Sarah Gurr is a Lecturer in the School of Education.

Sarah's doctoral research examined tensions in environmental and sustainability education and the complexities of teaching the Sustainability Cross-Curriculum Priority of the Australian Curriculum in fossil fuel communities. Using a blend of philosophical inquiry, policy analysis and autoethnography, Sarah’s thesis developed an argument for how neoliberal education policies exacerbate the challenges of achieving environmental and social justice through education in fossil fuel communities. Her thesis developed pedagogical tools to support teachers in navigating these complexities and broader ethical issues when teaching Sustainability in their contexts.

Sarah’s research interests stretch broadly across three areas:

• Environmental and sustainability education, with a focus on fossil fuel communities
• Educational ethics, ethical dilemmas and ethical decision-making
• Precarity and higher education

Sarah has experience using a range of qualitative and philosophical research methods. Sarah is particularly interested in researching the ways people navigate complex contextual challenges to pursue more ethical and just ways of living, working and being.