STAFF PROFILE
Ms Cathryn Kay
Position:
Assoc Lecturer
College / Portfolio:
Design and Social Context
School / Department:
DSC|School of GUSS
Phone:
+61399258261
Campus:
City Campus
Cathryn has been teaching in the School of Global, Urban and Social Studies since 2002.
Cathryn is interested in (re)localisation, food sovereignty, complexity and collapse, particularly as expressed by groups such as Transition Towns and La Via Campesina (LVC), especially the Movimento Sem Terra (MST - Brazil). She has lived, worked and/or researched in Brazil, Mozambique and Bangladesh. She has previously coordinated Gender, Development and Globalisation (HUSO2092), Sustainable Futures (ENVI1153) and Global Political Economy (SOCU2112) and was previously one of the school's senior tutors, responsible for managing the large first year foundation courses.
Cathryn is located in the Sustainability and Urban Planning (SUP) team, managing the planning work placements and teaching into various courses.
- Course coordinator: Planning Work Placements (ARCH1275)
- Tutor: Sustainable Futures (ENVI1153)
- Tutor: Environmental Ideas, Thought and Action (ENVI1041)
- Tutor: Climate Change Responses (ENVI1212)
By appointment
BSc (Math) ANU
GradCert (International Dev) RMIT
GradCert (International Dev) RMIT
Cathryn has worked for NGOs such as Friends of the Earth (FoE) and International Women's Development Agency (IWDA). She has served on the boards of Friends of the Earth (Melbourne) and Cultivating Community.
- Kriewaldt, C. (2016). Ignorance is bliss: Why dementia is a useful metaphor for society's coming energy descent In: Proceedings of the 2016 Australian Sociological Association (TASA) Annual Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 28 November - 1 December 2016
- Hegarty, K.,Thomas, I.,Kriewaldt, C.,Holdsworth, S.,Bekessy, S. (2011). Insights into the value of a 'stand-alone' course for sustainability education In: Environmental Education Research, 17, 451 - 469