychology of firesetting: Understanding,
managing and treating adult deliberate
firesetters, Psychology Press and
Routledge Academic
Stanley, J. & Stanley, J. (2013), Social
inclusion and travel, In Etterna, D.,
Grling, T. & Friman, M. (Eds), Handbook
of Sustainable Travel, Springer, London,
pp165-184
Stanley, J.K. & Stanley, J.R. (In press),
Equity in transport, In Nash, C. & Toner,
J. (Eds), Handbook in methods and
applications in transport economics,
Edward Elgar Publishing, UK
Steffen, W. & Griggs, D.J. (2013),
Compounding crises: climate change
in a complex world, Chapter 7 in Four
Degrees of Global Warming: Australia in
a Hot World
Tapper, N., Coutts, A., Loughnan, M.
& Pankhania, D. (In press), Urban
population vulnerability to climate
extremes: mitigating urban heat through
technology and water-sensitive urban
design, Chapter 24 in Lehmann, S.
(Ed), Low Carbon Cities: Transforming
Urban Systems, Volume 3, Earthscan,
Routledge
Wong, T. & Brown, R. (In press),
Integrated urban water planning:
realising water sensitive cities, In
Roberts, P., Newton, P. & Pearson, L
(Eds), Resilient and sustainable cities
a future, Routledge, New York, USA,
ISBN-13: 978-0-415-81620-5;
pp132-139
Peer-reviewed journal and
conference papers
Aarons, J., Linger, H., Burstein, F. &
McShane, P. (2013), A knowledge-
based approach to sustainable natural
resource management and policy
development: the case of REDD+
in Indonesia, Information Systems
Journal, Special issue on Information
systems addressing the challenges of
sustainability
Bach, P.M., Deletic, A., Urich, C.,
Sitzenfrei, R., Kleidorfer, M., Rauch,
W. & McCarthy, D.T. (In press),
Modelling interactions between lot
scale decentralised water infrastructure
and urban form, Water Resources
Management, In press accepted 25
August 2013
Bach, P.M., McCarthy, D.T., Urich, C.,
Sitzenfrei, R., Kleidorfer, M., Rauch,
W. & Deletic, A. (In press), A planning
algorithm for decentralised water
management opportunities in urban
environments, Water Science and
Technology, In press accepted 20 June
2013
Bettini, Y.H., Brown, R.R. & de Haan, F.J.
(2013), Water scarcity and institutional
change: Lessons in adaptive governance
from the drought experience of Perth,
Western Australia, Water Science and
Technology, 67(10):2160-2168
Bos, J.J. & Brown, R.R. (2013),
Governance experimentation as a
mechanism for influencing sustainability
transitions, 4th International Conference
on Sustainability Transitions (IST2013),
19-21 June 2013, Zurich, Switzerland
Bos, J.J. & Brown, R.R. (In press),
Assessing organisational capacity for
transition policy programs, Technological
Forecasting and Social Change,
accepted 22 September 2013
Bos, J.J. & Brown, R.R. (2013), Realising
sustainable urban water management:
Can social theory help?, Water Science
and Technology, 67(1): 109-116
Bos, J.J., Brown, R.R. & Farrelly, M.
(2013), A design framework for creating
social learning situations, Global
Environmental Change, 23(2): 398-412
Bos, J.J., Brown, R.R., Farrelly,
M. & de Haan, F.J. (2013), Enabling
sustainable urban water management
through governance experimentation,
Water Science and Technology,
67(8): 1708-1717
Broadbent, A., Coutts, A., Demuzere,
M., Beringer, J. & Tapper, N. (In press),
An urban microclimate research
campaign in a water sensitive urban
design suburb Mawson Lakes,
Adelaide, Australia, Urban Climate
Brown, R.R., Farrelly, M.A. & Loorbach,
D. (2013), Actors working the institutions
in sustainability transitions: the case of
Melbournes stormwater management,
Global Environmental Change,
23(4): 701-718
Browne, D., Deletic, A., Mudd,
G.M. & Fletcher, T.D. (2013), A
two-dimensional model of hydraulic
performance of stormwater infiltration
trenches, Hydrological Processes,
27(19): 2785-2799
Chandrasena, G.I., Deletic, A. &
McCarthy, D.T. (2013), Evaluating
Escherichia coli removal performance
in stormwater biofilters: a preliminary
modelling approach, Water Science
and Technology, 67(11): 2467-2475
Coutts, A., Daly, E., Beringer, J & Tapper,
N. (2013), Assessing practical measures
to reduce urban heat: green and cool
roofs, Building and environment,
70: 266-276
Coutts, A., Tapper, N., Beringer, J.,
Loughnan, M. & Demuzere, M. (2013),
Watering our cities: The capacity for
water sensitive urban design to support
urban cooling and improve human thermal
comfort in the Australian context, Progress
in Physical Geography, 37(1)-2-28
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Daly, E., Kolotelo, P., Schang, C.,
Osborne, C.A., Coleman, R., Deletic, A.
& McCarthy, D.T. (2013), Escherichia
coli concentrations and loads in an
urbanized catchment: The Yarra River,
Australia, Journal of Hydrology, 497:
51-61
DAprile, F., McShane, P. & Tapper, N.
(2013), Forest management under
changing climate conditions: Is timing a
tool for sustainable forest management?
Relevant questions for research
development, Proceedings European
Geosciences Union General Assembly
2013, Vienna, Austria, April 2013
de Haan, F.J., Ferguson, B.C.,
Adamowicz, R.C., Johnstone, P., Brown,
R.R. & Wong, T.H.F. (2013),The needs
of society: a new understanding of
transitions, sustainability and liveability,
Technology Forecasting and Social
Change, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.
techfore.2013.09.005
de Haan, F.J., Ferguson, B.C., Brown,
R.R. & Deletic, A. (2013), The logic of
societal innovation: How socio-technical
solutions to societal needs become
institutionalised, 4th International
Conference on Sustainability Transitions
(IST2013), 19-21 June 2013, Zurich,
Switzerland
de Haan, F.J., Ferguson, B.C., Deletic,
A. & Brown, R.R. (2013), Exploring
scenarios for urban water systems using
a socio-technical model, Water Science
and Technology, 68(3): 714-721
Deletic, A., Ghadouani, A., Keller, J. &
Wong, T. (2013), Revolutionising urban
water management, Water (Australia),
40(2): 62-70
Dobbie, M., Brookes, K. & Brown,
R.R. (2013), Transition to a water-
cycle city: risk perceptions and
receptivity of Australian urban water
practitioners, Urban Water Journal, DOI:
10.1080/1573062X.2013.795235
Dobbie, M. & Brown, R.R. (2013),
Transition to a water cycle city:
socio-demographic influences on
Australian urban water practitioners risk
perceptions towards alternative water
systems, Urban Water Journal, DOI:
10.1080/1573062X.2013.794846
A framework for understanding
risk perception, explored from the
perspective of the water practitioner,
Risk Analysis, DOI: 10.1111/risa.12100
Integrated urban water management in
the water-sensitive city: systems, silos
and practitioners risk perceptions,
Water, 40(4): 83-91
Dotto, C.B.S., Deletic, A. & McCarthy,
D.T. (In press), Urban drainage
uncertainty analysis: should we break
our back for normally distributed
residuals?, Water Science and
Technology, In press accepted 29 April
2013
Farrelly, M. & Brown, R. (2013),
Making the implicit, explicit: time
for renegotiating the urban water
supply hydrosocial contract?,
Urban Water Journal, DOI:
10.1080/1573062X.2013.793729
Ferguson, B.C. & Brown, R.R. (2013),
Extending transition management: A
second generation meta-governance
framework, International Conference on
Sustainability Transitions, 19-21 June
2013, Zurich, Switzerland
Ferguson, B.C., Brown, R.R. & Deletic,
A. (2013), Diagnosing transformative
change in urban water systems:
Theories and frameworks, Global
Environmental Change, 23(1): 264-280
Ferguson, B.C., Brown, R.R. & Deletic,
A. (In press), Planning for transformative
change in urban water systems:
a diagnostic procedure based on
transitions, resilience and institutional
thinking, Ecology and Society, In press
accepted 27 July 2013
Ferguson, B.C., Brown, R.R., de
Haan, F.J. & Deletic, A. (In press),
An institutional work analysis of
innovation trajectories in urban water,
Environmental Innovation and Societal
Transitions, In press accepted 4
December 2013
Ferguson, B.C., Frantzeskaki, N. &
Brown, R.R. (2013), A strategic program
for transitioning to a water sensitive city,
Landscape and Urban Planning, 117:
32-45
Ferguson, B.C., Brown, R.R.,
Frantzeskaki, N., de Haan, F.J. &
Deletic, A. (2013), The enabling
institutional context for integrated water
management: Lessons from Melbourne,
Water Research, 47(20): 7300-7314
Griggs, D.J., Stafford-Smith, M.,
Gaffney, O., Rockstrom, J., Ohman, M.,
Shyamsundar, Pl, Steffen, W., Glaser, G.,
Kanie, N. & Noble, I. (2013), Sustainable
Development Goals for people and
planet, Nature, 495: 305
Johnstone, P., Adamowicz, R., De Haan,
F., Ferguson, B., Ewert, J., Brown,
R. & Wong, T. (2013), Linking urban
water management to urban liveability:
how better management and use of
alternative water sources can improve
urban amenity, Water, 40(2): 112-116
Lam, C., Loughnan, M. & Tapper, N.
(2013), An exploration of temperature
metrics for further developing the heat-
health weather warning system in Hong
Kong, ISRN Atmospheric Sciences,
Volume 2013
Linger, H., Aarons, J., McShane, P.
& Burstein, F. (2013), Knowledge
management for sustainable
development and natural resource
management policy work in Indonesia,
Proceedings of Pacific Asia Conference
on Information Systems, Jeiu Island,
Korea, 18-22 June 2013
Loughnan, M., Carroll, M. & Tapper, N.
(2013), Learning from our elders pilot
study findings on responding to heat,
Australasian Journal on Aging
MacDonald, D.H., Bark, R., MacRae, A.,
Kalivas, T., Grandgirard, A., Strathearn,
S. (2013), An interview methodology
for exploring the values that community
leaders assign to multiple-use
landscapes, Ecology and Society [P],
18(1): 1-12
Malekpour, S., de Haan, F.J. & Brown,
R.R. (2013), Marrying exploratory
modelling to strategic planning:
Towards Participatory Model Use, 20th
International Congress on Modelling
and Simulation (MODSIM2013), 1-6
December 2013, Adelaide, Australia
McCarthy, D.T., Deletic, A., Mitchell,
V.G. & Diaper, C. (2013), Predicting
between-event variability of Escherichia
coli in urban stormwater, Journal of
Environmental Engineering ASCE,
139(5): 728-737
Nunkoo, R., Gursoy, D. & Ramkissoon,
H. (2013), Development in hospitality
marketing and management: social
network analysis and research themes,
Journal of Hospitality Marketing and
Management, 22(3): 269-288
Nunkoo, R. & Ramkissoon, H. (2013),
Stakeholders views of enclave tourism:
a grounded theory approach, Journal of
Hospitality and Tourism Research, DOI:
10.1177/1096348013503997
Nunkoo, R., Ramkissoon, H. &
Gursoy, D. (2013), Use of structural
equation modelling in tourism
research: past, present and future,
Journal of Travel Research, DOI:
10.177/0047287513478503
Nunkoo, R., Smith, L.J.S. &
Ramkissoon, H. (2013), Residents
attitudes to tourism: a longitudinal study
of 140 articles from 1984-2010, Journal
of Sustainable Tourism, 21(1): 5-25
Patterson, J.J., Lukasiewicz, A.,
Wallis, P.J., Rubenstein, N., Coffey, B.,
Gachenga, E. & Lynch, A.J.J. (2013),
Tapping fresh currents: fostering early-
career researchers in transdisciplinary
water governance research, Water
Alternatives, 6(2): 293-312
Payne, E.G.I., Fletcher, T.D., Cook,
P.L.M., Hatt, B. & Deletic, A. (In press),
Processes and drivers of nitrogen
removal in water biofiltration, Critical
Reviews in EST, In press accepted 14
September 2013
Pendrey, C., Carey, M. & Stanley, J.
(2013), Impacts of extreme weather
on the health and well-being of people
who are homeless, Australian Journal of
Primary Health, online edition
Poustie, M.S., Brown, R.R. & Deletic, A.
(2013), Receptivity to sustainable urban
water management in the south west
pacific, Journal of Water and Climate
Change, Resubmitted 5 July 2013
Poustie, M.S., Brown, R.R., Deletic, A.,
De Haan, F.J., Wong, T. & Skinner, R.
(2013), Sustainable urban water futures
in developing countries: the centralised,
decentralised or hybrid dilemma, Urban
Water, Submitted 8 August 2013
Poustie, M.S., Brown, R.R. & Deletic,
A. (2013), Absorptive capacity in
developing countries: A Pacific case
study in sustainable urban water
management, World Development,
Submitted 21 August 2013
Ramkissoon, H., Smith, L.D.G. & Weiler,
B. (2013), Testing the dimensionality of
place attachment and its relationship
with place satisfaction and pro-
environmental behaviours: a structural
equation modelling approach, Tourism
Management, 36: 552-566
Ramkissoon, H., Smith, L.D.G. & Weiler,
B. (2013), Relationship between place
attachment, place satisfaction, and pro-
environmental behaviour in an Australian
national park, Journal of Sustainable
Tourism, 21(3): 434-457
Ramkissoon, H., Weiler, B. & Smith,
L.D.G. (2013), Place attachment, place
satisfaction, and pro-environmental
behaviour: a comparative assessment of
place attachment and structural equation
modelling, Journal of Policy Research
in Tourism, Leisure and Events, DOI:
10.1080/19407963.2013.776371
Read, P.A., Stanley, J.R., Vella-Brodrick,
D.A. & Griggs, D. (2013), Towards a
contraction and convergence target
based on population life expectancies
since 1960, Environment, Development
and Sustainability, 15(5): 1173-1187
Rijke, J., Farrelly, M., Brown, R.R. &
Zevenbergen, C. (2013), Configuring
transformative governance to enhance
resilient urban water systems,
Environmental Science and Policy, 25:
62-72
Shenton, W., Hart, B.T. & Chan, T. (2-
13), A Bayesian network approach to
support environmental flow restoration
decisions in a seasonal river, Journal of
Stochastic Environmental Research and
Risk Assessment, (issue/ page TBA),
DOI: 10.1007/s00477-013-0698-x
Sherly, M.A., Karmakar, S., Chan, T.
& Rau, C. (2013), Regional depth-
duration-frequency curves for Mumbai
City, Heise, S. & Schiemer, F. (eds),
Proceedings of the 6th International
Conference of Water Resources and
Environment Research (ICWRER),
3-7 June 2013, pp. (TBA), Koblenz,
Germany, ISBN:978-3-8442-5650-5
Smith, L.D.G. (2013), Visitors or visits?
An examination of zoo visitor numbers
using the case study of Australia, Zoo
Biology, 32: 37-44
Stanley, J. & Lucas, K. (2013),
Workshop 6: The public agenda.
What is working and what is missing,
Research in Transportation Economics,
39(1): 1-308
Stewart, D.B., Maher, D.R., Ewing, M.T.
& Newton, J.D. (2013), How viral is your
viral marketing campaign, Journal of
Advertising Research, In Press
Tang, J.Y.M., Aryal, R., Deletic, A.,
Gernjak, W., Glenn, E., McCarthy,
D.T. & Escher, B.I. (2013), Toxicity
characterization of urban stormwater
with bioanalytical tools, Water Research,
online
Troccoli, A., Audinet, P., Bonelli, Boulaya,
M.S., Copin, P., Dubus, L., Dutton, J.A.,
Ebinger, J., Griggs, D.J., Gryning, S-E.,
Gunasekera, D., Harrison, M., Haupt,
S.E., Lee, T., Mailier, P., Mathieu, P-P.,
Schaeffer, R., Schroedter-Homscheidt,
M., Zhu, R. & Zillman, J. (2013),
Promoting new links between energy
and meteorology, BAMS, 94 (4)
Turk, T., Newton, F.J., Newton, J.D.,
Naureen, G. & Bokhari, J. (2013),
Evaluating the efficacy of tuberculosis
advocacy communication and social
mobilisation (ACSM) activities in
Pakistan: a cross-sectional study, BMC
Public Health, 13: 887
Urich, C., Bach, P.M., Sitzenfrei, R.,
Kleidorfer, M., McCarthy, D.T., Deletic,
A. & Rauch, W. (2013), Modelling cities
and water infrastructure dynamics,
Engineering Sustainability, 166(ES5):
301-308
Vella-Brodrick, D. & Stanley, J. (2013),
The significance of transport mobility in
predicting well-being, Transport Policy,
29: 236-242
Vezzaro, L., Mikkelsen, P.S., Deletic,
A. & McCarthy, D.T. (In press),
Making uncertainty analysis simple for
stormwater models, Water Science and
Technology, In press accepted 6 July
2013
Wallis, P.J., Ison, R.L. & Samson, K.
(2013), Identifying the conditions for
social learning in water governance in
regional Australia, Land Use Policy,
31:412-421
66
White, P.E., Newton, J.D., Makdissi, M.,
Sullivan, S.J., Davis, G., McCrory, P.,
Donaldson, A. Ewing, M.T. & Finch, C.F.
(2013), Knowledge about sports-related
concussion: Is the message getting
through to coaches and trainers?,
British Journal of Sports Medicine,
In Press
Wong, J., Newton, J.D. & Newton, F.J.
(2013), Effects of power and individual-
level cultural orientation on preferences
for volunteer tourism, Tourism
Management, In Press
Yong, F., McCarthy, D.T. & Deletic, A.
(2013), Predicting physical clogging
of porous and permeable pavements,
Journal of Hydrology, 481: 48-55
Zhao, X., Jiang, H., Wang, H., Zhiao, J.,
Qiu, Q & Tapper, N. (2013), Remotely
sensed thermal pollution and its
relationship with energy consumption
and industry in a rapidly urbanizing
Chinese city, Energy Policy,
57: 398-406
Zinger, Y., Blecken, G.T., Fletcher,
T.D., Viklander, M. & Deletic, A. (2013),
Optimising nitrogen removal in existing
stormwater biofilters: benefits and
tradeoffs of a retrofitted saturated zone,
Ecological Engineering, 51: 75-82
Other reports, articles and papers
Brace-Govan, J., Binay, I., Oppewal, H.
& Smith, L.D.G. (2013), Mapping home
buyers decision making, a contracted
report for Ergon Energy
Court, E., Denis, A., Kelly, R., Lucia, E.,
Sue, W. & Nichols, P. (2013), Tracking
Progress Towards a Low Carbon
Economy National Progress Report,
ClimateWorks Australia report
Court, E. & Sue, W. (2013), Roadmap
towards zero net emissions,
ClimateWorks Australia report
Coutts, A., Tapper, N. et al (2013),
Green cities and microclimate interim
report 2 determine the microclimate
influence of harvesting solutions and
WSUD at the micro scale, a CRC for
Water Sensitive Cities report
Curtis, J. (2013), Impacts of school
environmental programs beyond the
school gates: A literature review,
Clayton: BehaviourWorks Australia
Curtis, J. (2013), The potential of mass
media to influence illegal dumping risk
perceptions: A rapid review, Clayton:
Curtis, J., Smith, L. Curtis-Wendlandt,
L. & Ramkissoon, H. (2013), Improving
compliance outcomes: An examination
of the experiences and practices of
EPA Victorias environment protection
officers, Report submitted to
Environmental Protection Authority,
Curtis, J., Smith, L.D.G. & Jungbluth,
L. (2013), Identifying beliefs underlying
home composting behaviours in the City
of Whitehorse, Clayton: BehaviourWorks
Australia
Denis, A. & Kelly, R. (2013), Tracking
progress towards a low carbon economy
land use and waste, ClimateWorks
Australia report
Denis, A., Kelly, R. & Sue, W. (2013),
Tracking progress towards a low carbon
economy industry, ClimateWorks
Australia report
Fnfgeld, H., Rance, A., Millin, S., Wallis,
P.J., Bosomworth, K. & Lonsdale, K.
(2013), Climate change adaptation
in the primary health and community
welfare sector of Victoria: a literature
review and analysis of institutional
context and organisational needs for
adaptation, Melbourne: RMIT University,
Adaptation Research,
ISBN 978-0-7340-4855-4
Gregory, J., Mair, J., Merton, E. & Smith,
L.D.G., A literature and practice review
for the Research-Policy project, a phase
one report for the Victorian Centre for
Griggs, D., Carey, M., Curtis, J., Kestin,
T., Rigby, K., Stanley, J., Thwaites, J.,
Wallis, P.J. & Ward, M. (2013), Valuing
adaptation: Workshop report, Monash
Sustainability Institute Report 13/01,
ISBN 978-0-9870821-4-5
Griggs, D., Lynch, A., Joachim, L.,
Zhu, X., Adler, C., Bischoff-Mattson, Z.,
Wang, P & Kestin, T. (2013), Learning
from Indigenous knowledge for improved
natural resource management in the
Barmah-Millewa, Final report to the
Adaptation Research, MSI Report 13/1,
Monash Sustainability Institute, Monash
University, Clayton, Victoria
Griggs, D., Joachim, L. & Kestin,
T. (2013), National workshop on
Indigenous knowledge for climate
change adaptation workshop report,
MSI Report 13/2, Monash Sustainability
Institute, Monash University, Clayton,
Victoria
Kneebone, S. & Smith, L.D.G. (2013),
Accelerating transitions to water
sensitive cities by influencing behaviour.
Review: Behaviours for reducing
individual and collective water footprints,
a report for the CRC for Water
Sensitive Cities
Loughnan, M., Tapper, N., Phan, T.,
Lynch, K. & McInnes, J. (2013), A
spatial vulnerability analysis of urban
populations during extreme heat events
in Australian capital cities, a report to
the National Climate Change Research
Adaptation Facility, Gold Coast
McShane, P.E. (2013), Managing
community impacts of climate change
in India and Bangladesh, AusAID
Public Sector Linkage Program Activity
Completion Report, ROU Number 54565
McShane, P.E. (2013), Extending
successful community-based forest
management experience for application
in REDD scheme reforestation trials
and development of an Asian carbon
economy, AusAID Public Sector Linkage
Program Activity Completion Report,
ROU Number 54356
McShane, P.E. (2013), Developing
research capacity for sustainable
development in response to climate
change, Australian Leadership Award
Fellowship Activity Completion Report,
ROU Number 62735
McShane, P.E. (2013), Research
capacity building, community
development and peatland conservation
in Central Kalimantan, Report to
Aurecon IDSS for AusAID Kalimantan
Forests and Climate Partnership (KFCP),
CF 130538
McShane, P.E. (2013), Developing
effective climate change (adaptation and
mitigation) policy in Vietnam, AusAID
Public Sector Linkage Program Activity
Report, ROU Number 62151
McShane, P.E. (2013), Knowledge
sector development in Vietnam,
Australian Leadership Award Fellowship
Activity Completion Report, ROU
Number 65152
McShane, P.E. (2013), Forestry,
economic development and climate
change in Asia: resolving the tension,
The Conversation, 4 May 2012, http://
theconversation.com/forestry-economic-
development-and-climate-change-in-
asia-resolving-the-tension-6545
McShane, P.E. (2013), Resolving
tension between poverty, economic
development and climate change in
South Asia, Asian currents,
December 2012
Millin, S., Wallis, P.J., Anderson, E.,
Hendron, M. & Ward, M. (2013), Case
study report: implementing climate
change adaptation in the Grampians
Pyrenees Primary Care Partnership,
Melbourne: RMIT University, Victorian
Research, Grampians Pyrenees Primary
Care Partnership, ISBN: 978-0-
9923532-2-3
National Sustainability Council (2013),
Sustainable Australia Report 2013:
Conversations with the Future,
Canberra: DSEWPaC
Newton, J. & Smith, L.D.G. (2013),
Preventing illegal dumping on charitable
recyclers, contracted report for EPA
Victoria, NCARO and Sustainability
Victoria
Owen, G. (2013), Addressing peak
demand: the opportunities and risks
for vulnerable households, Monash
Sustainability Institute
Owen. G. (2013), Beating the peak
without punishing the poor, The
Conversation
Owen, G. (2013), Choosing the price
you pay: voluntary time of use tariffs,
The Conversation
Ramkissoon, H. & Smith, L. (2013),
Fostering pro-environmental behaviours
of zoo visitors through strategic
communication, Report submitted to
Zoo Australia
Ramkissoon, H., Smith, L. & Curtis, J.
(2013), Evaluation of home composting
and food waste avoidance trial, Report
submitted to City of Whitehorse, Victoria,
Rance, A. & Wallis, P.J. (2013),
Implementing climate change
adaptation with Southern Grampians
and Glenelg Primary Care Partnership,
Melbourne: RMIT University, Victorian
Research, Southern Grampians and
Glenelg Primary Care Partnership, ISBN
978-0-9923532-0-9
Smith, L.D.G. & Judd, S. (2013),
Examining employee beliefs about
upselling memberships at Zoos Victoria,
contracted report for Zoos Victoria
Stanley, J. (2013), contributing writer
to two chapters of the Victorian
Governments Melbourne Metropolitan
Planning Strategy to 2050
Stanley, J. (2013), Fire and the
proposed landfill site at Boundary Road,
Dromana, report prepared for the
Peninsula Preservation Group Inc., July
2013
Stanley, J. (2013), Proposal tips scales
on the Peninsula, Natures Voice,
Victorian Parks Association No. 16,
August 2013
Stanley, J. (2013), We know what starts
fires. Are we brave enough to prevent
them?, The Conversation, 18 October
2013
Stanley, J. & NIEIR (2013), The social
and economic impact of funding cuts
in Chisholm Institute on the south east
councils of Greater Melbourne, research
report by MSI, Monash University
Stanley, J. & Read, P. (2013), Bushfire
arson, prevention is the cure, The
Conversation, 15 January 2013
Thompson, K. (201#), Five tips to
get your colleagues on board with
sustainability at work, Monash Alumni
Blog, August 2013, http://monashuni.
tumblr.com/post/58116575863?goback
=.gmr_4245795.gde_4245795_member
_274281785#%2EUjaJ9mT09Zg
Thwaites, J. (2013), How to build an
even better Australia, The Age Opinion,
11 May 2013
Wallis, P.J., Bosomworth, K., Fnfgeld,
H., Millin, S., Rance, A. & Lonsdale,
K. (2013), Climate change adaptation
in the natural resource management
sector of Victoria: A literature review
and analysis of institutional context and
organisational needs for adaptation,
Melbourne: RMIT University, Monash
University, Victorian Centre for Climate
Change Adaptation Research, ISBN:
978-0-7340-4856-1
Wallis, P.J. & Ison, R. (2013), All systems
go, RipRap Magazine, 35: 46-47
Watson, B., Thwaites, J., Griggs, D.
& Kestin, T. (2013), What sustainable
development goals should Australia aim
for workshop report, MSI Report 13/7,
Monash Sustainability Institute, Monash
University, Clayton, Victoria
White, E., Coutts, A., Tapper, N. &
Beringer, J. (2013), Urban microclimate
and street trees, a commissioned report
for the City of Melbourne
68
Grants and
Philanthropic
Support
MSI would like to thank the following
organisations for their nancial support.
Source Project Title Program Recipients Funding Years
RESLIM Olifants Program Systemic Governance
Research Program
Ray Ison $15,673 2013-
2014
Australian Aid Developing regional
collaboration in river basin
management in response
to climate change
Natural Resources
Management in Response
to Climate C1hange
Paul McShane $465,631 2013-
2015
Australian Aid Sustainable Development
Goals
Sustainable Development Dave Griggs $30,000 2013
Australian Aid Transitioning to sustainable
urban water management
in developing countries of
the pacific region
Monash Water for
Liveability
Michael
Poustie,
Ana Deletic,
Rebekah
Brown
$80,000 2012-
2014
Australian Development
Research Awards
Scheme
Climate change and water
supply and sanitation in
the Pacific
Natural Resource
Management in Asia in
Response to Climate
Change
Terry Chan
(MSI), Wade
Hadwen, Mark
Elliot, Bronwyn
Powell,
Wolfgang
Gernjak
(external)
$110,000
(to MSI
out of
$1,043,000
total)
2013-
2016
Australian Research
Council Discovery Early
Career Researcher
Award
Development in solar-
induced, dark-active
photocatalytic membranes
for stormwater reuse
Monash Water for
Liveability
Xiwang
Zhang, Ana
Deletic, David
McCarthy
$390,000 2014-
2016
Australian Research
Council Discovery
Early Career Researcher
Award
Interactions between
plants and faecal
pathogens in urban water
treatment: significance
of soil microbes, plant
debris, root exudates and
rhizosphere
Monash Water for
Liveability
David
McCarthy
$395,000 2014-
2016
Australian Research
Council Linkage,
Department of Water
Understanding the role of
vegetation in biofiltration
systems
Monash Water for
Liveability
Tim Fletcher,
Belinda Hatt,
Perran Cook,
Ana Deletic,
Jenny Read,
Ian Cartwright
$335,000 2009-
2013
Australian Research
Council Linkage,
Melbourne Water
Sinks and sources of
faecal micro-organisms in
the Yarra River Estuary
Monash Water for
Liveability
David
McCarthy,
Ana Deletic,
Rebekah
Henry, Peter
Kolotelo,
Christelle
Schang
$891,000 2012-
2015
Australian Research
Council Linkage,
Melbourne Water
Exploring social
innovations in urban water
systems with a novel
modelling approach
Monash Water for
Liveability
Rebekah
Brown, Ana
Deletic, Fjalar
de Haan
$246,000 2012-
2014
Bicycle Network Victoria Researcher-in-residence BehaviourWorks Australia Liam Smith $25,000 2013-
2014
BusVic 20-minute city Sustainable Places Janet Stanley $37,000 2013-
2014
City of Melbourne Sustainable Development
Goals
Sustainable Development Dave Griggs,
John Thwaites,
Tahl Kestin
$30,000 2013
City West Water Background monitoring
research project at Stony
Creek
Monash Water for
Liveability
Nigel Tapper $20,000 2013-
2014
City of Whitehorse Questionnaire design
and analysis for home
composting and food
waste avoidance trials
BehaviourWorks Australia Liam Smith,
Haywantee
Ramkissoon
$8,030 2013
Confidential Monitoring Newport
kangaroo wetland
Monash Water for
Liveability
David
McCarthy,
Peter Kolotelo,
Ana Deletic
$60,000 2012-
2014
Consumer Action Law
Centre
Peer review of research
on AEMC rule change
process
Consumers and energy
markets
Gill Owen $3,000 2013-
2014
CRC for Water Sensitive
Cities
Society understanding
and delivering
transformational changes
needed to support water
sensitive cities
Monash Water for
Liveability
Rebekah
Brown
$702,500 2012-
2015
Cities
Water sensitive urbanism
improving sustainability
and liveability in urban
environments
Monash Water for
Liveability
Peter Breen $1,057,000 2012-
2015
Cities
Future technologies
focusing on the use of
multiple water sources
integrated at a range of
scales to support context
fit-for-purposes uses
Monash Water for
Liveability
Ana Deletic $869,500 2012-
2015
Cities
Adoption pathways
developing enduring
partnerships between
government, industry,
the water sector and
community
Monash Water for
Liveability
Monash Water
for Liveability
$443,000 2012-
2015
70
CSIRO Aspects of food security
through food system
innovation
Systemic Governance
Research
Ray Ison, Philip
Wallis
$32,945 2013
CSIRO Flagship Cluster Wealth from Waste Sustainability Economics Michael Ward $50,000 2013-
2016
Department of Planning
and Community
Development
Melbourne Metropolitan
Plan to 2050
Sustainable Places Janet Stanley $25,000 2013
Department of
Resources, Energy
and Tourism (Federal
Government)
Detailing business
behaviours that underpin
energy efficiency outcomes
Julie Wolfram-
Cox
$16,600 2013
Department of
Resources, Energy
Government)
Industrial energy efficiency
data analysis project
(Phase 5)
ClimateWorks Australia Amandine
Denis
$115,000 2013
Department of
Resources, Energy
Government)
data analysis project
(Phase 4)
Denis
$260,000 2013
Department of
Resources, Energy
Government)
Business case for EUAs
(BC4EUAs)
ClimateWorks Australia Meg Argyriou $780,150 2013-
2014
Department of State
Development, Business
and Innovation Victoria
Energy efficiency policy
development
Consumers and Energy
Markets
Gill Owen $5,000 2013
Department of
Sustainability,
Environment, Water,
Population and
Communities (Federal
Government)
Goals
John Thwaites,
Tahl Kestin
$30,000 2013
East West Transit Evaluation of ConnectU Sustainable Places Janet Stanley $15,000 2013-
2014
EPA Victoria Long-term monitoring of
sediment and water quality
in Wilsmere Billabong and
the Yarra River
Monash Water for
Liveability
Anna Lintern,
David
McCarthy, Ana
Deletic
$27,000 2013-
2014
EPA Victoria Placement of research
assistant in situ at EPA
Victoria
Michael Lam
$89,000 2013-
2014
EPA Victoria Understanding motivation
to comply
BehaviourWorks Australia Jim Curtis,
Liam Smith,
Haywantee
Ramkissoon
$46,487 2013
EPA Victoria Research partnership Internship for Jarryd Bartle Belinda Allison $26,500 2013
EPA Victoria PhD top-up scholarship EPA Strategic Research
Partnership
Dave Griggs,
Belinda Allison
$15,000 per
annum
2013-
2015
EPA Victoria and
Sustainability Victoria
Field trials to curb illegal
dumping at charity stores
and in public spaces
(Phase 1)
Josh Newton
$50,000 2013
EPA Victoria and
Sustainability Victoria
Field trials to curb illegal
dumping at charity stores
and in public spaces
(Phase 2)
Josh Newton
$150,000 2013-
2014
Ergon Energy Energy efficiency
considerations in home
buyers decision making
Jan Brace-
Govan,
Harmen
Oppewal
$29,004 2013
Harold Mitchell
Foundation
Goals
John Thwaites,
Tahl Kestin
$1,500,000 2013-
2015
Jewish National Fund,
Keren Kayemeth
Lelsrael, Bat-yam and
Ramla councils
Israel project advancing
demonstrating capability
for stormwater harvesting
in Israeli cities
Monash Water for
Liveability
Ana Deletic,
Yaron
Zinger, David
McCarthy,
Asher Brenner,
Peter Breen
$725,000 2012-
2015
Lee Liberman Charity
LICB Investment Group
Creating water sensitive
cities in Israel
Monash Water for
Liveability and Department
of Civil Engineering
Ana Deletic,
Yaron
Zinger, David
McCarthy
$365,000 2013-
2016
Melbourne Water Turning rain into food the
benefits and performance
of vegetable raingardens
Monash Water for
Liveability
David
McCarthy, Tim
Fletcher
$128,000 2011-
2013
Melbourne Water Strategic input to the
development of a
greenhouse mitigation plan
to 2018
ClimateWorks Australia Meg Argyriou $110,000 2013
Monash Council Monitoring living walls Monash Water for
Liveability
Ana Deletic,
David
McCarthy,
Belinda Hatt
$99,000 2014-
2016
Monash University and
Oxfam
Adaptation in Vanuatu Sustainable Places Paul Read,
Janet Stanley
$15,000 2013-
2014
National Australia Bank Sustainable Development
Goals
John Thwaites,
Tahl Kestin
2013
NSW Office of
Environment and
Heritage
Analysis of the potential
for EUAs across NSW
councils
ClimateWorks Australia Meg Argyriou $16,500 2013
Office of Living Victoria Heat-health thresholds for
Melbourne
Monash Water for
Liveability
Margaret
Loughnan,
Nigel Tapper
$12,000 2013
Office of Living Victoria Street tree passive
irrigation trial
Monash Water for
Liveability
Andrew Coutts $88,000 2013-
2014
Smart Water Fund,
South East Water
Monitoring of troups creek
stormwater harvesting
Monash Water for
Liveability and Department
of Civil Engineering
David
McCarthy,
Ana Deletic,
Peter Kolotelo,
Rebekah
Henry
$325,000 2013-
2015
South East Water Impact of sewer overflows
on Elster Creek
Monash Water for
Liveability
David
McCarthy,
Peter Kolotelo,
Ana Deletic
$35,000 2013-
2014
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Supply Chain and
Logistics Association of
Australia
Energy efficiency solutions
for Australian transport and
logistics SMEs
ClimateWorks Australia Meg Argyriou $375,575 2013-
2014
Sustainable Campus
Group Members
Monash University,
Skills Tech, Murdoch
University and Chisholm
TAFE
Sustainable Campus
Group 2013
Sustainable Campus
Group
Belinda Allison $11,000 2013
Sustainability Victoria Services agreement BehaviourWorks Australia Liam Smith,
Jim Curtis
$84,000 2013
Taronga Conservation
Society Australia
Belief elicitation for staff
donations to the Taronga
Foundation
BehaviourWorks Australia Liam Smith $3,930 2013
Victorian Centre for
Climate Change
Adaptation Research
(via Federal
Government)
Climate impacts and
adaptation planning for
southern slopes NRM
region
Systemic Governance
Research Program
Philip Wallis $86,000 2013-
2016
Climate Change
Adaptation Research
(via RMIT)
Implementing adaptation
project (additional funding)
Systemic Governance
Research Program
Philip Wallis $10,739 2013
Climate Change
Adaptation Research
Examining and improving
modes of engagement
between research and
policy: learning from
VCCCAR for future
research
Judith Mair,
Eve Merton
$102,576 2013-
2014
Victorian Government
(VEET team)
opportunities VEET
scheme
Denis
$11,000 2013
World Bank Community based
ecosystem approaches to
Natural Resources
Management in Asia in
Response to Climate
Change
Paul McShane,
Dave Griggs
$112,000 2013
Yarra Valley Water Sustainable Development
Goals
Sustainable Development John Thwaites $5,000 2013
Zoos Victoria Belief elicitation for
membership upselling
BehaviourWorks Australia Liam Smith $4,640 2013
Zoos Victoria Replication of wipe for
wildlife research
Haywantee
Ramkissoon
$16,000 2013
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