Associate Professor, Sustainability and Urban Planning, School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University
Dr Hartmut Fünfgeld is an Associate Professor in Sustainability and Urban Planning and a researcher in the Centre for Urban Research, based in the School of Global, Urban and Social Studies at RMIT University, Melbourne. His research focuses on the social and institutional dimensions of local and regional climate change responses, including how to facilitate adaptation to climate change and other global environmental change phenomena through strategic planning and participatory processes. Hartmut has over ten years of experience in researching and working on climate change, sustainability and local governance with the public sector and communities in Australia, Europe, Africa and Asia. He holds a PhD in human geography from the University of Heidelberg, Germany.
Experience
2016–present
Associate Professor, School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University
2015–2015
Senior Lecturer, School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University
2012–2014
Senior Research Fellow, School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University
2013–2014
Acting Director, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University
2010–2012
Research Fellow, Climate Change Adaptation Program, RMIT University
2009–2010
Manager Climate Change Adaptation, ICLEI - Local Goverments for Sustainability Oceania
Education
2006
Ruprecht-Karls University of Heidelberg, Germany, Doctor of Philosophy
2002
Ruprecht-Karls University of Heidelberg, Germany, Diploma of Geography