Coordinating Committee
Professor Fred Gale (Co-Chair)
Prof Fred Gale teaches and researches in the Politics and International Relations Program, School of Social Sciences, University of Tasmania, Australia. His research focuses on reconceptualising the foundations of the discipline of political economy from a sustainability perspective. He is the author of The Tropical Timber Trade Regime (Palgrave 1998), Global Commodity Governance (Palgrave 2011 with Marcus Haward) and, more recently, of The Political Economy of Sustainability (Edward Elgar 2018).
Dr Kim Beasy (Co-Chair)
Dr Kim Beasy is a Lecturer in Education at the University of Tasmania. Her primary area of research is in perceptions and practices of sustainability. She is the Chair of Education for Sustainability Tasmania, a UN recognised Regional Centre of Expertise on Education for Sustainable Development, a network of academics, educators and community organisations in Tasmania committed to promoting and building education for sustainability.
Dr Niklavs Rubenis
Dr. Niklavs Rubenis is a designer and maker focused on waste. He has been involved with projects spanning community, non-profit, commercial and cultural institutions, and has had work presented and exhibited nationally and internationally. Select collaborative projects include Object Realities, Transformative Repair, Object Therapy and Crafting Waste. Niklavs has a trade in cabinet making, holds a BA Visual Arts (Honours), and a PhD from the Australian National University. He is currently Senior Lecturer in Object Design, School of Creative Arts & Media at the University of Tasmania and serves as a board member of the World Crafts Council—Australia.