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Esther Charlesworth AM is a Professor in the School of Architecture and Design at RMIT University, Melbourne. She is the Academic Director of the RMIT ‘Master of Disaster, Design and Development’ degree [MoDDD] and also the founding Director of Architects without Frontiers (AWF).

Since 2002, AWF has undertaken over 40 health, education and social infrastructure projects in 12 countries for vulnerable communities, and has been described by ABC radio broadcaster Phillip Adams as ‘destined to develop into one of the greater forces of good on this battered planet’.