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The annual business meeting is open to all NITRO-Oceania members (https://nitro-oceania.net/members/) and will be an opportunity to review progress over the last 12 months, propose new activities, join the Executive and review our financial status. The meeting will be on Tuesday September 21: 11am to 12.30 AEST 1-2.30pm in NZ and Fiji 2-3.30pm in Samoa […]

The June 25 NITRO-Oceania Executive video-conference debriefed on the workshop at the SRI2021 conference – see https://nitro-oceania.net/activities/working-groups/impact-narratives-working-group/june-2021-workshop/. We also: * discussed progress on forming new working groups * discussed a seminar by Erin Leahey (University of Arizona) in August – more details soon * confirmed the date and time for our annual business meeting. It […]

There was a lively discussion about values and principles to guide the future of interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary leadership for sustainability transformations at the virtual NITRO-Oceania workshop held at the SRI2021 (Sustainability Research and Innovation Congress) on June 14, 20121. Workshop results will be posted soon on https://nitro-oceania.net/activities/working-groups/impact-narratives-working-group/june-2021-workshop/. A recording of the workshop is available to […]

The keynote video for workshop 3 is “Leadership for Sustainability” by Chris Boone, Dean, College of Global Futures, and Professor, School of Sustainability, Arizona State University, USA. It is available on YouTube at: https://youtu.be/PDtjAhQDI2Q. Please watch it before the workshop. It runs for 17 minutes. The workshop “Promoting success for sustainability research in the Oceania […]

The workshop will build on themes developed in a recent paper “Creating leadership collectives for sustainability transformations” (Care et al Sustainability Science (2021) 16:703–708; https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11625-021-00909-y), which argues for a new leadership model that incorporates critical refection, inclusivity and care, as a prerequisite for the shift from disciplinary to inter- and trans-disciplinary research, necessary if we […]

The May NITRO-Oceania Executive video-conference focused on the upcoming workshop at the SRI2021 conference. Final information about what promises to be a most exciting event will be available soon. The workshop and conference are both virtual (although there will also be onsite networking events in Brisbane). The workshop slot is 8.00 – 11.00am (Brisbane time) […]

The next NITRO-Oceania workshop will be on Monday June 14 2021 (8.00-11.00 am Brisbane time). This is the third and final in a series organised by the Impact Dialogues working group and will be a virtual meeting at SRI2021 (Sustainability Research and Innovation Congress 2021). To find out more about the session see: https://attend.sri2021.org/meetings/virtual/ttpgsoLsZ3LRcyz6W and […]

The April NITRO-Oceania Executive video-conference focused on the upcoming workshop at the SRI2021 conference. This is a virtual conference and the workshop slot is 8.00 – 11.00am (Brisbane time) on 14 June. For more information see: https://attend.sri2021.org/meetings/virtual/ttpgsoLsZ3LRcyz6W

Eleven NITRO-Oceania members and 15 participants from the community, funder and research sectors met virtually to move thinking forward on “How organisations best support and encourage research for impact.” Workshop results will be posted soon on https://nitro-oceania.net/activities/working-groups/march-2021-workshop/. Congratulations to the Impact dialogues working group for another great event!  

See https://nitro-oceania.net/activities/working-groups/march-2021-workshop/ for links to the videos to watch to prepare for the March 3 workshop. Look forward to seeing you there! Registration is now closed, but if you would like to attend, contact us.