Thinker in Residence
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Thinkers in Residence is a program in Adelaide
, South Australia
, that brings leaders in their fields to work with the South Australian community and government in developing new ideas and approaches to problem solving, and to promote South Australia.
Adelaide
Adelaide is the capital city of South Australia and the fifth-largest city in Australia. Adelaide has an estimated population of more than 1.2 million...
, South Australia
South Australia
South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland...
, that brings leaders in their fields to work with the South Australian community and government in developing new ideas and approaches to problem solving, and to promote South Australia.
List of Thinkers in Residence
- Fred Wegman
- Fred HansenTriMetTriMet, more formally known as the Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon, is a public agency that operates mass transit in a region that spans most of the Portland metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Oregon...
- Peggy Hora
- Laura Lee
- Genevieve BellGenevieve BellGenevieve Bell is an Australian born anthropologist and researcher. Born in Sydney, she is the director of Intel Corporation's Interaction and Experience Research and was the 15th Thinker in Residence in South Australia...
- Andrew Fearne
- Geoff MulganGeoff MulganGeoff Mulgan is Chief Executive of the National Endowment for Science Technology and the Arts and Visiting Professor at University College, London, the London School of Economics and the University of Melbourne...
- Ilona Kickbusch
- Dennis Jaffe
- Fraser Mustard
- Stephen SchneiderStephen SchneiderStephen Henry Schneider was Professor of Environmental Biology and Global Change at Stanford University, a Co-Director at the Center for Environment Science and Policy of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and a Senior Fellow in the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment...
- Rosanne HaggertyRosanne HaggertyRosanne Haggerty is an American housing and community development leader, and founder of Common Ground Community.She graduated from Amherst College, in 1982.She studied at Columbia University.She was an Adelaide Thinker in Residence....
- Susan GreenfieldSusan GreenfieldSusan Adele Greenfield, Baroness Greenfield, CBE is a British scientist, writer, broadcaster, and member of the House of Lords. Greenfield, whose specialty is the physiology of the brain, has worked to research and bring attention to Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease.Greenfield is...
- Peter WintonickPeter WintonickPeter Wintonick is an independent documentary filmmaker based in Montreal. A winner of the 2006 Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts, former Thinker in Residence for the Premier of South Australia, prolific award winning filmmaker, he is one of Canada's best known international...
- Maire Smith
- Peter CullenPeter Cullen (scientist)Professor Peter Cullen AO FTSE, MAgrSc, DipEd , Hon DUniv , was a leading Australian water scientist.-Education:...
- Blast TheoryBlast TheoryBlast Theory is a Brighton-based artists’ group, whose work mixes interactive media, digital broadcasting and live performance.-Biography:The group was founded in 1991 by Matt Adams, Niki Jewett, Will Kittow and Ju Row Farr. The group is currently led by Matt Adams, Ju Row Farr and Nick...
- Charles LandryCharles LandryCharles Landry is best known for having written the book The Creative City: A Toolkit for Urban Innovators. The creative city has now become a global movement to rethink the planning, development and management of cities...
- Herbert GirardetHerbert GirardetHerbert Girardet is co-founder of the World Future Council. His ten books include Earthrise , The Gaia Atlas of Cities , Creating Sustainable Cities , Cities, People, Planet , Shaping our Future , and Surviving the Century...