Chris Riedy

Background

About Chris Riedy

Chris Riedy is Professor of Sustainability Transformations and Associate Director Learning and Development at the Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney. Chris is an action researcher with a focus on sustainability transformations. He uses sociological and political theory, narrative theory and futures thinking to design, facilitate and evaluate practical experiments in transformative change towards sustainable futures. Chris is an Advisor to the Transformations Community, a Senior Research Fellow of the Earth System Governance project, and a member of the New Economy Network Australia. He is on the Editorial Board of Futures and Editorial Advisory Board of the Global Social Challenges Journal. In 2023, he Co-Chaired the Transformations Conference in Sydney. Selected research projects include development of scenarios for the future of Sydney’s drinking water catchments for WaterNSW, an Opportunity Assessment of Australia’s energy foresighting and planning capability for the RACE for 2030 Cooperative Research Centre, identification of megatrends and development of scenarios for the City of Sydney’s Sustainable Sydney 2050 initiative, and a comprehensive future-oriented review of Australia’s National GreenPower Program. Chris led ISF’s Graduate Research Program, comprising more than 50 doctoral and masters research students, from 2014 to 2022. He currently leads the development of ISF’s coursework programs and has recently developed and facilitated courses on sustainability futures, systems thinking and deliberative democracy.