Mikael Granberg honorary professor at RMIT University, Australia
Mikael Granberg, professor in political science and director of the Centre for Societal Risk Research has been appointed honorary professor at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia.
Professor Granberg has been appointed honorary professor at RMIT's School of Global, Urban and Social Studies (GUSS). And, through this appointment, Granberg also holds a position as associated researcher at RMIT's Centre for Urban Research. One focus area of RMIT with special relevance for Granberg’s research is sustainable cities. Several of Granberg´s research colleagues at RMIT are active in this field of research and in the research programme: Climate Change Transformations.
– It is great that the research we have done and are doing gets this recognition, says professor Granberg. I am honored to be appointed honorary professor at a university where several of my highly esteemed colleagues are active. This also means that I get a closer institutional connection to RMIT. Through the appointment I am considered as an employee of RMIT and as such I am granted access to the different resources available at the university, Granberg continues.Can you tell us the reason behind this appointment?
As honorary professor, Granberg is expected to contribute to the research- and educational environment in Melbourne or at the other university campuses but the ongoing Corona-pandemic makes things more complicated so visits as a guest professor will have to wait. Collaboration with researchers at RMIT when it comes to research applications and scientific publication are on the other hand very much ongoing.
About RMIT
RMIT University is ranked in the top 20 of universities established globally during the last 50 years. The seat of learning was founded in 1887 and achieved university status 1992. By the year 2019 RMIT had some 97 000 students and 11 000 employees. The university has its main campus in Melbourne, Australia but it is also active globally with campuses in Hanoi, Vietnam and Barcelona, Spain.
Selected research publications from this collaboration:
- Glover, Leigh & Granberg, Mikael (2020) The Politics of Adapting to Climate Change. London: Palgrave Macmillan
- Granberg, Mikael, Bosomworth, Karyn, Moloney, Susie, Kristiansen, Ann-Catrin & Fünfgeld, Hartmut (2019) “Regional-scale governance and planning support transformative adaptation: A study of two places”, Sustainability, vol. 11(24), 6978; doi:10.3390/su11246978
- Moloney, Susie, Fünfgeld, Hartmut & Granberg, Mikael (red.) (2018) Local Action on Climate Change: Opportunities and Constraints. London: Routledge
- Moloney, Susie, Fünfgeld, Hartmut & Mikael Granberg (2018) Climate change responses from the global to local scale: an overview”, in Moloney, Susie, Fünfgeld, Hartmut and Granberg, Mikael (eds.) Local Action on Climate Change. London: Routledge, pp. 1-16
- Moloney, Susie, Fünfgeld, Hartmut & Mikael Granberg (2018) “Towards transformative action: learning from local experiences and contexts”, in Moloney, Susie, Fünfgeld, Hartmut and Granberg, Mikael (eds.) Local Action on Climate Change. London: Routledge, pp. 146-156
- Granberg, Mikael & Leigh Glover (2014) “Adaptation and Maladaptation in Australian National Climate Change Policy”, Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning, vol. 16(2), 147-159
Read more
- Original news article: "Karlstadprofessor utnämnd till hedersprofessor i Australien", published 2020-09-30 at kau.se [in Swedish]
- Article about the book "The Politics of Adapting to Climate Change", 2020-09-03 at kau.se/csr
- RMIT University, School of Global, Urban and Social Studies (GUSS)
- RMIT University, Centre for Urban Research (CUR)
- Mikael Granberg at RMIT's Centre of Urban Research