Short Bio

Justin Dillon is professor of science and environmental education in UCL’s Centre for Climate Change and Sustainability Education. His research interests are in learning in and outside the classroom, climate change and sustainability education. Justin is a Guest Professor at Zhejiang University, China and was the 2024 CJ Koh Professor in Education, at the National Institute for Education, Singapore. He taught in London schools for 10 years before joining King’s College London in 1989. In 2014, Justin was appointed Head of the Graduate School of Education at the University of Bristol. He joined the University of Exeter in 2017, where he was Director of Research in the School of Education. He returned to London in 2022 to take a chair at UCL. Justin was President of the European Science Education Research Association from 2007-11. He is President of the National Association for Environmental Education. Justin was given ‘The Outstanding Contributions to Research in Environmental Education Award’ by the North American Association for Environmental Education in 2013 and, in 2023, was presented with a Mariano Gago lifetime achievement award by Ecsite, the European association for science and discovery centres, for his commitment to science engagement. He edits the journal, Studies in Science Education, is Associate Editor of Environmental Education Research and is an editor of the International Journal of Science Education.