Oleksandra Khalaim
Lecturer at Department of Women's and Children's Health; Swedesd - Sustainability Learning and Research Centre
- E-mail:
- oleksandra.khalaim@uu.se
- Visiting address:
- MTC-huset, Dag Hammarskjöldsväg 14B, 1 tr
75237 Uppsala - Postal address:
- Akademiska sjukhuset
751 85 Uppsala
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- ORCID:
- 0000-0002-6947-5181
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Biography
Oleksandra Khalaim, PhD, is graduated in Economics (2006), master’s degree in Economics (2007), master’s degree in Environmental Sciences (2010), and Ph.D. in Ecology and Environmental Sciences (2018). She has been teaching in the field of Ecology and Sustainable Development for 13 years in universities of Ukraine and Sweden. Her current research interests include education for sustainable development, climate change education and transformative learning methods in higher education, climate change adaptation and management of urban green areas. Oleksandra has been conducting a line of post-doctoral research since September 2019 at SWEDESD. Currently she is undertaking a research on climate and mental health among staff and students at Uppsala University Campus Gotland. She is also coordinating an educational project “While playing to change the world: theater and gaming techniques in sustainability teaching” at Campus Gotland and hosting a new ENLIGHT course “Adapting to Climate Change: Ecosystem Services of Urban Green Zones”.
Research
- Post-doctoral research "Balancing the Climate and Mental Health Threats: Climate-anxiety Identification by Student Health Service" (supported by Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, 2021-2024)
- Post-doctoral research “Mapping Sustainability Initiatives on Gotland” (supported by DBW Society in 2020)
- Post-doctoral research “Climate Change Education in Ukraine: a Transition Towards Education for Sustainable Development” (supported by the Swedish Institute Visby Programme 2019/2020)
Publications
Recent publications
- Pedagogy of Rethinking (2023)
- "I am not Eligible" (2022)
- Student health services' work in top 10 Swedish universities in relation to "global pandemic" of climate anxiety among youth (2022)
- Agenda 2030 Implementation in the Eastern Partnership (2021)
- Mapping Sustainability Initiatives on Gotland and Campus Gotland Outreach (2021)
All publications
Articles
- Pedagogy of Rethinking (2023)
- Urban Green Infrastructure Inventory as a Key Prerequisite to Sustainable Cities in Ukraine under Extreme Heat Events (2021)
- Climate Change Games as an Effective Tool for ESD Practices (2017)
Chapters
- Adapting to Climate Change (2021)
- Change Project Approach for Reorienting University Teaching Towards the Implementation of Sustainability Principles (2021)
- Climate Change Education in Ukrainian Universities (2021)
Conferences
- "I am not Eligible" (2022)
- Student health services' work in top 10 Swedish universities in relation to "global pandemic" of climate anxiety among youth (2022)
- Mapping Sustainability Initiatives on Gotland and Campus Gotland Outreach (2021)
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