Student Participant

Job Description

Job Role: Student Participants for Project: ?Towards a Radical Pragmatism of Climate Pedagogy: Student Centred Curriculum Design to Address Climate Anxiety?

About the role

We are seeking student participants to take part in focus groups for our research project entitled: "Towards a Radical Pragmatism of Climate Pedagogy: Student Centred Curriculum Design to Address Climate Anxiety".

The project aims to reshape how we teach climate change at university level through co-producing a curriculum with current UG and PGT students in our module "Climate, Environment and Uneven Development" in the Department of International Development.

The climate crisis is everywhere and at times overwhelming, especially for younger generations, including students. In response to this, we would like your participation in focus groups where we discuss how to instil hope in our climate teaching, balancing analysis of the climate crisis with actionable policies and grassroots responses to build hopeful climate futures. From your inputs we aim to co-produce a climate curriculum for future years of our course: "Climate, Environment and Uneven Development". 

The work will involve preparing for and participating in two focus (2 hours each) groups held at the beginning and end of Term 2 in 2025. We aim to recruit 5 students from the PGT cohort. Participation will be paid at ?16 per hour. 

To apply, please submit a CV and a short statement (max 300 words) responding to the question: ?What does "hopeful" climate teaching look like to you in a time of climate crisis?? via King?s Talent Bank. 

Any queries should be directed to a ambarish.karamchedu@kcl.ac.uk and nithya.natarajan@kcl.ac.uk. 

The application deadline is 20th January, with the focus groups taking place during teaching term. 

Student on 7YYDN037 Climate, Environment and Uneven Development

Interest in climate pedagogy and politics