Conor GALVIN

Based at UCD Dublin College of Social Sciences & Law, IRELAND. I direct PhD Programmes at CoSSL and SoE and lecture and research on green & sustainable education, public policy and critical research methods / design. My research interests include green and just transition, sustainable development, policy networks, professional knowledge, and the impact of new and emergent technology on learning and society. I have worked with DG EAC to support the activities of the EC Working Group on Learning for Sustainability (2021-25) and with JRC-Seville B4 in developing SELFIE for TEACHERS (2020-22) the personal competence-based toolkit for schoolteachers, building on the EC DigCompEdu framework and the SELFIE brand. Recently I led the well-regarded EU Funded Knowledge Alliance KA 2 project under ERASMUS+; the ITELab Project, 2017-20 and was UCD Lead on the TAP-TS  an inaugural Erasmus+ Teacher Academy (€191k) (2022-25); and PI on JMTEP-UCD, an inaugural Jean Monnet Education Action based at UCD ( €300k) (2022-25). I now lead the UCD aspects of TAP-DCE, a third generation  Erasmus+ Teacher Academy.    

I am registered as an EU evaluator and have acted as external evaluator/ Assessor on a number of EU funded initiatives and projects and as education lead in 2016-17 on an EU Commission Structural Reform Support Service (SRSS) contract to conduct a Technical Assistance (TA) study focusing on the Teachers’ Professional Learning (TPL) initiative being implemented by the Cyprus Pedagogical Institute (CPI). 

From 2009 to 2019 I was Coordinator for the Global Classroom strands of the UCD /TCD Masters in Development Practice programme – a unique, co-awarded programme with Trinity College Dublin. I also contribute to peace support education programmes at the UN School Ireland (UNTSI) where I directed field exercises for both humanitarian and military personnel preparing for PSO deployment. 

I hold The President’s Award for Teaching Excellence at UCD and the National Forum for University Teaching & Learning Ireland Award for Innovative and Engaging Teaching. 

Past-President of the Education Studies Association of Ireland. and delegate to the European Education Research Association (EERA). In Dec 2017 I was appointed to the Minister for Education’s Working Group on the Schools Excellence Fund – Digital (Ireland). An Associate of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), I have also worked with eco-UNESCO Ireland and UBUNTU (Ireland) on green and sustainability issues in teacher education in Ireland and the Europe. I have been National Delegate (Ireland) to several UNESCO Conferences and an OECD summit on the Information Society & Education. I speak widely on research and policy issues as conference keynote or panellist – e.g. keynote to the Launch Event of the Jean Monnet Action on Teacher Education & Training, 15 April 2021; keynote Spanish Presidency of the Council of the EU, 3 Oct 2023; high-level Panel Convenor Cyprus Presidency of the European Union...