RMIT Living University paper launch

RMIT Living University paper launch

  • 30 Apr 2026
  • 04:30pm - 06:00pm
  • FREE
  • Livestream
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Presented by RMIT's Regenerative Futures Institute and Planetary Civics Inquiry with the support of the RMIT College of Design and Social Context.

Presented by RMIT's Regenerative Futures Institute and Planetary Civics Inquiry with the support of the RMIT College of Design and Social Context

To celebrate the launch of RMIT and The RSA’s Living University Paper, we are bringing together Philipa Duthie, Global Manager (Oceania and Asia), The RSA, and Daniel Christian Wahl, Author of Designing Regenerative Cultures for a fireside chat. 

Chaired by Professor in Environmental Sustainability and Critical Governance, Wendy Steele, a panel discussion contemplating the role of universities in an era of rapid change and complexity across a multi-lens of environmental, social, political, cultural, and historical and future imaginaries will follow.

Panellists include:

  • Andrea Siodmok, Dean of School of Design, RMIT
  • Professor Gary Thomas, Pro Vice-Chancellor Indigenous Education, RMIT
  • Shaista Shameem, Vice-chancellor of the University of Fiji
  • Josie Warden, Head of Regenerative Design, Subak 

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