Ian Lowe AO is Emeritus Professor of Science, Technology and Society at Griffith University and a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering. He has published widely and filled a broad range of advisory roles for all levels of government, including chairing the advisory council that produced in 1996 the first independent national report on the state of the environment. Among many awards he has received are the Prime Minister’s Environmental Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement, the Queensland Premier’s Millennium Award for Excellence in Science, and the International Academy of Sciences, Health and Ecology’s Konrad Lorenz Gold Medal for contributions to sustainable futures.
