Professor Robyn Bartel

Biography

I am a legal geographer motivated by my fascination with humanity’s relationship to nature and committed to addressing environmental crises. The key value proposition of my multi-award-winning scholarship is in leading initiatives for the attainment of public good objectives in sustainability, the achievement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, including good governance for environmental and social wellbeing. I lead innovations in transformative and self-determined learning, reconnecting students with their learning and their environments through place-based education for sustainability to achieve better outcomes for students and for society. I designed the sector-leading and award-winning Bachelor of Sustainability, a trans- and multi-disciplinary collaboration bringing the sciences, arts and humanities together in common purpose, providing a unique opportunity for students to develop holistic capacity to contribute to sustainability.