Joseph is focused on mainstreaming Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) and Global Citizenship Education (GCED) in the public education sector in Mainland China. This includes building capacity in local government and the public school system to deliver ESD and GCED training to teachers and curriculum development. Joseph is also interested in structures that support organizational learning in the Mainland Chinese public education sector to support reform initiatives. He also has an interest in systems that support urban sustainable development and has served a fellowship for the United Nations University Network for Promotion of Sustainability in Postgraduate Education and Research (ProSPERnet) in Melbourne, Australia.