Gregory Trencher

Gregory Trencher is an Assistant Professor in the Graduate School of Environmental Studies at Tohoku University in Japan.

A key area of A/Prof Trencher’s research examines various types of city-level policies targeting existing, private sector buildings. An established area of research focuses on how university partnerships with stakeholders in industry, government and civil society can function as triggers for environmental, technological and societal transformations in urban and semi-urban settings. This process is framed as “sustainability co-creation” and has a simultaneous global (Europe, Asia and North America) and case-specific focus. In particular, this research examines core characteristics such as partnership objectives, types of university and societal stakeholders involved, motivations for participating partners, key partnerships mechanisms for pursuing objectives, and potential impacts towards enhanced sustainability.