题  目：Engaged research for major infrastructure project delivery

主讲人：Dr. Sara Bice，Associate Professor, SPPM, Tsinghua University

主持人：朱旭峰  bet63365副院长、教授  

时  间：2018年6月20日（星期三）12:00-13:30

地  点：公共管理学院620会议室 

语  言：英语

The global infrastructure sector is booming with AU$100B in projects set for delivery over the next decade in Australia alone –double that delivered in any previous infrastructure boom. China’s One Belt, One Road Initiative leads this charge globally, with a planned US$1 trillion in infrastructure investment. But as the pace and scale of delivery increases, so too does the pressure on communities. This friction has contributed to the mothballing, cancellation or delay of more than $20B in Australian projects over the past decade - impacting investor confidence, costing jobs and impacting the mental and physical wellbeing of both project staff and community members.

 

Despite the obvious tangible and intangible costs associated with these complex challenges, little evidence exists to determine whether more effective community engagement and public participation could improve community and project outcomes. The Next Generation Engagement Project aims to address this knowledge gap by developing a robust, industry-led, shared evidence base to inform the future of community engagement for infrastructure project selection, planning and delivery.

 

Sara Bice is Associate Professor at the Crawford School of Public Policy, The Australian National University, Australia’s leading public policy school and the eighth in the world. At ANU, she is Vice Chancellor’s Future Senior Research Fellow for her work on The Next Generation Engagement program, Australia’s largest study into community engagement in infrastructure, to date. She is President of the International Association for Impact Assessment, the world’s leading organization for impact assessment practitioners, researchers and clients, representing almost 7,000 members in 120 different countries. Sara is Associate Professor (Special International Guest) at the School of Public Policy and Management, Tsinghua University, Beijing. She is an award-winning author and her latest co-edited book, Public Policy in the Asian Century is available from Palgrave Macmillan.