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Roderick Lawrence graduated from the Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning at the ÓñÃÀÈË´«Ã½ of Adelaide (Australia) with First Class Honours. He has a Master Degree from the ÓñÃÀÈË´«Ã½ of Cambridge (England) and a Doctorate of Science from the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale, Lausanne, (Switzerland). In 1999 he was nominated Professor in the Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences at the ÓñÃÀÈË´«Ã½. He was promoted to Honorary Professor in October 2015.

He currently is also Honorary Adjunct Professor at the ÓñÃÀÈË´«Ã½ of Adelaide (2017-2020), and Adjunct Professor at the Institute for Environment and Development (LESTARI) at the National ÓñÃÀÈË´«Ã½ of Malaysia (UKM). He was Visiting Professor at the Institute for Global Health at the United Nations ÓñÃÀÈË´«Ã½ (UNU-IIGH) from 2014 to 2016. He was founding Director of the Certificate for Advanced Studies in Sustainable Development at the ÓñÃÀÈË´«Ã½ from 2003 until 2016, and Director of the Global Environmental Policy Program (GEPP) from 2010 until 2016.

Positions since 2010

  • Honorary Professor, ÓñÃÀÈË´«Ã½ (since October 2015)
  • Honorary Adjunct Professor, ÓñÃÀÈË´«Ã½ of Adelaide (since February 2017)
  • Adjunct Professor, National ÓñÃÀÈË´«Ã½ of Malaysia (since July 2011)
  • Invited Professor, United Nations ÓñÃÀÈË´«Ã½ (September 2014 - September 2016)
  • Director, Certificate of Advanced Studies in Sustainable Development, ÓñÃÀÈË´«Ã½ (2003 - 2016)
  • Director, Global Environmental Policy Program (GEPP, ÓñÃÀÈË´«Ã½ (2010 - 2016).
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Distinctions

  • Hall of Fame, International Association for People-Environment Studies (IAPS), 2016
  • Distinguished Leadership Award, Society for Human Ecology, 2016
  • Manchester Health Award for Prevention, 2014
  • Marquis Who’s Who in the World,ÌýEditions 28 à 32,Ìý2011-2015Ìý
  • Marquis Who’s Who in Science and Engineering,ÌýEditions 10 à 12,Ìý2008-2016.

Scientific Committees

  • Member of Scientific Advisory Board of Network for Inter- and Trans- disciplinary research, Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences, Bern (2009-2020).
  • Management Committee Representative of Switzerland, and Working Group 1 Vice-Chair for EU-COST Action TD1408 on Interdisciplinarity in Research Programming and Funding Cycles (INTREPID) from 28April 2015 to 30 April 2019.
  • Member of Scientific Committee of Programme Interdisciplinaire de Recherche Ville et Environnement (CNRS) et Ministère de l'Ecologie, du Développement et de l'Aménagement durables de la France (2008-2014).
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Memberships

  • Associate Member of the New York Academy of Sciences (since 1997).
  • Board Member of International Association for People-Environment Studies (IAPS) (1986 – 2002). ÌýFounding Chair of Housing Network (1986 - 2014). Ordinary Member since 2014.
  • Coordinator of Working Group of European Network for Housing and Urban Research (ENHR) (1992-2015). Ordinary Member since 2015.

Research Themes

Interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary contributions for the understanding of complex urban challenges in the 21st century, and effective responses to them; Conceptual frameworks and principles of human ecology applied to study people-environment relations; The residential context of health, well-being and quality of life in a rapidly changing world; Partnerships and community based approaches for implementing the sustainable development goals (SDGs).

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Higher Education

  • Bachelor of Architecture &Planning, First Class Honours (ÓñÃÀÈË´«Ã½ of Adelaide, Australia)
  • Master of Letters (St. John's College, ÓñÃÀÈË´«Ã½ of Cambridge, England)
  • Docteur of Sciences (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland).

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Publications (2017 – 2012)

R.J. Lawrence, J. Siri, A. Capon (2017) Lessons from Hippocrates for contemporary urban health challenges. Cities and health doi/full/10.1080/23748834.2017.1372967

R.J. Lawrence and F. Gatzweiler (2017) Wanted: A Transdisciplinary Knowledge Domain for Urban Health. Journal of Urban Health doi: 10.10007/s11524-017-0182-x

R.J. Lawrence (2017) Constancy and change: Key issues in housing and health research, 1987-2017. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi:10.3390/ijerph14070763

R.J. Lawrence (2017) A trans-anthropo-logic of transdisciplinarity. In: D. Fam, J. Palmer, C. Riedy & C. Mitchell (eds.) Transdisciplinary research and practice for sustainability outcomes. London, Routledge, pp. 253-259.

R.J. Lawrence (2017) Understanding human ecology: a systems approach, Housing, Theory and Society, 34 (1): 123-125.

R.J. Lawrence (2016) Enseigner l’interdisciplinarité: Défis et réponses.Ìý In B. Hubert & N. Mathieu (dir.) Interdisciplinarités entre Natures et SociétésÌý: Colloque de Cerisy. Bruxelles, Peter Lang, pp.241-252.

R.J. Lawrence (2016) Interdisciplinary science: A coming of age? New York Academies of Sciences Magazine, Spring (3rd May)

R.J. Lawrence (2015) Mind the Gap: Bridging the divide between knowledge, policy and practice. In: H. Barton, S. Thompson, S. Burgess & M. Grant (eds.)ÌýThe Routledge Handbook of Planning for Health and Well-Being, pp. 74-84, New York, London: Routledge.

R.J. Lawrence (2015) Urban Life and Health. In: James D. Wright (ed.)ÌýInternational Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences, pp. 830 – 835, 2nd edition, vol.24. Oxford: Elsevier.

R.J. Lawrence (2015) Advances in transdisciplinarity: epistemologies, methodologies and processes.ÌýFutures,Ìývol.65, no.1: pp.1-9.

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R.J. Lawrence (2014) Understanding Environmental Quality Through Quality of Life (QOL) Studies. Reference Module inÌýEarth Systems and Environmental Sciences, Elsevier, 2014. 18-July 2014 doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-409548-9.09139-9.

R.J. Lawrence (2014)ÌýSustainable development and global change. In B. Freedman (ed.) Global Environmental Change, pp.499-508. Springer: Dordrecht NL. DOI 10.1007/978-94-007-5784-4_94

R.J. Lawrence (2014)ÌýPopulation policies. In: B. Freedman (ed.) Global Environmental Change, pp.579-583. Springer: Dordrecht NL. DOI 10.1007/978-94-007-5784-4_92

R.J. Lawrence (2014)ÌýDialogue between disciplines: Contributions of human ecology.ÌýIn R. Gomes Alvim, A. Isau Badiru & J. Marques (eds.)ÌýEcologia humana: Uma visao global. Feira de Santana, UEFS Editora, pp. 41-77.Ìý

R.J. Lawrence & G. Barbey (eds.) (2014),ÌýRepenser l’Habitat: Donner un sens au logement. (Rethinking habitats: making sense of housing.) Gollion: Infolio Editions.

R.J. Lawrence (2013) Urban heath challenges in Europe.ÌýJournal of Urban Health, 90: S23-S36 doi:10.1007/s11524-012-9761-z

R.J. Lawrence (2012)ÌýSanté urbaine au XXI siècle : défis de l’interdisciplinarité. In A. Lévy (dir.) Ville, urbanisme et santé: les trois révolutions.ÌýParis, Editions Pascal, pp.288-311.Ìý

R.J. Lawrence, H. Turgut & P. Kellett (eds.) (2012)Requalifying the Built Environment: Challenges and Responses.Hogrefe: Göttingen.

R.J. Lawrence (2012) People-environment studies.Ìý In D. Clapham, W. Clark & K. Gibb (eds.)ÌýÌýÌýThe Sage Handbook of Housing Studies, pp. 230-243. London: Sage.

R.J. Lawrence (2012) Health and Housing.Ìý Heath Risks and Overcrowding.Ìý People and the Built Environment.Ìý In S. Smith (ed.)ÌýThe International Encyclopedia of Housing and Home.ÌýÌý Elsevier Publishing on line:Ìý

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