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Lynda Dunlop is a senior lecturer in science education at the University of York. Her teaching and research focuses on youth and teacher responses to environmental issues, and on the connections between science education and environmental and social justice. She is currently co-leading the BERA Research Commission 2021/22, co-creating a manifesto for education for environmental sustainability with teachers and young people.
Her research has been funded by, among others, the Education Endowment Foundation, the Gatsby Foundation and the Wellcome Trust.
Her background is in science education and public engagement. From 2008 until 2011 she was a researcher at Ulster University, where her work focused on public engagement with science and the continuing professional development of teachers in the north of Ireland. Prior to this she taught science and theory of knowledge in schools in the UK, US and Mexico.
She teaches on undergraduate (BA) and postgraduate (PGCE and MA) education degree programmes, and supervises research students in science education. She convenes modules on science, education and society, education and the environment and philosophy, education and children. In 2018 she was awarded a vice chancellor’s award for teaching. She is currently chair of the education exceptional circumstances committee.
Join the Education for Environmental Sustainability SIG annual meeting to network with colleagues, learn about the activities of the SIG and plans for 2023. This meeting will be hosted online,...
This event is an opportunity to reflect on climate change and sustainability education in school, university, initial teacher education and beyond. You will: Hear about how educators are...
This event is an opportunity to reflect on climate change and sustainability education in school, university, initial teacher education and beyond. You will: Hear about how educators are...
The new Education for Environmental Sustainability (EfES) SIG aims to encourage and support research and scholarship focused on EfES.
Dr Lynda Dunlop is a Senior Lecturer in Science Education and a member of the University of York Science Education Group (UYSEG). Her research focuses primarily on the philosophical and...
Education for environmental sustainability Research Intelligence issue 150 This 150th issue of Research Intelligence reflects and builds upon the renewed focus on education for environmental...
Recent research on climate change education in England indicates an absence of policy and pro-environmental ambition, and obstruction in relation to both environmental sustainability in general,...
Continue reading blog postOnline registration for this event has now closed, please email events@bera.ac.uk to register. #BERA_Manifesto @BERANews Education has a key role to play in creating long-term responses to...
