Dr Mehreen Faruqi
Conjoint Associate Professor UNSW
Academic Director, MBT
PhD (Envn Eng) MEngSc UNSW, BE (Civil) (Hons) UET Lahore


Mehreen brings 20 years of experience as a Civil / Environmental engineer in sustainability and environmental management to her role as Academic Director, MBT.  She has also been an MBT Course Coordinator and Facilitator since 2005.  Mehreen has worked in diverse roles including as an academic and acting director of the Institute of Environmental Studies with UNSW, with multinational and local consulting  firms and local government.  Mehreen’s most recent role was Manager Environment and Services at Mosman Council.
 
Her research interests and areas of expertise include strategic planning and policy development, organisational change and capacity building, learning and teaching for sustainability, TBL reporting, social responsibility and corporate sustainability, tools for environmental management, integrated water and catchment management, stakeholder analysis and public participation in environmental decision-making. Mehreen is, and has been, a member of a number of panels and committees on sustainability, stormwater management for industry, local and state government and also has chaired a number of sustainability and waste management committees for local and federal government in Australia. Mehreen has co-authored a recently published book entitled ‘ Environmental Decision-making – exploring complexity and context’ (2009, Federation Press). This book is being used as core text for a number of environmental management courses in Australian Universities.