Nov 30: Critical Pedagogy and Sustainability – Freire in 21st Century Classroom with Christina Marouli


Welcome the next Café com Paulo Freire fika/coffee-conversation with Christina Marouli, Associate Professor, American College of Greece, titled “Critical Pedagogy and Sustainability – Freire in 21st Century Classroom” in CEMUS Library and online!

The conversation is convened and facilitated by Azril Bacal and Daniel Mossberg. Coffee and tea served in CEMUS Library, welcome!

When: November 30 kl. 15.15-17.00 CET

Where: CEMUS Library, see map here: https://link.mazemap.com/gVZ978v2

Online/Zoom: https://uu-se.zoom.us/j/68061940052 Meeting ID: 680 6194 0052


Christina Marouli studied biochemistry (B.Sc. from Brandeis University), urban and environmental policy (M.A. from Tufts University) and sociology (M.A. and PhD from the University of California, Santa Cruz) in the USA – with a specialization on the environment, health and social inequalities. Her present research interests include education for sustainability, sustainable, healthy, smart cities, environmental behaviors and social change. She is teaching the Environmental Studies Program of Deree – The American College of Greece (ACG) and she is the founder and ex-Director of the Center of Excellence for Sustainability at ACG. She is also a recipient of a Fulbright award in the context of which she did research on multicultural environmental education programmes in the USA in collaboration with a Turkish professor. She has extensive consulting experience on environmental and occupational health issues. She has also worked in NGOs on women’s and children’s issues as Director or expert and she was a co-founder of the Emergency Research Center. She recently co-edited a book on “Environmental Exposures and Human Health Challenges”.