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Glenn Albrecht  is the Professor of Sustainability in the Institute for Sustainable Technology Policy (ISTP) at Murdoch University in Western Australia, from January 2009.

Glenn was born in Perth, Western Australia. His philosophical career commenced at the University of Western Australia. His interest in philosophy developed while undertaking a double major in Sociology and Geography at Curtin University. Glenn's PhD was completed at the University of Newcastle, Australia in 1988, on the topic of Organicism, the branch of philosophy that examines the organic structure of human society. Glenn Albrecht was Associate Professor, Environmental Studies, in the School of Environmental and Life Sciences at the University of Newcastle, Australia, until the end of 2008.

Glenn is a member of the editorial board of the new international journal Ecohealth. In April 2003 he hosted Airs Waters Places A Transdisciplinary Conference on Ecosystem Health in Australia, a very successful conference at Newcastle University; , with nationally and internationally renowned keynote speakers. He was the J.W. McConnell Visiting Professor in Ecosystem Health at the Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry at the University of Western Ontario in 2003, 2005 and 2007. He also is on the editorial board of the international journals Ecohealth and Cosmos and History

Glenn Albrecht has collaborative research relationships with the Healthy Country, Healthy People Research team at Charles Darwin University and the University of Tasmania. He has participated in field research in Arnhem Land in 2005. 2006 and 2007 on the ethics of the control of feral buffalo, and the health gains made by traditional owners when actively managing their own land.

From 2000-2004 Glenn sat on the State Council for Environmental Education (as a representative of all NSW Universities) and (until late 2003) the Newcastle City Council Environmental Advisory Panel and has been involved in conservation projects in the Hunter region and state-wide. He was foundation secretary and Board member of the internationally renowned Wetlands Centre at Shortland. He served on the Animal Care and Ethics Committee of the University of Newcastle for 10 years. Glenn has a well-established reputation as an excellent public speaker on environmental issues. His views on environmental issues are sought on a regular basis by local and national media.