Staff Directory

Assoc. Professor Brad Pettitt

Position: Dean of School of Sustainability
Email: B.Pettitt@murdoch.edu.au
Phone: 9360 6465
Room: SS3.17

Qualifications:

B.A.(Hons), PhD Murdoch

Teaching:

STP108 Introduction to Sustainable Development
STP109 Approaches to Sustainable Development
FDN150 Reinventing Australia
STP206/606 Sustainability Ethics
STP204/504 Overseas Aid and International Development

Research Interests:

My research interests include Australian and international aid policy; non-government development organisations, local government and sustainability planning, and links between development and environment theory.

Publications:

2008 “Embodying the Past in The Future? Sustainability and Built Heritage in Fremantle” Historic Environment, Volume 20; 2
2008 Book review of Introduction to Sustainable Development by Jennifer A. Elliot Geographical Research: Journal of the Institute of Australian Geographers 46(2):241-242
2006 Poverty, ‘Security, and the Australian Aid Program: from the White Paper’, Global Poverty: Sustainable Solutions, Perth, Australia, http://www.sustainability.murdoch.edu.au/
2006 Davis, J., Devereux, P., Pettitt, B., Marinova, D. Embracing the “Swamp”: A Reflective Pedagogical Approach for Interdisciplinary Practitioners, Proceedings of the Teaching and Learning Forum 2006, Perth, Australia, http://lsn.curtin.edu.au/tlf/tlf2006/refereed/davis.html
2005 ‘Getting our Priorities Right: Environmental Sustainability and Poverty Reduction in Australian ODA Programmes’ in Rethinking the Australian Aid Program, Foundation for Development Cooperation, Sydney (with John Davis).

Other:

Councillor, City of Fremantle
Program Chair, Sustainable Development