Dr Nicole Blum

  • Qualifications and position:
    • Lecturer in Development Education
  • Faculty:
    • Faculty of Children and Learning
  • Department:
    • Development Education Research Centre
    • Department of Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment
  • Summary:
    • Nicole Blum lectures and conducts research on development education, environmental education and education for sustainable development. Her PhD (Anthropology) research explored diverse forms of engagement with environmental learning in a rural mountain community in Costa Rica. She is currently coordinating the DERC's research project on Students as Global Citizens, which is developing and evaluating methods to embed learning about global and development issues within degree courses on pharmacy, veterinary science, and human health (see the Students as Global Citizens project page). Her work also includes an interest in the ethnography of education, the anthropology of development, access to and participation in education, and Education for All.
  • Teaching:
    • MA in Development Education
      • Course tutor for 'Principles and Practices of Development Education' and 'Development Education in the Era of Globalisation'
      • Dissertation and personal tutoring
  • Research Projects:
    • Students as Global Citizens (DFID, 2009-2012) Consortium for Research on Educational Access, Transitions and Equity (CREATE) (Postdoctoral Fellowship 2007)
  • Postgraduate Research:
    • Research Interests:
      development education, environmental education and education for sustainable development
      internationalization and global learning in higher education
      educational responses to climate change
      ethnography of education
      anthropology of development
      participation in and access to education
  • Personal Country Knowledge:
    • • Costa Rica (environmental education; sustainable development; community development; ethnography)
      • UK (development education; environmental education)
      • India (small, rural schools; access to primary education; Education for All)
      • Guatemala (ecotourism; development)
  • Languages Spoken:
    • Spanish
Dr Nicole Blum

Contact details

Contact details

  • Email:

  • Address:
  • Development Education Research Centre
    Institute of Education
    University of London
    36-38 Gordon Square
    London WC1H 0PD

  • Office Location:
  • Room G05
    36-38 Gordon Square, WC1H 0PD

Publications

  • Blum, N. (2009) 'Teaching science or cultivating values? Conservation NGOs and environmental', Environmental Education Research 15(6), 715-729.
  • Bangay, C. and Blum, N. (2010) 'Education responses to climate change and quality: Two parts of the same agenda?', International Journal of Educational Development 30(4), 359-368.
  • Blum, N. (2009) 'Small NGO schools in India: implications for access and innovation', Compare 39(2), 235-248.
    Further information
  • Blum, N. (forthcoming) Education, Community Engagement and Sustainable Development: Negotiating Environmental Knowledge in Monteverde, Costa Rica. Dordrecht: Springer.
  • Blum, N. (2008) 'Ethnography and environmental education: understanding the relationships between schools and communities in Costa Rica', Ethnography and Education 3(1), 31-48.
    Further information
  • Blum, N. and Diwan, R. (2007) 'Small, Multigrade Schools and Increasing Access to Primary Education in India: National Context and NGO Initiatives', CREATE Pathways to Access Series, Research Monograph 17,
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  • Blum, N. (2007) 'Environmental education in Costa Rica: building a framework for sustainable development?', International Journal of Educational Development 28(3), 348-358.
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