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Education for Sustainable Development Sandpit
28 April 2025, 11:00 am–12:30 pm
Join UCL’s ESD Sandpit—an open space for staff and students to exchange ideas, collaborate, and explore new approaches to embedding sustainability into the curriculum. With discussions, workshops, and visits, this monthly gathering brings together all disciplines to drive real change.
Event Information
Open to
- All
Availability
- Yes
Cost
- £0.00
Organiser
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Tristan McCowan
Location
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Jevons Room (First Floor)Central House14 Upper Woburn PlaceLondonWC1H 0AL
What is the UCL ESD Sandpit?
The UCL ESD Sandpit is a monthly meeting for staff and students interested in exchanging ideas and developing their practice. The discussions cut across disciplinary divides, exploring intersections between teaching and learning, research, and community engagement. All UCL academic and professional staff, as well as students at any level, are welcome to attend.
Each session varies, featuring thematic discussions, research presentations, workshops, and off-site visits. The Sandpit is convened by Tristan McCowan and Dima Khazem in IOE.
Next Session:
For our next Sandpit, we will be visiting The Bartlett and exploring the Sustainability and Higher Education Initiative (SHEI), led by Dr Lorenzo Lotti.
What is the SHEI?
SHEI is based at The Bartlett School of Environment, Energy and Resources (BSEER). Its vision is to advance sustainability in higher education at both national and international levels. The initiative focuses on implementing, evaluating, and researching sustainability in teaching and learning, aiming to connect academics, alumni, students, and the wider higher education sector with sustainability efforts.
Accessibility
All UCL students and staff are welcome to attend this free event, which will be in-person only. The event includes a tour of the building, with lifts available for access. If you have any accessibility requirements, please let us know in advance so we can support your participation. Please note that this event is on the first floor and the lifts in this building do not have evacuation capability in case of a fire alarm. If you need assistance during an evacuation, please email in advance, so we can make sure there is a Personal Emergency Evacuation Plan (PEEP) in place in case of emergency. Please see our dibled accessibility guide for more info: https://www.accessable.co.uk/venues/chandler-house.
About the Speaker
Dr Lorenzo Lotti
Associate Professor (Teaching) in Economics of Energy and the Environment at UCL
I am a behavioural and environmental economist working within the UCL Institute for Sustainable Resources.
I am currently working as an Associate Professor (Teaching) and Departmental Co-Director of Education. I am a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy since 2019, I launched the departmental UCL Sustainability Higher Education Initiative and I am involved in activities linking Higher Education and Sustainability at national and international levels.
Since 2015, I have been awarded or nominated for 13 UCL Education-related awards.
My research expertise is in behavioural economics and how to apply its theories to energy and the environment, and I am the founder of the Behavioural Environmental Economics Team. With BEET, we publish our research in the most relevant journals, but we also engage with external partners and students, effectively linking research, teaching and outreach.
