Australia 20-20 Summit

Professor Stehlik was an invited member of the Strengthening Communities, Supporting Families and Social Inclusion Streah at the 20-20 Summit in Canderra in April 2008

Australia 21 Agenda
Eco-System Services Round Table

Professor Stehlik participated in this Round Table in April 2008

The Alcoa Foundation

The Conservation and Sustainability Program

Gondwana Working Papers

1	Alcoa Foundation participant contributes to fourth Brazilian Tree Canopy Course, held in Atlantic Rain Forest.
2	Whose Sea-Change? Some Reflections on transformations in the City of Albany WA.
3	The theory and practice of Ecomimicry.
4	Beyond Conceptual Elegance:local participation and the 'model' Fitzgerald Biosphere Reserve.
5	The potential of groundwater recharge plantations in the Lake Warden cacthment, Esperance, to encourage diversity of invertebrates and birds.
6	Influence of farmland revegetation on the abundance and diversity o surace-active invertebrates.
7	Interdisciplinary technologies contribute to a new model of urbanisation for the south coast of Western Australia.
8	Towards a Western Australian model: building innovation and capacity in the design and craft industry though the Designing Futures Cluster Program.

Foundation Fellows October Update

Curtin Update:

University highlights Centre Research Project

Welcome to the Alcoa Research Centre for Stronger Communities.

The establishment of the Alcoa Research Centre for Stronger Communities represents an important milestone in the University's development, as it is the first research centre for Stronger Communities in Australia and is aligned with the strategic direction of the University, which identifies as one of its core values:

The cultivation of responsive and responsible links with the wider community, emphasising service, practical relevance, social justice and ethical behaviour.

What are stronger communities?

	Stronger communities invest in community capacity to solve community problems, to grasp opportunities, and to develop community leadership.
	Stronger communities include a variety of businesses, industries and institutes that are financially viable, flexible, ethical and committed to diversity.
	Stronger communities utilise and retain capital, value sharing resources and encourage all stakeholders to work together for a sustainable future.
	Stronger communities celebrate and support inclusion and diversity.

Our Research and Development Core Programs are:

	Program 1 Community/Industry partnerships - towards becoming 'neighbours of choice.'
	Program 2 Strengths-based Community Practice Models.
	Program 3 Social, Cultural and Environmental Futures
	Program 4 Place and Community Resiliency.
	Program 5 Creative Industries and Creative Environments
	Program Archive

The Centre has established a research methods framework which encourages capacity building through participative partnerships and action research models.

The Centre is committed to increasing resiliency and community capacity through multi-disciplinary research partnerships.