Associate ProfessorVictor Sposito

Honorary Professor

Faculty of Science Engineering and Built Environment/School of Life and Environmental Sciences

  • Honorary Professor
    Faculty of Science Engineering and Built Environment/School of Life and Environmental Sciences
  • +61 3 925 17717 (Work)
  • Melbourne Burwood Campus, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125

TEACHING EXPERTISE

Expertise Summary
Scientific Knowledge Strategic Spatial (Territorial) Planning - regional,
rural, and urban. Systems Thinking (Systems Science) - 'hard' and 'soft'
systems methodologies and methods. Regional and urban development
economics, and economic planning. Sustainable development including
resilience thinking. Agricultural (agricultural systems / agro-ecosystems)
development. Climate change - scientific basis, analysis and adaptation
methodologies. Research Skills Research design and management. Problem
and hypotheses formulation; boundary analysis. Social (including
demographic) analysis and forecasting. Economic (including industry)
analysis and forecasting. Environmental (including land use) analysis and
modelling. Solution/action generation. Policy formulation and
policy/project evaluation. Innovative and lateral thinking. Communication
Scientific writing and editing; speaking and presentation skills -
scientific and lay audiences. Management and Leadership Planning,
organizing, directing and management projects. Extensive international and
Australian academic and industry networks. Providing instruction and
guidance - mentoring. Professionalism - fulfilling commitments, meeting
deadlines.

TEACHING ACTIVITIES

  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Spatio-temporal analysis of climate variability and its impact on crop yields.
    Ayushi Niranjan - School of Life and Environmental Sciences
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Australian Wheatbelt Farmers' and NRM Responses to Ecological Principles, Climate Change, Agricultural Production and Biodiversity Effects at a Landscape Scale
    Dennis Neale Williamson - School of Architecture and Built Environment - 2017
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Designing Resilient Regions by Applying Blue-Green Infrastructure Concepts in Australia
    Zahra Ghofrani - School of Engineering - 2020
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    The impact of climate change on sub-alpine agriculture: implications for adaptation decision-making
    Edward Cornwell - School of Life and Environmental Sciences - 2020
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    The Future of Sustainable Agricultural Development in Metropolitan Peri-Urban areas
    Ana Spataru - School of Life and Environmental Sciences - 2020
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Integrating strategic foresight into sustainable development of catchment land-use
    Jana Mrazova - School of Life and Environmental Sciences - 2020
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Climate Change Effects on Eutrophication: Approaches to support environmental decision-making
    Alejo Silvarrey Barruffa - School of Life and Environmental Sciences - 2021
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Assessing smallholder farmers' vulnerability and adaptive capacity to climate change in Sri Lanka: Towards a Sustainable Livelihood framework
    Weththige Varunika Nishani Fernando - School of Life and Environmental Sciences - 2021
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Flavivirus Risk in Victoria, Australia, in a Climate Change Context
    Mariel Flores Lima - School of Life and Environmental Sciences - 2026