Institute staff

Our team of academic, research and professional staff members

Professor Brendan Gleeson
Director, Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute
Dr Sangeetha Chandra-Shekeran
Deputy Director MSSI
Dr Samuel Alexander
Research Fellow - Sustainable Economy and Consumption
Cathy Alexander
Research Fellow - Translation & Development
Janine Campbell
Executive Officer
Stephanie Campbell
PhD Candidate and Research Assistant
Dr Seona Candy
Research Fellow, Sustainable Food and Urban Systems
Professor Lars Coenen
City of Melbourne Chair of Resilient Cities
Claire Denby
Communications & Events Coordinator
Linh Do
Project Manager, The Climate Reality Project
Sebastian Fastenrath
Research Fellow in Resilient Cities
Professor Don Henry AM
Melbourne Enterprise Professor of Environmentalism
Sophie Jackson
Research Assistant
Kirsten Larsen
Policy Challenges Research Consultant
Tracy Painter
Executive Assistant
Dr Paul Read
Research Fellow - Natural Disasters & Sustainable Societies
Simone Robinson
Administration Officer
Dr Laura Schuijers
Research Fellow in Climate Solutions
Jen Sheridan
Research Assistant
A/Professor Janet Stanley
Principal Research Fellow – Urban Social Resilience
Alexei Trundle
Coordinator - Future Cities Research Cluster
Dr Caroline Veldhuizen
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
Elissa Waters
Research Assistant and Coodinator of the Climate Transformations Research Cluster
Professor John Wiseman
Professorial Research Fellow