| Samuel Mann | |
| Fields: | computer science education, and sustainability |
| Alma Mater: | University of Otago |
| Thesis Title: | Spatial Process Modelling for Regional Environmental Decision-making |
| Thesis Year: | 1998 |
| Known For: | Sustainable practitioner Green IT Environmental Informatics |
Samuel Mann is a New Zealand computer scientist, with interests in computer science education and sustainability. He is a full Professor[1] at Otago Polytechnic. He has published widely on sustainable practice, both in computing and more generally to apply to any discipline.[2] Mann was educated at the University of Otago where he studied botany and geography,[3] [4] before completing a PhD in Information Science.
Mann developed the term "sustainable practitioner". In 2007 under Mann's guidance, Otago Polytechnic committed to the strategy that "every graduate may think and act as a sustainable practitioner". Initiatives have included a Living Campus,[5] and Sustainable Community Enterprise.[6]
Mann is building an oral archive of conversations with sustainable practitioners. This is also broadcast on Otago Access Radio and podcast as Sustainable Lens. The goal is to create a searchable archive of conversations with people from many different fields who are applying their skills to a sustainable future.[7]
Since 2011 Mann has served as Chair of Computing and Information Technology Information and Education and Research NZ (CITRENZ).[8] In that role he oversaw the development of a new suite of computing programmes for all New Zealand polytechnics.[9]
In 2009 Mann was awarded the Beeby Fellowship.[10] The Beeby Fellowship is a joint initiative between the New Zealand Council for Educational Research and the New Zealand National Commission for UNESCO.