SIERG's work

Current projects and examples of recent publications.

Current research projects

Faculty projects

Shifting the Narrative: Exploring the role of arts interventions in supporting communities in working across sectors to achieve place-based climate action (British Academy Shared Understandings of a Sustainable Future scheme) (CO-Is Dr Ramsey Affifi and Dr Jule Hildmann)

Sensory Explorations of Nature in School Environments (SENSE). EPSRC. (CO-I Dr Laura Colucci-Gray)

Keeping the Door Open: Curating, developing and evolving Edinburgh University teaching in spaces and places within the city and beyond (PTAS) (Co-Is Dr Beth Christie, Dr David Clarke, Professor Pete Higgins, Professor Robbie Nicol, Dr Heidi Smith)

A curriculum for climate justice: a collaborative investigation of the challenges and opportunities for climate change education through a social justice lens (PTAS). (PI Dr Callum McGregor, CO-I Professor Pete Higgins, Dr Beth Christie)

PhD students projects

Sharon Boyd's: Place-responsive higher education at a distance

Christian Hanser's:  A Scottish classroom beyond walls? Investigating student teachers' negotiations of meaning when applying transformative pedagogies through a mobile tiny house as experimental classroom

Susanne Paulus’:  Exploring outdoor activities for people with refugee and migrant biographies / Relational processes in an intercultural and inclusive community garden

Jack Reed’s:  The Influence of Mobile Devices and Social Media on the Transfer of Learning in Residential Outdoor Experiences

Julia Skilton’s:  Climate Change Education: Full STEAM Ahead

Stephen Sowa’s:  Facilitating school students' career aspirations and preparations for the changing landscape of work

Lewis Stockwell’s:  The Educational Aims of Canoeing

 Publications

More projects and publications

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