Professor Stephen Gough

Professor of Environment and Society
Associate Dean (Graduate Studies)
1 West 4.21
Email: s.r.gough@bath.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0) 1225 38 3919
Profile
Stephen Gough is Associate Dean (Graduate Studies) in the Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences, and Professor of Environment and Society.
He is also Director of Centre for Research in Education and the Environment (CREE).
Previous roles
- Lead researcher, Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE), 2006-7, Strategic Review of Sustainable Development in Higher Education
- Lead Researcher, Learning for Sustainable Procurement Research Project (joint project between NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency, Centre for Research in Strategic Purchasing and Supply, and Centre for Research in Education and the Environment)
Membership
- Member of the Education and Employers Task Force Expert Group on Research
- Member of the Commission on Education and Communication of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
- Member of the Editorial Board of Environmental Education Research
Research interests
- Education and the environment
- Learning at the interface of the environment, society and the economy
- Philosophy of Education
Publications
Book/s
Gough, S., 2010. Technical and Vocational Education and Training: an investment-based approach. London: Continuum.
Gough, S. and Stables, A., eds., 2008. Sustainability and Security within Liberal Societies: Learning to Live with the Future. London: Routledge.
Gough, S. R. and Scott, W. A. H., 2008. Sustainable Development and Higher Education: paradox and possibility. London: Routledge. (Key Issues in Higher Education)
Gough, S. and Scott, W. A. H., 2007. Higher Education and Sustainable Development: Paradox and possibility. London/New York: Routledge.
Foster, J. and Gough, S., 2005. Learning, Natural Capital and Sustainable Development: options for an uncertain world. London: Routledge/Taylor and Francis..
Scott, W. and Gough, S., eds., 2003. Key issues in sustainable development and learning: A critical review. London: Routledge.
Teamey, K., Dillon, J., Scott, W. and Gough, S., 2003. Linking Education, the Environment and Livelihoods. London: TSO. (Commonwealth Education Partnerships)
Scott, W. A. H. and Gough, S., 2003. Sustainable Development and Learning: Framing the Issues. London/New York: RoutledgeFalmer.
Gough, S. and Scott, W., 2003. Sustainable development and learning: framing the issues. London, U. K.: Routledge.
Dillon, J., Hindson, J., Gough, S., Scott, W. and Teamey, K., 2001. Mainstreaming Environmental Education in DFID Programmes. Shrewsbury: Field Studies Council.
Book Sections
Gough, S., 2009. Locating the environmental in environmental education research: what research, and why? In: Reid, A. and Scott, W. A. H., eds. Researching Education and the Environment: retrospect and prospect. London: Routledge, pp. 89-98.
Gough, S. and Stables, A., 2008. Liberalism, sustainability, security, learning: framing the issues. In: Gough, S. and Stables, A., eds. Sustainability and security within liberal societies: learning to live with the future. Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 127-142.
Scott, W. A. H. and Gough, S. R., 2008. Sustainable development within UK Higher Education: revealing tendencies and tensions. In: Haigh, M., Chalkley, B. and Higgitt, D., eds. Education for Sustainable Development: Papers in Honour of the United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (2005-2014). London: Routledge.
Gough, S., 2008. TVET as sustainable investment. In: Fien, J., Maclean, R. and Park, M. G., eds. Work, Learning and Sustainable Development: Opportunities and Challenges. Vol. 8. Dordrecht: Springer, pp. 107-116. (Technical and Vocational education and training series)
Gough, S. and Scott, W., 2008. The Politics of Learning and Sustainable Development. In: Farrell, R. V., ed. Education for Sustainability, in Encyclopaedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), Developed under the auspices of the UNESCO. Oxford: Eolss Publishers.
Scott, W. A. H. and Gough, S. R., 2007. Environmental Learning and Categories of Interest: exploring modes of participation. In: Reid, A. D., Jensen, B. B., Nikel, J. and Simovska, V., eds. Participation and Learning: perspectives on education and the environment, health and sustainability. Springer.
Scott, W. and Gough, S., 2007. Environmental learning and categories of interest: exploring modes of participation and learning in a conservation NGO. In: Jensen, B. and Reid, A., eds. Critical International Perspectives on Participation in Environmental and Health Education. Copenhagen: Danish University Press..
Scott, W. A. H. and Gough, S. R., 2006. Universities and Sustainable Development in a Liberal Democracy: a reflection on the necessity for barriers to change. In: Holmberg, J. and Samuelsson, B. E., eds. Drivers and Barriers for Implementing Sustainable Development in Higher Education; (Education for Sustainable Development in Action; Technical Paper No. 3). Paris: Unesco Education Sector.
Foster, J. and Gough, S., 2005. Learning, natural capital and sustainable development: exploring the connections. In: Foster, J. and Gough, S., eds. Learning, Natural Capital and Sustainable Development: options for an uncertain world. London: Taylor and Francis.
Gough, S. and Scott, W. A. H., 2005. Promoting environmental citzenship through learning: towards a theory of change. In: Dobson, A. and Bell, D., eds. Environmental Citizenship: getting from here to there. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, pp. 263-285.
Gough, S., 2005. Rethinking the Natural Capital Metaphor: implications for education and learning. In: Gough, S. and Foster, J., eds. Learning, Natural Capital and Sustainable Development. Abingdon, OXON: Routledge, 91--110.
Scott, W. H. and Gough, S., 2004. Education and Sustainable Development in UK Universities: a critical exploration post-Rio. In: Blaze-Corcoran, P. and Wals, A. E. J., eds. Higher Education and the Challenges of Sustainability: Problematics, Practice and Promise. Dordrecht: Kluwer.
Gough, S., Scott, W., Foster, J. and Grove-White, R., 2004. Environmental Policy and Behaviour Change: the need for social learning. In: Ekins, P., ed. Environment and Human Behaviour Programme Newsletter No 2. London: ESRC/Policy Studies Institute, pp. 7-8.
Scott, W. and Gough, S., 2004. Learning and sustainable development in UK Higher Education: a web-based study. In: Blaze Corcoran, P. and Wals, A., eds. Higher Education and the Challenge of Sustainability: contestation, critique, practice, and promise. Dordrecht, Holland: Kluwer, pp. 235-248.
Gough, S. R. and Scott, W. A. H., 2003. Education and Training for Sustainable Tourism: problems, possibilities and cautious first steps. In: Winnett, A., ed. Towards a Collaborative Environmental Research Agenda: a second selection of papers. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
Gough, S., 2003. Managing change in international development education: A Caribbean example. In: Wallace, M. and Poulson, L., eds. Learning to Read Critically in Educational Leadership and Management. London: Sage.
Gough, S. and Scott, W., 2002. Learning for sustainable tourism: possibilities, problems and cautious first steps. In: Winnett, A., ed. Towards a Collaborative Environmental Research Agenda: a second selection of papers. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
Gough, S., Walker, K. and Scott, W., 2001. Lifelong learning: towards a theory of practice for formal and non-formal environmental education and training. In: Jensen, B., Schnack, K. and Simovska, V., eds. Action Competence Revisited. Copenhagen: Royal Danish School of Educational Studies.
Articles
Gough, S. and Stables, A., 2012. Interpretation as adaptation: education for survival in uncertain times. Curriculum Inquiry, 42 (3), pp. 368-385.
Scott, W. A. H. and Gough, S. R., 2010. Sustainability, learning and capability: exploring questions of balance. Sustainability, 2 (12), pp. 3735-3746.
Gough, S., 2009. Philosophy of education and economics: a case for closer engagement. Journal Of Philosophy Of Education, 43 (2), pp. 269-283.
Gough, S., 2009. Co-evolution, Knowledge and Education: Adding Value to Learners' Options. Studies in Philosophy and Education, 28 (1), pp. 27-38.
Walker, H. L., Gough, S., Bakker, E. F., Knight, L. A. and McBain, D., 2009. Greening Operations Management: an online Sustainable procurement course for practitioners. Journal of Management Education, 33 (3), pp. 348-371.
Katayama, J. and Gough, S., 2008. Developing sustainable development within the higher education curriculum: observations on the HEFCE strategic review. Environmental Education Research, 14 (4), pp. 413-422.
Gough, S. and Scott, W. A. H., 2007. Universities and Sustainable Development: the necessity for barriers to change. Perpectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education, 11 (4), pp. 109-118.
Gough, S. and Scott, W., 2006. Education and sustainable development: a political analysis. Educational Review, 58 (3), pp. 273-290.
Gough, S., 2006. Hypothetical markets: educational application of Ronald Dworkin's 'Sovereign Virtue'. Journal Of Philosophy Of Education, 40 (3), 287--299.
Stables, A. and Gough, S., 2006. Towards a Semiotic theory of choice and of learning. Educational Theory, 56 (3), p. 271.
Gough, S., 2006. Locating the environmental in environmental education research: what research, and why? Environmental Education Research, 12, pp. 335-343.
Gough, S., 2005. Rethinking the natural capital metaphor: implications for education and learning. Environmental Education Research, 11 (1), pp. 95-114.
Gough, S., 2004. Editorial. Environmental Education Research, 10 (1), pp. 3-6.
Scott, W. and Gough, S., 2004. Sustainable Development Education: can we teach sustainability? New Ground, 67, pp. 10-11.
Scott, W. A. H. and Gough, S. R., 2004. Sustainable Development Education: policy, practicalities and prospects. New Ground, 66.
Scott, W. A. H. and Gough, S., 2003. Rethinking Relationships between Education and Capacity-building: remodelling the learning process. Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 2 (4), 213--220.
Scott, W. and Gough, S., 2003. Categorizing Environmental Learning. NAAEE Communicator, 33 (1), p. 8.
Scott, W. and Gough, S., 2003. Developing Environmental Education: environmental education in North America. Environmental Education, 70 (27).
Reid, A. D., Scott, W. A. H. and Gough, S., 2002. Education and Sustainable Development in the UK: an exploration of progress since Rio. Geography, 87, 247--255.
Dillon, J., Gough, S., Scott, W. and Teamey, K., 2002. A Report Fit for Children? A Critical Examination of the Work of the UN General Assembly’s Special Session on Children,. Australian Journal of Environmental Education, 18, pp. 81-86.
Gough, S., 2002. Increasing the value of the environment: a ‘real options’ metaphor for learning. Environmental Education Research, 8 (1), pp. 61-72.
Scott, W. A. H. and Gough, S., 2002. Reorienting Teacher Education to Address Sustainability: reporting on a UNESCO initiative. Planet, 4 (12-14).
Gough, S., 2002. Right answers or wrong problems: towards a theory of change for environmental learning. The Trumpeter: Journal of Ecosophy, 18 (1).
Scott, W. A. H., Reid, A. and Gough, S., 2002. Sustainable Development in the UK:exploring education initiatives since Rio. Planet, 4, pp. 12-14.
Gough, S., 2002. Whose gap? Whose mind? Plural rationalities and disappearing academics. Environmental Education Research, 8 (3), pp. 273-282.
Gough, S. and Scott, W. A. H., 2001. Curriculum Development and Sustainable Development: practices, institutions and literacies. Educational Philosophy and Theory, 33 (2), 137--152.
Gough, S. R., Walker, K. E. and Scott, W. A. H., 2001. Lifelong Learning: Towards a Theory of Practice for Formal and Non-Formal Environmental Education and Training. Canadian Journal of Environmental Education, 6, pp. 178-196.
Reports/Papers
Gough, S., 2008. HEFCE strategic review of sustainable development in higher education in England. Other. London: Policy Studies Institute.
