dr. ronnie harding
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Senior Visiting Fellow
Founder of the IES
BA (Sydney)
BSc (Hons) (UNSW)
PhD (Zoology) (UNSW)
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Dr Ronnie Harding has had a lengthy career as an academic in the field of environmental studies.
Dr Harding retired in late 2004 from her role as Founder & Director of the Institute of Environmental Studies at the University of New South Wales.
Dr Harding is currently Assistant Commissioner of the NSW Natural Resources Commission, Chair of the NSW Council on Environmental Education, a member of the Board of the World Wildlife Fund Australia, a member of the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Advisory Council and Chair of the Orica Botany Environmental Survey (Community Liaison Committee).
Ronnie is a Visiting Associate Professor at the Institute of Environmental Studies at UNSW and an Honorary Associate Professor in the School of Geography and Environmental Sciences in the Faculty of Arts at Monash University.
She was appointed to the Australian Museum Trust in January 2003.
Expertise
- Environmental education
- Environmental reporting
- Sustainability policy
- Environmental decision-making
Background
- Member, Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists
- Chair, NSW Council on Environmental Education
- Assistant Commissioner, NSW Natural Resources Commission
- Director, WWF Australia
- Member, NSW National Parks and Wildlife Advisory Council
- Former Director, Institute of Environmental Studies, University of New South Wales
- Trustee, Australian Museum, and Chair, Australian Museum Research and Collections Advisory Committee
- Visiting Associate Professor, Institute of Environmental Studies, the University of New South Wales
- Honorary Associate Professor, School of Geography and Environmental Science, Faculty of Arts, Monash University
Research Interests
- Environment policy issues especially as related to ecologically sustainable development and the Precautionary Principle.
- Environmental reporting indices for state of the environment reporting.
- Population environment issues.
- Environmental Education.
Titles by Ronnie Harding:
Applying the Precautionary Principle
Environmental Decision-Making - the role of scientists, engineers and the public
Perspectives on the Precautionary Principle
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