Dr Elizabeth Rushton’s research interests are focused in geography and science education, specifically the professional development of teachers, student participation in research, and environmental education.

Elizabeth joined King’s in 2019 as a Research Associate, working as part of the COMnPlay-Science EU H2020 funded project. This research explores the design of making, tinkering and coding spaces and the extent to which they engender youth engagement with science. View the COMnPLAYScience website.

Since May 2020, Elizabeth has been Subject Director of the Geography PGCE Programme. She is also Senior Editor for the Routes, the Journal for Student Geographers.

Prior to joining King’s, Elizabeth was Director of Evaluation for the Institute for Research in Schools where she oversaw the evaluation of school science education programmes that involved over 300 schools and 25 universities.

In 2014, Elizabeth was awarded a PhD in Geography from the University of Nottingham and in 2015 she qualified as a geography teacher, teaching in secondary schools in Kent.

She is a member of the Centre for Research in Education in Science, Technology and Mathematics (CRESTEM) and the Environmental Education Research Group

For more details of her publications and research, see Elizabeth’s research staff profile on PURE.