Samuel Mann

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Samuel Mann
Alma mater University of Otago
Known forSustainable practitioner
Green IT
Environmental Informatics
Scientific career
Fields computer science education, and sustainability
Thesis Spatial Process Modelling for Regional Environmental Decision-making (1998)

Samuel Mann is a New Zealand computer scientist, with interests in computer science education and sustainability. He is a full Professor [1] at Otago Polytechnic. He has published widely on sustainable practice, both in computing and more generally to apply to any discipline. [2] Mann was educated at the University of Otago where he studied botany and geography, [3] [4] before completing a PhD in Information Science.

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Sustainable Practitioner

Mann developed the term "sustainable practitioner". In 2007 under Mann's guidance, Otago Polytechnic committed to the strategy that "every graduate may think and act as a sustainable practitioner". Initiatives have included a Living Campus, [5] and Sustainable Community Enterprise. [6]

Mann is building an oral archive of conversations with sustainable practitioners. This is also broadcast on Otago Access Radio and podcast as Sustainable Lens. The goal is to create a searchable archive of conversations with people from many different fields who are applying their skills to a sustainable future. [7]

CITRENZ

Since 2011 Mann has served as Chair of Computing and Information Technology Information and Education and Research NZ (CITRENZ). [8] In that role he oversaw the development of a new suite of computing programmes for all New Zealand polytechnics. [9]

Awards

In 2009 Mann was awarded the Beeby Fellowship. [10] The Beeby Fellowship is a joint initiative between the New Zealand Council for Educational Research and the New Zealand National Commission for UNESCO.

Books authored

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References

  1. ↑ Otago Daily Times (7 April 2012). "Polytechnic appoints professors" . Retrieved 6 August 2014.
  2. ↑ Otago Polytechnic. "Samuel Mann" . Retrieved 6 August 2014.
  3. ↑ Mann, Samuel (1991). A Model for Regeneration in Remnant Forests (Bachelors with Honours thesis). OUR Archive, University of Otago. hdl:10523/11160.
  4. ↑ Mann, Samuel (1993). Ecological Modelling of Land Degradation in Central Otago (Masters thesis). OUR Archive, University of Otago. hdl:10523/11760.
  5. ↑ Otago Daily Times (31 January 2009). "Live campus taking root" . Retrieved 6 August 2014.
  6. ↑ Otago Daily Times (6 October 2012). "Polytech, Port Chalmers winners with Wi-Fi" . Retrieved 6 August 2014.
  7. ↑ Sustainable Lens. "Sustainable Lens: Resilience on Radio".
  8. ↑ CITRENZ. "CITRENZ Board Committee Membership" . Retrieved 6 August 2014.
  9. ↑ CITRENZ. "CITRENZ newsletter".
  10. ↑ Otago Daily Times (14 February 2009). "Green guide for all educators" . Retrieved 6 August 2014.
  11. ↑ Mann, Samuel (2011). The Green Graduate: Educating every student as a sustainable practitioner. Wellington: NZCER/UNESCO. p. 175. ISBN   978-1-877398-99-5.
  12. ↑ Mann, Samuel (2011). Sustainable Lens: a visual guide. Dunedin: NewSplash. p. 206. ISBN   978-1-4681-1277-1.


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