Education for Sustainability research

Explore research projects and papers focused on embedding sustainability into education, offering valuable insights and practical strategies.

Publications

Greig, A., Lee, E. and Baker, K., 2023. The use of critical and relational pedagogies in science curricula. Download the article

Strachan, S., Greig, A. and Jones, A., 2021. GREEN SKILLS: Understanding the skills that will be required by local organisations to help support a low carbon post-COVID-19 transition to a cleaner, fairer economy and society in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. See our web page on the Green Skills project.

Clarke, H., 2024. The Green Heron Award: Evaluating Education for Sustainable Healthcare in an Occupational Therapy Curriculum. Download the poster

Chapman, T. and Clarke, H., 2024. The Green Heron Award: Evaluating Education for Sustainable Healthcare in MSc Physiotherapy (Pre-Reg). Download the poster

Bodenhorn, B. and Lee, E., 2021. What Animates Place for Children? A Comparative Analysis. https://doi.org/10.1111/aeq.12409.

Catallo, A., Lee, E. and Vare, P., 2022. Curriculum for a Changing Climate. Available on ResearchGate.

Lee, E., Pratt-Adams, S. and Warnes, M., 2025. Transformative Education-Introducing Interdisciplinary Modules in Higher Education. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003474593-4.

Lee, E., Vare, P. and Finlayson, A., 2020. The Ebb and Flow of Environmental and Sustainability Education in UK Schools. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-46820-0_20.

Moula, Z., Walshe, N. and Lee, E., 2023. 'It was like I was not a person, it was like I was the nature': The impact of arts-in-nature experiences on the wellbeing of children living in areas of high deprivation. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2023.102072.

Walshe, N., Moula, Z. and Lee, E., 2022. Eco-Capabilities as a Pathway to Wellbeing and Sustainability. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14063582.

Talks and debates

GREAT Talks British Council Lecture Tour in India and Bangladesh (2023)
Title: Climate Change tunnel vision?

Read a synopsis of the talkwatch one of Alison's lectures and read what the Bangladeshi press said. 

Collective Responsibility – Sustainability Ambassadors (2023)
Collective Responsibility is a YouTube channel built on the principle that multiple stakeholders have an obligation to work together to develop solutions to Asia’s sustainability issues and the recognition that this is a long-term, complex process. The podcast series Sustainability Ambassadors includes interviews with leading global sustainability executives and professionals that we hope will not only engage and inspire you, but catalyse you and your organisation into action.

Watch Alison Greig and Roger Livermore talk about Teaching Sustainability and ESG

Debate at the University of Oxford's Said Business School (2022)
Watch Alison Greig debate the topic 'Is increasing consumption the key obstacle to achieving sustainability?'

This event was organised by Oxfordshire Greentech and Cambridge Cleantech, two leading greentech innovation networks based across the Oxford-Cambridge Knowledge Arc.

Watch Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3 of the debate on YouTube