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BSc, BA Hons, MEnvSt, MArtAdmin, MArt, DVA, PhD, FIEMA

At 168¿ª½±¹ÙÍø’s 1964-1969

Roslyn Taplin is an internationally recognised scholar in the space of sustainability. She has authored and co-authored over 100+ publications and contributed to policy discussions across several forums. Her contributions as a sustainability professional in delivering in real-world projects and co-ordinating professional development programs are highly recognised across businesses and governments. In addition, Ros is an enthusiastic and committed interdisciplinary environmental educator. Her career has involved roles in the university sector as well as consulting for industry and government. She is currently Director of the Environmental Management Program in the Centre for Development, Environment and Policy at SOAS (School of Oriental and African Studies), University of London, one of the world's leading institutions for the study of Asia, Africa and the Middle East.

Ros’s qualifications include two doctorates in environmental policymaking and environmental art. She was conferred as a Fellow of the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA) in 2019. Her FIEMA conferral was recognition of her leadership in assisting others in acquisition of sustainability and environmental management education and in development and quality assurance of higher education programs in environmental management. IEMA is the largest professional body for environmental practitioners in the United Kingdom and worldwide with 15,000 members and only 250 Fellows. Fellow Membership is the highest level of professional membership in the Institute and recognises “proven, visionary leadership in the environment and sustainability profession” (IEMA, 2020).

Before taking up the position to direct SOAS’s Environmental Management Program in London, Ros held leadership roles in environmental management education and research in Australian universities. She was formerly Professor and Research Director of the Australian Centre for Sustainable Mining Practices, University of New South Wales, Sydney; Professor and Head of the Department of Sustainability Science, Bond University, Queensland; Director of the Environmental Management Program, Graduate School of the Environment, Macquarie University; and Director of the Climatic Impacts Centre, Macquarie University, Sydney. She has also worked as a Principal Consultant in environmental consulting roles for industry and government.

Ros has carried out environmental research in areas including: climate change adaptation and mitigation; energy access and renewables; mining and resource extraction impacts; forest and biodiversity impacts; and climate change art. She has also been involved in environmental education research using action research methods for more than a decade. In 2015, she was joint investigator of a project, led by the University of Newcastle, that resulted in the development of Australian national standards for undergraduate and postgraduate environmental and sustainability university education, and she was jointly honoured with an Australasian Green Gown Award for contributions to learning and teaching in sustainability.

Of her 168¿ª½±¹ÙÍø’s education, Roslyn said: “If I had not had my formative experiences as a science student at 168¿ª½±¹ÙÍø’s in those ‘new’ laboratories of the 1960s, I would not have had the confidence to take on university training and a career in science specialising in sustainability and environmental management.”

“The support that 168¿ª½±¹ÙÍø’s gave me in scientific education and its inspirational female teachers were the starting points from which my ambitions and career in sustainability science could be realised.”