STAFF PROFILE
Associate Professor Roberto Guevara
Position:
Associate Professor
College / Portfolio:
Design and Social Context
School / Department:
DSC|School of GUSS
Phone:
+61399253046
Email:
roberto.guevara@rmit.edu.au
Campus:
City Campus
Contact me about:
Research supervision
Roberto (Robbie) Guevara is an Associate Professor in International Development at RMIT's School of Global, Urban and Social Studies.
Staff work
- GCED through Lifelong Learning - Learning through Global Citizenship (Special Lecture, GCED Online, Asia Pacific Centre for Education for International Understanding, January 2022)
- Interview conducted on Adult Education in Asia Pacific during CONFINTEA VI, December 2009, Brazil
Research
Research affiliations
Project Team, EU Centre of Excellence at RMIT (2017- present):
- Social and Scientific Innovation to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. Funded by: European Commission ERASMUS+ 2018 from (2020 to 2023)
- The EU’s role in the implementation of the SDGS in Asia Pacific (ERASMUS+, Jean Monnet Network). Funded by: Erasmus+ (European Commission) 2017 onwards from (2017 to 2021)
Honorary Fellow (2009–2011):
- Australian Youth Research Centre, Melbourne Graduate School of Education, University of Melbourne
Research supervision
Robbie’s main research interest and supervision areas are popular, adult and community education in the Asia-Pacific region; Education for Sustainable Development; Global Citizenship Education; participatory action research; international aid and development; community development, and local and global sustainability.
- 7 PhD completed
- 1 Masters by Research completed
- 2 PhD ongoing
- 5 Masters Minor Thesis (International Development), completed
- Teaching in the Bachelor (International Studies) and Master of Global Studies programs
- Supervision of international internships, international field projects, Masters and PhD research students
- Study tour leader, International Perspectives in Community Development (Philippines, Myanmar and Vietnam)
- PhD, Victoria University
- M. Environmental Science, Monash University
- B.Sc Biology (Ecology), University of the Philippines (Los Banos)
Organisational affiliations
- President, International Council of Adult Education (ICAE) 2020 – present
- Board Member, Asia-Pacific, Global Campaign for Education (GCE) 2018 – present
- Director, PASCAL International Observatory
- Previous President, Asia-Pacific Association for Basic and Adult Education (ASPBAE)
- Member, Adult Learning Australia (ALA)
- Member, Action Research Issues Association (ARIA)
Recent projects
Recently completed international education projects:
- Training of Master Trainers based on Curriculum globALE (Global Adult Learning and Education Curriculum) for the Ministry of Education and Sports, Lao PDR with the support of the DVV-International (German Adult Education Association), ASPBAE and UNESCO
- ESD Integration in Pre-Service Teacher Education in 5 countries in Southeast Asia for UNESCO and SEAMEO
- ESD for Non-formal Education curriculum Development for UNESCO Bangkok
- Programme for Education for Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific for the Asia - Pacific Cultural Centre for UNESCO (ACCU) and UNESCO Bangkok
Competed two Australian Research Council (ARC) Linkage Grants:
- “Youth-led Learning: Local Connections and Global Citizenship” with Plan International and the Australian Youth Research Centre at the University of Melbourne, and
- “School-Community Learning Partnerships for Sustainability” with Sustainability Victoria, Shire of Yarra Ranges, CERES, Foundation for Young Australians, Independent Schools Victoria and the South East Councils Climate Change Alliance.
Awards
- December 2019: Certificate of Recognition: Supervision Higher Research Degree Students, School of Global Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University
- September 2016: CONFINTEA Research Scholarship, UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL)
- December 2012: Certificate of Recognition: Flexible Learning and Teaching (Category P4), School of Global Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University
- October 2012: International Adult and Continuing Education Hall of Fame (http://www.halloffame.outreach.ou.edu/by_year/HOF_2012.html)
- March 2003 – Vice-Chancellor and President’s Citation of Excellence in Research (Category of Research Degree Graduates), Victoria University
- October 2000 – Gay and Lesbian Community Award for “contribution to the community response to HIV/AIDS in Victoria and the work of the Victorian AIDS Council / Gay Men’s Health Centre.”
- Lee, J.,Grenfell, D.,Guevara, R.,Mullan, K.,Ohashi, H.,Phipps, P. (2023). Learning in place: Study tours and the cultivation of grounded insight In: A Skilled Hand and a Cultivated Mind: A Culture of Learning and Teaching at RMIT University, RMIT Open Press, Melbourne, Australia
- Emmerton, A.,Guevara, J. (2023). Reimagining roads ahead: Harnessing the transformative potential of capacity building as education In: Prospects, , 1 - 7
- Nguyen, V.,Guevara, J. (2019). Women and Water Management: A Policy Assessment—A Case Study in An Giang Province, Mekong Delta, Vietnam. In: Asia-Pacific Journal of Rural Development., 29, 77 - 97
- Abblitt, G.,Guevara, J. (2019). Pedagogy of problematisation: Global citizenship education through study tours and immersions for learners from backgrounds of privilege In: Rethinking Adult Learning and Education - Asian Perspectives, DVV International, Bonn, Germany
- Wheeler, L.,Guevara, J.,Smith, J. (2018). School-community learning partnerships for sustainability: Recommended best practice and reality In: International Review of Education, 64, 313 - 337
- Atienza, G.,Guevara, J. (2018). "Basta Masaya, OK Na": Theatre-based Approaches in the Philippines In: The Routledge Handbook of Community Development, Taylor & Francis, New York, United States
- Guevara, J.,Goldsworthy, K.,Snow, A. (2017). Situating the practitioner as co-learner and co-participant in global development In: International Development: A Global Perspective on Theory and Practice, Sage Publications Ltd, London, United Kingdom
- Noguchi, F.,Guevara, J.,Yorozu, R. (2015). Communities in Action: Lifelong Learning for Sustainable Development In: UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) Hamburg, Germany
- Guevara, J. (2014). Education for resilience: adult and community education response to a context of crises In: Lifelong Learning in Europe, , 1 - 6
- Wheeler, L.,Lang, J.,Gow, B.,Guevara, R.,Smith, J. (2014). Conversations in school: Community learning partnerships for sustainability In: Knowledge in Action: University-Community Engagement in Australia, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Newcastle upon Tyne
- Social and Scientific Innovation to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. Funded by: European Commission ERASMUS+ 2018 from (2020 to 2024)
- Improving and Enriching the Human Capital of Qatar Through the Identification and Development of 21st Century Skills for Sustainability and Employability (Administered by College of the North Atlantic - Qatar). Funded by: Qatar National Research Fund (ONGOING) from (2018 to 2021)
- The EU’s role in the implementation of the SDGS in Asia Pacific (ERASMUS+, Jean Monnet Network). Funded by: Erasmus+ (European Commission) 2017 onwards from (2017 to 2021)
- Green Skills for Green Jobs in Australia: Uptake of Skills for Sustainability in Australia. Funded by: Department of Industry, Innovation, Climate Change, Science, Research and Tertiary Education Contract from (2013 to 2014)
- Developing Effective School-Community Learning Partnerships for Sustainability. Funded by: ARC Linkage Project 2009 Round 1 from (2009 to 2012)
Note: Supervision projects since 2004
2 PhD Current Supervisions8 PhD Completions and 1 Masters by Research Completions
Popular and community environmental education in the Asia-Pacific region; HIV-AIDS education; community and eco Tourism; participatory action research; international aid and development; community development; local and global sustainability.