Paul Warwick

Academic profile

Dr Paul Warwick

Associate Professor
Plymouth Institute of Education - School of Society and Culture (Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Business)

The Global Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. Paul's work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

Goal 04: SDG 4 - Quality EducationGoal 10: SDG 10 - Reduced InequalitiesGoal 12: SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and ProductionGoal 16: SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong InstitutionsGoal 17: SDG 17 - Partnerships for the Goals

About Paul

Paul is the Centre for Sustainable Futures Lead at the University of Plymouth. He is responsible for supporting curriculum development, pedagogic change and participatory research relating to exploring the potential for sustainability education within Higher Education.

Paul has worked for twelve years within Higher Education taking a leading role in developing a variety of educational innovation and reform initiatives primarily concerned with Citizenship Education and Education for Sustainable Development (ESD).

In 2009 he was awarded a teaching fellowship for expertise and innovation in teaching related to the sustainability agenda at the University of Leicester.

He founded a masters level course specifically geared towards teacher education in ESD and as director of a MA International Education programme pioneered a pathway specifically tailored towards innovation and reform in education.

Teaching

Specialist teaching areas include:

Education for Sustainable Development - sustainability pedagogies; teaching controversial issues; informal learning
Citizenship Education - Service Learning, Community Action, Student Voice
Pedagogic Research - Action research, qualitative methods and lesson study

Contact Paul

Rm 103, Kirkby Lodge, Drake Circus, Plymouth, PL4 8AA
+44 1752 584924