DIRECTORY OF INTERNATIONAL ACADEMICS WITH AN INTEREST IN PERMACULTURE Aug 2015

Name / Organisation / Role / Qualifications / Research/teaching interests / HDR students supervised/assessed / Website/other info
Hons / Master / Doc
Aiken, Gerald Taylor / University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg / Post-Doc / PhD / Community, Transition, Environmentalism / 15 / 1 /
Bastion, Michelle / Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh, UK / Chancellor's Fellow, ESALA / PhD / Time, time and activism, time and sustainability, clock-time, participatory research with non-humans, extinctions, temporal design, transition towns, field philosophy
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Brook, Isis / Crossfields Institute, Stroud, UK / Head of Faculty for Environment and Transdisciplinary Studies / PhD, MEd, FHEA / Environmental philosophy, Researching holistic approaches to agroecology. / /
Burke, Gary / Curtin University, WA, Aus / Lecturer / PhD / Economics, citizen science / gary.burke@
curtin.edu.au
Chiveralls, Keri / Central Queensland University, Aus / Head of Program Permaculture and Sustainability / PhD Anth/Social Inquiry
Grad Dip Soc Sci BA Hons Anth PDC Food Forest / Permaculture, natural building, social movements, political economy, waste and value. / 3 / 1 /
Cleremans, Malika / Wageningen, The Netherlands / CIRCLE Ecology / M.Sc / Sustainable landscapes | water | food | climate | /
Blog:
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Davidson, Debra / University of Alberta, Canada / Professor, Environmental Sociology / PhD / ddavidso@ualberta.
ca
Fiebrig, Immo / Coventry University
UK / Research Fellow, Permaculture Systems, CAWR Centre for Agroecology, Ryton Organic Gardens / PhD / Water and resilience / /
Gaedtke, Max / University of Göttingen, Germany / PhD Candidate, / PDC lecturer / Regional planning and permaculture /
Gretton, Sarah / University of Leicester, UK / Director of the Centre for Interdisciplinary Science, Chair of the ESD forum / BSc (Hons) Medical Microbiology, PhD, PGCHE / Education for Sustainable Development /
Habib, Benjamin / La Trobe University, Vic, Aus / Lecturer in International Relations / PhD
PDC / Global climate change politics; international relations; new economies; international relations of permaculture. / 3 / 1 / /
Jones, Patrick / Daylesford Community Vic, Aus. Food Gardens; Hepburn Relocalisation Network. / Independent researcher/ educator; community garden facilitator/activist; permaculture designer/advocate, Artist as Family / Doctor of Creative Arts (DCA) / Walked-for food; foraging as ecological re-acquaintance; Transition to local ecological food and energy societies /
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Kern, Thomas / Macquarie University, NSW, Aus / Associate Lecturer / Diplom-Kaufmann (Saarbruecken), Bankkaufmann (IHK Suedlicher Oberrhein) / International financial reporting
Corporate social responsibility reporting and governance (especially of financial institutions)
Integrated reporting
Innovative teaching practice in accounting
Intelligent Tutoring Systems
Accountability Frameworks
Alternative Economics
Social Permaculture /
Krabbe, Robin / University of Tasmania, Aus / PhD Candidate / M.Qual Env Sc.
B.Ec / Community role in sustainability, Interested in postdoc action research relating to sustainability /
Lockyer, Joshua / Dept. of Behavioral Sciences
Arkansas Tech University, USA / Assistant Professor of Anthropology
/ PhD /
Lowe, Beck / Castlemaine, Vic, Aus / M.Env Sci / Local food economies /
Mars, Ross / Water Installations
Candlelight Farm;
Murdoch Uni,
Polytechnic TAFE. WA, Aus / Manager
Adjunct Senior Lecturer / PhD (Env Sc)
BAppSc (Biol, Hons)
BAppSc (Chem)
Dip Ed
Dip Perm
Dip Irrigation / Wastewater / 1 / 1 /
McDonald, Kate / Matlock, UK / MSc Agroecology and Diploma in Applied Permaculture Design candidate / BSc /
McGuigan, Nicholas / Macquarie University, NSW, Aus / Senior Lecturer / BCom (Hons),
Cert. Adult Teaching, Dip. Tertiary Teaching / Conceptual Change in Accounting
Developing Reflective Professionals
Student Perceptions and Learning Approaches
Innovation in Accounting practice
Environmental Social and Governance Reporting of Financial Institutions
Accountability Frameworks
Alternative Economics
Social Permaculture / /
Msika, Joshua / The James Hutton Institute (Social, Economic & Geographical Sciences Group), UK / Research Assistant – Mixed Methods / BSc (Hons) Sustainable Development / Ongoing: Towards European Societal Sustainability (TESS). [EU FP7 research project]. / /
Oliveira, Hugo / CE3C - Center for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Change (Sub-group Climate Change Adaptation and Sustainability)
University of Lisbon, Portugal / PhD candidate / Research Associate / Landscape Ecology, Agroecology, Permaculture, Grassroots Innovation, Ecologicalo Design /
Oszvald, Tamas / University of Tasmania, Aus / PhD candidate / MA Media Artist
MA Secondary School Teacher of Drawing and Art History / Application of permaculture design method to socially engaged art projects /
Pilgrim, Emma / University of Exeter, UK / Ecologist, BBSRC funded Daphne Jackson Research Fellow / PhD / Alternative methods of food production, Forest Gardens in the UK - potential benefits of these systems for people as well as for food provision / /
Ranara, Jeff / Stockholm Resilience Center, Stockholm University, Sweden / PhD Candidate / Sustainability Science /
Rhodes, Chris / Slovak Technical University, Bratislava. / Visiting professor: Current post: Research Director on Fresh-lands Environmental Actions. / D.Phil., D.Sc., C.Chem., FRSC, FLS.
BSc
/ Zeolites, clays and other nanoporous media in heavy-metal pollution and radioactive waste management.
Land decontamination from pesticides and chemical waste using bioremediation/phytoremediation/mycoremediation.
Radiation effects on biomolecules and on satellite components
New fuels and alternative energy sources based on biomass and algae.
Biochar and hydrothermal conversion of biomass and algae to biochar, fuels and petroleum-independent feedstocks for industry.
Peak oil and the need to develop localised less transport-dependent societies.
Peak oil and farming with low inputs: permaculture and regenerative agriculture.
Phosphate recovery from wastewater using algae. / /
Seabrook, Wendy / Hill Top Farm, Qld, Aus / Director, designer and co-creator / Ph.D
M.Sc (Ecology)
B.Sc
PDC
Dip Perm / Applying ecological processes and functions in the creation of more sustainable and resilient human-modified ecosystems – our food production, businesses, households and communities / /
Smith, Caroline / University of Tasmania, Aus / Adjunct Senior Lecturer,
Science education / PhD
M.Sc (Plant Pathology)
M.Ed
B.Sc (Hons)
Dip. Ed,
PDC / Education for Sustainability,
Teaching for effective learning,
Ecospirituality,
Permaculture education
Local food economies,
Training in crop protection (Solomon Is) / 0 / 1 / 9 /

Sears, Ed / Exeter University, UK
/ Honorary Associate Research Fellow
Earth System Science group / Diploma in Applied Permaculture Design
NVQ level 2 Amenity Horticulture
HND European Organic Agriculture
BSc
MSc Climate Change / Developing a published evidence base for permaculture, launching permaculture research as an academic discipline, making the connection between permaculture research and earth system science.
Member: British Ecological Society
Chair: Research Advisory Board of Permaculture Association (Britain)
Trustee: Plants For A Future charity
Director: T4 Sustainability Ltd
Competent to design and install PV, solar hot water, biomass (log and pellet) and heat pump (air and ground source) heating systems
Samsung Heat Pump Service Engineer
SMA Advance PV Installer / /
Stobart, Anne / University of Exeter, UK / Honorary Research Fellow / PhD / Sustainable cultivation and harvest of medicinal trees and shrubs. /

Towle, Nick / University of Tasmania, Aus / Senior Lecturer, Rural Clinical School / MBBS
PDC / Health and the environment, especially impacts of climate change;
Education for sustainability /