Our consortium is composed of 3 institutions - Masaryk University (coordinator), Utrecht University and University of Vienna. More specifically the HARP project team consists of colleagues from:
In addition to researchers, our team also includes a school psychologist, therapists and teachers. The diversity of our consortium and its connection to practice is a guarantee that the results of the project will not remain at the academic level.
Bob is an environmental ethicist, philosopher and gestalt therapist with a focus on environmental grief. Within the HARP project he would love to find out what therapeutic tools increase psychological resistance and have the potential to motivate a person to take an active interest in the climate change topic.
Jan deals with the theory, methodology and evaluation of environmental education, education and awareness programs. He has collaborated in defining the objectives and outcomes of environmental education and the action plan of education for sustainable development. In cooperation with environmental education centres he researches educational programmes and verifies the effectiveness of new methodological approaches.
Mila is a lecturer at Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem and a PhD candidate at Masaryk University in Brno. His dissertation is focused on Climate literacy of Czech pupils. He has been working in the field of climate change and environmental education for several years, both as an educator and as a researcher.
Eva has a long-standing interest in alternative economic practices, the topic of local production and consumption and the concept of sustainable non-growth. She has recently completed research on the functioning of social enterprises in the Czech Republic and is currently working on bringing the topic of degrowth into the Czech mainstream. She also works for the environmental NGOs.
In the project, Broňa is focused on climate and environmental emotions, their connection with active citizenship in the field of environmental and climate protection, as well as the possibilities of facilitating such involvement also through formal and informal environmental awareness and education.
Hana is a science teacher at the primary school in Brno and a lecturer of the environmental education courses at the Faculty of Education at Masaryk University. She is a regional consultant for Eco-schools. Within the HARP project she would like to discover and disseminate examples of good practice in climate education - success stories of schools and teachers.
Petr is a dedicated psychologist and psychotherapist with a profound focus on understanding human behavior, the essence of human nature and the science of lifestyle change. With expertise in psychology, evaluation research and therapeutic practices, Petr brings psychological insights to the realm of environmental education. By applying established principles of human behavior and well-being, he aims to explore innovative ways to inspire pro-environmental attitudes and sustainable lifestyles, fostering meaningful connections between individuals and their natural environment.
Katerina works as a school psychologist at secondary school. She is also interested in ways how climate change is influencing careers. Within the HARP project she would like to explore bridges of CCE with psychology and career guidance.
Andrea heads the Austrian Education Competence Centre for Biology (AECC Biology) as a professor of Biology Education and part of the Department for Evolutionary Biology at the University of Vienna. As such, she leads the cross-national and award-winning environmental education project Bee.ed. Her scientific interests include, among others, cross-sectional and longitudinal development of climate literacy and attitudes towards the climate crisis among students as well as professional competence of pre-service teachers on the topic of climate education.
Linda is a university assistant and PhD candidate at the AECC Biology at the University of Vienna. For several years, she has been involved in training in-service and pre-service teachers, incorporating critical thinking, the nature of science, and scientific inquiry into climate change education at the University of Vienna. Among others, her research interests include students’ scientific literacy as well as its relation to CCE and trust in science.
Veronika is a university assistant and PhD candidate at the AECC Biology at the University of Vienna. In her doctoral thesis, she investigates Biology pre-service teachers’ professional competencies, specifically their beliefs and pedagogical content knowledge, in the context of climate change education. Moreover, her research interests include school students’ hope, emotions and action in the face of the climate crisis.
Jelle professor of science education at the Freudenthal Institute at Utrecht University. As a biologist and educational scientist, he is interested in the crossroads between environmental education, education for sustainable development, science and STEM education and citizenship education.
Wanda is a secondary school teacher in Flanders (Belgium) and a postdoctoral researcher at the Freudenthal Institute. Her research focuses on education for sustainability (EfS) and action competence (in sustainable development, ACiSD) as a possible desired learning outcome of quality education.