Department of Environmental Management
Facilitate sustainability and the governance and management of our environment.
With a comprehensive suite of programmes, accredited options and inter-disciplinary staff, this department offers environmental qualifications that will enable you to make a real difference.
Its cutting-edge research and teaching aims to understand how we can interact with our environment sustainably. This involves examining the governance and management needed to collectively address pressing problems like climate change, biodiversity loss, and water pollution.
Our environmental management programme, established in 1973, is the longest-running in Aotearoa New Zealand. Over nearly half a century, this department has built a highly-regarded legacy of research and teaching in environmental policy, planning and management.
We are recognised internationally for our long-standing commitment and innovation in interdisciplinary research and teaching. The expertise of department staff spans geography, Māori and Indigenous studies, planning, economics, political studies, ecology, and engineering.
Graduates of our programmes are in high demand and there's a growing number of jobs available in environmental policy, planning and management.
Our alumni are employed across central and local government, Māori organisations, the private and non-governmental sectors, and in international organisations.
We have strong networks and partnerships with the many institutions and organisations involved in environmental management in Aotearoa New Zealand, and some of our degrees were among the first to be accredited by professional organisations.
Key themes for the department
- Māori policy, planning and management
- Environmental policy, planning and management
- Climate change and sustainability
- Biodiversity and conservation
- Marine and coasts
- Disaster risk and resilience
- Cities, energy and transport.
Study programmes
Our key academic programmes include:
- Bachelor of Environmental Management
- Bachelor of Environmental Management with Honours
- Bachelor of Environment and Society
- Bachelor of Environment and Society with Honours
- Bachelor of Environmental Policy and Planning with Honours
- Diploma in Natural Resources
- Graduate Certificate in Resource Studies
- Graduate Diploma in Resource Studies
- Postgraduate Certificate in Environmental Management
- Postgraduate Diploma in Environmental Management
- Postgraduate Certificate in Land and Society
- Postgraduate Diploma in Land and Society
- Postgraduate Diploma in Water Resource Management
- Master of Applied Science - Environmental Management
- Master of Applied Science - Land and Society
- Master of Environmental Policy and Management
- Master of Natural Resources Management and Ecological Engineering
- Master of Planning
- Master of Water Resource Management
- Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Research centres
- Centre of Excellence - Designing Future Productive Landscapes
- Centre for Land, Environment and People (LEAP)
- Lincoln Planning Review
- Waterways and Freshwater Management
Contact
Associate Professor Hamish Rennie - Head of Department
Faculty of Environment, Society and Design
