Dr Claire Ramjan is a Lecturer in Initial Teacher Education at the University of Glasgow, and the Hub Lead for the Rural and Learning for Sustainability Hub at the Centre for Teaching Excellence hosted at the University of Glasgow and funded by the Scottish Government. With a background in teaching biology and geography in secondary schools, Claire completed a PhD in Citizen Science and Eco-Citizenship with the University of Stirling in 2023. Her research interests focus on participatory research methods such as Citizen Science and their impact on eco-citizenship, the Capabilities Approach in relation to environmental and sustainability education, the nature of 'place' and 'story' in environmental education, outdoor provision and Learning for Sustainability in formal school settings, more-than-human encounters in outdoor and environmental education, and lived eco-citizenship conceptions. 

Claire is a co-lead of the CASCADE network for Participatory Research and Education with the CIVIS network, hosting a series of webinar and informal discussions on participatory research projects, challenges and opportunities. As part of this network, Claire also hosted a highly successful CIVIS staff week on collaborative and community learning approaches alongside colleagues from ULB. Building on previous research in outdoor learning and nature connection, Claire is currently the educational lead on the Eisirean: Native Oysters project, which is an interdisciplinary research project representing biodiversity, geography, native language, music and song, alongside outdoor learning and nature connection, based on Island settings on the West coast of Scotland.

Current research interests include:

• Outdoor Learning and place-responsive pedagogies
• Citizen Science and eco-citizenship,
• The capabilities approach in relation to environmental and sustainability education,
• The nature of 'place' and 'story' in environmental education,
• Outdoor provision measures in formal school settings,
• More-than-human encounters in outdoor and environmental education
• Lived eco-citizenship conceptions
• Learning for Sustainability
• Teacher professional learning in outdoor and environmental education

I welcome applications from PhD candidates in any of these areas of interest.

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PartiCIVIS, Participatory research-to-action facilitating transformation and innovation in African-European perspectives. Horizon MSCA Staff Exchange Project, October 2026 - June 2029. Total Funding of 1 803 600,00 €. University of Glasgow recieves 65 130,00 €.

Project Eisirean, Native Oysters!: Restoration of native oysters for natural, economic and cultural benefits and the regeneration of coastal communities via science and language, ESRC Impact Accelerator Fund, June 2024 - Dec 2025, £37, 736

Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park (Outdoor Learning Review), November 2023 - March 2024, £9250, PI.

• Kabir, Mohammed Mahbubul
  An Inquiry into Algorithmic Technology in Primary Education: The Case of Sumdog

Mohammed Mahbubul Kabir: Maths teaching and learning with Sumdog, a posthuman analysis.

• Thesis due for submission January 2027

Course Leadership:

• Educational Communities and Contexts 1
• Education and Society 3

Teaching

• Education and Society 2
• Education and Society 4

Guest Lectureships:

• Learning for Sustainability input for Becoming a Teacher (BAT)
• Place-responsive pedagogies input for Education and Society 5
• Outdoor Learning inputs for PGDE Science & Biology