{"id":16884,"date":"2024-04-23T08:00:17","date_gmt":"2024-04-22T22:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/?p=16884"},"modified":"2024-11-15T17:36:47","modified_gmt":"2024-11-15T07:36:47","slug":"professor-jennifer-boddy-intersecting-social-justice-climate-change-and-sustainability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/2024\/04\/23\/professor-jennifer-boddy-intersecting-social-justice-climate-change-and-sustainability\/","title":{"rendered":"Professor Jennifer Boddy: Intersecting social justice, climate change and sustainability"},"content":{"rendered":"
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An internationally recognised researcher with expertise in climate change, disasters, and domestic and family violence, <\/span>Professor Jennifer Boddy<\/span><\/a> is Dean (Sustainable Development Goals Performance). In this role she is responsible for driving our staff and student engagement with, and performance against, the <\/span>United Nations Sustainable Development Goals<\/span><\/a>. Find out about her journey into academia, her commitment to social and environmental justice, and what drives her passion to transform lives and create a future that benefits all.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

What path led you to academia?\u202f \u202f<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It was accidental. I always enjoyed studying and did well. After I graduated from my social work degree, and was working in the field, an opportunity arose to complete a PhD as part of a government funded study. Professors from my undergraduate studies reached out to me to see if I\u2019d be interested in joining the research team as a PhD candidate. I was always keen to take on new opportunities, so I said yes. I loved working in a university and so when there was a vacancy in the team, I applied for a lecturing position. I\u2019ve worked in universities ever since.\u202f<\/span><\/p>\n

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‘Griffith Sustainability is a team of six… whose sole responsibility is to advance sustainable development and enable the sustainability… ambitions of the University’<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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Can you tell us a bit about your role as Dean (Sustainable Development Goals Performance)?\u202f<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I thoroughly enjoy my role as Dean (Sustainable Development Goals Performance). I\u2019m conscious it is a privilege to be in such a position and consequently, I hope to make a meaningful difference while in this position.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>In my role, I lead <\/span>Griffith Sustainability<\/span><\/a>. Griffith Sustainability is a team of six full time staff whose sole responsibility is to advance sustainable development and <\/span>enable the sustainability agenda and ambitions of the University. We do this through:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n