Introduction
Dr Eirini Gallou, AFHEA (Teaching Fellow for the Centre for Sustainable Development, Strathclyde University) has joined the centre recently, having completed her PhD in ‘Sustainable heritage management in island contexts’, focusing on community engagement mechanisms in the case of Orkney islands, in UCL ISH (Institute for Sustainable heritage) 2020, and working as a policy social analyst for Historic England since then. She has worked in architectural design, policy, and practice in the highly interdisciplinary field of cultural heritage management in the UK, Netherlands, and Greece. Eirini also completed an internship in ICCROM and contributed to one of their flagship expert course ‘People centred-approaches to the Conservation of Nature and Culture’ in 2017. She is passionate about promoting collaborations to address sustainable development in an equitable way for all, and is keen to support work on inclusive policy development and social just transitions discussions, new models of urban development that consider socio-ecological factors and the development of human and social capital next to climate resilience.
Expert
Dr Eirini Gallou, AFHEA (Teaching Fellow for the Centre for Sustainable Development, Strathclyde University) has joined the centre recently, having completed her PhD in ‘Sustainable heritage management in island contexts’, focusing on, community engagement mechanisms in the case of Orkney islands, in UCL ISH (Institute for Sustainable heritage) 2020 and worked as a policy social analyst for Historic England since then.
She has worked in architectural design, policy and practice in the highly interdisciplinary field of cultural heritage management in the UK, Netherlands and Greece and is passionate about promoting collaborations to address sustainable development in an equitable way for all. Eirini has also completed an internship in ICCROM and contributed to one of their flagship expert course ‘People centred-approaches to the Conservation of Nature and Culture’ in 2017. She’s excited to have moved back to Scotland where she can support active learning approaches and the wider teaching work of the Centre.
Fields of expertise: Culture, Environmental policy / climate change, Monitoring and evaluation, Participation, Sustainable Development Goals, Urban development