Dr Bert Jenkins
Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, School of Humanities
Qualifications
BSc AES (Hons) (Griff), PhD (NE), AssDipRural Techniques (Hort) (QAC)
Contact
| Email: | bjenkins@une.edu.au |
| Room: | E11 1.27 |
| Phone: | 02 6773 5120 (or +61 2 6773 5120 overseas) |
| Fax: | 02 6773 3520 |
Senior Lecturer in Peace Studies (Convenor of Peace Studies)
School of Humanities
Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Affiliations
Member - Australian Institute of Biology (MAIB)
Member - New York Academy of Sciences (MNYAS)
International Peace Research Association-Peace Education Commission
Australian & New Zealand Comparative and International Education Society
Australian Association of Environmental Education
Areas of Teaching
- Introduction to Peace Studies
- Environmental Security
- Peacemaking and Conflict Resolution
- Politics and Environment
- Indigenous Peoples and Well Being Issues
- Indigenous Peoples and the Environments
Research interests
- Ecological Violence, Ecological Peace and Environmental Security
- Political Ecology
- Environmental Education for sustainable futures
- Ecological Restoration
- Social change through NGO's and community based organisations
- Peace Education
- Growing Gardens for Psycho-social Healing
Recent PhD Completions
‘Engaging East Timorese men in the process of establishing gender equality’
‘The Etiology of a culture of violence and maturation towards a culture of peace’
Recent Masters by Research Completions
Master of Natural Resources (Thesis)
‘The Sydney Bush Regeneration Industry: An investigation into the need for Best Practice and professionalism in a fledgling industry’
Master of Professional Studies (Hons)
‘Pathways to sustainability: Case studies in ecologically sustainable business in the Central Mount Lofty Ranges’
Master of Professional Studies (Hons)
‘Ethical conflict at work: How do professionals uphold their moral integrity?’
Recent Research
Peace Education in Bougainville
Research Grants
A grant from the United States Institute of Peace with Helen Ware and Peter Ninnes to develop a Peace Education Programme for Bougainville
Recent Publications
Jenkins, B.A. (2008) Education for Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management on Bougainville, pp. 33-43 in Science Education in Context: An International Examination of the Influence of context on Science Curricula Development and Implementation, eds. Richard K. Coll and neil Taylor, Sense Publishers, Rotterdam/Taipei.
Lynch T. and Jenkins, B. (2007) Global Warming, contemporary politics & the principle of least disruption, Australian Quarterly, Vol 79, Issue 4, July - August
Jenkins B. A. (2006) ‘Strengthening Communities for Peace’, Chapter 4, pp.37-69 In: NGOS and Post-Conflict Recovery: The Leitana Nehan Women’s Development Agency, Bougainville, Eds. Helen Hakena, Peter Ninnes and Bert Jenkins, Asia Pacific Press, Canberra.
Jenkins B. A. (2006) ‘From Peace to Progress’, Chapter 5, pp.70-89 In: NGOS and Post-Conflict Recovery: The Leitana Nehan Women’s Development Agency, Bougainville, Eds. Helen Hakena, Peter Ninnes and Bert Jenkins, Asia Pacific Press, Canberra.
Jenkins, B.A., (2006) ‘War and Peace’, in The No-nonsense Guide to Conflict and Peace, Ware, H, New Internationalist Publications Ltd, Oxford, UK, pp 10-25.
Jenkins K. A. and Jenkins B. A. (2005). Education for Sustainable Development and the Question of Balance: Lessons from the Pacific. Current Issues in Comparative Education [Online], Vol. 7 (2). Available at: http://www.tc.columbia.edu/cice/articles/kjbj172.htm
Jenkins B. A. (2005) ‘Environmental Security’, Chapter 42, Section Nine, pp.321-329 In: Securing a Peaceful Pacific, Eds. John Henderson & Greg Watson, Canterbury University Press, Christchurch, NZ
Jenkins, B. A. (2003) NGOs in Bangladesh: Are They in a Strong Position to Assist Vulnerable People Living on Low-Lying Lands to Cope with Floods? Journal of South Asian Studies Vol. XXVI, no.3: 455-466.
Lynch, T; Jenkins, B; and Kilarr, A (2001) ‘Professional Farming Systems – Facilitating Sustainable Environmental Change on a Landscape Scale.’
Australian Journal of Social Issues 36 (2): 123-138.