apru, the role in education and policy in climate change- chris tremewan.pdf

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Christopher Tremewan PhDSecretary General

www.apru.org


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APRU Member: Universitas Indonesia

Host to APRU conferences

Leadership in sustainability, climate change

Indonesia chair ofAPEC 2013 APRU and APEC higher education agenda

APRU and APEC Policy Partnership on Science,

Technology and Innovation (Surabaya, Medan) APRU Secretary General invited as Presidential

Friend of Indonesia 2011


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Merdeka Palace


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APRU: At a glance

42 leading research universities

based in 16 economies

120,000 faculty members

~2 million students

more than US$50 billion total budget

located on the dynamic, diverse Pacific Rim


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Australia

Australian National University

University of Melbourne

University of Sydney

Canada

University of British Columbia

Chile

University of Chile

China

Fudan University

Hong Kong University of Science

and

Technology

Nanjing University

Peking University

Tsinghua UniversityUniversity of Hong Kong

University of Science and

Technology of

China

Zhejiang University

Chinese Taipei

National Taiwan University

Philippines

University of the Philippines

Russia

Far Eastern Federal University

Singapore

National University of Singapore

Thailand

Chulalongkorn University

USA

California Institute of Technology

Stanford University

University of California, Berkeley

University of California, Davis

University of California, IrvineUniversity of California, Los

Angeles

University of California, San Diego

University of California, Santa

Barbara

University of Oregon

University of Southern California

University of Washington

Indonesia

University of Indonesia

JapanKeio University

Kyoto University

Osaka University

Tohoku University

University of Tokyo

Waseda University

Korea

Korea University

Seoul National University

Malaysia

University of Malaya

Mexico

Monterrey Institute of Technology

and Higher Education

National Autonomous University of

Mexico

New Zealand

University of Auckland


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The Brunei Dialogue


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Founded 15 years ago by four universitypresidents (Berkeley, Caltech, USC, UCLA)

Membership modeled on APEC & co-located

APRU to be big science advisory body of

presidents to APEC

Asia-Pacific research infrastructure

Innovation and technology commercialisation


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As the Pacific Rim network of leading research universities, APRU seeks to advance

the aspirations of its members and contribute to global society by:

Shaping Asia-Pacific Higher Education and ResearchAPRU universities can together shape the policy environment for higher education

and research and influence social, economic, political and cultural forces that impact

the future of universities.

Creating Asia-Pacific Global LeadersAPRU universities will cooperate to enhance the global leadership capabilities of

faculty, administrators and students as well as of their institutions.

Partnering on Solutions to Asia-Pacific ChallengesAPRU universities will work together and with partners from government and

business, international organizations, other universities and community leaders on

solutions to regional and global challenges.


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Sustainability & climate change (UC San Diego)

Multi-hazards (Tohoku U)

Global Health (USC) Food security

Ageing in Asia

Brain and Mind in the Asia-Pacific Research museums and innovation (Kyoto U)

Global governance & public policy


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OBJECTIVE

Strengthen collaboration among Pacific Rim research

universities and partner institutions on solutions to

issues of sustainability and climate changeSTRATEGY

Knowledge-Action Network Climate Change science

related to local contexts with academic leadership (for

business, government, communities) insolving/mitigating/adapting to Climate Change

challenges


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The Challenge of a Knowledge Action

Network

Relating Knowledge to Action

Relating Research to Policy

Connecting academia, policy-makers,private sector and community leaders

Specific actions for specific results


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Terima kasih

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