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J.
Donald R. de Raadt has taught in universities in Australia, the USA and
Sweden. In 1993 he was appointed as professor by the Swedish government
and held the Chair in Informatics and System Science at Luleå Tekniska
Universitet for twelve years. He has served as President of the
International Society for the Systems Sciences (USA), President of the
Swedish Operational Research Society and Vice-President of the
International Federation for Systems Research in Vienna. He has played
a leading international role in systems science and philosophy and
developed an ethical approach directed towards community development
and a humane life. He is the author of several books; his research has
been published in most of the international systems journals and
presented in conference papers; and he has been guest key-note speaker
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Veronica D. de Raadt qualified as a
social worker in Australia and after earning a masters degree in the
US, worked in domestic violence and mental health. To add to her skills
in the human services, she earned her doctoral degree in Sweden and
studied human factors in community development in remote communities.
The results are summarized in her book Ethics and Sustainable Community
Design. In Sweden she also taught psychology, sociology and research
methods at Luleå Tekniska Universitet and worked with EU-funded
community development projects. She founded, together with her husband,
the Institute for Management and Social Systems in Sweden, now
operating in Australia as the Melbourne Centre for Community
Development. Her research has been published in the main systems
journals and been presented at international conferences in Europe and
the US.
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Sue-Lee
Seng (Bachelor of Architecture, Grad Diploma in Community Development
Programme) worked as an architect from 2004-2011. She has been
volunteering since 2007 in Melbourne teaching underprivileged children
in the inner-city public housing estates good moral principles in a fun
and positive environment. In 2009, she went to China to help the local
farmers harvest potatoes with a team of volunteers. She has also
volunteered with an architecture not-for-profit organisation in 2007 to
help build latrines in Solomon Islands after the community was stricken
by a tsunami in 2007. She founded RIAH in 2011, a community-based
hairstyle business which funds and raises awareness of needs in her
social spheres of influence. She currently works as a children’s pastor
and a community developer in Melbourne.
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Breno
Oliveira Perdigão is a civil engineer at present engaged in
postgraduate studies in multimodal systems research at the Melbourne
Centre for Community Development. He works in the operational planning
sector, which includes cement and aggregates, civil construction,
mining, steel and metallurgy. He has market experience in technological
innovations for renewable energy. He has conducted research in the
philosophy of technology applied to engineering and agriculture project
management. |
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Ester
Wolff Loitzenbauer is an oceanographer with a PhD in water resources
and environmental sanitation. She is a professor at the State
University of Rio Grande do Sul (UERGS) in Brazil and is involved in
education and research in water management and river basin committees.
She is also engaged in in postgraduate studies in multimodal systems
research at the Melbourne Centre for Community Development.
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