All Research (knowledge production / theory / partnerships)

We teach an online degree in co-operative management and organisation. It comprises four units and can be taken over one year. We are also involved in different research projects on different aspects relating to co-operatives (Legal, education, demutualisation, agricultural and housing co-operatives). Read more…

Current business and accounting education models, exacerbated through the commercialisation of education providers, perpetuates traditional, mono-cultural accounting and economic models. Performance measurement systems for University academics tend to favour quantitative, capital markets based research required for publication in the dominant US-based journals, further feeding such perpetuation. We see future-oriented education as the perfect lever for change. We can not only Read more…

PolisPlan is a mobile town planning consultancy that is creating a new approach to land development based on the principles of the Circular Economy. The Circular Economy Innovation Hub integrates work and living spaces with water and energy micro-grids and a local agricultural food system. We work with communities, local government, developers and research institutions to implement this approach in Read more…

Reflecting Society supports meaningful social change through customised design and implementation of knowledge systems and knowledge brokering. Read more…

Sustain ’s mission is to catalyse meaningful and powerful connections to enable the emergence of a flourishing and healthy food system, realised through food systems events, research, network-building and consultancy services. Sustain’s two major projects are Cardinia Food Circles, principally supported by Cardinia Shire Council; and the Alphington Community Food Hub, funded by an Innovation Grant awarded in December 2017 Read more…