Core expertise
Sustainable development
Urban water management
Sustainable Cities
Environmental, social and corporate governance
Biography
Rebekah is Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) and Senior Vice-President at Monash University, and Director of RISE (Revitalising Informal Settlements and their Environments), an action-research program working in the Pacific and Southeast Asia to deliver solutions that benefit health, environment, and water and sanitation. Rebekah is a pioneer in the field of interdisciplinarity. It’s a concept that, by pooling the expertise of multiple subject areas, promises breakthroughs in a range of important issues that will change people’s lives. She has an interdisciplinary background, forging a successful career as a civil engineer before completing a PhD in environmental studies.
