Editing Monash University (section)

====Monash Sustainable Development Institute====
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The Monash Sustainable Development Institute (MSDI) is an interdisciplinary research institute with a focus on [[sustainable development]], that includes researchers from all 10 faculties of the university. {{As of |2024}} it comprises more than 150 staff and PhD students, MSDI works with industry and government, civil society, and other academics, and uses the United Nations [[Sustainable Development Goals]] (SDGs) as a framework to guide its work.<ref name=msdiwho>{{cite web |title=Who we are |website=Monash Sustainable Development Institute |date=5 April 2023 |url=https://www.monash.edu/msdi/about/who |access-date=11 April 2024}}</ref> MSDI has four centres focusing on specific capabilities:<ref name=capabilities>{{cite web |title=Sustainable Development Institute |website=Monash University |date=4 January 2024 |url=https://www.monash.edu/industry/capabilities-and-facilities/agtech/research/areas-of-expertise/sustainable-development-institute |access-date=11 April 2024}}</ref>
*Working with Water is focused on solving issues relating to water use in urban environments, and access to safe water for all.<ref name=capabilities/>
*The [[Climateworks Centre]],<!---currently self-referring redirect, pending separate article---> until March 2022 branded ClimateWorks Australia,<ref>{{cite web |title=Climateworks Centre |website=Climateworks Centre |date=6 March 2022 |url=https://www.climateworkscentre.org/news/climateworks-centre-updating-our-name-to-recognise-our-reach-beyond-australia/ |access-date=11 April 2024}}</ref> operates as an independent [[not-for-profit]] within Monash, and focuses on climate transition in Australia, [[Southeast Asia]], and the [[Pacific region]].<ref name=capabilities/> Its goal is to "bridge the gap between research and climate action".<ref>{{cite web |title=Climateworks Centre |website=Climateworks Centre |date=15 March 2024 |url=https://www.climateworkscentre.org/ |access-date=11 April 2024}}</ref> It is headed by CEO [[Anna Skarbek]],<ref>{{cite web |title=The people of Climateworks |website=Climateworks Centre |date=3 April 2024 |url=https://www.climateworkscentre.org/our-team/ |access-date=11 April 2024}}</ref> who was appointed executive director at its inception. The centre won a [[Eureka Prizes|Eureka Prize]], worth {{AUD|10,000}}, for its first project in 2010. The project was a "low-carbon growth plan to measure the [[costs and benefits]] for business".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Profile: Anna Skarbek |url=http://www.smh.com.au/money/investing/profile-anna-skarbek-20101011-16go9.html |last=Schmidt |first=Lucinda |publisher=[[Sydney Morning Herald]] |date=2010-10-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101017100528/http://www.smh.com.au/money/investing/profile-anna-skarbek-20101012-16go9.html |archive-date=17 October 2010}}</ref>  
*BehaviourWorks Australia focuses on research that produces knowledge on how to facilitate change to address the SDGs. It conducts applied research into [[Behavior change (public health)|behaviour change]].<ref name=capabilities/>
*The Food-Energy-Water Nexus is a collaboration between MSDI, Monash Food Innovation, and the Monash Energy Institute that supporte interdisciplinary research in the areas of food production, energy, and water systems, looking to improve the sustainability of all three.<ref name=capabilities/>