Papers by Theme

Theme 1: Resilience, Ecology and Governance
Chairs: Rosalie Chapple, Peter Ampt

Giving Shape and Structure to the Mess of Sustainability Accounting

Osborne, D.

A Systemic Understanding of Environmental Degradation of the River Ganga

Kumar, R.K.
Sankaren, S.

North Katoomba Catchment Restoration and Action Project

Smith, G.

Bhutan’s Gross National Happiness Project – Lessons from the East

Lamberton, G.

Between Council and Community: Public Participation and Sustainability in Local Government

Parissi, C.

Causal Model of Beach Erosion with Inland Sand Transport: Political and Urban Planning Implications

Love, T.
Cooper, T.

Theme 2: Cultural Knowledge and Heritage
Chairs: Shaun Hooper, Judy Atkinson, Mal Ridges

New Zealand Communities Forever: Integrating Sustainability, Education and the Treaty of Waitangi.

Monteiro, S.
Sharma, R. 

Recording My Mum’s Songs

Brady, F.,
Asela, T.

Knowledge and Wiradjuri: Who is Telling the Truth? A Wiradjuri Perspective.

Yalmambirra

Towards a Metadesign Approach for Building Indigenous Multimedia Cultural Archives

Dyson, L.E.
Leggett, M.

Integrating Indigenous Cultural Traditions in the Management of Protected Marine Resources: The Fiordland Example

Mize, J.M.

The Beauty of the Place

Davies, C.
Paroissien , K.
Payget, J.
Tobin, J.

The Material Component of the Aboriginal Cultural Landscape: Mapping Country Through Predictive Modelling

Ridges, M.

Theme 3: Creativity, Organization and Complexity
Chairs: Kay Fielden, Shankar Sankaren

Sustainable Workplace: A Study of Mobile Knowledge Work – Practice Motivating Theory Development

Rosenberg, D.

Systems Thinking for Sound Management in Hostile and other Complex Adaptive Environments

Couch, G.
Cooke, D
Cumming, S.
Doyle. R.
O’Donnell. B.
O’Halloran, A.
Scott, T

From Industry Practitioner to Educational Professional: Evaluating the Learning Institute as a Learning Organisation

Cannan, J.  

Here Be Dragons: Mapping Future Possibilities Using an Emergent Framework

Allen, L.,
Lang, T.

The Story in Leadership

Green, D.

Every Journey Starts With a Single Step: Yarra Valley Water’s Journey Towards Environmental Sustainability

Pamminger, F.
Crawford, J.

Mentoring Three Local Association Staff: Our Experiences With Being Integrative and Sometimes Innovative

Monypenny, R.  

Mediating in the Margins

Fielden, K.

Creativity, Complexity and Organisation In the DPI&F Ecology

Varghese, J.
Ching, G.,

A Reflection on the Use of Action Research in a Major Change Project

Molineux, J.

Theme 4: Systems Thinking and Dynamics
Chairs: Bob Cavana, John Barton

Contribution of System Tools to Dynamic Decision-Making

Dhawan, R.
O’Connor
Borman, M.

Agent Based Modelling of Real Issues:  Acquisition of Data to Support AB Models of Social Phenomena

Tepe, S.
Haslett, T.
Osborne, C.

A Paradigmatic and Methodological Survey of the Knowledge Management Literature: 2000 to 2004

Sheffield, J.
Guo, Z.

Reflecting on the Dynamics of Our Intervention

Monypenny, R.

History Repeats Itself: Current Traps in Complexity Practice From a Systems Perspective

Ison, R.,
Schlindwein, S.L.

A Boundary Based Typology of Language Games: Making Sense of Systemic Interventions

Vélez-Castiblanco, J.

Ethical Inquiry in Knowledge Management

Sheffield, J.
Guo, Z.

Identifying the Philosophical Assumptions of Knowledge Management Perspectives

Sheffield, J.
Lau, E.

Social Capital and Health: Preliminary Work On a System Dynamics ‘Concept Model’

Cody, J.
Cavana, R.Y.
Pearson, D.

Theme 5: Social Sustainability and Community
Chairs: Wendy Gregory, Jack Meek

Residential Property Values In Gated and Nongated Barrier Island Communities

Pompe, J.

Sustaining the World: Against Religious Maniacs and a Selfish Superpower?

Vilks, A.

A Complex Systems Perspective on Incommensurable Evaluations within Triple-Bottom-Line Reporting

Hartley, E.

The Value of Community Participation

Maxwell, B.,
Yin-Lo, C.

Theme 6: Livelihood, Innovation and Opportunity
Chairs: Ian Knowd, Gavin Ramsay

Sustaining our Social and Natural Capital: Enhancing the Resilience of Dairy Farmers

Boxelaar, L.
Sharma, M.
Paine, M.

Ethic of Interdependence as a Basis for Ethic of Social Responsibility and Sustainable Society

Mulej, M.
Knez-Riedl, J.
Potocan, V.

Exploring the Real-Time Enterprise from Systemic Perspective: The Case of Korean Enterprise

Yu, J. E.

Farming and Urbanising Environments: Hawkesbury Harvest and The Cultural Landscape of Western Sydney

Knowd, I.

Theme 7: Language, Learning and
Transdisciplinary Practice
Chairs: Susan Goff, Geoffrey Smith

Principles of Participatory Practice

Goff, S.
Gregg, J.

The Core Briefing: Helping People Understand the Big Picture Via Diagrams

Gaines, A. 

Theory, Identity, Language and Practice: The Value of Participatory Practices to Sustainability

Fisher, J.
Goff, S.
Lavarack, J.
Porter, L.
Whitecross, P.

Learning To Be a ‘Transdisciplinary’ Sustainability Researcher: A Community of Practice Approach

Willetts, J.
Mitchell, C. 

Learning Together for Sustainability: The Value of Group Based Peer Learning

Herriman, J.
Willetts, J.
Partridge, E.

How the Common Language of ‘Child Abuse’ Makes Enemies of Parents

Regan, S.
Thorpe, D.

How to Teach Oral Ecology Using Complexity Approach

Dimitrov, V.D.
Eriksen, H.M.

Theme 8: Engineering Systems and
Infrastructure Design
Chairs: Stephen Cook, Tim Ferris

The Bounds of Systems Engineering

Ferris, T.L.J.
Cook, S.C.

Long Term Preservation of Electronic Information

Asproth, V.

Implementation of a Multimethodology Rural Telecommunications Planning Framework: Reflections on the Case Study and Some Lessons Learned

Andrew, T.
Petkov, D.

Complex Infrastructure Projects: A Systemic Model for Management

Remington, K.
Pollack, J.

Fleet Management System for an Advanced Helicopter Platform: A Research Program

Schauenburg, A.
Sinha, A.K.
Atyeo, S.