Ray Ison
Raymond L. (Ray) Ison (born ca. 1952) is an Australian environmental scientist, Professor of Systems at the Open University,[1] Professor Systems for Sustainability at Monash University, and fellow at the Centre for Policy Development, who was President of the International Society for the Systems Sciences in the year 2014-15. He is known for his work on rural development[2] and sustainable management.[3]
Life and work
After attending the Bathurst High School in Bathurst, New South Wales from 1965 to 1970, Ison received his BSc in Agricultural Science from the University of Sydney in 1974, and his PhD in Plant Ecophysiology from the University of Queensland in 1981.[4]
Ison started his academic career as Lecturer at the University of Western Sydney in 1982. In 1986 he moved to the University of Sydney, where he was appointed Senior Lecturer in the School of Crop Sciences. In 1994 he was appointed Professor of Systems at the Open University, where he contributed to the ″Masters in Systems Thinking in Practice″ program. Since 2008 he is also at the Monash University in its Monash Sustainability Institute.[4]
From 2008 to 2012 Ison co-directed the Sustainable Development Institute with Richard Bawden and Roger Packham, and in the same period he also was Adjunct Professor at the Institute for Sustainable Futures.[4] Ison is appointed fellow at the Centre for Policy Development, who was President of the International Society for the Systems Sciences in the year 2014-15.
Selected publications
- Pearson, Craig J., and Ray L. Ison. Agronomy of grassland systems. Cambridge University Press, 1997.
- Ison, Ray, and David Russell. Agricultural extension and rural development: breaking out of knowledge transfer traditions. Cambridge University Press, 2007.
- Ison, Ray. Systems Practice: How to Act in a Climate Change World. Springer Science & Business Media, 2010.
Articles, a selection:[5]
- Ison, Ray, Niels Röling, and Drennan Watson. "Challenges to science and society in the sustainable management and use of water: investigating the role of social learning." Environmental Science & Policy 10.6 (2007): 499-511.
- Collins, Kevin, and Ray Ison. "Jumping off Arnstein's ladder: social learning as a new policy paradigm for climate change adaptation." Environmental Policy and Governance 19.6 (2009): 358-373.
References
- ↑ Ray Ison - Open University - Systems
- ↑ Leeuwis, Cees, C. Leeuwis, and Aw Ban. Communication for rural innovation. Blackwell Publishers, 2004.
- ↑ Steyaert, Patrick, and Janice Jiggins. "Governance of complex environmental situations through social learning: a synthesis of SLIM's lessons for research, policy and practice." Environmental science & policy 10.6 (2007): 575-586.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Ray Ison, Professor Systems for Sustainability, Melbourne Area, Australia at "linkedin.com." Accessed 06.2015.
- ↑ Ray Ison Professor of Systems, The Open University; Professor Systems for Sustainability, Monash University, Goggle Scholar profile
External links
- Ray Ison, at Open University
- Systemic musings, blog by Ray Ison
