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Professor Anna Littleboy
Anna is a Professorial Research Fellow directing the Transitions in Mining program at the University of Queensland's Sustainable Minerals Institute. An experienced research leader, she has orchestrated multidisciplinary initiatives linking concepts of applied sustainability to the minerals sector for improved social, environmental and technical performance for the minerals industry. Her career spans more than thirty years in Europe and Australia.
Originally a geochemist, Anna’s early career was spent in the lab and on site managing field programmes to characterise environmental risks from reactive contaminant transport. This catalysed an interest in understanding the role that technology and values play in decision making around industrial operations, regional impact and sustainability outcomes
Anna has worked on influential initiatives at the interface where science informs policy for a globally connected world. She has managed large collaborative programmes for Federal and State Governments, Industry and global think-tanks. Anna is a Fellow of the Minerals Institute, a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. She sits on multiple advisory and executive boards in the minerals and disability sectors and is a recipient of a CSIRO medal for Business Excellence.

Experience

  • 2012–present
    Theme Leader, Australian mineral futures, CSIRO
  • 2011–2012
    Research Director, Futures, CSIRO
  • 2007–2011
    Deputy Director, Minerals Down Under Flagship, CSIRO

Education

  • 2004 
    University College, London, UK, Master of Philosophy
  • 1999 
    Cranfield University School of Management, UK, Diploma in Management
  • 1986 
    University of Reading, UK , Bachelor of Science (Honours)