
Professor Russell Tytler | Deakin
CI Russell Tytler is Alfred Deakin Professor and Chair of Science Education at Deakin. He has a longstanding interest in authentic classroom practice and linking schools and the scientific community.
He has been CI on major teacher professional learning projects and researched a range of school-science community initiatives. He has been a member of the Science Expert Group for the PISA assessments in 2018 and 2025.

Associate Professor Peta White | Deakin
CI Peta White is an Associate Professor and Co-director of the Centre for Regenerating Futures. She has led multiple research projects theorising sustainability and climate change education, posthuman perspectives and education in the Anthropocene, school-community-industry investments in education with several collaborators across Australia and internationally.
She is Editor-In-Chief of the Australian Journal of Environmental Education and Convenor of the Environmental Science Expert Group developing an ‘Agency in the Anthropocene’ competency framework for PISA 2025 Science Framework.

Professor Maija Aksela | University of Helsinki
PI Maija Aksela, is a Professor of Science Education at the University of Helskinki. She founded and has directed the influential national LUMA centre and since 2017 has been director of the Science Education Centre at the University, part of the LUMA network, and is director of Chemistry LabGadolin.
She has served on national curriculum working groups, built an international climate change forum since 2017 working with the interdisciplinary Institute for Atmospheric and Earth Systems Research on co-design projects, and is a member of the climate change group of the European ALLEA science education group. She has over 380 publications in the field, and numerous awards including the Finnish ‘Scientist of the Year’.
Dr Pilvi Sihvonen and Veera Uusi-Äijö are participating on the project from the LUMA Science Helsinki Research Group.

Professor Ying-Shao Hsu | National Taiwan Normal University
Ying-Shao Hsu is a Professor of Graduate Institute of Science Education and the Department of Earth Sciences, as well as Vice President for Research and Development at the National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU).
Her research focuses on inquiry learning, science curriculum design, metacognition, and STEM education. Professor Hsu’s research work has been recognized with a range of Outstanding Research Awards.
Che-Wei Chung and Wen-Xien Zhang are participating on the project from the NTNU Science Education Research Group.

Dr Joe Ferguson | Deakin
Joseph Ferguson is a lecturer in science and environmental education at Deakin University. His interests include pragmatist semiotic approaches to teaching and researching climate change education and the role of film to imagine alternative futures. He is the Review Editor of the Australian Journal of Environmental Education.

Dr Fernanda Rezende
Fernanda Rezende has a PhD in Education from Brazil and will be joining the research team.

Amrita Kamath | Deakin
Amrita Kamath is a PhD candidate, sessional lecturer, and research assistant at Deakin University. Amrita’s experiences include lecturing in the School of Education, secondary science teaching, curriculum development, and research in genetics.
In educational research, Amrita’s current focus is exploring effective implementation of student centric pedagogical strategies in senior secondary contexts, using guided inquiry. Amrita is also the editorial assistant for the Australian Journal of Environmental Education.

Shefali Sharma-Wallis | Deakin
Shefali Sharma-Wallis is a PhD candidate at Deakin University. Her experiences as a teacher of general science, biology, maths, and STEM have prompted her research interests in science and STEM education, and teacher education. Shefali’s PhD project explores the influence of disciplinary teacher identity on the practices and perceptions of integrated STEM teachers.
International Advisory Panel
The International Advisory Panel brings expertise from international academics in climate change education and school-science community links. The constitution of the panel offers intersecting strengths. The Panel will provide regular oversight, suggestions and advice.
Martha Monroe is a Professor of Environmental Education at the University of Florida, responsible for extension activities, research, and teaching courses related to environmental education, conservation behaviour, and human dimensions of environmental issues. She was a member of the PISA 2025 Environmental Expert Group and author of a highly influential review of CCE.
Justin Dillon is a Professor of Science and Environmental Education at the University of Exeter, UK. He is very influential in both these areas, authoring key policy documents. He was President of the European Science Education Research Association (ESERA) from 2007-11 and currently President of the UK National Association for Environmental Education. The panel includes OECD and Australian curriculum (ACARA) expertise, providing advice about global / national curriculum priorities and an avenue to provide impact of the project through these influential bodies.
Kateryna Obvintseva is an Advisor in the OECD Directorate of Education and Skills and will be able to identify potential connections with the OECD’s work on education including work under the OECD’s Education Policy Committee.
Miho Taguma is a Senior Analyst in charge of OECD’s Education-2030 initiative, which is a collaboration between countries aimed at helping education systems determine the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and values needed in the future. Miho will support the initiative with topics specifically related to curriculum issues.
Simon Collier is the Curriculum Specialist for Science at the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA). His role now includes the cross-curriculum priority of Sustainability and used to include digital technologies. He will advise on alignment of the project with the Australian Curriculum and act as a conduit for influencing ACARA curriculum policy.