Prof Alison Greig

Alison established Education for Sustainability as a research theme in the Global Sustainability Institute at ARU.

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Background

Alison started her academic career as a physical geographer and has always been interested in the interconnections between the natural world and human societies.

Following a career at a number of university departments and as an independent environmental consultant, in 2011 she joined the GSI to take up the post of Director of Education for Sustainability. With a responsibility for ensuring sustainability is part of all students' experience at ARU, Alison established Education for Sustainability as a research theme within the GSI.

Alison is particularly interested in how education, both formal and informal, can help prepare individuals to bring about change for a more sustainable future, and how educational institutions can facilitate this process.

Research interests

• The role of education and learning in creating agents of change for sustainability
• Education and learning for social change
• New educational and pedagogical approaches 
• Holistic, interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary learning
• The impacts of education and metrics of change

Qualifications

• PhD: Landslides, Heavy Rainfalls and Hurricanes in Dominica, West Indies. University of Wales, Swansea  
• BSc Geography, 1st Class Hons, University of Wales, Swansea
• PGCert (Higher Education), Anglia Ruskin University

Memberships, editorial boards

NTF - National Teaching Fellow
PHEA - Principle Fellow of Higher Education Academy
C.Wem - Chartered Water and Environmental Manager
C.Env.- Chartered Environmentalist

Selected recent publications

Greig, A., Priddle, J., 2019. Mapping Students’ Development in Response to Sustainability Education: A Conceptual Model. Sustainability, 11(16), 4324.

Greig, A. J., 2019. A round peg into a square hole: transdisciplinary sustainability education in a modular mass education system. In Ellis, M. (Ed.), 2019. Critical Global Semiotics: Understanding Sustainable Transformational Citizenship, (London: Routledge).

Fretwell, K., Greig, A., 2019. Towards a Better Understanding of the Relationship between Individual’s Self-Reported Connection to Nature, Personal Well-Being and Environmental Awareness. Sustainability, 11(5), 1386.

Sule, O. F., Greig, A., 2017. Embedding Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) Within the Curriculum of UK Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs): Strategic Priorities. In: Filho, W. L. (Ed.), 2017. Sustainable Development Research at Universities in the United Kingdom (Cham: Springer), pp. 91-107.

Greig, A. J., Philip, G., 2016. Mind the Gaps: Delivering and Receiving Sustainability Education. Proceedings of Conference: Sustainability in Higher Education, Canterbury Christ Church University, July 2016.

Skouloudis, A., Jones, N., Roumeliotis, S., Issac, D., Greig, A., Evangelinos, K., 2016. Industrial pollution, spatial stigma and economic decline: the case of Asopos river basin through the lens of local small business owners. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 60(9), pp. 1-26.

Eagle, R., Jones, A., Greig A., 2016. Localism and the environment: A critical review of UK Government localism strategy 2010–2015. Local Economy. doi: 10.1177/0269094216687710

Priddle, J., Greig, A. J., Wiles, E., 2015. Student Attitudes to Sustainability and Employability Skills: Expectations from the University Curriculum. In: Filho, W. L., Brandli, L., Kuznetsova, O., do Paço, A. M. F. (Eds.), 2015. Integrative Approaches to Sustainable Development at University Level (Cham: Springer), pp. 143-154.

Greig, A. J., 2015. Making sustainability part of every student’s curriculum. In Integrative approaches to sustainable development at university level In: Filho, W. L., Brandli, L., Kuznetsova, O., do Paço, A. M. F. (Eds.), 2015. Integrative Approaches to Sustainable Development at University Level (Cham: Springer), pp. 27-41.

Greig, A. J. with Priddle, J., Goodman, N., Trolle, A., Thompson, M., Plant, H., 2014 Walking the Walk: Developing a collaborative interdisciplinary Masters programme aimed at creating graduates who become catalysts for change. RCE annual Conference Sept 2014.