Charlie Hargroves (Ph.D.)

Action researcher focussed on sustainable development and innovation

Charlie is a Sustainable Development Fellow at the University of Adelaide Business School and specializes in sustainability, economic growth transitions, and emerging industries. Charlie has worked with leading sustainability experts around the world over the last 20 years and has made a strong contribution to the field through his writing, consulting, and public speaking. Charlie has co-authored 5 books, numerous papers, and industry reports (currently selling over 85,000 copies in 6 languages).

The first book, The Natural Advantage of Nations, won the Australian Banksia Award for Environmental Leadership, Education and Training in 2005, and two other books were ranked in 2010 among the “Top 40 Sustainability Books” by the Cambridge Sustainability Leaders Program. Charlie works on several national and international projects focused on understanding how to achieve greater sustainability outcomes, in particular those related to sustainable energy and transport. Charlie also focuses on emerging industries including Blockchain, Smart Contracts, and Industrial Hemp Medicinal Cannabis, teaching these subjects in the Business School.

Charlie is a member of the Club of Rome, an expert advisor to the United Nations Centre for Regional Development, and the leader of the International Council for Research and Innovation in Buildings and Construction Task Group on Infrastructure. Charlie has a Ph.D. in Carbon Structural Adjustment, is a Senior Research Fellow at the Curtin University Sustainability Policy (CUSP) Institute, and is undertaking a part-time MBA and Graduate Diploma in Psychology at the University of Adelaide.