John Scahill is a lecturer and researcher in the Galway-Mayo School of Engineering at the Atlantic Technological University. John is a chartered engineer who specialises in low energy and low impact building technologies. He teaches on a range of undergraduate and post graduate programmes on the Circular Economy, BIM and Digital Leadership, Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) and the UN Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs).
His research interests are focussed on sustainability in higher education (SHE), the circular economy, innovative pedagogy, micro-credentials and the potential of the SDGs in delivering transformative ESD. John has a particular interest in the role of interdisciplinary collaboration in the enhancement of SHE and the promotion of ESD in higher education.
John is currently working as an academic developer on the development of a Sustainable Curriculum Framework as part of the “NTUTORR” project. He is the ATU project manager for the HCI funded Digital Academy for a Sustainable Built Environment (DASBE) project, and he is also leading a multi-disciplinary education/research project focussed on the UN SDGs.