Research
La Trobe Institute for Social and Environmental Sustainability
The La Trobe Institute for Social and Environmental Sustainability takes a multidisciplinary approach to sustainability research. There is an enormous amount of research looking at issues of sustainability at La Trobe University, ranging from fish monitoring for freshwater ecology to the ways that people's worldviews and values affect their attitude to the environment.
The institute has three research themes:
- water, natural sciences and land management
- community resilience, health and social justice
- sustainability governance, measurement and corporate social responsibility.
The Institute recently release its findings into 3 research workshops held in February 2011 on current sustainability research at the University and the future opportunities for research in the fields above.
Download details of research, research centres and staff members of the La Trobe Institute for Social and Environmental Sustainability Research Report [PDF 421 KB].
Symposium: Advancing Sustainability
La Trobe University, Melbourne Campus - 20 February 2012
The La Trobe Institute for Social and Environmental Sustainability invites you to a Sustainability Symposium.
The Symposium will bring together work from a range of disciplines to:
• consider the role education plays in addressing the long term viability of the economy, social order and the environment; and.
• promote multi-disciplinary perspectives to developing practical and policy solutions to improving social and environmental sustainability.
Follow the link for a symposium program [PDF 784 KB].
Register here [750 KB] for the 2012 Academic Symposium.
Business Forum:
Sustainable Development: Beyond Carbon
Melbourne Marriott Hotel: 21 February 2012
The La Trobe Institute for Social and Environmental Sustainability invites you to a Business Forum.
Sustainable development is being corralled by the carbon accounting debate, but it needs to engage with issues much broader than concerns about carbon emissions. Organisations have the opportunity to contribute to other environmental imperatives and social issues whilst maintaining their social licence to operate.
The Forum will bring together experts in sustainable development from industry and academia to provide insight into achieving long term improvement outcomes for society and institutions.
Get the program [PDF 784 KB] details.
Register here [750 KB] for the 2012 Business Forum.
OPEN - Multidisciplinary Research Assistance Grant Funding
The Institute will provide research assistance funding for research contributions with practice and policy implications concerning the interactions between social and environmental sustainability and policy. They may be drawn from differing socio-economic and political environments with an international, national or organisation specific analysis taking an inter- or multidisciplinary perspective.
Download the information document [PDF 189KB] or the application form [Word 119KB].
Applications close on: Friday 4 November 2011.
La Trobe Institute for Social and Environmental Sustainability
Come and feed your mind at the 2011 Lunchtime Seminar Series [PDF 101KB] about interdisciplinary research and professional practice. Email generations@latrobe.edu.au for seminar locations.
The Institute's Visiting Professors include:
The Institute's Adjunct Professors include:
- Professor Simon Molesworth AM QC - environmental lawyer, Chairman of the International Trust Organisation.
- Professor Kate Auty - Commissioner for Environmental Sustainability, Victoria.
Research groups and individual researchers are also members of the institute, or are working at La Trobe University or with associated organisations. Some of these are listed below.
Centre for Sustainable Regional communities (CSRC)
The Centre for Sustainable Regional Communities brings the University and its community together in our common concern to understand factors that contribute toward sustainable communities.
Murray–Darling Freshwater Research Centre (MDFRC)
The Murray–Darling Freshwater Research Centre undertakes multidisciplinary research.
This centre is a partnership between the Murray–Darling Basin Authority, CSIRO Land & Water, La Trobe University and the Australian Government Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities.
Centre for Sport and Social Impact (CSSI)
The Centre for Sport and Social Impact strives to influence the future of sport management practices and policy, and their impact on society, through real world research and engagement with industry and government.
AgriBio, the Centre for AgriBiosciences
AgriBio, the Centre for AgriBiosciences will accommodate up to 400 staff, including scientists and support staff from the Victorian Government Department of Primary Industries, La Trobe University and the private sector. The centre will help to protect Victoria's agricultural sector and will strengthen the state's international reputation for agricultural research and diagnostics. Construction of the facility has begun, and it is expected to be fully operational by April 2012.
