Research Team
What We Are
Our research is dedicated to building civic literacy and useful knowledge for integrated decision-making around critical public policy issues, particularly, sustainable community development. We believe we have enough information, we know enough to act now and environmental issues such as climate change and biodiversity conservation affect all life. We are also committed to timely research dissemination, sharing our intellectual capital on the ground, and to creating novel e-communities of commitment, passion and excellence around sustainable community development.
Who We Are
We have recruited a highly interdisciplinary team committed to the timely dissemination of research and ideally knowledge, and offer tools to enhance the decision-making capability of individuals and communities for their sustainable future development.
The team’s principal investigator is Ann Dale, Trudeau Fellow (2004), Canada Research Chair, Professor, School of Environment and Sustainability, Royal Roads University.
Dr. Dale brings a wealth of public policy expertise to her academic work. Her research involves both place-based and virtual communities, in the belief that both are essential for bridging intellectual and social capital across communities. In addition to her Chair, Dr. Dale is currently leading five research projects on e-Dialogues,sustainable infrastructure,social capital, and most recently, agency and sustainable community development. She chairs the Canadian Consortium for Sustainable Development Research and has published a number of well-known books. Her book, At the edge, received the 2001 Policy Research Initiative’s Outstanding Research Contribution.
Ann has a blog that can be found at: Anndale's Blog
Other research sites include:
Governance for Sustainable Development
Gender and Sustainable Development
Dr. Chris Ling, Assistant Professor, Royal Roads University
Dr. Chris Ling explores planning and landscape issues in human environments, particularly the urban fringe and post-industrial landscapes. He has a PhD from the University of Manchester in England and has lived in Victoria since 2006. At Royal Roads he teaches Sustainable Development is the academic lead for one of the two annual cohorts on the Master's in Environmental Management program.
Dr. Lenore Newman, Professor, Royal Roads University
Dr. Lenore Newman is a writer, teacher and researcher living in Ottawa. She grew up in a small coastal community in British Columbia and has a long standing interest in the environment. Lenore has a background in physics, complex systems theory, human geography, social change, and sustainability. Her doctorate is from York university; it examined theoretical aspects of sustainability in rapidly changing societies. Her research interests include sustainability at the community level and sustainable technology including biomimicry, the modeling of technology upon ecological systems.
Lenore is also interested in virtual communities, ecological effects of globalization, and the politics of gender. When Lenore is not on-line, she is likely outdoors.
Lenore has a blog: Apopheia Brown's Old Curiosity Shop
