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.
In 2007 under Mann's guidance, Otago Polytechnic committed to the strategy that "every graduate may think and act as a sustainable practitioner".
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.
[8] In that role he oversaw the development of a new suite of computing programmes for all New Zealand polytechnics.