Biography and expertise

Biography

Professor Amy Cutter-Mackenzie-Knowles is a Professor of Sustainability, Environment and Education at Southern Cross University. She is the Executive Dean of the Faculty of Education, as well as the Research Leader of the Sustainability, Environment and the Arts in Education (SEAE) Research Centre.

Professor Cutter-Mackenzie-Knowles is a member of SCU's Research Clusters:

  • ZeroWaste

Professor Cutter-Mackenzie-Knowles' work contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals

Source: Scopus

Research

Cutter-Mackenzie-Knowles’s research centres on climate change, childhoodnature, posthuman philosophy, and child-framed research methodologies. She is particularly focused on the pivot points between education, science, and philosophy. Professor Cutter-Mackenzie-Knowles has led over 40 national/international research projects, and is presently the lead researcher on a 2024-2027 Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery grant on climate change education on/with Country. She has published more than 180 publications with her latest book entitled Posthuman Research Playspaces: Climate Child Imaginaries (with Rousell, Routledge).

Other

Professor Cutter-Mackenzie-Knowles has been recognised for both her teaching and research excellence in environmental education, including an Australian Teaching Excellence Award and Citation (OLT) and an Australian Association for Environmental Education Fellowship (Life Achievement Award) for her outstanding contribution to environmental education research. Amy is also the immediate past Editor in Chief of the Australian Journal of Environmental Education (Cambridge University Press).

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Honours

HDR Supervisor of the Year, Faculty of Education
Southern Cross University, 2019
Green Globe Finalist – Climate Change Leadership
NSW Environment and Heritage (Australia, Sydney), 2017
Fellowship (Life-time Achievement Award)
Australian Association for Environmental Education, 2014
Monash University Research Accelerator Fellow ($110,000)
Monash University (Australia, Melbourne), 2011
Australian Learning and Teaching Council (OLT) National Teaching Excellence Award ($25,000)
Australian Government (Australia, Canberra), 2010
Vice Chancellor's Teacher Excellence University Award (Medal)
Monash University (Australia, Melbourne), 2009
Australian Teaching and Learning Council (OLT) Teaching Award, Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning in Environmental Education ($10,000)
Australian Government (Australia, Canberra), 2008

Organisational affiliations

Executive Dean, Faculty of Education, Southern Cross University

Past affiliations

Dean and Head of School, School of Education, Southern Cross University

Education

Central Queensland University
PhD
Griffith University
1998, BEd(Hons)