STAFF PROFILE
Associate Professor Ian Thomas
Position:
Honorary Associate Professor
College / Portfolio:
Design and Social Context
Phone:
+61399254660
Email:
ian.thomas@rmit.edu.au
Campus:
City Campus
- Producing sustainability professionals: Assessing graduate attributes in sustainability. Funded by: Office for Learning and Teaching Grant 2015 from (2015 to 2017)
- Graduate capabilities to contribute to a more sustainable future - An emerging field of research in education for sustainability. Funded by: Australian Technology Network of Universities (ATN) German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Grant pre-2014 from (2012 to 2013)
- Building Capacity for a Sustainable Future. Funded by: ARC Linkage Project 2006 Round 1 from (2006 to 2010)
- Education for Sustainability.. Funded by: Department of Sustainability and Environment Project from (2004 to 2005)
8 PhD Completions and 1 Masters by Research Completions
Environmental impact assessment; environmental education in tertiary institutions; environmental policy development and implementation; environmental management.
- Thomas, I. (2022). Sustaining education for environmental professionals In: Australasian Journal of Environmental Management, 29, 425 - 444
- Holdsworth, S.,Thomas, I. (2021). Competencies or capabilities in the Australian higher education landscape and its implications for the development and delivery of sustainability education In: Higher Education Research and Development, 40 , 1466 - 1481
- Thomas, I.,Holdsworth, S.,Sandri, O. (2020). Graduate ability to show workplace sustainability leadership: demonstration of an assessment tool In: Sustainability Science, 15, 1211 - 1221
- Thomas, I. (2019). The environment profession in Australia: a status report In: Australasian Journal of Environmental Management, 26, 82 - 98
- Holdsworth, S.,Thomas, I.,Wong, P.,Sandri, O.,Boulet, M.,Chester, A.,McLaughlin, T. (2019). Graduate attribute for minimising environmental harm – Assessing effectiveness in the graduates’ workplaces In: Journal of Cleaner Production, 211, 396 - 407
- Holdsworth, S.,Thomas, I.,Sandri, O.,Chester, A.,McLaughlin, T. (2019). Producing sustainability professionals: Assessing graduate attributes in sustainability In: Producing sustainability professionals: Assessing graduate attributes in sustainability Canberra, Australia
- Holdsworth, S.,Sandri, O.,Thomas, I.,Wong, P.,Chester, A.,McLaughlin, T. (2019). The assessment of graduate sustainability attributes in the workplace: Potential advantages of using the theory of planned behaviour (TPB) In: Journal of Cleaner Production, 238, 1 - 10
- Holdsworth, S.,Sandri, O.,Thomas, I.,Wong, S.,Chester, A.,McLaughlin, P. (2019). The use of the theory of planned behaviour to assess graduate attributes for sustainability In: Environmental Education Research, 26, 275 - 295
- Holdsworth, S.,Thomas, I.,Sandri, O. (2018). Assessing Graduate Sustainability Attributes Using a Vignette/Scenario Approach In: Journal of Education for Sustainable Development, 12, 120 - 139
- Thomas, I. (2018). Skills for Employment in the Environment Profession: Insights from Australia In: Advanced Journal of Professional Practice, 1, 8 - 24