From time-to-time NITRO-Oceania hosts seminars on topics of particular interest and relevance to network members.
Watch this space for upcoming seminars
Past seminars
November 15, 2022 online
Professor Margaret Palmer, Director, National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC), USA on “On leading a large interdisciplinary organization focused on environmental sustainability”.
There were seven attendees and the talk was followed by a short discussion. A YouTube video (57 minutes long) of the talk and discussion is available below:
Read the flyer for the abstract and seminar details (PDF 152KB).
It is noteworthy that Margaret Palmer played a key role in the activities which eventually led to the formation of NITRO-Oceania. In 2017 she encouraged Gabriele Bammer to apply for a National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC) Foundation grant to organise (with Jon Kramer) the first global meeting of leaders in interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary organisations. Twenty leaders attended the meeting in March 2018 (see https://nitro-oceania.net/global-network/) and four of those leaders then went on to found NITRO-Oceania.
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September 1, 2022 online (jointly with Monash Sustainable Development Institute)
Dr Sabine Hoffmann, Cluster Leader Inter- and Transdisciplinary Research, Eawag – Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology on Integrating the integrator! A call for establishing academic careers for integration experts. There were 29 attendees and the seminar was followed by a lively discussion. A YouTube video (1hr and 3 minutes long) of the talk and discussion is available below:
Read the flyer for the abstract and seminar details (PDF 272KB).
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July 20, 2022 online
Professor Upolu Luma Vaai, Principal and Professor of Theology & Ethics at the Pacific Theological College in Suva, Fiji on “Pasifika ‘Whole of Life’ Education: A Decolonial Communities-based Approach.” There were 54 attendees and the seminar was followed by a lively discussion. A YouTube video (1hr long) of the talk and discussion is available below.
Read the original flyer for the abstract and seminar details (174KB PDF), or see this higher-quality version (1.5MB JPEG).
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December 2, 2021 online
Professor Alex Haslam, University of Queensland, Australia on “Effective organisational leadership and what it means for interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research organisations.” There were 48 attendees and the seminar was followed by a lively discussion. A YouTube video (1hr long) of the talk and discussion is available below.
Read the flyer for the abstract and seminar details (PDF 215KB).
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August 23, 2021 online
Professor Erin Leahey, University of Arizona, USA on “Universities’ commitment to interdisciplinary research: Some causes and consequences.” There were 46 attendees and the seminar was followed by a lively discussion. A YouTube video (58min) of the talk and discussion is available below.
Read the flyer for the abstract and seminar details (PDF 177KB)
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August 24, 2020 online
Professor Klement Tockner on how he implemented his vision for the Austrian Science Fund to support interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research (this seminar followed the 2020 NITRO-Oceania Business meeting).