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Senior Research Consultant
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Alejandro Medina ValenzuelaResearch Assistant
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Research Consultant
Experience in environmental management planning and approvals, environmental auditing and environmental impact assessments.
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Program lead – Business, economy and governance
Specialist in organisational and societal change for sustainability including corporate sustainability, sustainable finance and energy policy. Skills in strategy development, evaluation, performance indicators and frameworks.
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Program Lead - Water Futures
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Research Principal
A researcher and program manager at the forefront of the smart cities agenda in Australia.
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Research Director
Focusing on the intersection between climate change adaptation, disaster risk management and development in the Asia-Pacific region.
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Senior Research Consultant
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Senior Research Consultant
Focuses on water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) in the Asia-Pacific region, and its nexus with climate change and gender equality, disability and social inclusion (GEDSI).
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Senior Research Consultant
An experienced data analyst and modeller specialising in spatial problems, environmental management, waste management, and energy efficiency.
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Research Director
Specialist in sustainable cities, buildings and housing; advising on design, policy and programs; author of award-winning guides.
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Research Principal
A human geographer and trained social researcher, whose research focuses on the social and environmental function of green infrastructure in urban geographies, managing projects that explore the relationship between vegetation and localised heat, health and wellbeing, and ecosystem services.
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Program lead - Energy futures
Specialises in clean energy transition projects including renewable energy employment, energy fairness and just transition, off-site renewable energy procurement and the role of demand-side flexibility to integrate renewable energy into markets, networks and businesses.
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Associate Director Learning and Development
Working with the SDG Transformations Forum, the Wellbeing Economy Alliance and New Economy Network Australia to transform economic narratives for sustainable and equitable futures.
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Clare PerryResearch Program Assistant
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Research Consultant
Power systems modelling and analysis, renewable energy integration, demand response, electricity pricing.
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Associate Director Research, ISF Professor
Product Stewardship; Decarbonisation; Circular Economy for resources, water, energy.
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Associate Professor and Research Director
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Research Director – Strategic Energy Collaborations
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Senior Research Consultant
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Senior Research Consultant
Water, sanitation and hygiene, gender equality and social inclusion, behaviour change.
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Research Principal
Ebony specialises in sustainable urban water planning and decision-making frameworks for water policies in the national and international context.
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Research Director
Environmental scientist working in collaborative business model innovation for sustainability, going beyond circular economy to encompass environmental, social and economic value creation.
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Research Director
Edgar’s research primarily focuses on assessing the effectiveness of public housing estate regeneration in Australia; multigenerational family housing; ageing in place; and concepts of community and place.
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Senior Research Consultant
Just transitions, energy transition, social licence, workforce coordination, community development (methods, impact and evaluation), qualitative research design and participatory methods.
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Research Director
Experienced in natural resources and climate change projects within research, non-government organisations and the private sector. Research areas include resources, energy, food systems and international development.
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Research Principal
Drawing on psychological theory and complex systems thinking to explore the intersection of environmental psychology and health psychology, with an aim to promote health and wellbeing.
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Research Director
Advancing the theory and practice of systems-based approaches to food and nutrition security. His training, research and practice experience focuses on the links between human and ecological change and how they influence food and nutrition security at different spatial and temporal scales.
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Research Principal
Building communities through urban agriculture, community gardening, permaculture and local food systems, with experience in sustainable urban development, corporate sustainability, carbon mitigation and alternative energy.
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Research Principal
A specialist in water and sanitation, with a background in civil engineering and Masters of Water Resource Engineering and Management.
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Research Assistant
Climate science and policy, geography, psychology, professional facilitation.
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Research Director
Specialises in sustainable finance with a focus on skills, climate related financial risk regulation and mobilising capital for sustainable development.
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Research Consultant
Helen specialises in modelling and data analysis, focused on civil engineering, construction industry, and material production/management.
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Research Consultant
Sustainable finance, climate-related financial risk, decarbonising transport, systems thinking, qualitative research.
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Senior Research Consultant
Ibrahim specialises in renewable power systems, distributed energy resources (DERs) systems, energy economics, and artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning applications in Energy.
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Research Principal
International business professional, experienced in blending business management, sustainability strategy and wellbeing economics to enable social learning and systems change by bridging research and practice.
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Senior Research Consultant
Behavioural scientist and social psychologist with experience in qualitative research, intervention design and evaluation in education and health.
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Professor and Program Lead - Graduate Research
Jason's research program focuses on the environment, planning, and human and planetary health.
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Research Director
Fifteen years' experience as an electrical contractor and a first class degree in Environmental Science informs her work in renewable energy options and their interactions with electricity networks.
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Research Principal
A Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) researcher with special interest in climate change impacts on WASH, equitable WASH service delivery, and WASH in Pacific island countries and territories and the wider Asia-Pacific region.
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Senior Research Consultant
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Senior Research Consultant
Research interests include Renewable Energy, Transitioning to Net Zero, Energy Policy and Energy Economics.
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Research Assistant
Law reform, policy development and environmental & social justice initiatives.
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Professor and Research Director
Expertise in water and sanitation in low- and middle-income countries, also working on gender equality, civil society’s role in development, governance and accountability, climate change, urban development, monitoring, evaluation and development effectiveness.
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Senior Research Consultant
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Program Lead - International Development
Specialising in research design in partnership, particularly with NGOs; participatory research; facilitation and training; design, monitoring and evaluation; and strengths-based approaches to development.
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Program lead - Healthy environments
A highly experienced architect who specialised in sustainability over a 30-year career, who leads smart cities and healthy urban environment research programs at ISF.
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Research Principal
An environmental scientist, her experience spans public and private sectors focusing on relevant issues of sustainability.
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Senior Research Consultant
Focussing on peri-urban agriculture and planning challenges it faces, as well as biodiversity offsets, carbon farming, and payments for ecosystem services.
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Senior Research Consultant
Synthetic e-fuels, hydrogen, sustainable technology for hard to abate sectors (aviation, maritime, chemical industry, ammonia, steel, cement).
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Research Principal
Systemic problems in the housing, energy and sustainable built environment space; particularly collaborative-action, retrofits and maintenance, and sustainability decision-making.
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Research Director
Conservation behaviours and technologies, governance, policy analysis
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Research Director
Specialises in Resource, Energy and Water Futures with strong emphasis on the circular economy and waste management.
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Program lead - Resource stewardship
Specialising in sustainable consumption and production and the circular economy in the Asia-Pacific region, with qualifications in environmental engineering, water resources and the social sciences.
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Research Director
A focus on water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) across the Asia-Pacific region.
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Research Director
Leads the ISF Resource stewardship team, directs and undertakes collaborative research projects with industry and government partners on resource conservation, recovery and recycling.
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Professor of Water Futures
Adaptive planning for integrated and efficient water supply and sanitation services.
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Research Principal
Researching the systemic drivers and effects of pollutant exposures in environments and product supply chains, urban environmental health, the circular economy and product stewardship, across government and non-government sectors.
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Research Asssistant
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Senior Research Consultant
Ecological economics, industrial ecology and community planning for sustainability.
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Program lead - Course development
Focusing on the intersection between the world of work and climate change and the innovation processes, public policy and employment implications associated with a Just Transition.
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Senior Research Consultant
Environmental Scientist, policy and research on land, energy, water and biodiversity through geospatial analysis.
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Senior Research Consultant
With a background in environmental science with a focus on climate change and interdisciplinary research, she has expertise in comparative energy policy analysis and political economy.
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Research Director
Focussing on the transitioning energy system and its impacts within the context of customers, markets, technologies, policy, and business models.
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Shima MafiResearch Assistant
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Associate Professor and Research Director
Modelling and assessment for sustainable urban water
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Research Director
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Research Assistant and EA to Deputy Director
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Research Director
Seeking to understand the interaction between material supply and sustainable development outcomes as we transition towards a decarbonised economy.
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Professor and Director, ISF
Leading a team of researchers who create change towards sustainable futures through independent, project-based research.
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Associate Professor and Research Director
Drawing on 25 years' experience in technical analysis of renewable energy systems and market integration concept.
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Senior Research Consultant
Development effectiveness, gender equality and social inclusion, community economies, climate change adaptation and refugee protection.
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Senior Research Consultant
Focusing on cross-cultural consumption, animal rights and human-animal interactions.
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Research Principal
Sustainable production and consumption, circular economy, and the fashion industry.
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Senior Research Consultant
Disaster resilience, climate change adaptation, gender equality, community-based adaptation.
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Research Director
Focusing on water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) in low- and middle-income countries.
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Research Principal
Specialising in data analytics, with a background in Industrial Engineering and Business, and Technology Management.