dr. mark diesendorf
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Senior Lecturer & Researcher
Room 134
Building H22: Vallentine Annexe
Phone: (+61 2) 9385 5707
Email: m.diesendorf@unsw.edu.au
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Dr Mark Diesendorf teaches, researches and consults in the interdisciplinary fields of sustainable energy, sustainable urban transport, theory of sustainability, ecological economics, and practical processes by which government, business and other organisations can achieve ecologically sustainable and socially just development.
Prior to joining the Institute of Environmental Studies in June 2004 he was senior lecturer in Human Ecology at the Australian National University (1994-1996), then Professor of Environmental Science and Founding Director of the Institute for Sustainable Futures at the University of Technology Sydney (1996-2001), and then Director of the private consultancy Sustainability Centre Pty Ltd (2001-2007).
He has collaborated with and consulted for a wide range of organisations including AusAID, Australian Conservation Foundation, Greenpeace Australia Pacific, Hydrocool Pty Ltd, Minister for Minerals & Energy (Western Australia), StateRail (NSW), Sustainable Energy Development Authority of New South Wales, Sustainable Energy Authority of Victoria, WWF Australia, and various municipal and local governments in Australia and China.
Based on his belief that science, technology and economics should serve the community at large, he has been at various times secretary of the Society for Social Responsibility in Science (Canberra), co-founder and vice-president of the Sustainable Energy Industries Council of Australia, co-founder and president of the Australasian Wind Energy Association, president of the Australia New Zealand Society for Ecological Economics (ANZSEE) and vice-president of Appropriate Technology for Community and Environment (APACE).
He is co-editor of the interdisciplinary book Human Ecology, Human Economy: Ideas for an Ecologically Sustainable Future (1997) and author of Greenhouse Solutions with Sustainable Energy (2007).
His latest book, Climate Action: A Campaign Manual for Greenhouse Solutions, will be published mid-July 2009.
For more details, see also Mark's private website http://www.sustainabilitycentre.com.au
Selected peer-review publications
Mudd GM & Diesendorf M 2008, Sustainability of uranium mining and milling: toward quantifying resources and eco-efficiency, Environmental Science & Technology. 42 (7): 2624-2630
Diesendorf M 2007, Greenhouse Solutions with Sustainable Energy, UNSW Press, Sydney, ISBN/0868409731.htm
Saddler H, Diesendorf M, Denniss R 2007, 'Clean energy scenarios for Australia', Energy Policy 35 (2): 1245-56.
Diesendorf M 2006, 'Wind power in Australia', Int J Environ Stud. 63 (6): 765-776.
Diesendorf, M., 2006, 'Can geosequestration save the coal industry?', in J. Byrne, L. Glover and N. Toly (eds), Transforming Power: Energy as a Social Project, Vol. 9, Energy and Environmental Policy Series, Transaction Press, pp. 223-248.
Diesendorf M 2005, 'Governance of municipalities: a snapshot of sustainable development in China', in Hargroves KC and Smith MH (eds), The Natural Advantage of Nations: Business opportunities, innovation and governance in the 21st century, Earthscan, London & Sterling VA, pp.303-305.
Saddler H, Diesendorf M, Denniss R 2004, A Clean Energy Future for Australia, Clean Energy Future Group, Sydney, 164 pp., ISBN 1 875941 63 0 (book) and 1 875941 64 9 (CD-ROM). See www.wwf.org.au.
Diesendorf M 2004, 'Comparison of employment potential of the coal and wind power industries', International Journal of Environment, Workplace and Employment 1:82-90.
Biswas W, Diesendorf M & Bryce P 2004, 'Can photovoltaic technologies help attain sustainable rural development in Bangladesh?' Energy Policy 32: 1199-1207.
Riedy, C. & Diesendorf, M., 2003, 'Financial subsidies and incentives to the Australian fossil fuel industry', Energy Policy 31 (2) 125-137.
Diesendorf, M. 2002, 'The effect of land costs on the economics of urban transport systems', in Wang, KCP, Xiao, G, Nie, L, & Yang, H (eds), Traffic and Transportation Studies, Proceedings of Third International Conference on Traffic and Transportation Studies (ICTTS2002), pp. 1422-1429.
Biswas, W., Bryce, P. & Diesendorf, M.2001, 'Model for empowering rural poor through renewable energy technologies in Bangladesh', Environmental Science & Policy. 4: 333-344.
Diesendorf, M. 2001, 'Models of sustainability and sustainable development', International Journal of Agricultural Resources, Governance and Ecology 1:109-123.
Diesendorf, M., 2000, 'Energy scenarios in global economic models of greenhouse gas reduction', International Journal of Global Energy Issues, Special Issue on Global Modelling of Energy & Environmental Futures, 13:70-85.
Diesendorf, M., 2000, 'Sustainability and sustainable development', in Dunphy, D, Benveniste, J, Griffiths, A and Sutton, P (eds) Sustainability: The corporate challenge of the 21st century, Sydney: Allen & Unwin, chap. 2, 19-37.
Diesendorf, M., 2000 , 'A critique of the Australian government's greenhouse policies', in A. Gillespie. & W.C.G Burns (eds) Climate Change in the South Pacific: Impacts and Responses in Australia, New Zealand, and Small Islands States, Kluwer, pp. 79-93.
Banfield, K, Hutabarat R & Diesendorf M 1999, 'Sydney's passenger transport: accounting for different modes', ATRF99 23:269-285.
Hutabarat, R, Banfield K, Gollner A & Diesendorf M 1999, 'Social sustainability in passenger transport', Proceedings of Australasian Environmental Engineering Conference, Auckland, 131-136.
Diesendorf, M. 1998, 'The fate of the ESD recommendations on greenhouse response in the energy sector', in: C. Hamilton & D. Throsby (eds), The ESD Process: Evaluating a Policy Experiment, Canberra: Academy of Social Sciences in Australia and Graduate Program in Public Policy, ANU, 41-52.
Diesendorf M 1998, 'Australian economic models of greenhouse abatement', Environmental Science and Policy 1: 1-12.
Diesendorf M, Hamilton C (eds) 1997, Human Ecology, Human Economy: Ideas for an Ecologically Sustainable Future, Sydney: Allen & Unwin, 378 pp. ISBN 1 86448 288 5.
Diesendorf M, Colquhoun J, Spittle BJ, Everingham DN, Clutterbuck FW 1997, 'New evidence on fluoridation', Aust. J. Public Health 21:187-190.
Diesendorf M 1996, 'How can a "competitive" market for electricity be made compatible with the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions?' Ecological Economics 17:33-48.
Blakers A, Diesendorf M 1996, 'A scenario for the expansion of solar and wind generated electricity in Australia', Australian Journal of Environmental Management 3:11-25.
Diesendorf M 1995, 'How science can illuminate ethical debates: a case study on water fluoridation', Fluoride 28(2): 87-104.
Diesendorf M 1994, 'Windpower and other renewable energy sources', in: S Dovers (ed), Sustainable energy: pathways for Australian energy reform, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, chap. 7, 150-169.
Mills D, Diesendorf M 1994, 'The nature of renewable energy', in: S Dovers (ed), Sustainable energy: pathways for Australian energy reform, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, chap. 5, 112-128.
Diesendorf M 1986, 'The mystery of declining tooth decay', Nature 322: 125-129.
Martin B, Diesendorf M 1983, 'The economics of large-scale wind power in an optimally mixed CEGB electricity grid', Energy Policy 11: 259-266.
Carlin JB, Diesendorf M 1983, 'Analysis of some wind speed data from southern Australia with reference to potential wind energy conversion', Wind Engineering 7: 147-160.
Martin B, Diesendorf M 1982, 'Optimal mix in electricity grids containing wind power', Electrical Power & Energy Systems 4 (3):155-161.
Haslett J, Diesendorf M 1981, 'The capacity credit of wind power: a theoretical analysis', Solar Energy 26: 391-401.
Martin B, Diesendorf M 1980, 'The capacity credit of wind power: a numerical model', Proc. 3rd Int. Symp. on Wind Energy Systems, Copenhagen, Cranfield UK: BHRA Fluid Engineering, 555-564.
Diesendorf M, Martin B 1980, 'Integration of wind power into Australian electricity grids without storage: a computer simulation', Wind Engineering 4 (4): 211-226.
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