Facing the climate crisis: International experiences of university action

Facing the climate crisis: International experiences of university action

When

12 Sep 2022    
2:00pm - 4:30pm

Event Type

Seminar

Monday, 12 September 2022, 2.00 – 16:30 BST

Room TBC

IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society, Institute of Education, London, WC1H 0AL

 

The three presentations for this event draw on emerging findings from the 3-year GCRF project Transforming Universities for a Changing Climate and are intended to foster debate and critical conversation about how universities impact actions and ideas about climate change in the Global South.

 

Researchers involved with CEID (Centre for Education and International Development, UCL) will be in conversation with the lead research partner for the project in Fiji, Dr Rosiana Lagi, to engage with different dimensions of the contributions of higher education to the climate crisis.

 

The event is free to attend in person, but registration on Eventbrite is required for room booking purposes. The event is open to all those with an interest in the issues under discussion.

 

REGISTER HERE

Planned programme*:

2.00-2.15: Welcome and introductions

2.15-2.40: Understanding universities as holistic spaces: findings from a systematic review of literature (by Dr Lorena Sanchez Tyson, IOE UCL)

2.40-3.05: Engaging with student practices, experiences, and attitudes: findings from a survey of 12 universities (Professor Caine Rolleston, IOE UCL)

3.05-3.20: Coffee break

3:20-4.00: Lessons from Vatutavui: findings from Participatory Action Research in Fiji – (by Dr Rosiana Lagi, University of the South Pacific)

4.00-4.30: Participatory debate and closing remarks (led by Professor Tristan McCowan, Principal Investigator of the Climate-U project)

Find out more: www.climate-uni.com

Tweet: @ClimateUniv

Contact: Lorena Sanchez Tyson, Research Fellow lorena.sanchez@ucl.ac.uk

*Please note that the room number for the event will be confirmed closer to the event date.