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David Angus Ness

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Adjunct Professor, UniSA STEM, University of South Australia

Co-organised 1st International 'Sufficiency Summit' held 4 May 2023, moderated Session on urban and human settlements
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Leading research on sufficiency in planning and building at UniSA

Background in architecture, urban and infrastructure planning within SA Government and private practice.

Consultant to UN on sustainable infrastructure, clean environment and green growth.

Chair of 'Ecological Development Union International Inc' (EDUI), which promotes, clean, resource efficient and r/circular economy, with China as main focus.

Awarded Arup Global Research Grant 2017 for research on digitally enabled reuse of building components as a service.

Completed book on "The Impact of Overbuilding on People and the Planet" (Cambridge Scholars, 2019).

Experience

  • 2019–2022
    Adjunct associate professor, University of South Australia

Education

  • 2003 
    University of South Australia, PhD
  • 1979 
    University of Adelaide, Master Urban and Regional Planning
  • 1976 
    University of Adelaide, Bachelor of Architecture

Publications

  • 2023
    Buildings & Cities, Technological efficiency limitations to climate mitigation: why suffiicency is necessary
  • 2022
    Buildings & Cities, Towards sufficiency and solidarity: COP27 implications for construction & property
  • 2021
    Agathon, The shift from new build to regeneration
  • 2017
    Journal of Industrial Ecology , Toward a resource-efficient built environment
  • 2015
    Journal of Cleaner Production, Smart steel: new paradigms for reuse of steel enabled by digital tracking and modelling
  • 2015
    Springer, Transforming rural communities in China and beyond

Grants and Contracts

  • 2022
    Australian-French Association for Research & Innovation
    Role:
    Project leader
    Funding Source:
    AFRAN
  • 2017
    ARUP Global Research Challenge
    Role:
    Project leader
    Funding Source:
    ARUP
  • 2012
    Australia-China Science and Research Fund
    Role:
    Researcher
    Funding Source:
    Australia Government

Professional Memberships

  • Chair, Ecological Development Union International Inc (EDUI)