Adjunct Associate Professor
Cheryl Desha
This person does not currently hold a position at QUT.
Personal details
Keywords
biomimicry, curriculum renewal, education for sustainability, engineering education, green building, resource productivity, sustainability, sustainable development, whole system, whole system design
Research field
Environmental Engineering, Urban and Regional Planning, Curriculum and Pedagogy
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2008
Qualifications
- PhD (Griffith University)
- Bachelor of Engineering (Griffith University)
Professional memberships and associations
- Sustainable Community Infrastructure Theme, Institute for Future Environments
- Research Principal, The Natural Edge Project (2002 - Present)
- Chartered Member (Academic, 2014), Engineers Australia (1999 - Present)
- Sustainable Engineering Society (SENG) (1999 - Present)
Teaching
PhD and Masters by Research in various trans-disciplinary fields including biophilic urbanism (nature-loving cities), ecosystem services, policy and planning, whole system thinking, low carbon public procurement, lean thinking, project management for sustainable outcomes, driving sustainable innovation in the water sector and design innovation.
The majority of this supervision involves qualitative phenomenological case study research and a mixture of PhD by publications and traditional manuscripts.
Students are encouraged to engage with end-users and their community of practice (domestic or internationally) during their candidature, to build networks and seek emerging consensus on their research topic during studies.
All research enquiries should be emailed with an attached 2-page word document outlining the proposed Title, Context for Research, Research Problem, Preferred Research Methods and Potential Timeline. In-text citations should also be used to demonstrate research capabilities.
Publications
- Desha, C. & Hargroves, K. (2014). Higher education and sustainable development: A model for curriculum renewal. Routledge. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/69915
- Desha, C., Smith, M. & Hargroves, K. (2010). Cents and sustainability: Securing our common future by decoupling economic growth from environmental pressures. Earthscan Publications. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/70178
- Smith, M., Hargroves, K., Desha, C. & Stasinopoulos, P. (2009). Water transformed: Sustainable water solutions for climate change adaptation. The Natural Edge Project (TNEP), Griffith University, and Australian National University. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/85206
- von Weizsacker, E., Hargroves, K., Smith, M., Desha, C. & Stasinopoulos, P. (2009). Factor five: Transforming the global economy through 80% improvements in resource productivity. Earthscan Publications. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/70173
- Stasinopoulos, P., Smith, M., Hargroves, K. & Desha, C. (2009). Whole system design: An integrated approach to sustainable engineering. Earthscan Publications. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/70166
- Smith, M., Hargroves, K., Stasinopoulos, P., Stephens, R., Desha, C. & Hargroves, S. (2007). Energy transformed: Sustainable energy solutions for climate change mitigation. The Natural Edge Project, CSIRO, and Griffith University. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/85180
QUT ePrints
For more publications by Cheryl, explore their research in QUT ePrints (our digital repository).
Supervision
Completed supervisions (Doctorate)
- Exploring Elements for Innovation in the Australian Water Sector (2016)
- Exploring the Economic Business Case for Incorporating Biophilic Urbanism (2016)
- Exploring the Role of Design in Sustainable Adaptive Reuse of Built Heritage (2016)
- Carbon structural adjustment: designing, motivating, and delivering an economy-wide transition to low greenhouse gas emissions (2015)
- Mainstreaming biophilic urbanism in Australian cities: A response to climate change, resource shortages and population pressures (2014)