Sustainability in Education Research Group (SIERG)

Our core areas of focus include:

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  sustainability in outdoor and environmental education practice

• interdisciplinary and STEAM approaches to sustainability
• sustainability in teacher education (and Learning for Sustainability in Scotland)
• linguistic, ethnographic and international perspectives
• social justice, inclusion and intersectionality
• sustainability from philosophical and policy perspectives
• sustainability in research methodology and methods

Study with us

Our members teach on both undergraduate and postgraduate programmes.

Undergraduate programmes

• Learning in Communities (MA Hons)

Postgraduate programmes

• Learning for Sustainability (MSc/PgDip/PgCert)
• Outdoor and Environmental Education
• MSc Education - Philosophy in Education pathway
• Professional Graduate Diploma in Education (PGDE) - Primary
• Professional Graduate Diploma in Education (PGDE) - Secondary
• Social Justice and Community Action - Online Learning (MSc/PgDip/PgCert)
• Transformative Learning and Teaching (MSc)

PhD study

SIERG includes a number of PhD students. You can read about them and their research on our 'Members' page. If you are considering applying for PhD study, please follow the guidance on our School's 'Postgraduate Research Degrees' pages.

Postgraduate Research Degrees 

You can also explore the research interests of potential supervisors by looking at our members' profiles, which are linked through our 'Members' page.

Edinburgh Futures Institute course: Creating Edinburgh

This course allows you to explore the city of Edinburgh, both on foot and online. You'll engage with the city as a site for new ideas, designs and methods, working with students from across the University to respond to Edinburgh's various sites and routes.

Learn more about the Creating Edinburgh course