Green Templeton Lectures on sustainability education

Two Farmers A Man And A Woman Communicate Against The Background Of A Field Of Wheat At Sunset

The flagship college lecture series in 2025 will explore the role that education can play in addressing the interwoven crises of climate change, inequality and biodiversity loss. The series will consider how, in light of growing concerns about climate and ecology anxiety, political polarisation and rapid technological advancements associated with artificial intelligence, critical questions about the ‘how’, ‘what’ and ‘why’ of sustainability education become increasingly significant. The lectures will be co-convened by Research Fellows Dr Mark Hirons and Dr James Robson.

Read Mark Hirons and James Robson on sustainability education in an article extracted from the forthcoming issue of Observatory magazine

The series will be delivered across three in-person lectures within college. Each lecture will be moderated by one of the convening fellows.

Full lecture programme

Lecture 1 – Sustainability Education: Fairness and Flourishing

Chukwumerije Okereke, Professor in Global Governance and Public Policy, University of Bristol

Amanda Power, Sullivan Clarendon Associate Professor in History, University of Oxford

Wednesday 12 February at 17:30 in the EP Abraham Lecture Theatre

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Lecture 2 – Sustainability Education: Power and Politics

Chris Skidmore, OBE is former UK Energy Minister and Chair of the UK Independent Net Zero Review. He is Chair of the Centre for Economic Transition Expertise at the Grantham Research Institute, LSE

Debbie Hopkins, Associate Professor in Human Geography, University of Oxford

Thursday 27 February at 17:30 in the EP Abraham Lecture Theatre

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Lecture 3 – Sustainability Education: Hope and Humility

Sam Barratt, Chief of the Youth, Education and Advocacy Unit at the United Nations Environment Programme

Ann Finlayson, CEO of Sustainability and Environmental Education (SEEd)

Thursday 13 March at 17:30 in the EP Abraham Lecture Theatre

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For more information about the series contact liz.green@gtc.ox.ac.uk.

Read Research Fellows Mark Hirons and James Robson on sustainability education in an article extracted from the forthcoming issue of Observatory magazine

Created: 15 January 2025