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Research Students (Sole or primary co-supervisor)

Doctor of Philosophy

Nigel Hoffman Goethean Phenomenology as the Unity of Science and Art: An Educational Pathway Towards 'Living Thinking'. Graduated 1999.

 

Andy Bullock The Environment Crisis and the Social Ecology of Maladaptation. Graduated 2005.

 

Rod Bennison Ecological Inclusion: A History of the Ideas that have Shaped the Interaction between Human and Non-human Animals with a View to a New Interrelationship, Graduates 2008.

 

Cameron Archer Social and Environmental Change as Determinants of Ecosystem Health: A Case Study of Social Ecological Systems in the Paterson Valley, NSW, Australia. Submitted for examination December 2007.

 

Master's Degree

Sally Birch Wildlife Illustration as a Method of Transformative Education within the Dora Creek Catchment. Graduated 2005

 

Undergraduate Teaching 1998 - 2007
In the Environmental Core (compulsory subjects) for all Bachelor of Environmental Science students, Glenn Albrecht created and taught the following subjects/courses at the University of Newcastle, Australia:  

ENVS1020 Environmental Values and Ethics  

This subject introduces students to the causes of environmental destruction through an analysis of key concepts such as anthropocentrism, patriarchy, mechanism and reductionism, technocentrism, growth and progress. It examines the responses to these sources of ‘despotism' in the form of late twentieth century environmental philosophies such as Stewardship/Sustainability, Native Ecology, Animal Liberation, The Land Ethic, Deep Ecology, Ecofeminism, Social Ecology and the Gaia Hypothesis.

 

In the Environmental Management Major, Glenn has created and taught the following subjects:

EMGT1020 Social Development and the Environment  

 

This subject traces the social and economic development of Australia through its environmental history. The concepts of growth and `development' are critically evaluated and applied to the transformations of the Australian environment by humans over deep time. The emergence of distinctively Australian environmental ethics and values associated with social development and landscape are traced.

 

EMGT2020 The Sustainable Society

 

This subject provides an analysis of the public policy orientation that has come to be known as "Ecologically Sustainable Development". It examines the biophysical basis to human social life and the cultural/political dimensions of sustainability.  The social, political and ethical dimensions of ESD are introduced to students. The role of green politics in achieving a sustainable society is examined.

 

EMGT3070 Advanced Studies in Sustainability

 

This subject builds on the material in EMGT 2020 and provides students with advanced knowledge in issues such as ecological footprint analysis, indicators of sustainability, complexity theory, ecosystem health and offers a case study approach to the issue of ecologically sustainable development.

Master of Environmental Studies

ENVS 6552 Sustainability

 

This subject provides students in the Master of Environmental Studies a systematic immersion in all aspects of sustainability including, ethics, transdisciplinarity, ecosystem health and complexity science. Glenn has created and taught an on-line (external delivery) version of this course for the Master of Business and Environmental Management.